Exercise topics: sport, midlife and everyday life
Guides for a sport, a stage of life or a daily setting, each with exercises from the library and the warning signs to watch for.
Menopause and joints
- Menopause and joints
What changes for joints, muscle and bone around the menopause, what the research has and has not shown, and the exercise that stands up best.
- Exercise for hot, aching joints and stiffness in menopause
Why joints feel hot, achy and stiff around the menopause, what helps first thing, how to pace a bad day, and the stiffness that needs checking.
- Frozen shoulder and the menopause
Frozen shoulder is commonest between 40 and 60 and more common in women, but nobody has shown the menopause causes it. The evidence and what helps.
- Joint pain in the menopause
Why joints ache in perimenopause, what the research has and has not proved, which other causes look the same, and the exercise and warning signs.
- Muscle and bone loss around the menopause
What happens to muscle and bone around the menopause, how fast bone density falls, and what strength and impact exercise can and cannot do.
- The pelvic floor in menopause: what changes and what helps
What happens to the pelvic floor around the menopause, what pelvic floor muscle training does and does not do, and when to see a pelvic health physio.
- A strength plan for the menopause years
A week by week strength plan for women at the menopause: what to do, how often, how to progress, and how to start if you have never lifted.
Padel injuries and how to keep playing
- Padel injuries and how to keep playing
Where padel players get hurt, what the elbow, knee, shoulder and back evidence really says, how to lower the risk, and the signs to act on.
- Padel, your shoulder and your lower back
The padel serve is underarm by rule, so the overhead load comes from the bandeja, the vibora and the smash. What that asks of a shoulder and a back.
- Common padel injuries
Where padel players report getting hurt, what kind of study each figure comes from, what builds slowly versus what arrives in one moment.
- Padel elbow: the tendon behind the nickname
Padel elbow is tennis elbow with a new name. What the racket, the overgrip and your playing week really change, and the program that treats it.
- A strength plan for padel players
Padel asks for lateral pushes, stops and overheads. A twice weekly home strength session built around that, with what the evidence does not say.
- Warming up for padel
A 10 minute padel warm-up for club players, what the evidence really says about warming up, where stretching fits, and when to stop and get help.
Pickleball and your body
- Pickleball and your body
What pickleball asks of a body over 50, where players get hurt according to the research, how to lower the risk, and the two signs that cannot wait.
- Pickleball Achilles and calf injuries
A pop or kicked feeling at the back of the ankle during a push off can be a torn Achilles. What to do, plus calf strain and tendon pain that builds.
- Common pickleball injuries
Where pickleball players actually get hurt, from Achilles and knee to wrist and shoulder, what kind of study each figure comes from, and the red flags.
- Pickleball and your knees
Lunging to the kitchen line is hard on an older knee. Kneecap pain, arthritis, meniscus tears and the swelling or giving way that needs checking.
- Pickleball elbow: the same tendon, a newer name
Pickleball elbow is tennis elbow under a sportier name. What the paddle weight, the grip and your playing week change, and the program that treats it.
- Getting back on the pickleball court after an injury
How to get back on the pickleball court after an injury: settle it, rebuild strength, rebuild the movements, then return in stages.
- Pickleball and the shoulder: smashes, the cuff and life after 50
The pickleball serve is underhand by rule, so the overhead load comes from smashes and high volleys. What that asks of a rotator cuff over 50.
- A strength plan for pickleball players over 50
A twice weekly home strength session for pickleball players over 50: six movements, how to build them up, and what the evidence does and does not say.
- Warming up for pickleball
A 5 to 10 minute pickleball warm-up for players over 50, what the evidence for warming up really says, where stretching fits, and when to stop.
Strength training on GLP-1 medicines
- Strength training on GLP-1 medicines
How to train for muscle and bone while you lose weight on a GLP-1 medicine, with what the trials found and exercises from our video library.
- What happens to weight and muscle after stopping a GLP-1 medicine
What the withdrawal trials show about weight regain after stopping a GLP-1 medicine, what they did not measure, and why the strength habit matters.
- Strength exercises at home while losing weight on a GLP-1 medicine
A home strength program for keeping muscle while you lose weight on a GLP-1 medicine: six exercises, minimal kit, how to progress and low energy days.
- Strength training on a GLP-1 medicine when you are older
Why muscle, bone and balance matter more after 65 when weight is falling on a GLP-1 medicine, what helps, and when to get checked before you start.
- Protein and strength training on GLP-1 medicines: where the real advice comes from
Why protein matters alongside resistance training on a GLP-1 medicine, what the 2025 joint advisory says, and why we send you to a dietitian.
- A strength plan for 2 to 3 times a week
A simple full body strength plan for 2 to 3 sessions a week while you are losing weight, with sets, reps, progression and warning signs.
- Why muscle loss happens on GLP-1 medicines
What the trials show about lean mass and bone loss during fast weight loss on GLP-1 medicines, why it happens, and what reduces it.