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Taylor Lautner’s new movie Abduction is out on Friday, and to celebrate his big role as an action movie leading man, we brought one lucky fan to San Diego to meet and interview Taylor for PopSugar. In our newest I’m a Huge Fan, meet Sara, one of Taylor’s biggest fans who is also from his hometown of Grand Rapids, MI. The young mom of three is off to California to interview the star, but first she has to prepare by getting to know the world of Taylor. She arrives in San Diego and is surprised with a trip to White Dragon Martial Arts in Oceanside where Sifu Dennis Smith gets her inside the life of action star and martial arts expert Taylor with a karate lesson. Check it out now and watch the rest of I’m a Huge Fan: Taylor Lautner on PopSugar before Abduction hits theaters on Friday!

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In “Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It”, Gary Tabues spends a lot of time debunking the theory that to lose weight we need to exercise more.  He details many studies conducted on unsuspecting laboratory rats, of which I’ll spare you the details. But there was one study that really resonated.

Danish researchers took a group of sedentary, overweight men and women and over 18 months trained them to run a marathon. The findings were very telling. Of the men, there was an average weight loss of something like a few pounds but the women in the study averaged no change to their weight. Imagine running 26.2 miles (42km) and not losing anything?

But even if exercise isn’t going to solve your weight-loss problems, there are many other benefits to getting off the couch.  So don’t cancel that gym membership. Just yet.

1. Increases your energy levels. The more energy you use, the more it feels like you have.

2. Improves the quality of your sleep. Exercise not only helps you get to sleep more quickly, it also improves the quality of your sleep.

3. Helps combat chronic disease.  Exercise helps improve your blood pressure and cholesterol levels which decreases your chances of suffering from things like heart disease, type II diabetes and certain cancers. Exercise has also been linked with a delayed onset of dementia.

4. Improves your mood.  Exercise promotes positive brain chemistry which means you’ll feel better.

5. Provides relief from anxiety and mild depression.

6. Makes food taste better.  There’s nothing like physical activity to stimulate your appetite.

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