I’m not right at the beginning of my fitness journey – in as much as I have run for something other than an escaping toddler, and I have lifted something heavier than a full bin bag. Despite not being a total newbie, I still get a little self-conscious when I’m in the gym as I imagine scenarios of really messing up (leaving finger too long on the treadmill’s acceleration button) in front of all the other seemingly far more proficient gym-goers. I can imagine people rolling th

Let’s start with the bad news: your body was at its best at 21. Since then, well, let's not dwell on that, it's too lovely a day. I know my body is not what it was – sometimes I look at myself in the mirror and the surplus skin makes me look like I’m actually melting. I don’t quite grunt when I stand up or kneel down, but my attempt at a cartwheel in the garden this weekend almost ended in a hospital trip. Is this what drives me to keep adding new classes to my weekly exercis