Backwards leg lifts

Using a wall for support, adopt the position pictured, raise one leg behind you, then return it to the floor.

Repeat 10 times, then switch legs.

This will tone your buttocks.

After three weeks of doing something every day, bearing in mind that my usual daily activity is limited to the 20-minute walk to and from work, my enthusiasm is starting to wane. This isn’t helped by the fact that I woke up this morning with a blocked nose and the start of a sore throat.

Once I was home from work I did some half-hearted leg lifts, then sat on the sofa all evening watching TV and eating chilli con carne. So possibly not my most productive day of the year so far!