Fitness Tip: When you run, breathe so that your belly rises as you inhale. This ensures that your lungs are inflating fully, so you’ll be able to go longer.

Fitness Tip: If your food fits on your plate with no individual item touching another, you can be pretty confident that your portion sizes are appropriate.

Fitness Tip: Take up rock-climbing. It is an excellent way to improve fitness, gain upper body strength and tone many a muscle.

Fitness Tip: Arching your back on the bench press may enable you to lift more weight, but it puts your back and spine at risk of injury.

Fitness Tip: Mix up your workout. Create a challenge every time you exercise. Use a little more weight, rest 5-10 secs less between sets, add more reps, etc.

Fitness Tip: Not being able to do a pull-up doesn’t mean you should avoid the bar. Simply hanging on for as long as you can improves upper-body strength.