Bounce Magazine January 2019

JANUARY 2019 | ISSUE #75
NEW YEAR, NEW YOU...
BY ROSS “ACTION MAN” WISHART
By now you’re potentially
disgusted by the volume of
Quality Street that you’ve
consumed, I know I am... again!
There are still a few mince pies knocking
about and I’ll be having Turkey and Boxing
Day ham sandwiches at work for a few
more days yet but thoughts turn to another
action-packed year and a better physical
condition would help.
Don’t beat yourself up about a festive season
excess, it’s not a bad thing, far from it,
Christmas is the time for merriment, the clue
is in the name Merry Christmas.
Life is all about balance, so why not make
2019 your year to work on a few things,
perhaps consider health and fitness so you can
head into Christmas this year guilt free?
Some of you may have already signed up to
a new gym as part of a New Year resolution
but for most that exuberance is short
lived, statistics show that 14% of January
registrations disappear by the following month
and a whopping 80% don’t make it past 5
months.
Whilst the stats are shocking they’re not that
surprising, unless you’ve got will power in
abundance the energy to maintain a strict gym
attending schedule, especially in these bleak
winter months, can fade promptly.
Then there’s the workout, you’ve taken a few
moves from the latest Men’s / Women’s Health
whilst also studying Instagram to ensure
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