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Fitness Challenge: Only for the tough
Each week Rachel Grunwell tries a new sport to bring you the lowdown.
Keeping healthy in the cold
Fondling a chocolate biscuit on the couch instead of an exercise bike at the gym?
Fitness Challenge: Hop in to try lindy swing
Each week Rachel Grunwell tries a new sport to bring you the lowdown.
Like flying, but on ice
Ice skating is a way of life for the owners of Auckland rinks, finds Dionne Christian.
Heart problems plaguing top athletes
Hamish Carter is the latest in a series of elite endurance athletes to have encountered heart problems. Phil Taylor investigates whether training programmes are excessive.
How much is gym gear washed?
The majority of fitness fanatics are the pits at keeping their workout kit clean, with many confessing to only washing their sweaty rags after every third visit to the gym.
Fitness Challenge: Hoops of fun for all
Each week Rachel Grunwell tries a new sport to bring you the lowdown.
A day on the green
Danielle Wright meets a group of teenage lawn bowlers at the New Lynn Bowling Club.
No barbells, just bubs
Each week Rachel Grunwell tries a new sport to bring you the lowdown.
Walk between the poles
Each week Rachel Grunwell tries a new sport to bring you the lowdown.
Namaste to a new generation
Danielle Wright finds yoga for kids is as much about becoming grounded as it is about getting up and moving.
One man's extraordinary steps
A running regime that would defy most of us is soul food to Malcolm Law, writes Andy Kenworthy.
Fitness Challenge: Faith moves mountains
Each week Rachel Grunwell tries a new sport to bring you the lowdown.
Colin Hogg: Remarkable shows restore faith
Programme on teenagers fighting flab overcomes clutter of cliches to succeed and Maori TV offers hope.
Fitness Challenge: Slipstream for race success
Each week Rachel Grunwell tries a new sport to bring you the lowdown.
The Cuban diet: eat less, exercise more - halve preventable deaths
In a unique natural experiment, researchers have observed how a nation that lost an average of 5kg per head over five years contributed to a halving of the death rate.
Laziness - is it in your genes?
Genes play major role in deciding whether we're a couch potato or active bunny, a new study shows.
Work up a sweat, sleep better
Exercise helps you sleep better at night, and too much time sitting down will keep you awake, a new survey says.
Fitness power hour
Each week Rachel Grunwell will try out a new form of exercise to bring you the lowdown.
Fit and fantastic women
Diana Clement hears the inspirational stories of fellow female novice triathletes.
Wave riders
A big wave surfing legend helps Danielle Wright and family take on the small waves at Omaha Beach.
Beautiful fitness
Each week Rachel Grunwell will try out a new form of exercise to bring you the lowdown.
Fitness Challenge: Check your gait
Each week Rachel Grunwell will try out a new form of exercise to bring you the lowdown.
Tech Universe: Monday 18 March
I'm sure if MacGyver had had a smartphone this would have been the plot of at least one episode of the TV show. Scientists in rural Tanzania used their smartphone as an improvised microscope to diagnose schoolchildren with intestinal worm infections.
Fitness Challenge: Give it an Irish hurl
Each week Rachel Grunwell will try out a new form of exercise to bring you the lowdown.
Catering for little warriors
If you're tired of wrapping your children in cotton wool, Danielle Wright has found ways to give them some rough and tumble, in a safe environment
Sweat with the celebs
What is it? A high-intensity 30-minute workout that builds strength and lean muscle by using weights and your body weight.