The search for the perfect wetsuit: is there one that doesn’t harm the planet?

Neoprene is made from toxic chemicals, hard to recycle and, with 400,000 tonnes made a year, a growing problem. So can surfers and swimmers find green wetsuits?

He’s 93, he’s run 52 marathons and he’s in the gym six days a week: can this man teach us how to age well?

Known to his friends as the Legend, John Starbrook is living, breathing proof of the power of exercise and enthusiasm. I tried to keep up with him – and barely survived

Grey wave of walkers spearhead record activity levels among England’s over-55s

Increase in walking among older people key to general activity in England returning to pre-Covid levels

All gain, no pain: how to avoid injuries from running, skiing, swimming, cycling, football, rugby, yoga …

One minute you’re pushing your body to its limits, the next you’ve gone too far and you’re stretched out with an icepack. Sports pros explain how to escape pains, sprains, tears and swellings

‘The teacher cupped her crotch. She never went back’: when yoga turns toxic

From my very first downward dog, I was hooked. But training as a yoga teacher led me to a miserable world of false promises, exploitation and near-total burnout. Could I find my way back to the mat?

‘It felt like somebody had hit a hammer through my knee’: the crisis of ACL injuries in women’s football

As the popularity of women’s football continues to grow, so does the incidence of serious knee injury. What is going on and can the risk be reduced?

Cost of living crisis hits activity in deprived English areas hardest, report claims

Cost of living crisis has had a negative effect on more than a third of adults in England to be active with deprived areas hit hardest according to a report

Sport isn’t only about winning – it has lessons to teach us about life

Fixating on results can make us miserable, as some of the top sports stars have discovered. It’s the intrinsic joy of what we do that brings the best rewards

‘Afterwards I would feel blissful’: how exercise convinced a psychotherapist to become a personal trainer

Therapists and gyms are working both brain and body as the full benefits of fitness are increasingly recognised

Shock of the old: 12 torturous and orgasmic exercise fads

Want to get fighting fit? Try a vibrating belt or a rocking saddle – almost as effective as riding a horse!