Fitness

Each week the Filter newsletter cuts through the noise to bring you smart, practical recommendations on how to live better...

The runner’s high, where pavement-pounding drudgery turns into something like a chemically enhanced experience, is an elusive state to pin...

It’s an idea that’s been enthusiastically embraced on social media: women should sync their training to their menstrual cycle. That...

Tough Mudder. CrossFit. Hyrox. Some of this century’s biggest fitness trends have one thing in common: they require feats of...

At 14, I decided to learn a martial art. I told my parents it was to defend myself on the...

Once the preserve of bodybuilders and sprinters, creatine is now being touted as everything from a brain booster to a...

People who are the least fit need to do 30-50 minutes more exercise a week than the fittest to get...

Some people think we are odd for swimming in the Thames. “Isn’t it cold?” they ask with a shiver, like...

I can’t remember when I first became aware of the phrase: “Women are not small men.” But once I’d heard...

We all love a power move, such as running, jumping, throwing balls, swinging kettlebells or scaling walls. In comparison, deliberate,...