I was all for toning up – until I realised pain was involved

Some couples celebrate their anniversary by exchanging gifts. Others read poetry to one another. And then there are those who mark the date in ways much too filthy to describe. For my boyfriend and I, our fifth anniversary started with me wielding a medicine ball (for the uninitiated, that's

Troubled in paradise

A sudden tragedy in Crete turned Cynthia Paine's life upside down

Amma, the hugging saint

Jenny Kleeman went to experience the Indian guru's embrace for herself

Don’t overstretch yourself

A yoga retreat that pleases his partner, five-year-old daughter and bank manager ... Kevin Rushby is in heaven

Elle Macpherson deserves a medal for defying the health and safety gods

Simon Jenkins: The press are idiots to condemn the model for cycling without a helmet. The real villains are over-active traffic managers

The loveliest beach in Mexico

Laid-back Troncones has buckets of charm and a dedicated following of artists and surfers, says Jo Tuckman

Live in the now? What an absolutely idiotic proposition

Victoria Coren: Doing life right, according to the Freeman Principle, requires a lot of money, props and vehicles; I'd say his surname is more ironic than apt

Two wheels

Claire Armitstead: Not until you go to Mont Ventoux can you appreciate just how different pro cyclists are from the rest of the human race

Walking with the fishes

Swimhiking allows you to travel miles on land and water and leaves you feeling like Tarzan

A fat camp for foie gras lovers

A luxury French bootcamp may sound like a joke but there's nothing funny about the exercise regime, writes Kieran Falconer

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