Is watching sport as good as playing it?

Studies show that being a spectator certainly increases the blood pressure, but it can also double the risk of a heart attack. So is there any health benefit?

Fit in my 40s: ‘My DNA test results are in. How did I do?

I congratulate myself – but then spot the mistake in my analysis

What’s the ultimate way to defy depression, disease and early death? Exercise

As a new report reveals the mental health benefits of just an hour’s physical activity a week, it seems there is nothing a workout can’t cure. Here is why we should all sit less and move more

‘It’s intoxicating – I became obsessed’: has fitness gone too far?

With seven-day gym classes and unregulated instructors on Instagram, is our appetite for exercise getting dangerous?

Fit in my 40s: ‘After 10 minutes in a hypoxic chamber, I felt sluggish’

Elite athletes train at altitude to improve their performance at sea level. Can non-elite athletes replicate that by using a special chamber?

‘It’s like walking through fire’ – the rise of competitive fitness

From log carrying to trail running, events such as Tribal Clash and CrossFit are growing fast. What’s the appeal of this hardcore approach to training?

Fit in my 40s: ‘A DNA test is like going to a fortune teller, with science’

These tests tell you things you would you never know about yourself in a lifetime’s observation, things you would never even think to ask

Fit in my 40s: ‘You just run blindly at the climbing wall and jump’

Leaping gets you to the hold you can’t reach, so short people use it a lot, because they can’t reach anything

Fit in my 40s: ‘It’s more than yoga – it’s a complete system for loving yourself’

It’s about relaxation, but has downward dogs and planks, child’s poses, things that look low-voltage, but are quite challenging