A growing market in the online sale of human breast milk is creating a serious health risk, doctors have warned.

4 of the best learn-to-ride bike trails for kids to find their balance.

Use these tests to check whether you're as fit as you should be for your age, and learn what you can do to improve your fitness.

Danish man sets new world record for planking after holding gruelling position for four hours and 28 minutes.

What are electrolytes, how do they work, and why do we need them? A sport scientist explains.

Hugh Jackman has joined the 1000 pound club, proving that he is incredibly buff and may in fact be Wolverine.

Older women are more likely to take up exercising and stick to it if they are part of a small group guided by a personal trainer.

If you're feeling tired and run down, can exercise make you sick? And should you wait until you've completely recovered before putting those runners back on?

It's a pretty straightforward piece of equipment and you've been walking and running for how many years now? How difficult can it be to try a treadmill for the first time?

The recent death of a Facebook exec's husband highlights the dangers of using distracting devices while exercising.

Carroll Du Chateau meets yoga devotees and looks at how the ancient practice has become a multibillion-dollar business.

A pole dancing couple will become rivals this weekend in a battle of grace versus strength.

Besides improving your flexibility, the ancient practice apparently has another, rather unexpected, benefit, says Maxine Frith.

I'm someone who jogs most days and boasts to his friends that he's reasonably fit, writes Jack Tame.

Only the mastectomy scars beneath his pecs reveal that the New Yorker was, in fact, born female, beginning the transition from woman to man five years ago.

Trainer and former model ate junk food and piled on 40kg — in his bid to help eradicate global obesity.

Walking may be the best exercise but being a pedestrian carries risk in the big city.

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is known for his great physique, but that doesn't come without a lot of hard work and massive meals.

Engaged couple Iliana and Joe headed to their local gym for part of their unique engagement photoshoot - a CrossFit session.

Sonny Bill Williams is the latest celebrity targeted in an online marketing scam selling dubious fitness supplements via a bogus men's magazine website.

Bikram Choudhury, the creator of the popular hot yoga regime, is facing more accusations of sexual assaults against trainees.

An investigation is under way at one of NZ's largest gyms after an instructor continued with a group fitness class after a man collapsed and lost consciousness. Should a gym stop an exercise class if someone collapses?

Laughter bounces off the walls at this trampoline park, writes Debbie Griffiths.

Would you like to be an action man, woman or kid? Dionne Christian goes to movement school.

Scientists have claimed 'light' joggers who run for just one to 2.4 hours a week have the highest life expectancy rates.

Instead of calling it quits for the year, what if you resolved to change your mindset about fitness?

Recent research suggests carbohydrate-rich foods may not be helping exercise recovery as previously thought and their potential link with metabolic diseases are raising questions.

If you've ever exercised to lose weight, there's a good chance the following thought has crossed your mind: "I worked out so hard. I deserve a treat!"