Fitness tips: three sophrology exercises for beginners

Learn to focus, release tension and bring awareness back to your body

Fit in my 40s: sophrology – a mind-boggling mix of Zen, yoga and psychology

I came to it with scepticism. It sounded like a card game made up by a child

Goal! The football league that helped me lose five stone

Sick of being overweight and worried about his health, Andy Welch knew it was time for drastic action. Then he stumbled across Man v Fat

Fitness tips: Netball drills to improve hand-eye coordination

Test yourself with these different passes, says the England Netball coach• Fit in my 40s: New to netball? Learn your positions first

Fit in my 40s: New to netball? Learn your positions first

Netball players are everywhere, meeting constantly, beginners, socials, in parks and school playgrounds

A cold-water cure? My weekend with the ‘Ice Man’

Wim Hof claims cold-water immersion can help fight modern diseases. As outdoor swimming becomes ever more popular in the UK, photojournalist Jonny Weeks joined him for a weekend to experience it firsthand

Call for poor and disabled to be given NHS fitness trackers

Vulnerable groups ‘could be left behind by technology revolution in medicine’, widening health inequality

Five ways to exercise safely while pregnant

Exercise for mothers-to-be has many benefits – just avoid the high-intensity workouts and new PBs

Fit in my 40s: can a home-testing kit tell me if I’m menopausal?

It turns out that numbers don’t necessarily tell the whole story

The secrets of sports recovery

There are fortunes to be made in soothing post-exercise aches and pains – so which remedies work best?