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Fitness

April 2024

  • Participants take part in Parkrun, where many thousands of people of all levels of fitness can walk, jog or run 5km together.

    Sedentary lifestyles are a ticking health timebomb

  • Phil Daoust, covered in electrodes for his polysomnogram.

    Fit for ever
    My insomnia hell: sleeplessness is a curse – but I think I finally have the answer

  • A lone walker on the South West Coast Path between Tintagel and Boscastle in Cornwall.

    Do women feel safe walking alone in the countryside?

  • A lone figure on the Camino de Santiago, Spain

    A modern pilgrimage’s transformative power

  • Jennifer Wong's class act
    My first time at an archery class: ‘There’s so much tension it’s like a romantic comedy’

  • We revel in the remoteness: wild camping and hiking in the Scottish Highlands

  • Heartbreak Hill to the Great Ocean Road: six of Australia’s best marathons and fun runs

  • The truth about protein: how to get enough – at every age

  • The Guardian picture essay
    Jump for joy! How cheerleading conquered the world, from Lagos to Ho Chi Minh City

  • ‘Love cotton and loathe Lycra’ – a brief history of unexpected workout gear

  • You be the judge
    You be the judge: should my unfit girlfriend start exercising?

  • Doing the heavy lifting in your 60s

  • Aches, pains and new goals: what next for ‘hardest geezer’ Russ Cook after Africa run

  • Fit for ever
    The muscle miracle: can I build enough in my 60s to make it to 100 – even though I’ve never weight-trained?

  • Science Weekly
    Hypermobility: a blessing or a curse?

  • A new start after 60
    A new start after 60: I had to make my life count before it was too late – so I rowed across the Atlantic

  • Spring into spring! 17 simple, surprising ways to refresh and renew your life

March 2024

  • Lee Tilghman for people who used to be influencers

    The influencers who pivoted
    ‘Wellness is a multibillion-dollar cult. Now I see through it’: the clean-living Instagrammer who learned to let go

    What happened when a lifestyle influencer started eating what she liked?
  • ‘I was a US size zero, I had abs … I was supposedly in the best shape of my life.” Sophie Aris photographed with her daughter.

    The influencers who pivoted
    ‘I had abs. I was in the best shape. But I was miserable’: the fitness fanatic who quit the gym

    What happened when a bodybuilding influencer changed tack?
  • Caw Gap on Hadrian's Wall.

    10 walks through history: ancient UK pathways in stunning countryside

    From the John Bunyan trail to Silbury Hill, these short “pilgrimages” offer a chance to soak up myths and legends
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