Wouldn’t you love to approach every gym session with a spring in your step, confident you’ll be able to work out to your max? Here’s how to make that happen.

Working with a personal trainer can help you achieve your goals faster and make exercise much more fun. But it’s important to find the right trainer for you.

Sporting organisations and schools often engage in fundraising activities that undermine the healthy ideals of sport by selling energy dense foods including chocolate and donuts.

Calcium isn’t the only thing you need to keep your frame healthy. Strength training can also hold off, or even reverse, dangerous bone thinning.

Music is one of the most powerful motivational tools you can use when working out. It can lift your performance, keep fatigue at bay, and kill boredom. Its impact on our physical efforts has made it a ‘must have’ when training.

Gluttony and sloth aren’t the only ‘deadly sins’ for anyone who wants to get fit. Some of the sins women commit while exercising at the gym are:

New research reveals that middle-aged people who do 30 minutes of vigorous activity three times a week are half as likely to suffer physical decline and impaired mobility as they age compared to those who do nothing.

Every woman wants the leanest, shapeliest legs possible, but many worry about doing the necessary leg work in case they end up looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger. But the reality of exercising legs means that nothing could be further from the truth.

You’ve been exercising regularly – but you’re not getting any fitter or slimmer. To figure out what’s wrong, and how to fix it, ask yourself:

Set your goals. A girl needs purpose so, rather than casually turning up to the gym and jumping on a few machines, know what you want to get out of your program. To keep yourself on the job, write down your fitness goals and post them where you'll see them every day.