Take the stairs

Where possible, walk up and down stairs today, instead of taking the lift or standing still on an escalator.

Stair climbing is a great workout and can increase the strength in your legs and buttocks.

It also gets your heart rate going.

This has been the most difficult activity so far, in terms of making a change to my usual routines – simply because I don’t come across that many lifts or escalators!

There are only stairs at my flat and I only use the lifts at work once in a blue moon, plus I don’t use train stations or the underground or anywhere else that has escalators. So I have used the stairs a lot today, but no more than usual.