Let’s get physical

TAKE YOUR WORKOUT OUTSIDE FOR A BLAST OF JOY, FUN AND ENERGY, SAYS TRAINER FAYE EDWARDS

How to boost your fitness and heart health without stressing your joints

If you live near water, try paddleboarding. It keeps you fit while you explore the waterways. The health benefits include a full-body workout, improved balance, stress relief and the wellbeing associa

HAPPY HORMONES Exercise increases levels of the feel-good brain chemicals serotonin and endorphins, giving you a happy ‘high’. Feeling low or lost your motivation? The idea of working out might not fi

Research suggests that raising your heart rate outside can make workouts feel both less strenuous and more enjoyable. So, at the risk of emulating the energy of an elderly relative, go out and get some air – and while you’re at it, make this your strongest season yet…

Broadcaster Zoe Ball says she has been filling her new-found freedom since leaving BBC Radio 2 with time spent gardening. And she’s not the only one who loves to pull on their gardening gloves and get