Alice Porter
Alice Porter is a journalist who covers health, fitness and wellbeing, among other topics. Alice has bylines at publications including Fit & Well, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Grazia, VICE and Refinery29, among other titles, and was invited to speak on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour in 2022. She was previously a staff writer at Stylist Magazine, covering news and lifestyle.
Alice has a first-class honours degree from the University of Manchester began her career in 2020, initially focusing on women’s health, but now writes about other topics including hormones and sleep, nutrition and weight training, with a particular interest in women’s experiences of health and fitness. Putting her screen time to good use, Alice also regularly writes about TikTok and the internet, often trying out the most weird and wonderful fitness and food trends.
When she’s not writing about these topics, you can probably find her at her local CrossFit box or scouting out the best long walks. Although she has somehow trained herself into becoming a morning gym person, her weekends are usually focused on catching up on sleep with a good lie-in, draining the battery of her massage gun in front of the TV and maybe a yin yoga session.
Latest articles by Alice Porter

A Physical Therapist Says This One Move Will Decrease Lower Back Pain—I Put It To The Test For Five Days
By Alice Porter published
One way to reduce backache might be hip mobility exercises like this one

This Full-Body Workout Uses Just One Gym Machine And It’s Ideal For Beginners
By Alice Porter published
Set up camp at the Smith machine and gain experience using a barbell

You Only Need Five Moves And A Kettlebell To Build Functional Fitness With This Beginner-Friendly Circuit
By Alice Porter published
Strengthen your body and improve your cardio fitness too with this straightforward circuit

Expert Trainer Says Do This, Not That To Upgrade Your Push Day Routine
By Alice Porter published
Skip the dumbbell flye and alternating shoulder press, and build more muscle with this trainer’s go-to push session

Three Kettlebell Moves That Will Upgrade Your Core Workouts
By Alice Porter published
Add weight to build a seriously strong core

Hit The Gym To Build Muscle In Your Chest, Shoulders And Triceps With This Upper-Body Session
By Alice Porter published
Strap in for this challenging eight-move routine from PT Ella-Mae Rayner

I’m Adding These Five Exercises To My Routine To Improve My Balance
By Alice Porter published
Want to improve your performance at the gym or for sport? Add these bodyweight moves into your workout routine

What Is DDP Yoga? I Tried A DDP Yoga Workout To Find Out
By Alice Porter published
If you want to improve your flexibility, stability and balance—but you’re not into yoga—this energetic take on it could be the answer

Skip The Treadmill And Improve Your Cardio Fitness With This Challenging Equipment-Free HIIT Session Instead
By Alice Porter published
These cardio exercises will get your heart rate up, and strengthen your bones and joints too

How To Get Into Running, According To Ultramarathon Runner And Peloton Tread Instructor Susie Chan
By Alice Porter published
Chan didn’t start running until her mid-30s, but now she’s an accomplished endurance runner—here are her tips for getting into running as a complete beginner

One Dumbbell, Five Exercises And 30 Minutes Are All You Need To Build Stronger Abs
By Alice Porter published
If you’re ready to take your abs training to the next level, try this routine from The London Fitness Guy

I Tried A Bodyweight Routine To Improve My Mobility And If You Lift Weights As Much As I Do, You Should Too
By Alice Porter published
As well as introducing me to moves I’ll add to my warm-ups, this four-move routine helped me work on my coordination

Study Reveals The Three Most Effective Exercises To Keep Your Hips Healthy And A Physio Demonstrates How To Do Them Properly
By Alice Porter published
Sat at a desk all day? These exercises will help stop your glutes from getting weak

Strengthen Your Abs And Obliques With These Four Kettlebell Exercises
By Alice Porter published
Sculpt your six-pack with this weighted abs circuit

I Sit All Day, So I Tried This Routine To Mobilize And Strengthen My Hips
By Alice Porter published
I felt more comfortable sitting at my desk after trying personal trainer Milad Ebadat’s five-move routine

Forget Sit-ups—I Tried These Two Moves To Really Challenge My Core Strength
By Alice Porter published
These leg raise and dead bug progressions will put your core strength and stability to the test

20 Minutes And Three Exercises Are All You Need To Build Full-Body Strength
By Alice Porter published
Burn fat and build muscle with this AMRAP workout

I Took A 10-Minute Break From Work And Used This Bodyweight Workout To Activate My Deep Core Muscles
By Alice Porter published
I returned to my desk feeling stronger and sitting up straighter

I Tried This 20-Minute EMOM Finisher And It Put My Fitness To The Test
By Alice Porter published
Add this conditioning session to the end of your next strength workout

The Drop Sets This Trainer Uses To Build Upper-Body Muscle In Less Time
By Alice Porter published
Try this advanced muscle-building technique if your progress has stalled

It Took Just Four Minutes And One Stretch To Strengthen And Mobilize My Hip Flexors
By Alice Porter published
If you work a desk job, this hip mobility exercise will provide some serious relief

Forget Sit-Ups—Add This Bodyweight Abs Finisher To Your Workout To Set Your Core On Fire
By Alice Porter published
Trainer Kayla Itsines has shared her go-to abs finisher—an intense circuit of five bodyweight exercises that target your core and raise your heart rate

I’ve Never Tried A Joe Wicks Workout Before, So I Gave His Latest 15-Minute HIIT Workout A Try
By Alice Porter published
This short routine got my heart rate up and left me feeling good for the rest of the day
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