David Weir: ‘Gym training can be like torture’
The 38-year-old wheelchair athlete on the London Marathon, looking after his children and chilling out
Fit in my 40s: ‘You pedal for as long as you’re able, then kick the motor in’
The threshold for ‘but I have to’ gets lower until I’m scarcely prepared to use my legs
How fear of judgment holds women back from exercise and sport
A new campaign addresses the anxieties that prevent three in five Australian women from being active
Fit in my 40s: ‘British Military Fitness reminded me of being in labour’
We did so many sit-ups that my abs went into a catatonic state and I finished using only two dusty vertebrae in my lower back
Fit in my 40s: I’m doing a 5K ‘fun run’. The 15Kers are scaring me
I was the only person who didn’t have water. Oh, and also, I never got beyond week five in the eight-week Couch To 5K programme
Fit in my 40s: I’m told I need a bike fit – but will it help?
You can have a racing fit, or a comfort fit, or anything in between (though I sense that ‘comfort’ is a bit looked down on)
Fit in my 40s: ‘This dance class is like being 13 again’
I struggled with every transition but I still felt vividly there
Fit in my 40s: ‘I hadn’t realised that fermentation is so vital to the gut’
If you like your health awareness with a side-order of self-flagellation, fermentation is quite delicious