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Pounding the pavement and pumping iron isn'tfor everyone. If you need more a different kind of routine to make you get in your gym kit on, then classes can spur you on to get in shape.

Zumba Toning launches at Reebok Canary Wharf this month. The toning part refers to the addition of small hand held weights (toning sticks) the Zumba to the dance based workout set to Latin beats.

By Andrew Williams

There are statistics available telling us which is the unhappiest day of the year. There is some loose psychology behind this, and a lot of disagreement on the precise date, but in 2012 the dubious honour falls to this Sunday. The theory is that a perfect storm of cold weather, post-Christmas debt, and failed resolutions conspire to make us miserable.

Georges St Pierre is probably one of the better known UFC fighters. The 30-year-old Canadian is ranked as the world's number one welterweight and there were rumours recently of him joining the Canadian 2012 wrestling team.

He spends a lot of his day training - two sessions a day, six days a week he's in the gym boxing, wrestling, sprinting and lifting weights.

Dance your way to a better body with a pool party workout. Aqua Zumba takes the Latin rhythms and simple to follow moves of the biggest dance workout craze in recent years and drops them in the water.

I often find dance-based classes intimidating and an uncomfortable opportunity to highlight my lack of co-ordination so I haven't given Zumba a go yet.

I have a tendency to treat reflexology like palm reading, expecting the therapist to tell me all the things I am blissfully unaware are wrong with me and send me home secure in the knowledge they will be remedied.

The reality is less cut and dried, but equally fascinating as reflexologist Sioned Morgan explained.

Get the look: David Walliams

The comedian was a fabulous advert for swimming last week when he completed that mammoth 140-mile Thames swim.

It's not difficult to convince ourselves we are too busy to exercise.

In an era when people who are perfectly capable of trotting to the supermarket have their shopping delivered to their door, we like to ignore the fact that if we spent lest time frittering away the hours on Facebook we might have more time to focus on ourselves.

Get the look: Lily Cole

If there were ever a case of someone being more than a pretty face, Lily Cole is it. Actress, model and now Cambridge graduate (with a double first no less), Lily's found she has to rely on healthy eating over exercise to stay in tip-top physical shape.

Get the Look: Ryan Gosling

One of Hollywood's hottest heart throbs, Ryan Gosling had to blitz every muscle group to get in shape for latest flick, Stupid Crazy Love,

Get the look: Johnny Depp

The actor and dad-of-two is, at 48, is in as good-a-shape as ever.

Get the look: Jennifer Aniston
The star of Horrible Bosses is also the original queen of the beautiful arms.

Heading off on holiday, or just want to whittle away those wobbly bits under your arms? Try our four-step plan for beautiful arms this summer.

Get the look: Russell Crowe

As Russell Crowe is confirmed to be joining the cast of latest Superman flick, Man Of Steel, he's thrown himself into a high-energy exercise regime.

Get the look: James McAvoy

James McAvoy, the star of the latest X-Men flick, achieved washboard abs and a toned upper body to play the character Charles Xavier.

It's that time of year again. Against a sound track of the steady thwack of tennis balls we are obliged to tuck into a bowl of strawberries, yell at the television and make a well meaning resolution to locate that racquet.

Wimbledon kicks off on Monday and in the spirit of the most English of sporting competitions, I headed to Blackheath Lawn Tennis Club to be put through my paces.

Banish those bingo wings with some good vibrations. The Bodyvib Vibration Dumbbell is a new workout tool that aims to help you tone your arms, shape shoulders and get your body beach ready.

Much like Power Plate technology the vibration element of the dumbbell forces muscles to relax and contract several times a second, which is said to enhance the benefits of targeted exercise.

Get the look: Penelope Cruz

The new mum-of-one and star of the latest Pirates Of The Caribbean movie stays in shape by dancing and eating the Mediterranean way.

Get the look: Henry Cavill

New Brit Superman Henry Cavill is a month into a tough training routine that will get him fighting fit to play one of the best-loved superheroes.

Get the look: Robert Pattinson

The star of Water For Elephants Robert Pattinson struggles with sticking to an exercise regime - he only hits the gym when a role requires it. So how best to pick up a gym habit?

Get the look: Miranda Kerr

New mum and Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr has shed her baby weight super-speedily but admits she has a weakness for chocolate.

The launch of a new iPhone app aims to revolutionise the way you visit the gym.

Web based company payasUgym is offering fitness fans what it believes is the most cost effective way to visit the gym on a pay-as-you-go basis at a location of their choice.