Famous (or should that be infamous) fitness Guru Tracy Anderson, who is the woman responsible for Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow’s svelte bods, has released 10 minute fitness webisodes. You can download the mini workouts for $10 each online (about £6.30). All the proceeds from the videos benefit the orphans of Malawai – sounds like Queen [...]

I admit, I’ve never used a Powerplate – the vibrating exercise machine that took the fitness world by storm a couple of years ago. However, I do have a slight temptation despite feeling slight;y skeptical about how well it would work. Well, this new design could well sway me; it’s so pretty and fun! The [...]

Gymbox, a fitness chain which comes up with innovative workouts such as the stiletto and rave workouts, has a new idea. The new exercise class is called ‘Chave Fighting’ and is essentially a self defence class. Participants are taught street-fighting techniques for disarming would-be attackers. There is even an actual hoodie (well a Gymbox trainer [...]

I’ve recently started getting back into the gym. I’m a hesitant exerciser – mostly because I would prefer to be sitting down eating chocolate writing, than tiring myself out in a room full of sweaty people. I’m not a fan of the gym atmosphere and there is one reason in particular; because I am a [...]