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How to workout with resistance band

You can get a full-body workout using one very simple and inexpensive piece of equipment: a big resistance 'workout' band. If you want to achieve maximum results, then aim for three to four workouts a week. But make sure to leave a 24-hour break between your workouts to enable your muscles to repair and grow. The...

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Health and Wellbeing

Five moves to fitness

Too busy to work out effectively? Think again. Here are five exercises that will have you fit in no time. Resistance training is a workout that involves...

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Health and Wellbeing

Beach fitness workouts

You don’t have to slog it out in the gym to lose weight, get fit or reduce stress. Take advantage of the warm summer weather and head to the beach or...

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Hints and tips

C.H.O.O.S.E. to be happy

Is an inherently happy outlook something we are born with...

Tips to falling asleep faster

A study published in the journal Sleep, found adults who...

The great skin diet

Supple, healthy skin is the holy grail of natural beauty....

Health and Wellbeing

Body image and diets

Food and the female mind Satisfying and even-keeled (and ticked for approval by family and friends) – these are the hallmarks of a good relationship,...

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Health and Wellbeing

Our relationship with food

Deciding what to eat, and how much, is not always about nutrition. Psychotherapist and closet pie-lover Carolyn Parfitt explains how we eat our words, emotions...

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Firm and tone exercises

These five moves are designed to strengthen and condition, so they work to firm and tone the...

Money

Do not overspend this Christmas

“Every year at Christmas I blow my budget. It’s not just the presents, but the parties and celebrations that push me over the edge. How can I keep...

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Health and Wellbeing

Mother and baby yoga poses

Six yoga moves for new mothers - but can be performed solo and also suitable for men. Check with your GP or obstetrician before you...

Health and Wellbeing

The trouble with happiness

Illustration: Madeleine Stamer Late on a Friday night, we leave for a holiday up north. We are driving in the darkness, the highway almost empty, except for...

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Finding joy and how to keep it

Image: Jupiterimages Many of us have at least one of those friends or acquaintances – you know, the one who lives in the realm of complaint and seems to...

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