Fitness Tip: The push-up is one of the world’s greatest exercises. Maintain a rigid body line from the top of your head to your heels throughout the push.

Fitness Tip: If your hands and forearms give out before your back and legs, alternate your grip. It will ease the pressure on your hands, wrists and arms.

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.