Keeping Fit

At 5.00am on Saturday 22nd March, one avid fundraiser will take his first steps on an epic marathon challenge. Bernie Hollywood, a 48 year old father of two from the Wirrall, will attempt to complete 35 marathons in 22 days, culminating in the Flora London Marathon on April 13th.

The UK's leading gym and fitness equipment retailer Totally Fitness has given carbon dioxide a good work out after announcing that it is to offset its emissions and go Carbon Zero.

To celebrate its 80th anniversary, Speedo, the world’s leading swimwear brand has launched Speedo LZR Racer suit, which independent testing has shown to be the world’s fastest swimsuit. Speedo has harnessed the expertise of the United States space agency NASA amongst a number of international research institutes to create a faster suit which has 10% less passive drag than Speedo’s Fastskin FSII launched in 2004 and 5% less passive drag than Speedo FS-PRO, which was launched in March 2007 and has seen swimmers break 21 World records as a result.

This year’s London Marathon takes place on 13 April, with tens of thousands of runners expected to compete. Sporting experts at London Marathon recommend a 24 week training programme prior to the big day, requiring ongoing commitment from those taking part, with hours of running put in behind the scenes.

2008 is set to start off with a bang, a slam and a beat as Virgin Active exclusively launches the sensational new fitness trend, Drums Alive, to the UK. Originally developed by US born Carrie Ekins, Drums Alive has already proved popular in the States and Japan.

Having successfully completed the 26 mile Cross Channel Swim in 2007, raising £30,000 for Prostate Cancer Research, Cambridge resident and open water swim coach, Edward Williams, has set up and launched the Cambridge Swimming Academy.

Totally Fitness have announced they are making the Landice Treadmill available through Harrods and Totally Fitness stores, as well through the Totallyfitness.co.uk website. Landice Treadmill's are the machines used to train the US military and the Cirque de Soleil acrobats in Las Vegas, so they’re certainly built to last.

Fed up with overcrowded public transport or bored of sitting in traffic? Why not ride to work and reap the benefits. Evans Cycles, the UK’s largest specialist cycle retailer, gives you a few reasons why cycling to work could be more beneficial to you than you think.

Have you over-indulged over the Christmas break? Do you want to make a fresh new start in 2008? Then how about combining getting fit with raising money for a good cause?

Hot on the heels of BBC 1's hugely popular Strictly Come Dancing, the nation is fox-trotting away the flab this New Year. Shimmying its way to the number one spot is Strictly Come Dancersize, this year's best selling fitness DVD which sold on average over a 100 copies an hour last week.