Everything was going swimmingly. I was in my eighth week of training for my first marathon – Paris, at the […]
Peta Bee: How to … boost your stamina
Do plenty of aerobic exercise such as running, swimming, cycling or walking. During aerobic activity, muscles require more oxygen than […]
All shapes and sizes | Lucy Aphramor
We seem doomed to experience more government anti-obesity campaigns and policies that have little effect on our collective weight – […]
Peta Bee: How quitting the gym made me feel fitter
Throughout the past 10 years, I have been a member of one health club or another. My serial gym-joining habit […]
My workout: Chaka Clarke, 28, calisthenics supremo – ‘I love how it makes me feel’
I spent my formative years in Chapeltown, Leeds. We called it the ghetto. You had a lot of people with […]
Beach volleyball vs frisbee
Cardio fitness Beach volleyball: Traditionally only two players on each team covering a 16m x 8m court. Plus it’s played […]
An uphill struggle could help you go from heartsick to fighting fit | Letters
Thank you for the article by Luisa Dillner (How do you mend a broken heart?, 8 June). I am grateful that […]
Warming-up, stretching and diet
Before you start each walking session you should warm up to help prevent injury. Start walking and spend five minutes […]
Fit in my 40s: ‘My DNA test results are in. How did I do?
Remember my DNA test a few weeks ago? I got my results back from FitnessGenes, and spent a couple of […]
We all grow old – don’t let the age industry stigmatise it | Gaby Hinsliff
Once upon a time, the consolation for reaching middle age was being allowed to go cheerfully to seed. What bliss, […]