Swimming
Swimming: take the plunge
Charmaine Yabsley Swimming is a great workout, whatever your age or fitness ability.
For young swimming champion Zanzi, success is all relatives
Sarah-Jane Collins ZANZI HOCKNELL had never done an ocean swim when she finished with the fastest time in the under-12s group in last year's Sun-Herald Surf Swim.
Big bodies can also bend it
Thea O'Connor 'When I tell people I'm a yoga instructor, they usually look at me in a funny way, like I'm joking,'' says Sarah Harry, of Ashwood, Melbourne.
In the name of science
What’s the man behind the 5:2 diet going to eat next?
Harry Wallop Having made a name experimenting on himself, TV presenter Michael Mosley is pushing himself to the limit for science – or, as far as his wife can stand.
The French convention
The Gallic appetite for good food and wine is no secret. But less is known about how this strong culture helps a nation stay slim.
Eating disorders
Better? Yes, but the pain remains
Libby McShane There's more to recovering from anorexia than just putting on some weight, writes *Libby McShane.
How exercise revs brain power
Christie Aschwanden Researchers are finding that fitness has a long-term influence on a wide range of cognitive abilities.
Make your body really, really work
Converts to HIIT, the fitness craze for 2014, argue that just two 35-minute sessions a week bring extraordinary benefits. Jim White is put through his paces.
Baby on board: exercise with caution, say experts
Lucy Carroll Three days before Noa Ries gave birth to her first child she snapped on a swimming cap and swam 2.5 kilometres.
Liberating buzz
Why I run
Charmaine Yabsley For some people, feeling the buzz that comes with crossing the finish line is profoundly liberating.
Healthy bones
In pursuit of inner strength
Jane Brody We need to consider our bone health from a young age to ensure a solid frame for life.
Tough Mudder
Electric fence obstacles from the past
Damien Murphy Darren Fittler could never have realised the electric fences on his parents' farm north of Coffs Harbour were good training for a 21-kilometre army-style obstacle course that lay ahead in adulthood.
Mud and guts
Tough Mudderettes: Four weeks to go
Daisy Dumas It's not a music festival gone horribly wrong, nor is it a WWI re-enactment group. No. This is Tough Mudder and I am, frankly, appalled by what I am witnessing.
Life after London
Life after London: from green and gold to post-Olympic blues
Sarah Berry Olympic athletes who put everything into competing can later crash into depression whether they win or lose.
Sporty ideal
A picture of health?
Sarah Berry Americans and Brits view Australians through rose-tinted glasses. But, the reality looks a lot less glossy.
Iron (age) man
Caveman fitness for the 21st century
Megan Johnston Hikers exploring the Canberra hills should not be alarmed if they come across a man wearing no shoes, scrambling through the scrub.
Healthy weight
Weighed down by excess worry
Sarah Berry The battle to lose the kilos can be a tricky one fraught with undesirable effects, writes Sarah Berry.
Not drowning, training for the Cole Classic
Sarah Whyte White water surrounded me as I came to grips with what was happening. I was drowning. My arms flailed as my head frantically moved from side to side.
Survival of the fittest
Rhiannon Sawyer Once the domain of elite athletes, extreme sports have gone mainstream.
