{"id":8699,"date":"2011-12-16T14:56:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T14:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=8699"},"modified":"2011-12-16T14:56:05","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T14:56:05","slug":"get-fit-after-christmas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/12\/16\/get-fit-after-christmas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Get fit after Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Alt.Cardiff explores alternative ways of getting into shape after Christmas<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_8700\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8700\" title=\"TopFive_Big\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/12\/TopFive_Big1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/12\/TopFive_Big1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/12\/TopFive_Big1-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8700\" title=\"TopFive_Big\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/12\/TopFive_Big1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/12\/TopFive_Big1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/12\/TopFive_Big1-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lose the weights this Christmas (photo: JP)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Shop shelves are rapidly lining with mince pies and the prospect of seasonal overindulgence is getting ever closer.<\/p>\n<p>But after all that gorging over the Christmas period, how can we get back into shape?<\/p>\n<p>Research has shown that people in Wales do not eat as healthily as <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=3731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">those in England<\/a>, pointing to an increased need for exercise, especially in the new year.<\/p>\n<p>78% of Cardiff women have already attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=2961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lose a stone<\/a> in the weeks leading up to Christmas, according to an Atkins survey, and will be looking to lose more after the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Alt.Cardiff therefore offers its top five alternative ways to get fit after Christmas, as well as a chance to make some fitness-led new year\u2019s resolutions and stick to them.<\/p>\n<p>   <span><a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/michaelbrown89\/active-podcast\"><\/span><br \/>\nAlt.Cardiff tell you why they won&#8217;t be joining the gym in January<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alt.Cardiff explores alternative ways of getting into shape after Christmas Shop shelves are rapidly lining with mince pies and the prospect of seasonal overindulgence is getting ever closer. But after all that gorging over the Christmas period, how can we get back into shape? Research has shown that people in Wales do not eat as healthily as those in England, pointing to an increased need for exercise, especially in the new year. 78% of Cardiff women have already attempted to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":8701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[502,520,448,1266,1939,13,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,736,1947],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-8699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-life","tag-boulders","tag-burlesque","tag-christmas","tag-eating","tag-frisbee","tag-gym","tag-keeping-fit","tag-line-dancing","tag-losing-weight","tag-merby","tag-new-year","tag-resolutions","tag-rock-climbing","tag-roller-derby","tag-ultimate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Get fit after Christmas - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/12\/16\/get-fit-after-christmas-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Get fit after Christmas - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alt.Cardiff explores alternative ways of getting into shape after Christmas Shop shelves are rapidly lining with mince pies and the prospect of seasonal overindulgence is getting ever closer. 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