Exercise Prevention Tactics

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Are you not able to exercise because of your hairstyle? Surgeon General Regina Benjamin understands. No, really, she does. "Oftentimes you get women saying, 'I can't exercise today because I don't want to sweat my hair back or get my hair wet,'" Benjamin told The New York Times. "I hate to use the word 'excuse,' but that's one of them." Well, there you go. [Chicago Tribune]