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Healthy Awards 2018: The Winners – health and fitness

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Common running injuries and how to avoid them

Image: iStock It’s no surprise that running has peaked in popularity this year. With gyms closed, exercise options limited and our cooped-up lives leaving us craving the outdoors, a jog round the local park is one of a small number of luxuries we’ve been able to enjoy. But with increased exercise comes greater risk of …

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Get started with barre

Photograph: Shutterstock Barre has exploded in popularity over the past decade and it’s helping women build strength and get in fantastic shape – it also has a surprisingly erotic past. Originating in the 60s with the Lotte Berk Technique, much of its marketing was bolstered by a promise to improve sexual prowess.  ‘Barre attracted all …

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Healthy meets… Body By Simone

There’s something small making big waves over on US shores – and it comes in the form of Australian dancer, Simone De La Rue. This petite powerhouse spent 15 years waltzing her way across stages in the West End and on Broadway but, since retiring, has created the beginnings of a fitness and wellbeing empire in the form of …

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Class crashers: Assisted stretching

I, sadly, am not flexible. I haven’t touched my toes since my teenage dancing days, and am the annoying one huffing and puffing, struggling to hold downward dog at the back of the yoga studio. And it’s no wonder – whilst I’m generally fit, joining in the cursory three stretches at the end of an …

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How to get started with tennis

Image: iStock While the decision to cancel Wimbledon this year was a blow for tennis fans, courts reopening safely over the past few weeks have offered some consolation. But whether you’re a seasoned server, or a newbie, now might be a good time to pick up your racket. Tennis is one of the few sports …

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Class crashers: Mumhood Pre-Natal Fitness

‘It might be my hormones, but I’m a pregnant bundle of energy. Even at 36 weeks, my daily routine involves a 14-mile round-trip by bike to the office, plus some form of yoga or a swim, so finding a pre-natal group session to satisfy my fitness needs is a challenge. ‘I’m pleased to discover that …

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Class crashers: The Fore

The trouble with signing up to a class called ‘Foretitude,’ is that it doesn’t really give much away. Strength, perhaps? And I guess a bit of courage is required? That’s as far as I get. And no, that isn’t a typo, ‘Foretitude’ is the signature class at The Fore, based in Kings Cross, London (see …

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How to be more confident on a bike

If your workplace is anything like the healthy office, it’s full of people (often women) who like the idea of cycling to work but don’t feel happy that they’d be safe on the road.  We can’t have been alone as in 2013 the first RideLondon took place. The three-day cycling event aims to encourage more people …

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5 reasons you need to slow down in the gym

If you’re striving for super-quick results, you can easily be pressured into painful (and pointless) workouts. So the personal trainers at Third Space have revealed the ways we could benefit from slowing down in the gym, and explain why low intensity steady state (LISS) training is your much-needed antidote for true progress: 1 You’ll actually lose more …