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@Inquis_chap @StanCollymore Following mates on Strava is good for that too!

Gym/Exercise newbies. 1. If you plan to jog or run, INVEST in trainers that are comfortable, long lasting and give plenty of cushion. You don't put scooter wheels on a bin lorry. Your converse all star or 20 year old sambas will get you injured. 2. Intervals. Read my last post. It keeps your brain interested. 3. Make a playlist. If the Rocky theme gets you through that 9/10 RPE minute, then listen to it. Songs that gets you going. 4. Don't negotiate with yourself when you get up or have finished work and say "I'll go tomorrow". Have your gear in a bag near the door ( kit, trainers, bottle, gum, small gym towel, toiletry bag, big towel) and Just. Fucking. Go. Out. The. Door. I've never seen anyone get out the door, walk 200 yards or enter the gym and not do something. When that voice says "stay in bed" or "I'll go tomorrow", that's when you NEED to go. 5. 18 and 80 year olds will chat to you within a month at a gym. It's a place where everyone in there is pushing their own boundaries and the respect you'll get from everyone will be self fulfilling. That chat and "hey, how are you?" is in itself a mental health tonic. 6. Perfume and aftershave. Never wear either in the gym. Body heat plus perfume or aftershave amplifies to become genuinely off putting to others. 7. Buy a cheap 1 litre water bottle. Sip not glug regularly in the gym. Any left after the session, chug the lot. 8. Motivation. Won't exist 90% of the sessions you do. That's the truth. But the habit of going will put you through even the hardest days when you don't fancy it, and often come out as the most satisfying sessions. I'll repeat, you will not be motivated 90% + times you exercise. But the payback when you feel incredible, recognise yourself in a mirror, have plenty of energy for yourself, friends and family is priceless. It really is. 9. Do it for you. It's your time for you. 1 hour, 30 mins, 10 mins. Fuck everything and everyone else off. You've earned the right to build yourself as you want to be. Take all the credit because only you are doing it. 10. Get an Instagram account. There are thousands of free PT Sessions, runners, weightlifters, women's sessions, peri menopausal fitness recommendations, limited ability sessions, the lot. Follow a few and let them guide you. There is no longer an excuse that you don't know what to do or eat, it's only your current habits holding you back. Change the habits and create new ones. 11. Patience. That's not an excuse to not go until next Thursday, it means having painfully small goals. You're lighting a tiny 1 twig fire that come summertime will be a roaring fire. 12. Weights. 10 reps, 3 times. Quads ( front thigh) Hamstrings ( back thigh) Chest Press Low Row Pec Fly Squats 13. Food/alcohol. Brutal but simple. There are no safe levels of alcohol, none. So if you're a regular or big drinker, I wouldn't bother starting. A recipe to breakdown and be frustrated. Not my place to tell anyone not to drink, but one fact remains, it will never take you to a healthier life, even 1. As for food, Google "eating for good health". Like alcohol, if you went overboard on the sweets, cheese, massively overindulged to go to the gym and be blowing out of your arse after 5 mins, it's what you're eating, not the gym and exercise that's the problem. Many who struggle mentally have horrific diets. Do you? Start there. 14. Relationship with exercise. You exercise to feel good, be healthy and have longevity. You don't exercise so you can have an extra 2 curries in a week or extra bottle of wine. The latter destroys the ability to do the former well. Choose your hard as they say. A hard 1 hour 3 times a week that leaves you bouncing? Or 4500 calories that tasted great but leave you morbidly obese, using statins and 5 other meds. Exercise and good health destroy ailments. Why? Because your body is fucking a truly amazing tool when used properly. 15. Go for it. There's many on here who'll cheer you on. Me included.

Thread on the beauty of wildlife 🧵 1. When it’s cold enough to see the melody

@tobytarrant @RyStyRS @RadioX There was a good piece on BBC news about a gut having the snip during the recent small earthquake in New York. That made me wince

@RyStyRS @RadioX Yeah when you see it written down like that in black and white it's not ideal

How am I supposed to wait until 10am to talk about this?! Gonna be like a kid on Christmas Eve

@poorscousertom @catmand_o @cydney0071 Doesn't sound like you have a solid grasp of how money works if you didn't fix your mortgage when the rates were so low

@catmand_o @cydney0071 You have not got a FCKing clue how money works have you..

I sit here with my mortgage having increased by £5000 a year, my Council Tax up by 9% with my water rates, energy and insurance (car and home). I sit here with my stagnant wages which has stayed the same since 2019 and wondering how we got here.

@StanCollymore Think this was his local Stan...

Forest 2 Arsenal 2 Arsenal 1 Forest 0 Liverpool 3 Arsenal 1 Arsenal 0 Liverpool 0 Liverpool 2 Arsenal 0 Liverpool 4 Arsenal 2 Arsenal 1 Liverpool 2 Arsenal 0 Villa 0 Villa 3 Arsenal 2 "Arsenal pumped whichever team he played for ". 1 loss in 9. Now tell me your record against the Dog and Partridge.

@francoisplateau Would be in key management compensation surely? Not sure why it doesn't show directors ' emoluments or highest paid director though

Manchester City’s directors supposedly working for free. They’re messing with the books in all departments of the club. We’re witnessing cheating on a level that we’ve never seen before.

