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Chick on a bike: Breaking the winter rut
Sarah Lawrence tries to break the winter rut by kicking off training for the annual Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge.

Fitness challenge: Pilates
Each week intrepid reporter Rachel Grunwell will try out a new form of exercise to bring you the lowdown.

Fitness challenge: Indoor rockclimbing
Each week intrepid reporter Rachel Grunwell will try out a new form of exercise to bring you the lowdown.

Weekend leisure: Riding out winter
To while away the cold days, Sarah Lawrence gets off the couch to train for the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge.

Fitness challenge: Wind-training class
Each week intrepid reporter Rachel Grunwell will try out a new form of exercise to bring you the lowdown.

The essential post-workout skincare routine
Sweat can make your skin look radiant, but that glow won't last if steps aren't taken to look after it post-workout. Here are a few tips to help you turn heads for more reasons than one.

The ups and downs of being an ultramarathon runner
Running 1000km in 14 days. Ultrarunning or ultramadness? Andy Kenworthy looks at the punishing world of extreme long-distance running and talks to Kiwi devotees about why they do it.

Finding motivation to exercise through winter
Danielle Wright discovers that running training is about learning to work with the seasons.

Fitness challenge: Running lesson
Each week intrepid reporter Rachel Grunwell will try out a new form of exercise to bring you the lowdown.

Weekend leisure: Going bush running
Bored with road running? Danielle Wright meets the Huia Road Bush Runners in the Waitakere Ranges for a running option with spectacular views

Fitness challenge: Vibration training
Each week intrepid reporter Rachel Grunwell will try out a new form of exercise to bring you the lowdown.

Weekend leisure: Synch or swim
Danielle Wright finds the minority sport of synchronised swimming is filled with passionate, dedicated families looking for something a little different.

Fitness challenge: Circuit
Each week intrepid reporter Rachel Grunwell will try out a new form of exercise to bring you the lowdown.

Wendyl Nissen: 'I'm losing weight on my feet. Awesome.'
A hard-to-rattle trainer helps Wendy Nissen shed kilos, even if there are not coming off the places she'd like.

Fitness challenge: Adult swim squads
Each week intrepid reporter Rachel Grunwell will try out a new form of exercise to bring you the low down.

Fitness challenge: Dancing with a Star
In a new series, intrepid reporter Rachel Grunwell will try out a new form of exercise each week to bring you the lowdown.

Fitness challenge: Bikram Yoga
In a new series, intrepid reporter Rachel Grunwell will try out a new form of exercise each week to bring you the lowdown.

Jog On: Fuel your run with the right food
A strange thing happens to food when you become a runner - it reinvents itself as "fuel" or even "nutrition".

Gill South: Exercising demons
Gill South bites the bullet and decides to join a gym in a bid to build up her general health and fortify her immune system.

Gill South: Making waves
Gill South gets her swimming togs on and jumps into the pool to try Zumba - aqua style - with a mixed bag of results.