At the end of the day… Alex Scott MBE

Everyone has been on a roller-coaster of emotions through lockdown. The first couple of weeks I thought I was going to do everything ; I was doing an hour’s exercise every day, and I started Spanish lessons.

Looking back, now I’ve done more than 50 Spanish lessons, so I’m proud that I actually did it. I was always one of those people who was like, ‘Yeah, I’ll learn Spanish,’ but I just blamed my lifestyle on being busy, so lockdown made me do it. I’ve always wanted to travel around Latin America – my bucket list is to tour around Peru and do the Inca Trail.

There were other days where I didn’t even want to get out of bed, but I allowed myself to feel like that for a bit. I just made myself promise that if I did have one of those days, then the next day I’d be up and full of energy again.

I feel like I’ve spoken to all of my friends more during lockdown. In the first couple of weeks, I made such an effort. And then it became so routine that on a Friday night I’d get some wine and Facetime my friends, but I didn’t have to dress up.

There were different chapters of lockdown TV. That first week, I watched all of Tiger King – and that feels like ages ago now. Then I went through the Normal People phase. I cried at every single episode and didn’t even understand why I was crying. And of course, it ended with I May Destroy You. I also switch off by playing guitar.

There have also been lockdown stages of cooking. I went through a phase of cooking loads and making all these different soups.

Then I realised that actually restaurants were still open and I could get takeaway. And now I’m at the stage where I really need to get healthy again. Normally I like cooking but, because I live on my own, I tend to cook less now. I lived in America for three years, and they were obsessed with pizza. They would get pizza after every game and I hated it. But all of a sudden, in lockdown, I feel like I’ve been eating loads of pizza.

I’m a visual person, so I used to struggle with podcasts. If I’m on a walk, and I can’t see that person, then I can’t stay interested in it, especially if it’s really long. But I have really liked Adwoa Aboah’s Gurls Talk podcast. She goes through so many random categories of everything in life.

I was sent a Peloton bike, which I absolutely love. I feel like I’m part of this community because everyone messages one another on the bike. So that has been a lifesaver. It reminds me of Soulcycle, which I loved when

I lived in the US. I love the music and I don’t feel like I’m in an exercise class. It’s the same with Peloton.

I love hot yoga, but during lockdown I haven’t actually done any. Meditation and yoga centres you but, in the evenings, I just feel like I’m too busy.

My sleeping pattern has been so bad. I really had trouble sleeping during lockdown, and then a friend said it’s a form of missing people, so that made me feel a bit better about myself. I’m a really vivid dreamer. My body’s so tired but my mind just can’t switch off, which I find so frustrating. I’ve got a king-size bed and I don’t use it like I should; I sleep right in the corner on the right side, that’s my spot. Alex is a presenter on ‘The One Show’ and BBC Sport