In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Women's Health (UK)

• News you can use
  Want the latest health intel? We’ve combed the science journals so you don’t have to…
• Is eating for your identity the new personalised nutrition?
  Data-driven diets might appear to be the future, but could the real key to better gut health lie in the past? WH chews over the science
• What happens when… I’m part of a crowd
  Fun runs, festivals and a fair few weddings – summer is the season of group gatherings. But what’s really going on in your body and brain when you get together?
• Bottoms up
  While there’s no such thing as one exercise to magically transform your lower-body strength, the weighted hip thrust comes close
• Lagree Method for staying present
  It’s got a celebrity following, but does Pilates’ high-intensity counterpart have star appeal when it comes to moving mindfully? WH’s fitness director books into a class
• Ask the fit squad
  Want to run further, lift heavier or nail a pull-up? Each month, we put your questions to the Women’s Health COLLECTIVE panel – eight of the finest fitness brains – to help you achieve your goals
• What’s the deal with skin firming creams?
  We answer the question that thousands of you are googling each day
• ‘You can be body positive and still want to change your body’
  When the mercury rises, so can the desire to change your body. But can body goals ever be compatible with self-love? Bodypositive influencer Danae Mercer weighs in
• JOIN WOMEN’S HEALTH COLLECTIVE
  Enjoy interactive training plans and workout videos designed to fit any goal, plus access to the number one rated fitness app FIIT with over 2,000 workout videos and 40 training plans to suit all levels, (worth up to £120 a year) when you join Women’s Health COLLECTIVE! You’ll also receive the print edition of Men’s Health delivered direct to your door and full access to the Women’s Health app. Join today for just £9.99 for three months
• How Davina got her joy back
  When Davina McCall was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour in August 2023, she was reassured by the word ‘benign’. But after learning that the tumour left her with a one in 100 risk of sudden death, she set about training for her toughest challenge yet: brain surgery. Six months on, she reveals the role fitness has played in her recovery
• The English breakfast
  And lunch. And dinner. As the latest book by Emily English – aka Em the Nutritionist – lands, the former WH cover star shares some of her favourite recipes
• Have we reached peak advice?
  From the agony aunts of yore to forums, podcasts and TikTokers, the internet is here to tell you how to live your life. But by outsourcing your every work problem and parenting quandary, are you outsourcing your intuition?
• ‘Exam stress is insurmountable – we need to reform the school curriculum’
  More than three-quarters of teachers reported mental-health issues related to exam anxiety in their students during the last school year. Here, one former student for whom that statistic is resonant reflects on that pressure – and calls for reform
• It’s giving Hyrox…
  It may be the fastest-growing fitness sport in the world, but there’s more to the hybrid hype than Hyrox. WH reports on the other challenges vying for your athletic attention
• The ultimate pull-up plan
  Think pull-ups are out of reach? Plenty of women do. But with the help of one trainer’s exclusive programme, get ready to defy gravity…
• Get unstuck
  These are the three most common mistakesTang sees that stall progress, and how you can fix them
• Stages of success
  Tang’s three-phase programme, the Women’s Health Ultimate Pull-Up Plan, is designed to help you perform your strongest pull-up yet. Over a six-week period (or less, depending on your current level), you do three workouts per week that feature pull-up progressions and upper-body strengthening exercises, plus core and lower-body work. Here’s a breakdown, but you can get the full plan at womenshealthmag.com/uk/fitness/strength-training/a64451355/pull-up-beginners-ultimate-plan
• How I did my first pull-up at 56
  Amy Beaumont, 56, is president of smart home technology company House Systems. She’s based in New York.
• Full-body strength workout
  Itching to get your pull-up journey started now? Thought so. Try this sample workout from the Ultimate Pull-Up Plan. Using medium to heavy dumbbells, move through the exercises in Lift A, with little to no rest between moves, for four rounds. Then, complete the moves in Lift B and Lift C in the same fashion, for three rounds each. Oh, and while this workout is a pull-up prerequisite, it’s also a killer standalone full-body sweat you can come back to any time. You’re welcome.
• ‘I always hid my prosthetic leg – now I play amputee football for England’
  Rebecca Legon, 45, from East Sussex, was born with a rare limb deformity. She struggled to accept her disability before fitness helped her find peace
• JOIN WOMEN’S HEALTH COLLECTIVE
  Enjoy interactive training plans and workout videos designed to fit any goal, plus access to the number one rated fitness app FIIT with over 2,000 workout videos and 40 training plans to suit all levels, (worth up to £120 a year) when you join Women’s Health COLLECTIVE! You’ll also receive the print edition of Men’s Health delivered direct to your door and full access to the Women’s Health app. Join today for £99 a year and get a pair of Samsung Galaxy Buds FE.
• The kit list
  Summer is in full swing and what better way to celebrate than by dressing yourself in dopamine – on the pitch, in the park and in the studio. Bye-bye, boring basics; hello, bold hues that lift your mood, along with your rep count
• Full support
  Nothing ruins the runner’s high like an ill-fitting sports bra. One marathon-training editor asks if a much-hyped piece of kit can give her PB a lift
• Best in (gym) class
  Because the products in your gym bag should work as hard as you do
• Problem solvers
  Rosacea? Reduced. Dark spots? Diminished. Meet your problem-skin saviours
• Body boosters
  The skin on your body deserves the same care as your face and these high-tech formulas have you covered
• Trailblazing treatments
  Advanced treatments that leave you looking like yourself, on a really good day
• Skintelligent saviours
  From masks that mimic a professional facial to effervescence-giving acids, these products are the gold standard
• Beauty gamechangers
  These next-gen heroes are about to revolutionise your routine
• Skin shelfie
  Laura Amor-King, 45, co-founder of Larry King Salons and Haircare
• Give your gym bag a glow up
  Compiled by our beauty editor, the limited-edition Women’s Health x Boots Beauty + Wellness Edit streamlines self-care, making it fast, functional and worth your time
• Why wellness 3.0 is playing out offline
  Lightning-fast wifi, on-demand entertainment and never being far from a phone charger have been the modern metrics of a life well-lived, both at work and home. So why are the best-connected women suddenly booking digital detoxes and scouring eBay for brick phones? WH computes how logging off became 2025’s wellness power move
• Has science found the silver bullet?
  Tuning into the cues coming from inside your body could be the missing link to regulating emotions, understanding mental health and even maximising sexual pleasure. No wonder researchers are calling it a breakthrough. WH reports on the sense you have to feel to believe
• Just keep pedalling
  When an invitation landed in Alice Barraclough’s inbox to cycle upAlpe d’Huez, she was grieving a miscarriage. And with every hairpin bend, she found herself processing her emotions in a way she wasn’t prepared for
• Fleur East
  The presenter turned beauty founder talks rolemodelling, running and recognising her own needs