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Motivation is essential to maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle - it's the thing that keeps pushing us on even when we don't feel like it! So who better to get motivational tips from than professional athletes? In part 2 of our motivation series, GB Active speak to triple jumper Michael Puplampu to get his top tips on how to stay motivated.

Bad news for office workers and gym dodgers, we've all been told how bad inactivity is, but it turns out the prognosis is worse than we first thought. 

Motivation is absolutely priceless when it comes to sustaining a healthy lifestyle and sticking to an exercise routine but it can elude a lot of us. We reached out to one of our awesome partners, GB Active to speak to some of the most motivated people in the fitness industry, professional athletes to get their top tips on how to stay motivated.

The Olympics is great and I for one will be very sad when they are over. But there's something on the horizon to help soften the blow - Great British Bake Off!

We don’t get to see a lot of the sun in this country, so on the rare occasions that we do, it seems a shame to waste hours away in a dark gym.

The amount of training needed for athlete's is a major topic of conversation. The focus is usually on the physical tasks, but sleep also plays a major role.

Yay - it seems like summer has finally arrived here in the UK!

We’ve got a cool new feature which allows you to see which workouts are trending in your area, so we’ve had a look across all our Move cities to see what are the most popular exercise trends people are sweating out to this summer!

When it comes to working out, there's a lot of questions to consider; should I be doing cardio or strength training? How many reps should I be doing? How much rest should I be taking?

Graham over at Inside Out Fitness and Nutrition Coaching gives us the low down about heart rate training.