Everything at the front needs stretching, and everything at the back needs strengtheningI am back at Nyambe’s personal training studio. Keep the ball of your foot on the pavement, and press your heel down towards the road. Fit in my 40s: ‘I’m lazy: cycling in a pack changed that’ Read moreThree and four: do a half-bridge pose (head, shoulders and feet on the floor, lifting your hips so that everything else is off the floor). Five: in a table pose (knees and hands on the floor), drag your belly button towards your spine. A suicide push-up is when you start in a plank position, on your elbows, then move to your hands in a full plank pose, then back again.

Source: The Guardian August 26, 2017 06:00 UTC