Exercise caution – unlike Joe

TO BE honest, I’ve had other things on my mind this January than losing weight or trying to get fit – but hats off to anyone who is.

And also, please do take care. Last week, the nation’s favourite PE teacher Joe Wicks, came a cropper, tearing a hamstring while attempting to do the splits. While dressed up as Buzz Lightyear.

What did he think was going to happen, you might ask?

Admitting his injury on Instagram afterwards, the 34year-old father-of-two wrote: ‘NOTE TO SELF: You can’t actually do the full splits Joe.’ Most GPs I know have seen a rise in injuries related to home exercise, which I think could be avoided with a little common sense.

Maybe now is not the time to take up acrobatics... unless you want to become a statistic.