The Health24 team takes on various forms of exercise in their quest to bring you first-hand information on their experiences.
I now start my day with a 20-minute walk. It's a big deal to me. Here's my story.
Triceps dips, man-style push ups and relentless sit-ups. Heather Parker braves Adventure Boot Camp and finds she actually quite enjoys it.
On a mission to get fitter and slimmer, Carine van Rooyen's path crossed with a state-of-the-art fitness machine dubbed "Huber".
Move over, Britney. Here comes Carine van Rooyen, who has hip-hopped her way to fitness.
After a month of shimmying and shaking, Amy Henderson is thoroughly convinced belly dancing is worth it and has even signed on for more classes.
If you ever need a wake-up call that you're middle-aged, try signing up for a contemporary dance class.
It might just save your life one day. And if that isn’t enough incentive to sign up for a self defence class, then consider this: it’s a great workout.
Five mornings a week, 6am, four weeks: is Adventure Boot Camp really worth it?
Never underestimate the power of a yoga class. That's what Amy Henderson learned after a month of bi-weekly Ashtanga yoga classes. She's now hooked on them.
Forget the pent-up frustration of being confined to an office - it's time for a completely different type of exercise in the great outdoors. It's called dragon boat racing.
Vodka's not the only great thing to come out of Russia, as Amy Henderson found out when she went for a month of Russian Kettlebell training.
Beginners' ice skating is not all graceful gliding and gravity-defying jumps. Keeping from falling and landing spread- eagled on the ice were Leandra Engelbrecht's important goals.
Gracie Jiu Jitsu is not only a fantastic, and realistic, form of self defence - it's also a great workout and lots of fun. Health24 took to the mat to try it out.
Burpees, ring rows and handstand push-up's. Six weeks ago our Fitness Editor had no idea what these were, now they're a regular feature in her training. This is CrossFit training.
Abseiling is a technique for the controlled descent of a rope - and now a popular adventure sport in its own right.
There can be no cooler sport than surfing. Tell anyone you just went surfing and they can hardly help but grudgingly offer you their respect. Health24's FitnessEditor tried it out.
El-cheapo walking shoes, excuses, local skinner and a Rottweiler. Susan Erasmus reports on her morning walk.
The neighbourhood dogs, the corner café skinner and the weather - Susan Erasmus braves all three on her morning walk.
Horse riding for an amateur is a quite a different thing to what you see on TV. Here's one rider's tale.
Health24's Carine van Rooyen finds that staying on the ball has more benefits than meets the eye.
It’s one thing to write about belly dancing and quite another to do it for real. Amy Henderson risked it.
A health24 writer volunteers for a pole dancing class.
Latin American music pumping at high volume, hips swaying violently – sounds like an 18-year-old out on a Friday night? Well, actually it was this 30-something's Monday at the gym.
Not quite fighting, not quite dancing - capoeira is not what you would usually expect from a martial art.
Health24's Carine Visagie was recently converted into a kicking, punching, bouncing lunatic. Find out why she says Muaythai is the best form of exercise she's ever tried.
I've just had my first boxing match and I don’t have a scratch on me. Not a bruise or a cut and I still have both my ears intact. Here's how I did it.
Wilma Stassen took up tandem cycling with a blind partner. They've just completed their first race.
Despite fearing the worst, Amy Henderson tries out a spinning class at the gym and finds it really is an addictive way to start the day.
It's been eight long weeks, but Amy Henderson finished her Healthy Weight Programme. The going was tough, but the rewards significant.
It’s not a clothes horse. You can’t fit it under the bed. Welcome to the best home gym ever developed.
When Cape CrossFit gym contacted Fitness Editor Amy Froneman to them out for a few weeks, she didn’t know what she'd let herself in for - but is now a complete CrossFit convert.
You want to get in shape, but is it worthwhile spending the money on a personal trainer?
