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Health & wellness

November Project members embrace exercise, one another

In the pre-dawn chill at Harvard Stadium, nearly 100 groggy fitness enthusiasts look up when a voice bellows: “Turn to the person next to you and give them a hug.”

Members of the crowd, many sporting bed heads and unshaven faces, dutifully turn and hug their neighbors. Then they begin a grueling workout of running up and down scores of stadium steps for the next hour.

Comments

Looks awesome. I work out in the evening or at night normally but this would be fun to try sometime.

Everyone seems to be into group exercise these days (bootcamps, Crossfit, etc) but I've found that fitness as a personal and solitary thing has worked better for me for a bunch of reasons. Is there anyone who used to feel like I do but has been converted by one of these programs?