Life and style

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

I was coming down a mountain bike trail when I became aware of an odd ache in the middle of...

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

I don’t know whether I am in love with my friend or not. We hang out a lot, because we...

Poor sleep may be fuelling the global rise in under-50s being diagnosed with cancer, two large studies suggest.The number of...

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

I didn’t think I could survive the death of my husband, Graham. We met at university when I was 18,...

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

When I was 21, I went on a girls’ trip with university friends. Over dinner, one of the girls, who...

In 1981 the CD was born and so was I. Both arrivals were surprising and have drifted in and out...