Shape up in your garden

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

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

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…

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

Walking is good exercise but timing how you walk, when you walk or where you walk can power up those steps even further. Helen Foster shows how

Creaky knees, rickety wrists, dodg y eyesight or an achy back? Worry not. So long as you have green fingers, you can still achieve miracles in the garden. Our experts show you how