Fitness tips, updates, and insights from the Motion team.
National Fitness Day is Wednesday 16 September 2026. Thousands of venues will open their doors for free and around 10 million people will join in. Here's how to take part, and the honest bit nobody puts in the press release.
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Winter mornings are dark and the pavements are icy, so it's no surprise step counts drop this time of year. Here's how to keep walking in winter with the right gear, safer routes after dark, and a target that flexes instead of guilt-tripping you.
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Stuck naming your walking challenge team? Here are over 100 walking challenge team names, sorted by funny, punny, motivational, and competitive, so you can find one your whole group will actually like.
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Will Movement 26.2 actually work? The evidence on walking rewards is honest but two-sided. They get people moving, but reaching Britain's least active people and making it last are the hard parts.
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Movement 26.2 is due to launch by January 2027, roughly six months away. That gap is exactly why you shouldn't wait to start walking, and the habit science backs it up.
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The NHS is backing a new walking challenge called Movement 26.2. Here's what was announced on 3 July 2026, what it means if you haven't exercised in years, and what's still unconfirmed.
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Google's Cardio Load is a powerful metric for structured training. It's also confusing, hardware-dependent, and driving a lot of people back to a simple step goal. Here's the honest comparison, and what the research says about which approach keeps you moving long-term.
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Garmin has Training Load. Google now has adaptive Cardio Load. And a randomised trial found fixed step targets cause people to move less. The fitness industry has quietly ditched fixed goals. Here's why, and what to use instead.
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Google rebranded Fitbit to Google Health in May 2026, stripping out badges, groups, the web dashboard, Sleep Profile, and every social feature. Here's what you need to do before July 15, and where to go next.
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Cardio Load is a heart-rate strain score, not a step count. Your Target Load is a personalised weekly range built from your own recent history. Here's exactly how it works and why it can feel so confusing.
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