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    Anna Bartter

    Anna Bartter

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    Health Writer

    Anna Bartter is a freelance journalist who writes about health, fitness and women's lifestyle for publications including Stylist, Metro and Psychologies among others.


    She's always on a quest to find a variety of fun and functional workouts that give you the most bang for your workout buck and she's passionate about championing movement for everyone's mental and physical wellbeing.


    Latest articles by Anna Bartter

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      No Reformer? No problem.

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      Fitness
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      Ready, set, play.

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      Fitness
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      Prepare to be humbled.

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      Shrimp challenge, accepted.

      By Anna Bartter

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      This is the workout you didn't know you needed.

      By Anna Bartter

      Fitness
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