Fitness Tip: Working on your diet and fitness simultaneously may put the odds of reaching both goals more in your favour, because they work together.

Fitness Tip: Whatever you tell yourself to get through a gruelling workout, don’t stop. It’ll help you push yourself further, for longer.

Fitness Tip: Repeating the same workouts over and over with no variation is a surefire way to stop getting results.

Fitness Tip: When you run, breathe so that your belly rises as you inhale. This ensures that your lungs are inflating fully, so you’ll be able to go longer.

Fitness Tip: Weighing yourself too often can cause you to obsess over every kilo.

Fitness Tip: Share The health. Even if you are the most independent exerciser around, give a group fitness class and may find that you enjoy it more.

Fitness Tip: When trying to adopt healthy habits, it’s important to work around other long-standing practices that could sabotage your efforts if overlooked.

Fitness Tip: Finish strong. At the end of every run or bike ride, pick up your pace for the last minute as you would do when you’re finishing a race.