Lifestyle
Just a Thought... Calm Down!
Have you ever found yourself shouting ‘Calm down!’ knowing full well that whomever you are directing this outlandish order at will not react in the desired way? Has anyone in the history of time ever calmed down when someone barks ‘CALM DOWN’ at them? It’s a similar situation in television dramas. When the perpetrator is running from the crime scene those in hot pursuit bellow ‘STOP!’ or, ‘COME BACK HERE!’. Can you recall one instance where the criminal halted their dash and slowly walked back towards the police to be placed in handcuffs? Then there are traffic jams and of course it matters not if it is a 5-minute wait or a 10-mile tailback, drivers lean from their window to holler, ‘COME ON!’ I wonder why we do it? Perhaps our energies would be better served in talking to the toddler in
Life List Gym Etiquette According to the experts, we’re all living longer so it makes sense to stay healthy and keep in shape. But it takes more than superfoods, mindfulness and Botox to always appear at your best. Before you rush off to your nearest leisure centre and play ‘hunt the parking space’, here are a few pointers for what not to do in the gym. Avoid giving yourself a round of applause after using each exercise machine. Similarly, no high-fiving yourself or doing the infamous Wimbledon fist-pump. Don’t get the speed and gradient buttons mixed up on the treadmill; otherwise you’ll be walking very slowly up a mountain for 15 minutes. Also, resist holding a mobile conversation for your entire mechanised stroll. Please refrain from wearing a baseball cap on the rowing machine, or shouting ‘ahoy’ to whoever’s on the machine next to you.
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melt-down or ringing for back up for the burglar or perhaps deep breathing for the drivers? Yet we don’t learn, we repeat the same nonsensical behaviours time and again through frustration, fear and impatience. I am guilty as charged and could definitely take a spoon of my own medicinal advice. So, dear readers, as a collective in our curious fallibility, shall we take the time this spring to own our anger, our irritability and our outbursts? I think that we can do it … and, if you do happen to find yourself lapsing into another futile tirade, just know that I am the angel on your shoulder – screaming ‘STOP IT!’
By Fliss Goldsmith of Belper
There’s no need to hum the music from Rocky as you lift the free weights. Never assume that your sweat prevents the person using the cross-trainer after you from getting dry skin. Clean up your act. However pooped you feel, halfway through your routine, don’t break for sandwiches and a flask of coffee. One word for those without hair: headband. (Or maybe that’s just ‘band’.) Never confuse the bench press with a trouser press. And while we’re on the topic, tiny shorts are for dancing in, not doing squat thrusts. No one needs to see that. Lastly, don’t head straight to the café afterwards to replenish your carbs. Exercise isn’t a piece of cake. By Derek Thompson
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