Fitness

Keeping fit will benefit your body and your mind. Whether you want to lose weight, build strength or maintain a fitness regime our experts are here to keep you on track. Read trusted advice from Nuffield Health experts and personal experiences from members in our fitness articles. 

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Updated: Wednesday 1 April 2020

This express, medium-intensity routine will see you using your own body weight combined with gym props to strengthen your core muscles.

Updated: Wednesday 1 April 2020

Here are five tips, starting easiest first, to help you get more active on a daily basis.

Updated: Wednesday 1 April 2020

Combat inactivity during the working day with this list of desk-based exercises.

Updated: Wednesday 1 April 2020

The health of your mind and body are intrinsically linked. Learn how physical activity can help to prevent and manage stress.

Updated: Wednesday 1 April 2020

Get your blood flowing with this express session of cardiovascular exercise.

Updated: Wednesday 1 April 2020

Stephen MacConville, Fitness Lead for Flagship Programmes at Nuffield Health gives us his top tips on how the over 70s can stay active during self-isolation.

Updated: Wednesday 1 April 2020

Taking a coffee break isn't the only way to get away from your screen during the working day. Ashleigh Ahlquist's five-minute workout will help you stay active, boosting concentration and promoting good health.

Updated: Monday 30 March 2020

Move your whole body across all dimensions with this workout designed to improve flexibility and mobility and get your heart pumping.

Updated: Monday 30 March 2020

The back is one of the most commonly injured body parts so protecting it is vital to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Using your own bodyweight, this workout will mobilise your upper back, shoulders and abdomen.

Updated: Monday 30 March 2020

This high intensity workout uses no equipment and can be done anywhere from your local park to your hotel bedroom when you’re on the go.

Updated: Monday 30 March 2020

This basic bodyweight warm up from Nuffield Health’s Fitness Quality Lead, Ashleigh Ahlquist, is a great way to get yourself ready for the long slog of a running event, or at the start of your gym sessions.

Updated: Monday 30 March 2020

Want to plump up your glutes or tighten up your buns? Then this expert-led superset workout designed to tone your toosh is the one for you.

Updated: Monday 30 March 2020

Looking to kick start your fitness? Why not take our thirty day fitness challenge for beginners.

Updated: Monday 30 March 2020

The push-up is one of the best bodyweight exercises that anyone can do (depending on any injury/limiting factors). So why not kick-start your new year with a push-up challenge? You’ll learn how to master the exercise, while improving your strength and fitness.

Updated: Monday 30 March 2020

Build strength in your shoulders, back and chest with this upper body circuit workout. Use your own body weight and free weights to build stronger muscles and sculpt your upper body.

Updated: Monday 30 March 2020

This 20-minute workout, developed with Nuffield Health experts in pregnancy fitness, is designed to build strength and mobility to help you through labour and the demands of motherhood.

Updated: Friday 20 March 2020

Alex worried that he’d never be able to dive again after a blockage in his heart was discovered. But he wasn’t willing to give up without a fight.

Updated: Wednesday 4 March 2020

If your marathon is a month away, use this training programme to prepare effectively for the big day and reduce your risk of injury.

Updated: Wednesday 4 March 2020

You’ve chosen your Personal Trainer and purchased some sessions, but what now? Feeling a little anxious? No need for nerves. Ross Harris, Nuffield Health’s National Fitness Operations Manager, offers pointers on how to prepare.

Updated: Wednesday 26 February 2020

If your marathon is two months away, use this training programme to push yourself over the last few hurdles, where many start to flag.