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The culture of calisthenics is everywhere, and it likely begins at school, where kids are forced to go through morning exercises on a daily basis (occasionally they're also works of genius and timing). more ›

Yoga for dogs, or 'doga', has arrived in Hong Kong, and from the looks of it, it's more for bored expatriate wives than it is for the dogs: more ›

Remember all that speculation over the WOW fitness lady teaching us how to keep it loose in a Shanghai taxi? Well the mystery is finally solved! Both City Weekend and China Daily ran interviews with her this week, only a few days before her stint as wacky aerobics guru comes to an end. And as it turns out, aside from the occasional push ups session at the airport, she's surprisingly normal. more ›

If you've taken a taxi recently, it would have been almost impossible for you to miss the somewhat masculine, retro-looking aerobics lady encouraging you to exercise by stretching her bulging neck side to side (video below.) According to Shanghai Daily, she's started quite the flurry of debate online. Chinese netizens have been arguing on Weibo as to whether they think she's totalz crazy and personally disturbing, or whether they think her retro 80s-era aerobic motif is cool. more ›

Happy Children's Day! Yes, because children are often unduly neglected in China. We're celebrating the occasion by alerting you to video and pics of Wen Jiabao in a very fetching PE kit hooping it up at Shibalidian primary school in Beijing's Chaoyang district. more ›

Every day at 10am, instead of the normal calisthenics routine, 700 Chongqing grade schoolers dance to Michael Jackson's "Dangerous" for their morning exercises. Neat. more ›

In case you didn't realize from the heightened rates of diabetes, cancer and obesity, but the physical condition of China's youth has been deteriorating. According to the country's National Physique Monitoring report, youth bodies have been on the decline for the past decade, with flexibility, "explosive strength," endurance, muscle power and vital capacities all sliding downwards. Yikes! Guess those morning exercises aren't as effective as you'd think. more ›

When Megafit first moved from its decent third floor of an office building location into the basement, we were bummed about the disappearing view, but hopeful that our gym going days wouldn't be much worse off. Then we went there, found out the new Megafit was pretty terrible, and figured it'd die a quick death. more ›

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