Fitness in Dubai

It doesn’t get any easier. 5 miles is still 5 miles. There’s no such thing as an easy run. There’s fast ones and slow ones, short o...

I’ve always loved running, not as much as I love football, but I love it all the same. Like football, I’ve never really been any good. I tho...

Fitness First have announced their competition to find the fittest man and woman in Dubai, and with a cash prize of AED 50,000 (£8,700) I’...

It’s only a couple of weeks since I was writing about so many new gyms and events going on in Dubai, yet now there’s even more! Even with te...

It seems to me that Dubai has an insatiable appetite for everything to do with fitness right now. New events, new gyms and group exercise cl...

The Athlete’s Foot in UAE is now selling Vibram Five Fingers (VFFs) . They have stock in the following seven stores across the UAE; Ibn Batt...

I love group training sessions, I love the motivation, competition and camaraderie that they can provide. But having a session completely ta...

Today’s Men’s Fitness and Shape Magazine UAE Fitness Challenge ( https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.323912610953896.85076.14211366580...

Due to the success of the first Men’s Fitness & Shape Magazine Middle East Fitness Challenge back in June, they’ve decided to do it all ...

Ice Warrior II was awesome! Such good fun! I’m really chuffed I finished 7th and maybe would have done better if I’d been braver from the st...

I first come across Body Control ( http://www.bodycontrol.fr/ ) after the Fitness Challenge in June. There was a band included in my prize a...

I'll be brief until I get some more information, but now that it's officially winter here in Dubai it seems that there's great r...

  Fitness in Dubai features reviews of all the latest fitness programmes and local gyms, such as The Circuit Factory, 24 Fitness and Cross...

http://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/well-being/hit-the-ground-running-barefeet-runnning-and-its-alternatives?pageCount=0 Fitness in Dub...

Fitness in Dubai features reviews of all the latest fitness programmes and local gyms, such as The Circuit Factory, 24 Fitness and CrossFi...

In July, results of my Biomechanical Analysis at UPANDRUNNING Dubai indicated what I feared to admit, I’m a heel-striker. Click on this link...

Regime Fitness Dubai ( http://regime.ae/ ) run an amazing 3 hour long drop-in circuit class in Dubai Marina, meaning you can turn up and tra...

After winning their UAE Fitness Challenge, Men's Fitness asked my if I'd share with their readers my weekly workouts. Here it is. Fo...

This is the second in new series asking Dubai-based fitness experts some questions, which I hope will provide you with some tips, motivation...

Fitness in Dubai features reviews of all the latest fitness programmes and local gyms, such as The Circuit Factory, 24 Fitness and CrossFit...

I’m a heel striker . I didn’t think I was, but the video evidence you can see below is conclusive. When wearing traditional running shoes my...

Vibram Five Fingers (VFFs) are available in Dubai . The Society Shop in Festival City has stock of KSO, Sprint, Flow and Bikila VFFs. Howeve...

This is the first of a new section where I will ask Dubai-based fitness experts some questions, which I hope will provide you with some tips...

UAE Fitness Challenge 2011 UAE's best fitness blogs Fitness in Dubai features reviews of all the latest fitness programmes and ...

VO2 max measures the ability to transport and use oxygen , and is accepted as the single best measure of cardiovascular fitness and maximal ...

Ecstatic is not a word I use often, but it’s the only one that comes close to summing up how I feel today. Yesterday I competed against the...

I’ve decided to rebrand this blog as “ Fitness in Dubai ”. Recently while giving this site a little redesign, I started asking myself what t...

I’ve signed up to take part in the Men’s Fitness & Shape Magazine Middle East Fitness Challenge which is being held at 3pm Saturday 25t...

I love gyms . When I walk into a gym for the first time I feel the same as when I was ten years old and I walked into a toy store, all I see...

Last month I headed to Amsterdam for a stag do and met up with my best friends, lads I’ve known for over 20 years. I hadn’t seen most of the...

Are you the type of person who finds it impossible to make time for exercise? Do you pray that when you do go to the gym there’ll be no one ...

Time Out Dubai barefoot feature: http://www.timeoutdubai.com/sportandoutdoor/features/23003-try-barefoot-running-in-dubai Fitness in Dub...

Finally, there's now an official CrossFit affiliate in Dubai with the launch of CrossFit LifeSpark with certified trainers, Candice and...

Concept 10 10 is all about high-weight, high-intensity but with a slow, fluid controlled movement where each rep should last 10 se...