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Fitness: Where to work out and what to wear
Fitness: Where to work out and what to wear
11 September 2020
All your fitness news, from new venues - including a studio in Ely and a bike park in Kentford - to the coolest workout clothes
The Fitness Diaries: How to reset your regime
The Fitness Diaries: How to reset your regime
01 September 2020
Is it time to reset your fitness goals? Lovefit's Amber Brammah has some ideas on how to get on track
Fitness: Want to upgrade your workout kit?
Fitness: Want to upgrade your workout kit?
12 August 2020
Healthy Hotlist: The latest fitness news and workout gear
Fitness: The brand taking workout-wear up a gear
Fitness: The brand taking workout-wear up a gear
31 July 2020
How one woman went from curating her own workout gear to launching a fitnesswear company. . .
The Fitness Diaries: Ideas for exercising outdoors
The Fitness Diaries: Ideas for exercising outdoors
13 July 2020
Lovefit's Amber Brammah offers inspiring ideas for exercising outdoors this summer
Meet Boutros Bear, the healthy habits website aimed at fighting Coronavirus
Meet Boutros Bear, the healthy habits website aimed at fighting Coronavirus
11 July 2020
Breast cancer survivor Sheila Kissane-Marshall on her new healthy habits website, Boutros Bear
Health & Wellbeing: Taking a FRESH. approach
Health & Wellbeing: Taking a FRESH. approach
08 July 2020
Ely's Sara Ford and Alice Loombe have joined forces to launch FRESH. - a friendly fitness and wellbeing hub for people of all ages and abilities
Health & Fitness: New workouts, gadgets and gear
Health & Fitness: New workouts, gadgets and gear
01 July 2020
Check out our healthy hotlist for all the latest fitness and wellbeing news
Wellbeing: New to meditation? Here's how to learn
Wellbeing: New to meditation? Here's how to learn
28 June 2020
Meditation is a great way to boost mood and relax body and mind. Try our how-to guide. . .
Fitness: The over-50s world champ talks tennis
Fitness: The over-50s world champ talks tennis
20 June 2020
With Wimbledon cancelled, Lydia Parkin gets her tennis fix from Teresa Catlin, manager of Cambridge Lawn Tennis Club and over-50s World Champion
Fitness: Velvet hits the road with Let's Run Girls
Fitness: Velvet hits the road with Let's Run Girls
15 June 2020
Since it launched in 2016, Let's Run Girls has seen 1,000 women pound the pavement together. Velvet's Louise Cummings chats to founder Danielle Guy
Fitness: The latest health and wellbeing news
Fitness: The latest health and wellbeing news
09 June 2020
Fitness First: Five fun workout ideas, stylish activewear and rescue remedies
Fitness: Why yoga is good for mind as well as body
Fitness: Why yoga is good for mind as well as body
30 May 2020
Yoga teacher Lorna Lowe, who runs a variety of classes in Bury and Newmarket, explains how yoga can help to calm emotions
Fitness: Our monthly healthy hotlist
Fitness: Our monthly healthy hotlist
18 May 2020
Healthy Hotlist: For all your fitness and wellbeing needs
Wellness: How to harness your inner strength
Wellness: How to harness your inner strength
14 May 2020
Gemma Brown shares ways you can maintain strength at a time when your ‘resilience tank’ may be depleted
Health: Why it's OK not to be OK
Health: Why it's OK not to be OK
07 May 2020
Mental Health First Aid Instructor Susie Shaw, of Citrine Wellness, talks about the importance of safeguarding mental health during lockdown
Fitness: Velvet's top online workouts
Fitness: Velvet's top online workouts
06 May 2020
Louise Cummings tracks down some brilliant online workouts devised by local fitness professionals. .
Sustainable Diva: Tips for surviving lockdown
Sustainable Diva: Tips for surviving lockdown
02 May 2020
Velvet columnist Caroline S. Asante, aka Sustainable Diva, shares her isolation survival guide
Fitness: How to stay fit in four walls
Fitness: How to stay fit in four walls
01 May 2020
From using your garden bench for step-ups to doing circuits in your lounge, there’s lots of ways to keep fit during ‘lockdown’ says Amber Brammah
Marathon Nan: How to keep momentum going
Marathon Nan: How to keep momentum going
29 April 2020
With the race put back by coronavirus, first-time London Marathon runner Jude Clarke is trying to think positive