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By Peg RosenNew research shows you can't judge a person's fitness by looks alone. Here, the surprising new thinking on size and exercise.Your Weight and FitnessThere are two large women who've been in boot camp with me for years. They almost never miss a class and never take it easy. Yet as I've lunged, squatted, and planked alongside them nearly daily, I'm ashamed to admit that one question has occasionally bounced around my brain: With all that exercise, after all this time, why aren't these women in better shape?Then came the 2012 Olympic Games. ...