Women participate in exercises during a fitness class at The Bar Method in New York, in this picture taken March 28, 2011. Women who crave muscle tone but fear bulging biceps are flocking to The Bar Method, a body-sculpting exercise system that purports to whittle dancer type form from non-dancing bodies. Picture taken March 28. To match Reuters Life! FITNESS-BARMETHOD/ REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)
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THERE are numerous stories and even myths about midlife.
