Car­ni­val 2020 is in full swing and al­though many of us may have vowed to keep up with our ex­er­cise rou­tine last year in or­der to avoid start­ing over in Jan­u­ary, some of us may have been un­suc­cess­ful yet again. It’s okay if you may have fall­en off but just re­mem­ber your rea­son for start­ing and get­ting back on the horse or spin bike.

Oth­ers may not give in­to the hype as­so­ci­at­ed with phys­i­cal ac­tiv­i­ty this sea­son and may have vowed to run in the op­po­site di­rec­tion. How­ev­er, car­ni­val physique aside, we all need to in­clude move­ment in our dai­ly lives.

Up­hill bat­tle

Run­ning from fete to fete does not count and it may be il­log­i­cal try­ing to run around the sa­van­nah with half of Trin­ba­go do­ing it too. How­ev­er, a good and steady jog up­hill will be wel­comed as you pre­pare for all the jump­ing and wav­ing over the next two months. If you feel ex­tra ad­ven­tur­ous, why not add some an­kle weights? You can al­ways take them off if you feel like you’re about to pass out. Whether you pre­fer to start your morn­ing off at this pace or end your night with it, en­dure for at least three times a week and ob­serve how your mind and body change for the long haul.

Jump in­to a dance stu­dio

It doesn’t mat­ter the dance style, just get in­to your stu­dio of choice and move. It’s even bet­ter when you take a friend or three along so you can all bond while keep­ing fit. Get that heart rate up, sculpt or de­vel­op those mus­cles and learn a new move or two to show off just in time for the fetes.

Go for a swim

There is no right or wrong time to swim. We live on an is­land - we all should re­al­ly learn to swim. Why not check out your com­mu­ni­ty pool for an aer­o­bics burnout: aqua style? The moves seem sim­ple, but it is one of the most lu­cra­tive ways to work the en­tire body and you will sleep great af­ter too.

No mat­ter what path you choose, sweat, sculpt and smile all of 2020. Once you get in­to a rou­tine the new in­clu­sion will be­come an ex­ten­sion of your­self. Re­mem­ber not to ob­sess over sched­ul­ing as that can take all the fun out of the ac­tiv­i­ty. It’s im­por­tant to re­mem­ber that all of these ac­tiv­i­ties should con­tin­ue af­ter Ash Wednes­day and even take you in­to Car­ni­val 2021. It may be tough to start but even more both­er­some to start over. Stay the course and reap the re­wards of feel­ing mar­vel­lous and look­ing won­der­ful too.