Stand on tiptoes

Stand with your feet hip-width apart, squeeze your buttock muscles and gently roll yourself onto your tiptoes.

Then lower yourself back to your starting position.

Repeat 10-15 times.

This will strengthen your calf muscles and tone your buttocks.

I got quite into this one and ended up doing about 30 ‘reps’. I could feel it working the muscles it was supposed to.

Later on, I was doing some ironing and decided to multi-task and do some of the Happy New You activities at the same time. So I did another 15 tiptoe exercises and then made sure I was standing evenly on two feet, straightened my spine, pushed my shoulders back, and pulled in my abdominal and buttock muscles.

I like the way the individual exercises are simple enough that you can mix and match them into mini-workouts, without feeling like it’s a massive effort.