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How can you make your movement successful in 2025?
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Whether you’re a couch potato or a fitness enthusiast, the start of a new year is the perfect time to set exercise goals. The challenge, of course, is to get it done. A 2020 study of more than 1,000 participants found that only about half of them were able to maintain their resolutions throughout the year. I myself have tried and failed for years to get a half marathon on my bucket list. I am determined that 2025 will be different. So how…