Pilates

New form

Pilates on crack: get hard core

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Sarah Berry A new form of fitness, dubbed 'Pilates on crack' is turning the heat up on the hundred-year-old exercise. And it has just hit our shores.

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Fitness fashion

Boot camp hot, Pilates not

Boot camp class.

A global survey picks the fitness trends for next year.

Quick tone-up

Pilates made easy

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Six-minute Pilates circuit offers a simple and effective workout.

Bottoms up for beer and yoga

Drinking beer

Sarah Berry I do yoga "so I'm not an arsehole", says yoga trainer to the stars Cameron Shayne.

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Workout for free

The best free fitness workouts on YouTube

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Emily Marquart Fitness gurus are taking to YouTube and posting their workouts, which means it's easier than ever to squeeze in exercise when you're crunched for time.

Pulse

Yoga: why men don't get it

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Despite its benefits, the poses and the chanting can be too much of a stretch for some males.

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Fitness trends 2014: Zumba not the HIIT the trendspotters thought

Dance Fitness

Sarah Berry This year it's all been about the twerk. At least it has been according to the most searched exercise terms on Google.

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Is having fun the key to getting fit?

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Catherine Rodie Skate-fit, POUND and Zumba ... how the 'fun-factor' is getting people who resist exercise over the line.

Money savers

Save yourself

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Amy Molloy Don't have the money to join a gym? There are ways to avoid costly contracts while keeping fit.

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Accessible exercise

Anyone can run

Run

Pip Coates Running is popular for several reasons - it's easy and accessible and doesn't involve an array of expensive equipment.

Straight to the pointe

Barre class

Paula Goodyer Fitness trainer Adele Rancan likes to quip that exercising with a ballet barre is like horizontal pole dancing.

Chew on this

Straight to the pointe

Paula Goodyer A new strength and flexibility workout mixes dance training at a ballet barre with yoga and Pilates

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Role model

Milestone for breast cancer research

Role Model: Sarah Murdoch arrives at a hair styling company's event to celebrate a decade of support for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Paula Joye She's one of Australia's most famous women but for Sarah Murdoch it's life off camera that has brought the most rewards. She talks about kids, balance and life after 40.

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Celebrity sweat

Hard candy mixed with sweat: Madonna's tips to become 'eye candy'

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Jenna Clarke Take cover slackers, Madonna's fitness regime has hit our shores.

Fitness trends

All twerk and a lot of play

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Sarah Berry Sarah Berry looks at the rise of home workouts and new moves that take the drudgery out of exercise.

Jump rope

Shift those feet and skip to the beat

Erika Heynatz

Shelly Horton FITNESS freaks can be fickle, flitting easily from pumping to boxing, and between Zumba and Pilates.

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Teacher training

Online yoga may stretch safety

Yoga

Sarah Whyte Budding yoga teachers who earn their credentials through increasingly popular online courses are putting students at risk, leading yoga practitioners say.

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Ballet burn

Ballet is back for grown-ups

Ballet

Charmaine Yabsley If you dreamt of a tutu when you were a child, then dust off your leotard. Ballet is back.

The body business

Personal training

The fitness industry is worth more than $1.2 billion a year nationally, and Sydney's body beautiful obsession means we contribute more than our fair share.