How to get the best out of exercise
Conflicting theories on how to maximise exercise would stretch anyone to the limit. As New Year fitness plans begin in earnest, here’s a scientific response to some frequently asked questions
Star jumps in the buff? No, not even in flesh-coloured Lycra
A New York gym claims that its naked exercise classes promote increased body awareness. Yes, that’s the problem
‘Most of us are too busy to be better’: the lazy person’s guide to self-improvement
If you can really improve yourself in just 10 minutes a day, as the self-help gurus claim, Tim Dowling is all for it
5am ice baths and a strict vegan diet: my year of living (very) healthily
This time last year, I was overweight, out of shape and run down. Could I turn my life around?
Walk yourself fit: how striding out could transform your body
You walk every day without giving it a thought, but what if you could unlock a better, fitter, stronger you?
Fit in my 40s: ‘‘I hate running. But I’m going to give it a go’
I just don’t like pain enough ever to have broken through its threshold
Action stations: 12 months of fitness holidays for 2018
Let this year be one of get up and go rather than fly and flop with our pick of activity holidays for each month – around the UK and abroad
From quitting smoking to getting out of debt: Guardian readers on the resolutions they kept this year
Ros feels fitter than ever at 71. Julia has found happiness. We asked readers how they ditched their bad habits and formed good ones – here are their inspiring stories
‘There is a thrill to seeing your stomach getting flatter’: why I run
Since I started trudging up hills and around parks four years ago, I have become healthier, slimmer and sunnier – and sometimes I even enjoy it
Fit in my 40s: welcome to Zuu, the animal-themed exercise regime that makes everybody look ridiculous
It’s incredibly hard and everybody else covers way more ground, whether as a sideways gorilla or a crawling bear
‘It’s part of the fun to suffer’: the people hitting the great outdoors this Christmas
Meet the river swimmers, paddleboarding Santas and others who won’t be spending Christmas on the couch
Fit in my 40s: ‘The instructor tells us that if we feel sick, we should look away from the screen’
I thought nothing could ever be as challenging as a spin class. Until I tried a virtual reality spin class
Fit in my 40s: ‘Never start thinking about ambulances during a workout class’
How long will it be before they let us leave? And will I still be able to walk?
Fit in my 40s: what my gut bacteria says about me
I’m a Village Peasant (and that’s good), says our columnist Zoe Williams
Fit in my 40s: ‘Can a sober companion help me give up drink?’
I am considering another run at sobriety this month – but what about all the social events where it’s not humanly possible to avoid drinking?