Hands up those who received a membership voucher for the local Leisure centre as a Christmas present? Quite a few I can imagine and if you are anything like me, detest gyms with a vengeance.
Well help has arrived and ladies you can now ‘Bin the Gym’ as a leading female insurance company has come up with a devilishly brilliant idea. Exercise while stuck in traffic jams. I love it.
From improving posture - sitting tall, shoulders relaxed and pull stomach in, to facial exercises - raising eyebrows into a surprised expression then down into a frown, 10 times, this sure beats the monotony of sitting in traffic forced to watch other drivers doing what other drivers do.
Let’s carry on. Keeping the neck free of seizure in this never ending traffic jam, simply turn your head left, right, then centre - repeat 5 times followed by shoulder circles - sit tall, bring your shoulders up towards your ears and circle them back downwards. Repeat 5 times.
For the buttocks and those good old pelvic muscles, squeeze tightly, hold for 5 then relax. Repeat 10 times.
So stuck not the M25 - again last Thursday, I decided to try this but be warned. Other drivers will think you have gone completely stark raving mad and the looks you get - priceless.
Jackie Violet