Tennis tips for beginners

Four essentials to help make you a smash on the courts

Fit in my 40s: tennis is no longer a languid game of gents. It’s for fitness freaks

The play has changed, the rackets have changed, even the speed of the ball has changed – which all makes a difference, even to a novice

‘It’s a superpower’: how walking makes us healthier, happier and brainier

Neuroscientist Shane O’Mara believes that plenty of regular walking unlocks the cognitive powers of the brain like nothing else. He explains why you should exchange your gym kit for a pair of comfy shoes and get strolling

Fit in my 40s: welcome to the velodrome. You’ll need nerves of steel

You can’t coast, can’t brake, can’t know if you can stop until you’ve tried it. I found this terrifying

Fitness tips: track cycling for beginners

Marshall Thomas, former GB national track coach, suggests getting involved at your local velodrome

Never be an ego lifter: personal trainers’ 12 secrets of successful exercise

Free advice from fitness professionals? What’s not to like? Here’s how to train harder, smarter and cheaper, whether you’re a beginner or an old hand

Listen, bend and stretch: how Japan fell in love with exercise on the radio

Millions join in a mass rajio taisō workout broadcast daily for nearly 70 years

Fit in my 40s: why your beloved may not be your ideal running partner

My other half took off like he was running away from someone. That someone was me

Fitness tips: why it’s good to have a running partner

Motivation, bonding, safety – what’s not to like?

‘Walkers are middle aged, hikers are cool’

No longer just an activity for older people with sticks, rambling in the countryside is catching on with a new generation