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Marcus WebbFounding editor, FitnessMarcus has spent years training in whatever space he had, including one determined stretch in a 400-square-foot apartment with a yoga mat and a pull-up bar wedged in a doorway. He writes Stillwell's fitness guides around real budgets and real square footage, testing equipment in his own apartment before recommending it. He started the fitness section because most workout advice online assumes a garage nobody renting actually has.Gretchen VossStaff writer, Nutrition & SleepGretchen spent a decade managing a restaurant kitchen before she got interested in why so much nutrition advice online contradicts itself. She reads the actual studies behind sleep and food claims before she writes about them, and says plainly when the evidence is thinner than the headline suggests. She still keeps a kitchen scale on her desk out of habit.Andre CastellanosStaff writer, Mental Health & InsuranceAndre spent three years helping friends and family navigate insurance paperwork after a rough stretch of his own, and ended up becoming the person people call before they call their insurer. He writes about the unglamorous logistics of getting care, sliding-scale clinics, telehealth, appeal letters, because that's the part most mental health coverage skips. He keeps a folder of real plan documents he's picked apart over the years.