Pilates

New form

Pilates on crack: get hard core

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Sarah Berry A new form of fitness, dubbed 'Pilates on crack' is turning the heat up on the hundred-year-old exercise. And it has just hit our shores.

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Quick tone-up

Pilates made easy

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Six-minute Pilates circuit offers a simple and effective workout.

Ballet burn

Ballet is back for grown-ups

Ballet

Charmaine Yabsley If you dreamt of a tutu when you were a child, then dust off your leotard. Ballet is back.

The body business

Personal training

The fitness industry is worth more than $1.2 billion a year nationally, and Sydney's body beautiful obsession means we contribute more than our fair share.

Teacher training

Online yoga may stretch safety

Yoga

Sarah Whyte Budding yoga teachers who earn their credentials through increasingly popular online courses are putting students at risk, leading yoga practitioners say.

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Jump rope

Shift those feet and skip to the beat

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Shelly Horton FITNESS freaks can be fickle, flitting easily from pumping to boxing, and between Zumba and Pilates.

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Fitness trends

All twerk and a lot of play

workout

Sarah Berry Sarah Berry looks at the rise of home workouts and new moves that take the drudgery out of exercise.

Celebrity sweat

Hard candy mixed with sweat: Madonna's tips to become 'eye candy'

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Jenna Clarke Take cover slackers, Madonna's fitness regime has hit our shores.

Don't sweat it

Don't sweat it

Research is increasingly stressing the need to get off our butts and avoid a sedentary lifestyle. Incidental exercise is no substitute for running, cycling or hammering away in the gym but it's a...

Training for two

How to exercise when you're expecting

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Michelle Bridges Exercise when pregnant and reap the benefits long after you've given birth.

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Tune in, tone up

Genetics matter but there's still much you can do to obtain the body you want, writes Isobel King.

Shape shifting

Can you change your body shape?

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Isobel King Genetics matter but there's still much you can do to obtain the body you want.

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For when life gets under your skin

Carolyn Boyd explores the luxurious world of health spa getaways.