Birds, buds and bright days: how spring can make us healthier and happier

Longer, lighter days can help us banish old habits, sleep better and improve our mental health, even during the lockdown

Solitary refinement: a lockdown survival guide

How do you adapt to working from home, keep fit, maintain a social life - and maybe even cut your hair?

‘My heartthrob days are over’: Joe Wicks on health, happiness – and training the nation

A former naughty kid is now the man keeping Britain’s schoolchildren fit in lockdown. His enthusiasm is irrepressible, and he’s using it in the service of some admirably big ambitions

Higher step counts could lower risk of early death, study finds

Monitoring of adults aged 40 or over shows any activity is good and doing more is better

Fit in my 40s: my half-marathon training’s run into trouble

A broken hand has forced me to change my regimen

Fitness tips: training for a half-marathon

Be organised, start off slow and do the plank every day

How to make a home gym from household items while self-isolating

It can be difficult to stay in shape when you are stuck inside. But there are everyday goods that you can use to help maintain your strength and mobility

From yoga to CrossFit: the 10 best online home workouts

Need to keep up an exercise routine – or start a new one – while working from home? Here’s a guide to the best free resources

Fit in my 40s: Mamma mia! Can I really work out by singing Abba?

You can make your heart sing by singing, but there are physical benefits, too

Fitness tips: singing – three ways to get started

Relax, join a choir and don’t be nervous

Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure review – Margolyes chews the fat on obesity

The actor and national institution delved into changing attitudes to weight, in a show that took in stigma, mental health and other heavy issues besides

Steamy scenes at low prices: Bucharest’s affordable luxury spa

No ordinary spa, the Therme Bucharest is a vast temple offering pools, scented saunas and great-value wellness for all

Fit in my 40s: an aerial class? I’d rather be on the ground, watching

Getting into a pose and out again is, in every sense, a white-knuckle ride

Fitness tips: three benefits of aerial arts

It’s about slowly gearing your body up to spectacular moves, says expert Kat Clark

Core blimey: how a 62-year-old man planked for eight hours – and what he can teach us

George Hood, a former US Marine, broke his own world record this month. Here’s how you can improve your technique