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Fitness

May 2025

  • Girl cuts or trims the bush (rose) with a pair of scissors in the garden

    The Filter
    From the perfect gardening tools to £8 mascara, what you loved most this month

  • Emily Bratt pictured last month doing a plank outside on the grass.

    The one change that worked
    The one change that worked: I could never get fit – until I tried a 40-second plank every day

April 2025

  • An image with coloured geometric shapes in the background, showing a person standing on balance cushion and a brain composed of crumpled-up paper with writing on it

    The experts
    The experts: neurologists on 17 simple ways to look after your brain

  • Women using weights in a gym

    Exercise can counter side-effects of cancer treatment, biggest review of its kind shows

  • Young fit woman feeling the pain in shoulder at the gym

    Is muscle soreness after a workout good or bad?

  • Overhead shot of marathon runners on a road

    The Filter newsletter
    I’ve run 60 marathons. Here’s what I’ve learned (and the race-day kit that keeps me going)

  • The new rules of gym etiquette: don’t film yourself, never mansplain – and keep your top on

  • The Filter
    The best running shoes for men and women to take you from trail to road to marathon, tried and tested by runners

  • ‘One father threatened to stab the referee’: why does kids’ football bring out the worst in parents?

  • Pass notes
    Treadmills are out, barbells are in: why gym-goers are abandoning cardio for weight training

  • What do we mean when we say women can be ‘too muscular’?

  • The one change that worked
    The one change that worked: I was in excruciating back pain – until a standing desk saved me

  • 11 things you should know about using the gym, from ‘Is everyone watching me?’ to ‘How do I use a squat rack?’

  • Walking the Pennine Way put everything into perspective for me, including my right to be here

    Anita Sethi

  • Today in Focus
    Is the gym gen Z’s pub? – podcast

  • The New Face of Small Business
    She started running to avoid dying young – but no workout gear fit. Now her clothing brand helps others

  • Good news at last: just a little exercise can reduce the risk of dementia

    Devi Sridhar

  • ‘Cities trigger our imagination’: why a walk in town can be just as good for you as a stroll in the countryside

  • Young people in the UK: tell us about your gym habits

  • Observer business profile
    Gen Z and the gym boss: ‘They cite mental health as high as physical health in terms of reason to join’

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