DIY in the home and the hazards involved.

Whether you’re thinking of getting your foot on the property ladder or are an existing homeowner looking to improve and sell your home, the prospect of a renovation project could be enticing. If your borrowing allowance for a mortgage is too low for the size of property you’re after, you could save money by buying a house that needs some work doing, providing you have the time to commit to the project. Given the correct care and attention, you could even stand to make a profit.

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We don’t all have hundreds of hours a month to put into our fitness regime. And on top of all of that, we don’t possess the space to build a home gym. However, there is plenty we can do to ensure that our home fitness work is useful and productive, and all it takes is a little effort on choosing the right workouts and the right basic equipment.

Talk of healthy living, eating the right kind of food and weight loss often includes a term which understanding how it fits alongside these other elements is as important as knowing your carbohydrates from your proteins. The term is BMI and is an indicator used across both the medical world and the fitness industry as a way of measuring whether a person is at a healthy weight.

If you’ve decided to get fit and want to set up a home gym, there are some pieces of equipment which are the essentials to ensuring a full body workout.

You’ve tried aquarobics, zumba and pilates. None of them are really for you but you’re determined to get in shape by working out. If you need inspiration as to the hottest work out trends of the year that really get your heart pumping and your muscles in shape, here’s a selection of what to look out for when booking classes at the gym.