Features Archive | January 2026

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January 21st
- Are you feeling stiff after starting to exercise in January? A dietitian and personal trainer shares her top tips to reduce muscle soreness and recover faster
- All you need is 10 minutes and these 10 standing abs exercises to build a strong and stable core
January 20th
- Want to sleep better? Improve your gut health with these five easy lifestyle changes as recommended by an expert
- A doctor says all it takes is a “few intentional minutes a day” to improve balance and reduce your risk of falls
January 19th
- New to exercise? This beginner-friendly HIIT workout targets the whole body in just 10 minutes
- All you need is a treadmill and these four exercises to improve your balance, coordination and mobility
- This is one of the most inexpensive pieces of fitness equipment you can buy and it can strengthen your entire body
January 18th
- An osteopath says this is the one thing he wished more people knew so his treatment table wasn’t so busy in January
- A yoga teacher noticed her mature students often struggle with balance issues—here are her three recommended standing poses to improve stability
- I was told to stop squatting because of bad knees—here’s how I still get an effective leg workout
January 17th
- I’m a personal trainer and these are the cold-weather essentials I can’t live without
- Build mobility, stability and core strength with this 20-minute workout from Chris Hemsworth’s Centr
January 16th
- I asked a personal trainer and registered dietitian for her top four tips to build muscle—here’s what she had to say
- I’ve been training clients for nearly 20 years and this is my all-time favorite 10-minute abs finisher to build 360˚ core strength
January 15th
- An expert coach shares the weekly split of strength training, intervals, long runs and rest days that he says should form the bedrock of anyone's running routine
- To lose weight and maintain lean muscle, eat these healthy foods on repeat, says this certified nutritionist
- I’m a personal trainer who spends a lot of time sitting—I don’t let a day pass without doing these four stretches
January 14th
- I’ve started waking up at 3am every night and this is the 10-minute meditation video that helps me get back to sleep
- A personal trainer says everyone is prone to weak hips, injury and immobility—here’s her solution
January 13th
- This beginner-friendly menopause workout builds core and pelvic strength where women need it most
- I’m a yoga teacher and this is the stretch I rely on to loosen up stiff muscles in the shoulders and upper back
January 12th
- A barre instructor recommends these three standing exercises if you want to improve your posture and lower-body strength
- A physical therapist says you don’t need to go outside or get on a treadmill to get your steps in—try these four at-home alternatives
- A trainer says this is the most underrated full-body move to build strength and undo the damage of sitting
January 11th
- This is the one exercise everyone over 65 should be doing, according to a certified personal trainer
- I’m a certified trainer but even I struggle with stiff hips—this is the one move that made a difference to how they feel
- I tried doing mindful walks nearly every day for two weeks—here’s what happened
January 10th
- Exercise alone won’t help you build muscle or burn fat—here are three key nutrition lessons I learned when undertaking my own fitness transformation
- All you need is one heavy kettlebell to build strength, power and functional core strength with this four-move workout
- An expert running coach says most beginners forget to build strength before lacing up—add this seven-minute routine into your plan to avoid making the same mistake
January 9th
- Three chair yoga poses to try if you can’t do floor-based yoga
- Brazilian jiu-jitsu helped me find joy in movement again—here are three of my favorite solo moves you can do at home
- I tried Jennifer Aniston’s favorite workout class—here’s my honest opinion
January 8th
- A trainer shares the realistic weekly workout routine that helped him get consistent with exercise again after losing motivation
- Humans were built to walk—a doctor explains why we all need low-intensity movement and balance work to live longer
- Relieve tension, improve spinal alignment and combat desk posture with this five-move Pilates routine
January 7th
- This 20-minute routine is the fastest way to build running confidence according to a certified running coach
- Cut your risk of falls by doing this simple balance drill as often as you can
January 6th
- I tried this five-minute yoga flow before bed and it instantly fixed my heavy legs after a hard workout
- Back feeling weak or stiff? This is my favorite exercise to mobilize my spine first thing in the morning and last thing at night
January 5th
- I asked a Pilates instructor how to prevent falls and she shared this 10-minute standing routine to help improve stability
- Jennifer Aniston “doesn’t always want to work out” but her fitness app’s new four-week mindset and movement challenge makes exercise fun not punishing
- If I were new to exercise, I’d nail this one move over all the others to build total-body strength and stability
January 4th
- A trainer says returning to exercise in your 40s and 50s should look different to what you did in your 20s—here’s how to get started again
- This is the one exercise variation that a movement specialist says we should all do to build core strength and stability
- A running expert pinpoints the number one reason most new runners give up—and provides the simple solution
January 3rd
- Hold the protein powder—here are seven tastier ways to add more protein to your everyday meals
- I tried a New Year meditation and it completely changed my attitude to 2026
- Take your treadmill walking workout up a level with this trainer’s favorite workout method
January 2nd
- Forget New Year’s resolutions—a top trainer says this Japanese goal-setting ritual transformed her motivation and self-belief
- If I wanted to improve core strength and only had five minutes and no equipment, I’d do this circuit
- A Pilates instructor says this is the one move she thinks everyone should be doing in 2026, especially if you spend a lot of time sitting down
January 1st
- An expert trainer in her late 40s says this is the exact weekly workout she does to help her “feel energized, not exhausted”
- If running a 5K is on your 2026 to-do list, this entry-level alternative to the popular Couch-to-5K training plan is where you should start
- Five fitness professionals reveal their New Year’s resolutions