Fitness:

Unlike optimistic Santa, our fitness guru, Matt Hart knows that you’re going to be bad over Christmas. He’s here to show how to limit the damage to your fitness while you do it.

‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even the comatose, ale-charged, kebab-stuffed, daft party hat and fake breast-wearing, bloater spreadeagled in the hallway.

Sound familiar? No, me neither. I’m a healthy wellrespected Fitness Guru and I don’t get myself into that kind of state. Not for the last couple of Christmases anyway... Yes, the yuletide festivities are upon us, which means only one thing. Actually, that’s ridiculous; Christmas means many things. If you believe in Santa like me, it means that if you hang your big bicycle-shaped stocking by the hearth, when you get up on Christmas morning, it will be fi lled with all sorts of random paraphernalia like chocolate, biros, pants and socks. It’s this bizarre predictable ritual on Christmas morning that I adore. Absolutely on no account ever getting what you asked for, but getting loads of pants and chocolate? Underwear’s a dull present, but there’s always a place in my stomach for chocolate, even though it does make my clothes shrink.

Let’s go to the PEB And there’s good reason for this shrinkage. It’s called ‘Positive Energy Balance (PEB)’. If you’re at PEB, it means that the calories you’re putting into your body exceed the calories you’re burning up.

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