Who can say they honestly do more than 30 minutes good, hard exercise a week? According to the government, only 37 per cent of men and 24 per cent of women take enough exercise to get any benefit from it! The Chief Medical Officer recommends that we should do a minimum of 30 minutes moderate-intensity physical activity, five days a week.

I have been going to a local Zumba class for a good few months now, it’s once a week for about 45 minutes – but feels like such a proper work out! But it’s got me interested in doing more exercise, so last night I did something I’ve been wanting to do for ages – I have ordered myself a pedometer off the internet. Little steps (No pun intended!)

I’m so curious to see how many steps I actually take a day – I’d like to think I’m pretty active due to the nature of my job, but how many steps is enough? You’ve probably heard of the 10,000 step challenge, if not- the premise is that walking 10,000 steps will significantly improve your health, the average person walks between 3,000 and 4,000 steps per day!

Another challenge I’ve read about today was designed by the NHS and is called Couch to 5k. They’ve made a running plan which promises to take absolute beginners to being able to complete a 5k course! It’s a 9 week programme, starting off with 1 run a week for the first 4 weeks which increases to 2 or 3 a week as you progress. You can download podcasts from iTunes which talk you through each run – such a great idea! The music seems a bit dodgy as it’s meant to be ‘motivational’, but it’s a good tool to use for timing your training sessions.

My target (because everyone needs a goal!) is to run in my local ParkRun. ParkRun events are free and take place all over the country. They are at 9am on Saturdays and cover a 5km course, you just have to register once on their website (link above) to get your personal barcode, then you can just turn up to any run you fancy.

Now to make myself feel like a pro I’m working on my work-out outfit, has anyone noticed that there’s a hell of a lot of pink women’s sportswear? Fortunately that’s one of my favourite colours so I’m going to town on it!! Pink laces, waistbands and hairbands!

Don’t worry I’m not going to neglect my usual subject of lingerie – my next post will cover sports bras…a girls best friend! Because ladies, doing sport without one means you’re going to have the saggiest tits in the world.

xxx