Social media is awash with advice on training with your hormones in mind – and Lauren Colenso-Semple PhD has been paying close attention. Here, the researcher of female physiology reveals the reality behind the rhetoric

A new generation of fitness enthusiasts are combining religion with training, but can belief in a higher power really increase your motivation to build a faster, stronger and healthier body?

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Gone are the days when a shower, shit and shave sufficed as a self-care regimen. In our age of heightened visuals, the pressure to save face is driving a boom in men’s aesthetic ‘tweakments’. One writer investigates the rise – and goes under the needle himself

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From old-school training and functional fitness to the era of anti-ageing and biohacking, the health and wellness space is approaching an increasingly busy crossroads. To cut through the noise, we assembled a hand-picked group of experts to lay odds on how we’ll be training, eating and recovering in 2026