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Dance, run, swim: the ultimate fitness guide

Perfect your technique with our useful guide to the basics of swimming, running, lifting weights - and dancing like Beyonce (or trying to, at least). Plus top tips from expert trainers on getting faster, fitter and stronger.

  • Nigel Warrack

    Nigel Warrack obituary

    Other lives: Founder of the Flying Gorillas touring dance company
  • Dancer and TV presenter Oti Mabuse

    Oti Mabuse: ‘When was I happiest? When I realised I was meant to be a dancer’

    The Strictly Come Dancing professional on quitting engineering, and her penchant for spare ribs and positive thinking
  • The Maybot, as demonstrated by the PM in South Africa.

    Theresa May dancing: incredible, cringeworthy – or a threat to international diplomacy?

    The prime minister – like so many others in public life – has been forced to dance, this time in front of schoolchildren on a trip to Africa
  • One-legged tap dancer Evan Ruggiero

    Experience: I am a one-legged tap dancer

    The consultant vowed to save my life and come to my first performance as an amputee
  • Harry Dean Stanton pictured in 2007

    Dashes, commas, and judgmental twitchers

    Letters: Harry Dean Stanton | Boris Johnson | Dancing about architecture | Fatberg | Ornithology of meetings | Ambridge antidote
  • Giles Fraser

    If only Descartes had done Strictly Come Dancing

    Giles Fraser
    Loose canon: Those who think their way into dancing have two left feet. The mind as puppeteer to the body is the philosophy of dad dancing
  • Diana, Princess of Wales dancing with Wayne Sleep

    ‘The audience gasped when Princess Diana appeared’

    Wayne Sleep remembers a remarkable dance duet at the Royal Opera House in December 1985
  • Madonna with her dancers in Truth or Dare

    ‘Madonna put our talent out there’: dancing on the Blond Ambition tour

    Salim Gauwloos looks back at his time on the 1990 tour
  • ALL IMAGES EMBARGOED UNTIL 12 NOON ON MONDAY 6TH MARCH 2017<br>Joshua McGuire (Guildenstern) and Daniel Radcliffe (Rosencrantz) in Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard @ Old Vic. Directed by David Leveaux. 
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    From Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead to Lïnger: this week’s best theatre and dance

    Daniel Radcliffe and Joshua McGuire let the sparks fly in Tom Stoppard’s comedy, and ex-Riverdancer Breandán de Gallaí duets with Nick O’Connell
  • Protein shake with protein powder on a white background<br>Protein shake with protein powder and a measuring scoop on a white background. The powder is usually mixed with water or milk and taken as a nutritional supplement with a balanced diet. It is particularly popular with athletes and people who are interested in fitness as protein aids the development of muscle tissue. It can also be a useful supplement for dieters on low carb, high protein / fat diets.

    Pumped on protein: can a shake ever be as good as a plate of food?

  • Zanna van Dijk demonstrating exercises with weights

    Raise the bar: a beginner's guide to lifting weights

  • A view of Regents Canal and boats towards Sturts Lock near Sherpherdess Walk and City Road Islington  London N1

    Why I run: 'It's painful and boring. Afterwards, you're fully alive'

  • Two men running on a beach

    How to run: everything you need to know

  • Peigh Asante (on left) and Nathaniel Cole of Swim Dem Crew, in the pool at the London Aquatics Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

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    How to swim: 'It can be exhausting, but so rewarding'

  • Cold-water swimmer Sally Goble at Parliament Hill lido in London

    10 things you only know if you swim through winter

  • Beyonce in concert on the 'Formation: World Tour' at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, America - 29 Apr 2016<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Frank Micelotta/REX/Shutterstock (5668702c)
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Beyonce in concert on the 'Formation: World Tour' at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, America - 29 Apr 2016

    How to dance like Beyoncé: a step by step guide

    Can a mere mortal move like Queen B? Hell yes, says Cassius Powell, who shows you how, while Abigail Radnor tries it herself
  • Zumba
keep-fit class

    How to stay fit: 25 tips and tricks from Joe Wicks, Louise Hazel and more

    From taking the stairs to watching TV at the gym, experts share what really works for them
  • Aditya Chakrabortty

    Locker room talk: what I've learned in the gym

    Aditya Chakrabortty
    You go to be nudged out of your comfort zone, but it can also get you out of your echo chamber
  • sports gear (from left: swimsuit, t-shirt, cycling top)

    Fit kit: 10 of the best bits of sports gear – in pictures

    What to wear to work out in style
  • LIBRARY IMAGE OF LA LA<br>Emma Stone &amp; Ryan Gosling Film: La La Land 31 August 2016 Director: Damien Chazelle 31 August 2016 SAR71733 Allstar Picture Library/LIONSGATE **Warning** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of LIONSGATE and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To LIONSGATE is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    What would Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone score on Strictly?

    This week La La Land, whose stars sing and dance, got 14 Oscar nominations. What did former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips think?
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