Fit in my 40s: I love parkour, but running at walls is even harder than it looks

Anything that is too high to vault, you have to approach with a cat leap

Pregnancy is the ultimate endurance test. If a man says it, it must be true

Can we finally recognise what growing and pushing out)a human entails? says Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore

Fit in my 40s: will Shaolin training bring me calm?

I’m sitting in a carpeted temple-ish space, with three Buddhas looking down peaceably

Fitness tips: three key Shaolin moves

Learn to strengthen and relax body and mind

‘I wouldn’t be the refugee, I’d be the girl who kicked ass’: how taekwondo made me

The long read: When she arrived in the US as a 10-year-old refugee, Dina Nayeri found it hard to fit in. But that all changed when she hatched a plan to get into Harvard – by becoming a taekwondo champion

How taking up boxing helped me beat anxiety – and regain control of my life

On my first session, my fist made a loud and satisfying thunk on the pad, and I was hooked. And my physical progress has rippled out to how I felt emotionally

Fitness tips: ways into football for beginners

Soccercise, five-a-side and walking football are just some of the avenues into the game

Fit in my 40s: will Soccercise get me closer to my World Cup dream?

It has the look of a Pilates class interrupted by someone throwing footballs into it

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