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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.

Andrew Dickson: Unethical weight loss mantra is 'Enslaving Gen Y'

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.

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.

David Hill: If you must sweat and grunt, do it behind closed doors

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