The perfect physiques on display at the Olympic Games have inspired a fitness-themed app to storm to the top of the charts this week. The Adrian Ja...

Summer is well and truly on its way (we hope!) however, for women (and men) up and down the country those first rays of summer sunshine are joined by a familiar sense of trepidation; the dread of swimwear, specifically the bikini, and baring all (including those lumps and bumps) on the beach.

Let's ditch the safety in numbers soundbite of "eat less and exercise more". Let's look around and admit that ain't working. Let's embrace the shift in thinking.

The older generation, it turns out, are right – more and more kids these days really are becoming couch potatoes. But it’s not TV or the latest...

It’s a battle that’s all too familiar to millions of people – on one side is a packet of biscuits, the sofa and a DVD, on the other a work-out a...

If you’re planning on embracing the Jubilee this weekend, here’s another reason to pick up your Union flag – waving it could burn 137 calories a...

Dear Gym, It's over.

Jamie Oliver had a splash in the Guardian this week bemoaning the quality of our children's diets. "Tell me," he says in an interview, "Tell me, Mr Gove, Mr Lansley [the health secretary], two out of five kids are obese, how you plan to change that?"

Luckily for me, you don't have to be as rich as Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko to stay at The Naka Island Resort.

We all know that exercise is good for us right? So why are physios and sports therapists earning more money than ever with clinics full of sportsmen and women?

With so many training systems on the market, it can be very difficult to choose the right one, my suggestion is pick the one you enjoy doing the most. It has been statistically proven that people tend to stick to a routine when they enjoy doing it!

The past decade has seen a rapid rise in the popularity of fitness holidays, boot camps and yoga retreats. Whether it's learning to kite surf in Tarif...

Are your 2012 New Year's fitness resolutions a distant memory? Have you been frustrated by years of yo-yo dieting, fad diets and exercise crazes? Do y...

Around six years ago, I spent a month in a Yoga Ashram in India, living as a student with the Sivananda Yoga masters. This was one of the most incredible experiences of my life and taught me a great deal about the spiritual side of yoga, the origins of yoga and the more subtle side of yoga including prana (energy), chakras and higher conciousness.

It is mid-January 2012 and many of us have made the obvious realisation that our New Year's resolution to 'get fit and lose those Christmas puddings is just plain not going to happen. Well, not without that ludicrously expensive gym membership you convinced yourself you should invest in on the first day back from holiday and most likely will stop using in the next few weeks.

From pumping iron to achieve the perfect 'Coregasm' in the US, 'Dog Dancing' in the UK to climbing the walls in China - with January in full swing and...

Yoga. The very word conjures up a picture of smug serenity accompanied by a faint whiff of mung beans. One variant, however, had always appealed: Bikram yoga. This was the most badass of yogas; 90 minutes of exercise in a room heated to 42 degrees centigrade. If Chuck Norris did yoga, it would be Bikram.

Active women who exercise regularly not only dramatically cut their chances of developing breast cancer but slash their odds of dying by nearly 40% if...

I admit, it doesn't look pretty. After trying out a few different weights - and putting my back out in the process - I'm at the till paying £20 for w...

No woman (or man for that matter!) wants droopy boobs. So why is it that less than half of all women wear a sports bra when training? Your breasts ar...

I'd like to point out to my mum, future employers or yoga students that I haven't ever smoked crack. However, I understand it's the most addictive drug on the planet. While everyone bleats on about yoga being good for you, I'd like to admit I struggle to keep my yoga habit under control.

I recently read Christopher McDougall's amazing book 'Born to Run' about the Tarahumara Tribe of runners from Northern Mexico, who run 100's of miles ...

The problem I have with obesity is that for the massive majority of people it has come about through lifestyle choices and is, therefore, avoidable. I know that some people will say that they are the exception and that being overweight is genetic, or due to an allergy or intolerance, but for most people I just don't buy it.