Tip of the Day: 05.01.2022

Lucy Pollock, the author of The Book of Getting Older (For People Who Don’t Want to Talk About It), maintains that it’s never too late to start a fitness regime. True, the earlier in life you start to exercise, the less frail you’ll become. But as she points out, ‘It really is never too late. It Is the people who do least, but then move to doing a little who benefit the most. If you’re doing a marathon in your eighties, fantastic. but you don’t gain much by doing two marathons. Whereas if you move from sitting all day to standing up once every hour or 20 minutes, that makes a huge difference. For some of my patients, simply being able to stand up on their own out of a chair or bed means they can stay at home.’