Over the year, how many times do people say “I really have to lose weight!” It’s no wonder really, as we’re flooded with adverts on television and pictures in magazines showing models with their ‘perfect’ (more likely photoshopped) figures we feel obliged to fight the flab ourselves and lose weight.
Of course, dieting will help you lose some weight but the truth is that exercising will increase your chances of achieving your ideal goal and help firm the body – making you feel and look fitter.
Joining a local gym, can be expensive, which is why so many of us will simply pull on a jogging suit or hooded top and go out for a walk or short run each night. However there is a darker side to night time training, as there may be some that are only too happy to take advantage of people out exercising on their own.
If you want to head out at night and do some evening training, use the following safety precautions and guidelines to help lower the risk of being attacked while out running:
- If you have long hair don’t have it tied back in a pony tail as this will make it easier for someone to pull you back.
- Most people will have their trusty MP3 player going in their ear, playing this and you will be unaware that someone is coming up behind you. Always be aware of your surroundings! Using an iPod or MP3 players dulls your sense of hearing leaving you open to attack.
- Stay away from areas that are poorly lit.
- Always let someone know where you are.
- Best of all try to exercise with a group of people.
- If you are going to run yourself at night – then take a personal alarm along for the journey or even better a Sports Sponge Alarm which will alert people that you are in need of assistance.
Following these simple but effective precautions will not only help you achieve your goal but most importantly can save your life.
Dare I say it, there is less than 100 days till Christmas that’s less than 13.5 weeks of shopping left, not long till people will be bustling through shops and market stalls collecting presents, stocking fillers and nick nacks ahead of the big day itself. As a shop or market stall owner you’ll be hoping that this is a bumper year. We all hope for an never-ending line of shoppers coming into your shop or stopping at your stall and purchasing your goods. But remmember, throughout that hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping, as the money is placed in the till – how sure are you that it is legal tender? 
This year millions of people will be leaving their homes, climbing into their vehicles and heading off to either work, visiting family & friends or just doing their weekly shopping. The disturbing fact is that last year there were over 222,000 reported vehicle accidents on British roads (
In just a few short months we’ll see a massive change in the weather in this little island of ours. Long gone the warm evenings to be replaced with dark nights, rain (cold rain at that), wind and even sudden snow falls. Still every year people in Britain are caught out by sudden changes in the weather.
