Start slow, wear what you like, watch out for zombies: a beginner’s guide to running

There’s a replacement to your pre-lockdown workout right outside your door. Experienced runners explain how to get started

Walk this way! How to optimise your stride and focus your mind to get the most from your daily stroll

Lockdown has reminded us of the pleasures of walking. But making small changes can boost its benefits to our health, mood and creativity, too

Secret gardens: the quietest national parks and nature reserves near Sydney

With waterfalls, walking trails and cycle paths, Sydney’s less-visited national parks are no less spectacular for their obscurity

‘I’ve been going bananas without it’: tennis obsessives pick up their rackets again

Tennis courts across the country are re-opening, and for many it’s not a moment too soon

UK’s 7,000 gyms prepare for post-lockdown health warning

Extra cleaning, spacing and masks can help but health concerns and the ‘Joe Wicks effect’ may slash membership by 2m

My local park is a space where I can be alone – and feel part of the community

I can hear the flap of birds’ wings. The crunch of gravel underfoot. Gone, though, is the chatter and scraping of chairs in cafes

Outdoors again at last: a first real walk, run and cycle as lockdown eases

With more exercise now allowed in parts of the UK, three writers venture outside to explore their local neighbourhoods

‘Anyone popular at school has muscles’: the rise of the ripped teen

Charlie, 13, starts his morning with 40 press-ups; William, 15, spends an hour a day working out. But when does a healthy interest become a dangerous obsession?

Fit in my 40s: 10-year-old girls love it, but will skipping work for me?

This is a truly democratised activity perfect for our times

Barefoot in the park: the joy of walking over rocks and roots

On moving to the Canadian Rockies, the writer barely left home for fear of bears, but overcame it by feeling the Earth beneath her feet