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10 bits of kit you need for your next home workout #HealthAndFitnessWeek
[nextpage title="Next"] Let’s face it! No matter how good your intentions are, it’s incredibly hard to get yourself out of the house and down to the gym, especially when you've had a long day at work. It’s also extremely expensive. £45 a month for something you’ll end up going to once a week, if that?…
7 ‘bad’ things that can actually be good for you #HealthandFitnessWeek
Every day brings a new health study about something else we need to avoid if we want to live to 90, and they're frequently things we used to think were OK: jogging, red meat, even VITAMINS, for goodness' sake. And who knows what else we'll be warned off in future, or whether people who eschew…
8 YouTube workouts you can almost pretend aren’t really exercise #HealthAndFitnessWeek
Sometimes fun and fitness CAN go together... In an ideal world, we'd all be bounding out of bed enthused with anticipation for a good workout every morning, right? If you're thinking 'no, in an ideal world our muscles would just exercise themselves while we slept', then you need a workout that doesn't feel like a…
It’s #HealthAndFitnessWeek on ShinyShiny
As the first month of the year draws to a close, we're here to help you keep running, swimming, and nourishing your way to the healthier, happier self you imagined when you wrote your new year's resolutions. With guidance on the easiest and most fun ways to exercise, where to get inexpensive fitness kit, and how…
And the ShinyShiny Awards 2014 winners are…
The nominees went head-to-head, votes were cast and the winners were (quite literally) drawn from a sparkly gold envelope live on Twitter this morning (check out @ShinyShiny if you're keen to catch up). If you missed the play-by-play action then don't worry, we've collected together all of the awards below with the winners and highly commended…
Mr Whisper takes the Instagrammer of the Year crown #ShinyShinyAwards
Instagram and its snap-happy community have grown a great deal over the last year, with more than 60 million photos now uploaded each day. Our shortlist for the Instagrammer of the Year award celebrated some of the app's top emerging talent, chosen for the way they use Instagram to showcase their creative photography, provide fans…
Meet the Funniest Woman on Twitter: @Peachesanscream #ShinyShinyAwards
It's fair to say that all three finalists for Funniest Woman on Twitter 2014 are ridiculously, jealousy-inducingly funny, and you should follow all of them immediately. We genuinely couldn't choose between them, which is why we put this one in the hands of you, the readers, and more than half of you cast your votes for…
Maggie Philbin wins Must-Follow Woman in Tech 2014 #ShinyShinyAwards
With more than 30 years' experience as a science and technology journalist, older readers might remember Maggie from Swap Shop and Tomorrow's World. These days, she reports on science and tech for BBC productions including Bang Goes the Theory, Inside Out and Webwise. She's also founder and CEO of TeenTech, which helps young people and their parents understand…
Why the HTC One M8 is our Smartphone of the Year 2014 #ShinyShinyAwards
Brad Pitt was recently spotted taking a selfie with one, the Apprentice candidates use it horizontally, and it's been one of the most popular HTC phones of all time. But none of those reasons are why we chose the HTC One M8 as our Smartphone of the Year 2014: the fact is, it's just a really excellent…
Here’s why Headspace is our Health Helper of the Year #ShinyShinyAwards
Our Health Helper of the Year shortlist was hugely varied, from top calorie counting services and one of our favourite activity trackers through to apps designed to ease stress, clear up our minds and another to expertly keep tabs on fertility. What an exciting time for health-related tech! Now even your average Joe (and Jane) can…
