Discover How The Nike Sportsband Can Help You Keep Your New Years Resolution To Keep Fit

We all say it. This year we’re going to get fit, and stay fit.
And it always starts off well.  You get your sports gear on and head out onto the pavements for a run. Then you actually start exercising. And it’s hard. Very hard. In fact you don’t remember it ever being this hard. The [...]

5 Fitness iPhone Apps To Give You Muscles Of Steel In 2010

So you’ve decided you really are going to get fit this year. No really you are. Last year’s resolution was just a practice run, right? No really, we believe you, and we’re committed to helping you realise your dream this year with five rather handy iPhone apps that promise to have you right on par [...]

Why The Kettlebell Is The New Dumbell And The Benefits Of Using One

Quickly becoming the modern alternative to the dumbbell, the kettlebell was first used back in the 1700s, and is essentially nothing more than a cast iron weight in the shape of a circular cannonball with a curved handle that loops all the way across the top of the ball.
Used as a secret fitness weapon for [...]

Michelle’s Marathon Madness: Funny Shoes And Overly Polite Squirrels

So there are now 19 weeks before I will be running the LA Marathon, and seeing as just about any running plan out there say you need 16 weeks I’m still in the in the “oh it’ll going to be fine” stage.
By the time there are only 16 weeks left, however, I will obviously change [...]

Michelle’s Marathon Mission: The How Not To Get Started With Marathon Running Guide

Ranking alongside my agreement to attend a three week conference in Germany to speak on the environment policies on my local borough that I knew nothing about (alongside speaking none of the languages of the other countries attending), as one of the most stupid decisions of my life, was my offer to run a charity marathon [...]

Get The Upper Body You Dream On In 6 Weeks With The 100 Push Ups Challenge

Feeling distinctly untoned? Want to increase your strength, but always end up getting de-motivated and giving up after week or so? The One Hundred Push Up Training program, by Steve Spiers,  is a brilliant online plan that can help you get there, and requires only 6 weeks of your life, and only 30 minutes a [...]