Today is World Yoga Day, here are different types of yoga practices that work for different people
To keep your heart happy and healthy you should be exercising for 150 to 300 minutes a week. Watch this short video for other useful tips on how to exercise properly
Statistically, our population is classified as one that is ageing rapidly. There are ways to ensure that we go into our retirement years healthier, fitter and more cognisant
Under level four of the Covid-19 lockdown, the hours from 6am to 9am became the time when inner-city residents could use local parks to escape the nightmare around them
Finally, go where you’ve always feared to tread at the gym with these four tips.
If you’ve been told to rid yourself of some weight, a machine on its own can’t do it.
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/ 14 January 2016
Depression among the elderly is largely overlooked, but exercise can help to counter it.
Doctors can get patients to take better care of themselves by setting a good, healthy example.
There is a simple way to combat chronic lifestyle diseases, and that is to eat properly and exercise.
The incredible story of Frank Hendricks who is changing the lives of gangsters and drug addicts in his community with his backyard gym.
The drive to prevent childhood obesity in the United Kingdom has not made progress.
High-intensity training improves results and takes away the old excuse of no time, writes Sam Murphy.
The three tactics type 2 diabetes sufferers should incorporate into their lives in order to effectively manage disease.
It is a testament to mankind’s determination to exercise without doing any.
Exercise is really hard and boring, until you take Keith Richards running with you.
A new arrival can wreak havoc on parents’ fitness, but not if they use their baby as a home gym.
Researchers have found a way to measure the brain activity of cyclists at racing speed, breaking new ground in the study of how the brain works.
Why are women told that exercise is a way to lose weight, when so many enjoy sport for how it makes them feel, not how it makes them look?
Obesity can be dangerous to one’s health. Many South Africans are unaware of the dangers of being overweight.
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/ 23 October 2008
There is a growing pressure on the modern man to embody the perfect male images we see around us every day.
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/ 16 October 2008
Almost half of SA’s adults are too fat. The health risks are huge: heart-related illness, often triggered by obesity, is the second-biggest killer.
The retro activity that tones your body in all the right places is making a comeback, writes Lucy Atkins.
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/ 25 September 2008
Oarabile Rops Mosikare attempts a 30km charity walk in Francistown, Botswana. But he struggles to
keep up with the elderly vice-president.
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/ 23 September 2008
Leap from winter to spring with grace and ease, writes Bhavini Kalan Maharaj.
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/ 23 September 2008
The link between exercise and better health has been confirmed by three reports commissioned by Discovery Health’s Vitality programme.
As the first specialised clinic offering vaginal strength tests, electronic toning and ‘sexercise’ packages opens in New York.
Keeping active is key to a healthy lifestyle. However, our bodies change as we get older and we need to target our exercise accordingly.
People with diabetes can limit the impact of the condition simply by walking for an extra 45 minutes a day, according to scientists.
Burundians took up exercise during the civil war to keep their spirits up — now they’re hooked. Haydee Bangerezako reports.
When colds, flu and other viruses strike in winter they can force a break in carefully planned fitness regimes, so when is it safe to resume exercise?
If you like the idea of exercise but lack the motivation to do it, there are plenty of tricks to fire up your enthusiasm.