Fitness tips: handy hints for BMX beginners

Practise finding your balance, advises a professional racer – and try to overcome your fear

Fit in my 40s: rowing circuits are so fiendish, your lazy demon has no time to win

Is there any better use of 45 minutes in the pursuit of health?

Fitness tips: indoor rowing for beginners

A fitness expert offers advice on technique and consistency

Fitness tips: three HIIT exercises for beginners

Target core stability, cardiovascular fitness and upper body strength

Fit in my 40s: ‘When the going gets tough, I tend to quit. Not in Zumba Strong’

I couldn’t hum any of the music back to you – but it somehow pushed me through

Fit in my 40s: will Brazilian jiu-jitsu give me a body like Hercules?

Fending off a strangling attempt is quite a complicated manoeuvre

Fitness tips: three back-strengthening Pilates moves

Gentle stretches for your core, back and glutes

Fit in my 40s: I hated Pilates the first time I tried it. Now I’ve had an epiphany

I was persuaded to try it again by a friend because of the way she looks – like a dancer, except not haughty

Fitness tips: the back squat and the deadlift for beginners

Start with light weights, get the technique right, and build from there

Fit in my 40s: can I become a strongwoman?

It’s a big kick, the first time you do a chin-up. Or so I’ve heard