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Fit in my 40s
Is it possible to overhaul mind, body and soul in your 40s? Zoe Williams is giving it a try
18 September 2021
Fit in my 40s: I suck at table tennis. Instead, here are my final seven fitness lessons
My last observation – of everything from boxing to circus skills – is that competition between beginners is a mug’s game
11 September 2021
Fit in my 40s: a game of petty and enjoyable malice? Step forward, pétanque
It’s extremely meditative. By the end of the week, my capacity for Zen-like calm was epic
4 September 2021
Fit in my 40s: phew, a group bike ride that stops often enough for me to catch up
With my brother-in-law’s group, nobody seemed to care how little I’d helped on the headwind
28 August 2021
Fit in my 40s: hit the beach to swim? Forget that! Swap the noodles for shuttlecocks
It turns out my kids have got really good at badminton
14 August 2021
Fit in my 40s: can I master tap dancing?
The day I break into a sweat doing a waltz clog is some way off
7 August 2021
Fit in my 40s: a walking app that flags up loos and names trees? I’ll get my boots…
Go Jauntly isn’t fixated with anything prissy. It likes gnome displays and little-known shortcuts – and hopes you do too
24 July 2021
Fit in my 40s: fancy a game of Ultimate? Let the battle commence
Who was going to let go of it first? Well, obviously me. The alternative was punching a 14-year-old in the nose
17 July 2021
Fit in my 40s: wakeboarding is unbelievably hard. Can I rise to the challenge?
It’s not even a cardio sport. Yet it’s the only thing I’ve done where I started aching even while I was doing it
10 July 2021
Fit in my 40s: an ice bath feels great (once the agony wears off)
Immersing yourself in cold water brings many benefits, even if you only stay in for one minute – or, as I did the first time, 10 seconds
3 July 2021
Fit in my 40s: learning the cricket basics is full of surprises
Expect a fair amount of sitting around getting hay fever, bending your mind to the fact that this is a noble and complex pursuit
26 June 2021
Fit in my 40s: aqua aerobics is back – underestimate it at your peril
Whether or not this is for you depends on how much you like getting wet. I absolutely hate it
19 June 2021
Fit in my 40s: after a year away from classes, I’m back in the boxing gym
It’s you against the bag, and the bags have been socially distanced since before the term was invented
12 June 2021
Fit in my 40s: what next after the Couch to 5k app?
Even when I’ve done the 5k, failed to maintain my prowess peak and slid inexorably back down to couch, I’ve never thought twice about going back to the app
29 May 2021
Fit in my 40s: can going back to the stone age reawaken my dormant muscles?
Crawl with only your hands and feet touching the ground, up to the top of the mat and back, 30 times. Hell. But it works
22 May 2021
Fit in my 40s: I can go back to the gym now – but do I really want to?
What’s the atmosphere, is everyone masked, do you feel as if you’re dicing with death?
15 May 2021
Could tapping my chest cure my post-lockdown nerves?
I want a quick fix for my anxiety. Will seven seconds of rapid tapping on my meridian points do the trick?
1 May 2021
Fit in my 40s: could breathwork help me stay calm?
As I exhale with a foghorn sound, I’m supposed to imagine myself as a ship, bobbing above my ocean of concerns. Astonishingly, I can
24 April 2021
Fit in my 40s: after lockdown, I’m a weakling. Are my muscles lost for ever?
All I ask is to be able to open some new jam without my arms acting as if they are climbing a rock face
10 April 2021
Fit in my 40s: am I fat-shaming my dog if we work out together?
In a wall-sit, you should ideally hold your dog in your arms. I have to file that under ‘might work on a cockapoo’
3 April 2021
Fit in my 40s: twistin’ my melon with Bez
The king of the 90s delivering a workout? I’ll raise a maraca to that
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