Jack Claxton has been at the sharp end of personal training for over a decade, yet even someone as well-versed in its benefits can occasionally lack the drive to exercise. “Motivation is huge,” says David Lloyd‘s master trainer, who admits that his own motivation started to dip last year “even though I’ve been in this…
When most of us hear the word “walking,” we either picture a power walker with a neon visor and a fanny pack, or we think about those rare 10,000-step days that our fitness trackers guilt us into.But what if we told you that a new kind of walking so simple, so sneaky is quietly gaining…
Exercising regularly is known to lower the risk of death, especially from heart problems. But scientists have discovered that that reduction in risk may differ between the sexes, with some people reaping greater benefits in less workout time. So, who has to exercise more to reduce their risk of death: Women or men? It turns…
Image credits: Getty Images Scroll through any social media platform and you are bound to see at least one video of a person dunking themselves into ice cold water. While one may think of it as another new trend taking the social media world by a storm, the reality is quite the opposite.Ice baths or…
Every once in a while, an exercise will catch fire on social media, for either the sheer number of people who are doing it, or because of intense debates about whether it works or not. The most recent one is the khaotic push-up, named after the person who apparently invented and popularised it. It all…
There’s a good chance that, not only have you not been strengthening this muscle, you might not even know its name. “The soleus is the one muscle that is active throughout the whole gait cycle when you run,” says running coach James Stirling, who goes by London Fitness Guy on Instagram. “It’s possibly one of…
Paul Faulder is an enemy of cardio. “It’s a hangover from the Eighties,” he says. “Cardio is dull as anything. I get bored out of my mind. For me, strength training feels like I’m building something that’s going to last – whereas doing cardio just feels like burning fuel.” Some might find running appealingly meditative…
Speaking to Francesca Rudkin and Louise Ayrey on the NZ Herald’s health and wellbeing podcast, The Little Things, Duffy said she was running for around 10 years, sometimes five times a week, without any injuries. “I reached that point in my life… where the hormones start to shift and there’s different stresses on your body….
As a soldier and physical trainer for the British Army, Danny Rae thought he’d find the buzzy fitness competition Hyrox a piece of cake. Part of a growing trend of contests designed to be accessible to average gym-goers and elite athletes alike, competitors work in pairs or individually to do functional exercises, like wall balls,…
Unless you’re a collegiate crew athlete or a CrossFit regular, chances are you ignore the rowing machine as blatantly as Big did Carrie, Benny Blanco does hair gel, or my last Hinge date does women’s rights (yikes). But here’s the deal: the rower (a.k.a. the ergometer) offers serious health perks and can help you hit…
