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Over the past five years pre-adolescent and teen gym memberships have increased by 2.9 percent a year — and the 6-to-11 age category has almost doubled since 2005.

Before iPhones, Foursquare and Facebook, B.J. Fogg envisioned a mobile fitness device that coaches the user, tracks her location, and shows her friends also exercising at that time.

If you’re trying to motivate yourself to get moving in the new year, here’s some inspiration: Mounting research shows that exercise isn’t just good for the body, it’s also good for the brain.

To get fit in February — and beyond — the advice is simple: Do something new or different. Do something you love. If you can find an activity that's both, you're setting yourself up for fitness success.