Music motivates and inspires us
During the lockdown many of us have turned to music to keep us feeling upbeat and motivated.
Stars including Sophie Ellis-bextor, with her Kitchen Disco, and Gary Barlow’s daily lockdown Crooner Sessions on Youtube, have been a welcome relief.
A survey by health insurance brand AXA Health found 84% of UK adults say music is important to their mental and physical health.
So Alex has teamed up with the brand on their new Feelgood Health campaign.
They have created a series of playlists, or people can create their own, via online portal Feelgood Health Hub, to encourage the nation to “get moving with music”.
For Alex, good tunes are not about what’s cool to say you listen to, but what brings you the most joy.
“If anyone else listened to my headphones while I was running, they’d be appalled! Unless they also like motivating themselves with The Greatest Showman,” confesses the presenter.
“I have, by other people’s standards, the worst taste in music. I know my husband certainly thinks so, but obviously I think it’s the best.
“I do like a bit of Adele, Michael Bublé, Sam Smith – anything I can sing along to and I’ll be there doing 10 squats. I just don’t care! I maybe get half-an-hour, or 40 minutes to myself, and I just really try and enjoy it.
“It’s not about turning myself into the next Mo Farah.
“It’s about looking after yourself – taking a little bit of time in your day to do something just for you, so you can balance all the rest of the chaos.”