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Dave Shaw: Reduce stress, eat well, be healthy

In our high speed, commuting life, we don't often think about food. Labour saving devices like cars and computers have actually reduced our spare time, rather than created more.

Les Mills tells members what to wear

Members of a Les Mills gym have been told they can only wear certain brands of clothing if they plan to stand near the front of some fitness classes, because they were being filmed.

Blog: Eating and tweeting

In a world where the telephone, fax machine, and face-to-face conversation commonly take a backseat to digital communication, social media has grown in power and holds a place close to everyone’s heart.

Warriors fitness: Get fit at home and in the park

Warriors fitness: Get fit at home and in the park

Wiki says this fitness plan is ‘designed for the average Joe and Jane’ but is structured to be challenging. Once you have got the hang of the exercises, you can improvise using equipment you have at home or that’s at the local park.

Warriors fitness: Get fit at home and in the park

Yoga 'endangers the soul'

An Irish priest has warned his parishioners against "endangering" their souls by practising yoga and other Eastern disciplines.

Chat replay: Personal trainer

This is the perfect opportunity to raise all your health questions, when fitness blogger, personal trainer and model Sam Bluemel chats online with us at noon.

Winter Wellness: M for Movement

When you look at the list of benefits attributed to regular movement it would be amazing to find anything that even came close.

Ruben Wiki: Fighting fit like a Warrior

Rachel Grunwell chats to Ruben Wiki about his philosophy on fitness — and about a fitness plan he has designed for Living readers, which will be published over the next six weeks.

Up the wall and defying gravity

A need for speed keeps cyclists riding to stay upright at the velodrome, writes Chris Daniels.

Don't push young athletes?

Sports coaches should avoid pushing young athletes too hard, says a doctor concerned about injury risk around the age of puberty.

New dance craze hits Aklnd

As a professional bedroom dancer, Sophie Barclay decided to head to the hall and road test a few moves that weren't quite club-ready.

Why do Kiwi kids struggle to stay fit?

NZ kids are active - but once they reach teenage years struggle to stay fit. So why is physical activity so hard to maintain as kids get older?

Fitness Challenge: Race to the Big Apple

Rachel Grunwell feels privileged to be a part of this team of athletes.

Samantha Bluemel: How to lose fat and look toned

Number one of the list of desires for 99 per cent of my clients is achieving a slim, 'toned' physique, with abs for Africa and curves in all the right places.