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Byline: Natalie Neff
TESTING, TESTING, 1-2-3-4
Push-ups, crunches, hand grip, stretching: The next morning finds us sweating at the National Institute for Fitness and Sport, where every repetition, duration or distance gets tallied to determine our overall physical fitness level.
MacLeod waits for her turn in the Bod Pod, a goofy-looking, egg-shaped contraption that measures body fat percentage through air displacement. She sits cross-legged on a yoga mat watching a pickup basketball game in progress in the main gymnasium.
"I was in ballet, but they kicked me out because I was like an elephant. All the other girls were so graceful and ...