The hit of fresh air in your nostrils? The beauty of the countryside? Hiking is amazing

Focusing on the part of the exercise you normally ignore will take time, but it’s pleasingly intense when you get it right

This class was easily the most fun I’ve had in months

It’s easy to kid yourself that your body is a machine and that your arms are hydraulic pistons that can cope with anything

Trainers love a lunge. Every trainer in the world will get you doing lunges at one point or other

It wears you out, it hurts your arms and it looks like the stupidest thing ever invented

They’re so bouncy and huge that, when you sit on one, your core works overtime just to keep you upright

They hurt your legs. They burn your lungs. They make you feel as if you’ve never exercised before…

The slam, where you hurl the ball to the ground as hard as you can over and over again, is possibly my favourite exercise of all time

A burpee is free. The only price is the one you pay psychologically

By the time you’ve done about 20, you’ll hate kettlebells, Turkey and the entire concept of exercise

A very demanding DVD workout you can perform in your living room – with an ethos that prizes effort over technique

Imagine doing the Macarena, really fast, over and over without really knowing what the Macarena is. That’s Zumba

Whenever I’ve thrown up in a gym, it’s always been thanks to squats

Free and definitely beneficial after exercise, it’s all too easy to skip this perfect way to improve flexibility and posture

There’s something so pleasantly basic about it. It’s just you and a bar, with nowhere to hide

If you only drink this coffee in the morning and only eat between 2pm and 8pm, you’ll apparently lose a pound a day

Improve core strength, posture, upper-body strength, flexibility, balance and coordination… for free

Imagine rubbing globs of minty coffee directly on to your teeth. Isn’t that the dream?

Online yoga: on the plus side, it saves you from having to schlep out to a class; on the minus side, it’s even easier than the real thing to skip altogether