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Casey Johnston’s new book, "A Physical Education," considers how weight lifting can help you unlearn diet culture.

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A DOZEN people are in motion at a Crunch Fitness in a Midtown Manhattan basement, sneaking in a lunch-hour workout. A young woman at a gleaming silver squat rack balances an iron bar across her back, ...

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