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An extra hour in bed sounds brilliant, doesn't it? But when the clocks go back, that bonus hour doesn't always feel like a gift. Suddenly you're waking up earlier than usual, feeling sleepy before ...

Most people with a bad back do the same thing. They rest it. Shift around in the chair, stretch now and then, maybe book a physio. Then it’s straight back to eight hours at a desk and a month later...

There are three kinds of British walker in autumn. The Scots go anyway. A hardy few own proper waterproofs and wear them. And the rest of us stand at the window with one shoe on, watching the drizz...

If you're nervous about moving after a heart attack, you're not alone. Your heart has just given you a huge fright, so sitting on the sofa feels sensible. Sadly, the research doesn't back it up.

This isn't a post about fresh air and thinking positive. Depression is a clinical condition and deserves a proper answer, not the usual wellness lines. Walking keeps coming up in mental health guid...

Before the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, a Japanese firm called Yamasa released one of the first wearable pedometers. They named it the Manpo-kei, meaning "10,000 steps meter." Why ten thousand? It sounded ...

Ten thousand. It's the number stamped on every fitness tracker, every wellness app, every "just hit your goal" notification. Nobody chose it because of a study.

The scale measures one variable in a system with dozens, and it tells you almost nothing about what is actually changing week to week. Most of us know this already.

You sit down at 9am. You look up and it's 2pm. You've moved twice - once to make coffee, once to use the bathroom. By the time the day ends you've accumulated maybe 800 steps and you technically ha...