‘Bingo lady arms’, otherwise known as ‘tuck-shop arms’, are the cross of many women as they age – but you don’t have to bear it! These exercises will help reveal your triceps beneath.

Fitness fallacies abound in the health and fitness industry, often contradicting the basics of exercise science. It’s easy to become confused, disillusioned and misguided. Let’s uncover the five most common fallacies.

It’s amazing how many people I have spoken to over the years about their fitness goals who express this one desire – “I want a perkier and more defined bum!”

Why does your trainer push you so hard during workouts? It’s not only to increase your resting metabolic rate, but to reap the rewards of post-workout after burn. The good news is you can keep it short, so long as it’s sharp.

Someone in Australia is admitted to hospital with an osteoporotic fracture every five to six minutes, according to Osteoporosis Australia, and this figure is set to rise as our population ages. Osteoporosis occurs when bones lose minerals more quickly than the body can replace them, leading to a loss of bone mass or bone mineral density.

‘No pain, no gain’ may have been the maxim of the fitness-obsessed 80s, but its philosophy has long since been discredited. Pain is not a normal state when exercising and should not be tolerated.