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Marathon | 1 month to go training plan

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

  • Marathon
  • Running tips
  • Fitness
Updated 04 September 2026

How to prepare for your first Personal Training session

Nuffield Health’s National Fitness Operations Manager, Ross Harris, offers pointers on how to prepare for your first personal training session.

  • Healthy weight
  • Lifestyle management
  • Gym advice
Updated 04 September 2026

Tennis strokes | How to improve your serve

Tennis as a game can be broken down into a series of points that start with the serve. Because it’s a unique part of the game that doesn’t mirror the other fundamental tennis shots, learning to serve can be tricky for beginners.

  • Fitness tips
  • Fitness
Updated 04 September 2026

Marathon | 2 months to go training plan

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

  • Marathon
  • Running tips
  • Fitness
Updated 04 September 2026

Exercising with joint pain | Expert exercise advice for painful joints

Joint pain is one of the most common reasons for avoiding active movement and exercise. Stiff joints, a poor range of motion, and mobility issues all make accessing and enjoying traditional sports and exercise plans difficult. Below, Senior Rehabilitation Specialist Jon Taberner explains how best to safely exercise if you suffer with neck, shoulder, back, or knee pain.

  • Fitness tips
  • Musculoskeletal health
  • Hip and knee
Updated 04 September 2026

Keeping fit during pregnancy

Fitness Manager Marie Coburn provides a trimester-by-trimester guide to fitness during pregnancy.

  • Fitness tips
  • Women's health advice
  • Lifestyle management
Updated 04 September 2026

Setting fitness goals | How to set a goal and stick to it

For most of us, setting our fitness goals is the easy part. It’s sticking to them that’s the tricky part. Whether you’re looking to stay on track and hit a new personal best, or you’re struggling to stay motivated with a new weight loss plan, we’ve got some expert tips to keep you on track.

  • Fitness tips
  • Lifestyle management
  • Healthy weight
Updated 04 September 2026

Marathon | 3 months to go training plan

If your marathon is three months away, use this training programme to push yourself past your expectations to build strength, stamina and speed.

  • Marathon
  • Running tips
  • Fitness
Updated 04 September 2026

Dealing with eye strain and headaches when working from home

In these unprecedented times we are all dealing with many personal, health and financial uncertainties, often resulting in additional stress and strain as we adapt to homeworking. Dr Rashmi Singh, GP, takes a specific look at eye strain and headaches associated with the pressures we find ourselves under whilst working from home during self-isolation and lockdown.

  • Lifestyle management
  • Eye health
  • Workstation wellbeing
Updated 04 September 2026

Premature skin ageing and growing old gracefully

In a culture that places a high value on youth, everyone wants to look fresh and rejuvenated. But nobody wants to look as though they have had ‘work done’

  • Cosmetic surgery
  • Treatment advice
  • Skin health
Updated 04 September 2026