Planks and wall sits are best for lowering blood pressure – here are six more reasons they’re such great exercises
If you were told to do more exercise to lower your blood pressure, you might think you’d need to break […]
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How your genes may determine whether you can be an endurance athlete
For some of us, no matter how consistently we train, running never seems to get any easier – while others
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People who exercise only on the weekend have similar heart-health benefits as those who exercise throughout the week
Exercise is good for your overall health and your heart in particular. Guidelines recommend that we should be doing 150
Seven techniques to avoid weight regain, approved by experts
Losing weight is challenging. But as anyone who has ever successfully lost weight knows, it’s avoiding weight re-gain that’s the
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Your body can be younger than you are – here’s how to understand (and improve) your ‘biological age’
The saying goes that money can’t buy you love. But can it buy you time? This is what US billionaire
Sitting all day is terrible for your health – now, a new study finds a relatively easy way to counteract it
To reduce the harmful health effects of sitting, take a five-minute light walk every half-hour. That’s the key finding of
Does exercise help you lose weight?
It’s no surprise exercise is one of the first things we turn to when we decide it’s time to lose
How often should you change up your exercise routine?
People asking for exercise advice are usually looking for a simple answer. Do this over that. Do this many of
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Is the ‘barefoot-boy summer’ trend bad for your feet? Experts explain
Riffing off 2019’s “hot girl summer” and 2022’s “Adam Sandler summer”, online magazine The Cut has declared 2023 the year
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Glute force: why big, strong bum muscles matter for your overall health
The glutes are the large, powerful muscles in your bum that help support the pelvis, stabilise the hip joint and
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