This common mistake could be ruining your fitness progress, but this home stability workout can fix it.
Finding Your Shape: How Jamie-Lee Domburg And G-Star Are Championing Women, Not Just Fit
Style that celebrates women as they are.
Working Out With A Cold: When It’s Safe To Exercise While Sick And When To Avoid It, According To Doctors
Follow this one rule to decide whether to sweat or rest.
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Smarter training starts on your wrist.
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Are Your Workouts Hurting You? These 4 Essential Moves Can Help
This common mistake could be ruining your fitness progress, but this home stability workout can fix it.
Is It Possible To Work Out At Night Without Sacrificing Sleep?
Is an evening workout on par with a 4pm coffee?
This 13-Move Resistance Band Arm Workout Is The Ultimate Upper-Body Sculptor
Your biceps will be quaking by the end.
The Best Strength Exercises For Female Runners To Prevent Injury, According To Studies
According to studies, these are the best strength exercises for runners to build muscle and prevent injury.
Which Is Better: Yoga or Pilates?
Here’s how to decide between the two most popular low-impact modalities, depending on your goals.
Basic Core Exercises Aren’t Enough – Add These Rotational Moves To Your Workout Now
You need to train your core in all directions. 🔥
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Nervous System Regulation: 5 Calming Practices To Relax – Without Meditation
Burnout, brain fog, constant anxiety? Your nervous system might be crying out for help.
10 Ways You Can Actually Lower Your Cholesterol Without Medication
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The Risks of Tanning (And Yes, We Mean Sun Exposure Too)
A ‘healthy glow’ shouldn’t give you sun damage. Bottle your tan; protect your skin.
How Healthy Is Your Pee? Take This 10-Second Test To Find Out
It’s World Toilet Day – and you can tell a lot about your health by simply scrutinising your next piddle! So, how healthy is your pee?
Five Years After Breast Cancer, Amber Wright Is Stronger Than Ever
Amber Wright shares her 12-month fitness journey.
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A Showstopping Chicken Pie Recipe That Will Impress Everyone At The Dinner Club
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5 Ingredient Sugar-Free Brownies That Actually Taste Good
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A 30-Minute Chicken Recipe You Can Make In The Air Fryer Or Oven
This is how you do dinner in 30.
3 Homemade Gourmet Burger Recipes That’ll Change Your Life
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The High-Protein Shake That Helps Keep You Fuller For Longer
It actually tastes like a strawberry milkshake!
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For one, sleeping in your make-up is a huge no-no.
The 9 Best Editor-Approved Sunscreens In South Africa – They’re Actually Really Good
The search for the perfect sunscreen ends here!
Nivea Drops Three New Micellar Waters For Every Skin Need
These three innovations redefine cleansing as a purposeful, sensorial moment that elevates the entire skincare experience.
The Best Way To Shave Your Bikini Line Without Getting Ingrowns Everywhere
Do not avoid shaving cream, whatever you do.
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Top 16 Bronzers And Highlighters For That Sunkissed Glow
Sunkissed with a touch of 24-karat energy.
The Vitamin-C Lip Gloss We’re Keeping On Hand All Season
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Find your perfect pick for bold, fluttery, eye-opening lashes.
Best Moisturising Lipsticks For That Plumped Look
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The do-it-all hair heroes worth your money.
The Best Way To Use Sea Salt Spray On Short Or Long Hair
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Five Years After Breast Cancer, Amber Wright Is Stronger Than Ever
Amber Wright shares her 12-month fitness journey.
The Health Benefits Of Gardening
Time to go green.
5 Doctor-Approved Strategies To Finally Cope With Year-End Burnout
Year-end burnout can feel like a slow, painful crawl to mid-December. But there are smart ways to cope and finish strong. Here’s how.
17 Wellness Journals To Kickstart Your Year
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How I Rebuilt My Life – And My Strength – After Divorce
Suzanne is living proof of what’s possible when you decide to rewrite your story and become your own hero.
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Are Your Workouts Hurting You? These 4 Essential Moves Can Help
When it comes to fitness, most people aim to get as fit as possible, either with heavy weights, running long distances, or by pushing themselves with multiple sessions a week. But by prioritising only fitness, you might be overlooking all the other parts of what keeps...
Finding Your Shape: How Jamie-Lee Domburg And G-Star Are Championing Women, Not Just Fit
Jamie-Lee Domburg has always been a powerful presence on South African screens, but her most meaningful transformation has happened off camera. Over the past year, her wellness journey has sparked a deeper conversation – not just about changing bodies, but about how...
Working Out With A Cold: When It’s Safe To Exercise While Sick And When To Avoid It, According To Doctors
The thought of exercising while sick can make you queasy, but you may be itching to move your body if you have a light cold or cough. Before you hop on the treadmill to “sweat it out,” though, you want to assess your symptoms carefully because working out with a cold...
Training For Your Next Race? Garmin’s New Forerunners Could Level Up Your Training
Fresh off another huge marathon season, it’s safe to say running fever isn’t slowing down anytime soon. So whether you already have your eye on your next race or you’re finally committing to that couch-to-5K plan, Garmin’s new Forerunner 70 and Forerunner 170 are...
Nervous System Regulation: 5 Calming Practices To Relax – Without Meditation
You set an alarm for 6 a.m., mainline your coffee, answer 47 messages before 9 a.m., sit through back-to-back meetings, scroll through dinner and collapse into bed – still wired. You're exhausted but can't switch off. Sound familiar? According to statistics, you’re in...
Is It Possible To Work Out At Night Without Sacrificing Sleep?
We could rattle off several reasons to work out in the morning – but sometimes waking up before the sun sounds about as pleasant as a root canal. Plus, nighttime sweat sessions might be the only window you have to exercise, especially if your job involves super-early...
The Best Dairy Foods For Weight Loss, Satiety And Muscle Support, According To Dieticians
When you’re trying to lose weight, knowing what to eat can suddenly feel weirdly complicated. One minute social media is telling you to cut carbs. The next, protein is everywhere. Then you’re following an AI-generated meal plan from your couch while trying to figure...
A Showstopping Chicken Pie Recipe That Will Impress Everyone At The Dinner Club
Flavour, flavour, flavour! Chef Ollie Swart has gone all out with this showstopping, golden chicken pie made with store-bought rotisserie chicken, buttery leeks and a rich homemade gravy with extra body and depth. It's the ultimate culinary cheat code for chilly...
These Grey Hair Myths Might Actually Harm Your Hair – South African Hair Specialists Explain
Ask any woman and she’ll tell you that hair is more than just dead keratin wafting around your scalp. And when it turns grey, whether from old age or otherwise, it often brings with it a loss of confidence. For years, much was unknown about whitening strands, leading...
The 15-Minute Trick That Beats A 10-Step Skincare Routine
Feel like you're spending more time than ever chasing that ever-elusive glow? It's not just in your head. Women now dedicate an average of 22.4 minutes a day to their skincare routines – amounting to over 136 hours a year. Driven by a global skincare market that's...
Why Rawbiotics Matters For Every Gut, Every Day
A healthy gut isn’t something you only think about when something feels “off”. It’s a living ecosystem that needs daily support to stay balanced, resilient and responsive. Your gut is the power centre of your body – influencing everything from energy and immunity to...
10 Ways You Can Actually Lower Your Cholesterol Without Medication
According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of South Africa (HSF), 10 South Africans suffer a stroke every hour. One of the big contributors to strokes in South Africa is the prevalence of high cholesterol. Sadly, 80 percent of heart disease-related deaths in...
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