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Goals: Focusing on a skill is more satisfying.

Five fitness resolutions that have nothing to do with weight loss

From “exploration runs” to managing pain and learning a new skill, these goals can make exercise sustainable and enjoyable.

  • Anna Maltby

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The healthy habits these experts are taking into 2025

For the past five years, we’ve asked three high-profile Australians to share a habit they would like to cultivate and how they intend to make it stick.

  • Sarah Berry
Ageing is inevitable, whether we like it or not.

Forever young

Whether we like it or not, ageing is inevitable. But that hasn’t stopped it from becoming a source of both fascination and fear.

From menopause to mood lighting: The biggest health lessons of 2024

We’ve rounded up the biggest things we learned about our health this year – and what the experts had to say about them.

  • Lauren Ironmonger and Sarah Berry
Waking up with the morning sun… instead of the light from a phone.

The ‘1 per cent challenge’ that’s getting me through December

Sure, it’s the most wonderful time of the year and all that, but it’s also the most stressful. Doing this small activity can reclaim some mental space and counter the chaos.

  • Sarah Berry
If you do want to exercise hungover, staying hydrated is important.

You just woke up hungover. Will exercise help you feel better?

It’s the season of holiday parties and hangovers. Here are the benefits of pushing through the pain.

  • Talya Minsberg
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The new breed of performance shoe is changing the way we run.

These ‘super shoes’ are helping runners break records, but are they for you?

A new breed of running shoes is changing the race, but according to the people who designed them, they’re not for everyone.

  • Sarah Berry
Derrimut 24:7 Gym owner Nikolaos Solomos inside the new Port Melbourne location.

Nikolaos survived an attempt on his life. Then he built an empire

In 2015, Nikolaos Solomos narrowly escaped an attempted murder when a masked gunman shot at him through his car window outside his Melbourne home.

  • Hannah Hammoud
“Standing is generally better than sitting... To improve your overall health and lower your risk of heart disease, you have to mix in actual movement,” said research fellow Matthew N. Ahmadi.

Standing desks won’t make you healthier. Here’s what experts suggest instead

According to a new University of Sydney study, there are better ways to undo the health risks of sitting at a desk all day.

  • Gretchen Reynolds
“Looksmaxxing” is a TikTok trend which encourages young men to “maximise” their looks, starting with changes to hygiene, diet and exercise, but going as far as plastic surgery and steroids.

The TikTok trend encouraging teen boys to get fit, try steroids and starve themselves

According to experts, the “looksmaxxing” trend is targeting vulnerable young people. So, how safe are the measures they’re taking?

  • Penry Buckley

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