@AnnaOSullivan13 @timlinehan In fairness to our LA they pay for tutors to come to our house. It was school who weren't couldn't/wouldn't meet need. Academies seem to be a law unto themselves

@timlinehan Because home education doesn’t cost the councils money. So the problem goes away and they save money. No wonder people are being pushed into it.

There are many good reasons people choose home ed. But sometimes it's not a choice. It's just that our ed system does not include or support SEND children. People like me say this time and time again. More children leave. Why don't they listen? tinyurl.com/24b672z6

SitRep - 29/02/24 - Ukrainian advances in Krynky An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On the left bank, Ukrainian forces managed to expand the bridgehead inside Krynky to the west. Meanwhile, 3 more Su-34 were reportedly shot down RT=appreciated 1/X

@joemoz10 @KarlThyer 👍same here. My wife broke mine (not his wife)

@KarlThyer 👍 since my wife broke the last one 😢

So these will be made to order. Just so I have an idea of the numbers. Just give me a thumbs up, if you think you’ll be ordering one when they go on sale. (No obligation to buy) just want to warn my supplier of expected numbers😅 There is a 3.0 currently in the making.

@dljaques @danipayne1974 @_MissingTheMark @Autism Thanks Diane

@danipayne1974 @CottrellGareth @_MissingTheMark @Autism How insulting and so shortsighted … it’s interesting that schools are so focused on ‘safeguarding’ but often don’t understand their role in causing harm. And don’t get me started on EHCP’s. I hope you and your families are on the road to recovery.

And still we locate the problem in the child and the family. Never the education system.. theguardian.com/education/2024…

@dljaques @danipayne1974 @_MissingTheMark @Autism We did the dance with the AIO from County and heavy mob from school. SEN director from school said 'he just can't be arsed to get out of bed'. All agreed he should be in full-time. But they didn't do any of his EHCP and now p'exd so not their problem. So sad

@danipayne1974 @_MissingTheMark @Autism You sound like an amazing mother! Your daughters are very lucky to have you in their side. Agree, everything we are taught about parenting/education is null and void. The main aim is to get your children to adult hood with the least trauma as possible. Not easy in our society.

@77thomo The comments on here aged well

@BreamGeorge @statementfox @JeffAllum @Danny_hall202 @MartinSLewis @AHTinthenorth Thousands of people miss out on state pension contributions because they opt out. Wasn't commenting on your situation

I was just asked "I've recently received a high income benefit child benefit charge. I earn £53k my wife £12.5k. Yet I've read if we both earned £49k, we wouldn't have received the charge . How is that fair?" That's correct. Sadly the answer is simple. It isn't fair.

@statementfox @BreamGeorge @JeffAllum @Danny_hall202 @MartinSLewis @AHTinthenorth That's a great shout. We get child benefit for 1 of our kids in my wife's name as she is part time. I then pay it back through self assessment so that she gets full state pension contributions

@BreamGeorge @JeffAllum @Danny_hall202 @MartinSLewis @AHTinthenorth Be careful with this if don’t work or earn below ~£250 a week from a single job as receipt of child benefit also credits you with a full year of NI contributions that you would otherwise miss out on. Could have serious implications for your pension down the track

@GJHeidler She's the patron of the RFU. I assume she didn't go to Auckland for the women's rugby world cup in 2022 but don't remember a fuss about it. If he'd gone to Oz he would have been called a hypocrite when hoasting his Earthshot prize. Can't win.

So I have this right... Kate Middleton attends a pool game in a World Cup, but her husband wouldn't attend a World Cup FINAL just weeks ago? Wouldn't be because 1) it's men 2) it's a middle class/public school sport Would it? 🤔

@Lionesses My daughter started year 10 this week. First term for boys = rugby, footy & gym. Girls = netball, pilates & yoga. Might reverse next term. Not holding my breath

History makers 💪 Today, the #Lionesses have achieved their landmark legacy goal: for every girl in England to be given equal access to football and school sport. #LetGirlsPlay | #IWD2023

@Zero_4 This absolute tool saying parents need a kick in the posterior has obviously never tried getting a 15 year old autistic kid to get into a school that doesn't care about SEN and don't want him there

#PoliticsLive again, for the second day in a row, platforming a presenter from GB News These individuals all hate the BBC but happily accept the (undeserved) invitation

@lauren__hemp You played so well. I think you'll be a few people's favourite lioness after the Australia game. That pass for the 3rd goal was so good. You should be very proud.

We created history but we wanted more. So much more. This tournament has brought some unbelievable highs but ultimately we fell just short. Thank you so much for the support back home and in Australia we felt you. It’ll hurt for a while but we’ll come back even stronger. Proud🤍

@DevereuxJohn13 I drove East from Bristol at about 4.30pm and it looked like getting to Cardiff was going to take several hours

Drakeford you are killing industry in Wales. M4 motorway traffic jams everywhere there are 50 mph speed limits for so called pollution claims and no relief road at Newport. More pollution caused when you cause traffic jams. Biggest polluters in uk is Tatta steel and 50mph here 🤣

@Garry_Cooney @tobytarrant Defo think that's where he's going with it. You've got the same name as my brother (not just the James as that wouldn't be a huge coincidence!)

Don't worry if you didn't get the A-Level results you wanted yesterday I've got a history degree but now I just talk about genitals in between Oasis and Foo Fighters songs