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How the world likes to keep fit: Fascinating maps show how dance workouts are the globe’s No.1 type of exercise in 2024, while it’s pilates that’s top in the UK, America and Australia
A series of fascinating reworked maps have revealed the most popular forms of exercise in countries around the world – and it’s dance workouts that are the globe’s No.1 way of keeping fit. The maps, which include a main global map and regional breakdowns, are colour-coded to indicate the types of exercise each country’s residents...
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Pampered patrons of high-end $400 per month fitness club Equinox strike back after gym stops stocking locker rooms with Kiehl’s skincare products
Ritzy gym chain Equinox is being lambasted by patrons for replacing a much-loved offering of locker room products with a new collaboration. The fitness group announced Wednesday that it would be joining forces with Grown Alchemist to provide a new line of skincare and shower products. ‘Investing in our members (sic) performance inside and out,’...
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8 best bathroom scales for a smarter way to track weight and fitness
Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, advice and interior inspiration Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, and interior inspiration Ah, the humble bathroom scale – an enemy to many. No one really enjoys stepping on the scale, waiting for the numbers to flash up but for those looking to...
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The 11 best sunscreens for healthy skin 2024
As a beauty expert, there are two cardinal rules to live by. One, drink more water; two, wear SPF daily. It is basic beauty lore. Even so, during my almost decade-long tenure as beauty director of Elle magazine, I did not always practise what I preached, and I have the freckle-shaped skin damage to show...
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Bristol fitness coach does five peaks whilst cycling in between
10 May 2024 By Joe Lemer & Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley, BBC News, Bristol Matt Roberts Matt Roberts comepleted the challenge in 12 days A self-defence and fitness coach has become the first person to complete the national five peaks challenge, whilst cycling between them. Matt Roberts, from Bradley Stoke in Bristol, climbed the highest mountains in Ireland, Northern...
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Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are harming our health – here’s what to eat instead
What alternatives are there to ultra-processed foods? Preparing meals and snacks from scratch with unprocessed or minimally processed ingredients is ideal, but for most of us this simply isn’t possible all the time. The good news is there are non-UPF versions of many UPFs – these products are processed rather than ultra-processed. Many organic versions...
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Meghan’s fitness obsession can help ‘build full body strength’ says expert
Meghan Markle‘s followers won’t be surprised to learn she likes to keep fit and healthy with the help of one particular kind of workout – pilates. While yoga focuses on spiritual wellbeing, pilates is all about strengthening muscles with repetitive movements that focus on balance, posture, and flexibility. It is said Meghan’s love for pilates...
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The 10 best electric bikes in 2024, tried and tested by an expert
Are electric bikes legal in the UK? An e-bike is legal if it has been built in compliance with the regulations, and even then its use is quite strictly regulated by traffic laws. Put simply, there’s a limit on how powerful and fast an e-bike can be before it effectively becomes a motorcycle, at...
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David Lloyd members claim clubs now ‘more like Benidorm’
Members at posh David Lloyd clubs across the UK say they have been infiltrated by naked yobs and loud farters treating the clubs ‘like Benidorm’. They claim the issue comes from the fitness club’s liberal use of temporary offers, which give non-members two weeks of access to a club’s facilities for either £14 or £20,...
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‘Number of patients’ in A&E in ‘suspected chemical incident’
A “number of patients” are being treated in hospital following a suspected chemical incident. The patients are believed to have used M Club Festival Park before paramedics were called to three different addreses in Hanley, Northwood and Leek. A number of other patients also made their own way to the accident unit at the Royal Stoke...