Fitness

From finding the right bike to practicing your journey first, we’ve listed 10 things every person cycling to work needs to know about ahead of Cycle To Work Day this Thursday (6th August)

There are a plethora of reasons why cycling to work should be your first choice of commute.

Health benefits, saving money, beating the traffic and avoiding the early morning stress of competing for your spot on an overpacked tube or train are all extremely convincing reasons.

But now there’s an even bigger reason to hit the saddle – reducing your risk of contracting covid-19.

With social distancing

Separating fact from fad – Healthista editor Olivia Hartland-Robbins asks social media sensation James Smith for his no-nonsense fitness facts

James Smith. Does he even need an introduction? He’s one of the biggest names in the fitness industry, with an Instagram following that’s growing faster than you can say ‘calorie deficit’.

If you’re one of the 637k people who does follow James AKA @JamesSmithPT on Instagram then you’ll know he’s a no-nonsense, no bulls**t kind of guy.

The 31-year-old online PT is well-known for his ‘outing’ of false influencers, fad diets and unhelpful headlines that feature in well-known tabloids, while

Your fat burning, calorie torching, full body, 30-day home-workout challenge is here with celebrity PT Svava Sigbertsdottir aka The Viking Method. Are you ready? Let’s do this

You asked, we’ve delivered.

Welcome to our 30-day fat-burning home workout challenge.

For workout videos that will help you burn some serious fat, torch the calories and target your whole body in just ten minutes, look no further.

Celebrity personal trainer Svava Sigbertsdottir, creator of The Viking Method is about to take us all on a 30 day workout challenge journey that has been created with you and your busy lives in

Just because we’re all in self-isolation, doesn’t mean we’re ignoring the fact it’s workout Wednesday. Health and fitness coach Helle Hammonds is here with three sweat-inducing workouts that you can do in just 30 minutes

So it’s official – after affecting thousands, the coronavirus has now caused the UK to go into ‘lockdown’ for at least the next three weeks.

That means we aren’t allowed to leave our houses more than once a day to exercise or we could face a fine – there goes our plan to jog around the block every other hour just to get out of

It’s finally here – the last day of Svava Sigbertsdottir’s aka The Viking Method 30 day fat-burning home workout challenge – give it all you’ve got people (and maybe start all over again?)

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Ah the relief. Day 30 has come to officially end this home workout challenge. Do you feel amazing?

Congrats to everyone for pulling through, you’ve done it. Give yourself a pat on the back and celebrate with all the stockpiled food and drinks

You’ve made it to day 29 of Svava Sigbertsdottir’s aka The Viking Method 30 day fat-burning home workout challenge. Let’s give it everything we got before the last day tomorrow 

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All the equipment that you will need for this workout are two water bottles. Remember to try and increase the weight of the water bottles that you use, so your always challenged.

Take your time with these exercises to focus on your movements and make sure