LOSING FAT DURING lockdown is all about speeding up the metabolism. When it comes to looking trim, shedding some weight can make your muscles look more defined by reducing the mask of fat that’s...

WE’RE ALL AWARE we shouldn’t slouch but, why is this? As you’re reading this, we’d bet good money that you’re slouched over a desk or phone. That’s not a criticism – it’s just a sad fact of...

LONG BEFORE I MET Valerian I took up boxing training at All Stars Boxing Club in London in my thirties and later qualified as a Level 1 boxing coach. Valerian Spicer started her amateur boxing...

ANOTHER SUMMER, ANOTHER shopping trip staring at strappy dresses, trying to convince myself: “Yes, I can wear that”, knowing full well that the dress would show off my arms, the arms I had grown...

AS LIFE RETURNS to near-normality, walking has slipped back into being an activity only undertaken when the luxury of time is on our sides. Yet an article by Sir Richard Thompson in the Royal...

ANYONE MOTIVATED IN fitness is likely to go into a form of denial about the messages their body gives them, especially when it is telling them to STOP! Indeed, resting is just as important as the...

ONE OF THE few positives of lockdown has been that many of us were able to slow down our schedules enough to commit to a regular exercise routine. It became an opportunity to take on a daily HIIT...

IF YOU GOOGLE ‘rebounding exercises’, you will see over 28 million results, along with 300,000 Instagram posts, with the majority of them regurgitating the misinterpreted NASA study that used a...

I FIRST MET Geoff Thompson in 1978 when we drove up from London to Southport. He -along with a group of other karate students including my late brother Lincoln - was taking his grading to become...

YOU’VE JUST GOT done with another stressful day at the office and you’re heading to the gym. You’re tired—physically and mentally. You’re achy, and that head cold doesn’t see to be improving....

EVERYONE WANTS TO make positive changes to their health regime and, if this is you, then yoga could be the solution you’ve been looking for. The art of yoga has been practiced for over 5,000...

GETTING AND STAYING in shape in your 40s is the new midlife crisis. Women are redefining expectations of the midlife body to attain a seemingly ageless physique. First and foremost, women lose...