The deal with yoga in Washington is getting kind of complicated. If it’s a bargain you’re after, that’s not hard to find, especially with DC Yoga Week starting Sunday. Now in its seventh year, the event is eight days of free and $5 classes at 24 studios across the area. (This year, Maryland and Virginia studios are taking part, too.) And any other week, there’s a good chance folks can snag a Groupon or Living Social deal or similar discount on their downward-facing dogs.  Read full article > >

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The struggles of D.C. area yoga studios

More than 6,500 people in Mexico City have set a record for the world’s largest Zumba dance fitness class.

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VIDEO: New record for Zumba fitness class

On New Year’s Day, when you vowed to run a marathon this year, it probably seemed like an awesome idea. And then the champagne wore off. Maybe you researched some training programs and realized you just can’t devote the time. Or you saw that as many as 90 percent of folks training for marathons get injured. Or your background is in team sports and the idea of going for a goal solo now seems lonely. Read full article > >

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Not up for a marathon? Try a relay race.

I’m not saying my co-workers are fat. In fact, a fair number of them are toothpick skinny — including, unfairly, the guy who brings in his latest cupcake creation every other day. Many of them are also super-active, always running, biking and yoga-ing in their free time. Read full article > >

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My workplace fitness resolution

British number one Andy Murray overcomes fitness concerns and an in-form Mikhail Kukushkin to win his opening match of 2012 in Brisbane.

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Murray survives tough 2012 opener

When it comes to warding off premature death, how fit you are may be more important than how much you weigh. Research published Monday afternoon in Circulation, the Journal of the American Heart Association followed 14,358 middle-aged men (median age 44) over 11.4 years. Those who became more fit (according to measurements of aerobic intensity on a treadmill) or maintained fitness were at lower overall risk of death and also of dying from cardiovascular disease during the followup period. Read full article > >

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Fitness matters more than fatness, study suggests

It will be great for TV ratings, that’s for sure. A group of pole dancing advocates wants the activity, more commonly associated with dim nightclubs, recognized as an Olympic sport. The Pole Fitness Association and other pole dancing advocacy groups are circulating petitions to have vertical dance, which they compare to gymnastics, added to the London 2012 lineup. Read full article > >

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Pole dancing: Olympic sport?

Sports medicine specialists call for mandatory PE tests in schools to create an Olympic legacy of fitness.

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Call for PE tests in UK schools

What if someone would pay you to lose weight? Not a token amount from your meddling fitness freak brother-in-law, but serious cash, say $10,000? Would you try it? But what if you had to put some skin in the game, 60 of your hard-earned dollars for the chance to win that $10,000 or smaller prizes of $5,000 and $3,000? Read full article > >

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Do programs that pay people to lose weight really work?

England manager Martin Johnson expects Lewis Moody, Ben Youngs and Andrew Sheridan to return to action next week and prove their fitness ahead of the World Cup.

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England set to welcome back trio

Good news for those TV watchdog groups: Long before Americans go blind watching all that smut on television, they are going to die from watching all that television. For every additional two hours that people spend glued to their television sets on a typical day, their risk of developing type-2 diabetes increases by a whopping 20 percent, and their risk of heart disease rises by 15 percent. That’s according to an analysis of eight studies on the subject published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association and brought to our attention by Health.com. Read full article > >

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Bent out of shape over viewer-health analysis and fitness projects

About the daters … Fitness routine . . . Rocky: Went to college on a soccer scholarship and still work out three to four times a week. Read full article > >

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Date Lab: A mix-up leads to a missed connection? Do-over!

What is the evidence behind fitness flip-flops?

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Fit or not?

John McKenney’s a smart guy. A lawyer and tax expert, McKenney left Washington a few years ago and moved to Sarasota, Fla. He got a tan, took up yoga, started dating a well-heeled local woman. She brought McKenney into her well-heeled crowd. Soon, all the heels in the group were clicking about a new, can’t-miss foreign currency deal, paying 5 percent a month, 60 percent a year. The trader doing the deal, Beau Diamond, was young but well known around town. His father, Harvey, was a local health and fitness celebrity. Read full article > >

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Investment fraud isn’t relegated to Wall Street: Beware the Ponzi schemer next door

Several baseball players have used the sport’s fighting methods to improve their fitness and mental toughness.

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Mixed Martial Arts Makes Inroads in Baseball Training