
When the clocks go back and the drizzle sets in, good intentions often fade by mid-November. Rank these from the one you genuinely keep up to the one you abandon by week two.
Put the items in your preferred order.

Swimming at the local leisure centre
A reliable indoor option that works whatever the weather, though the changing rooms and Β£6 entry fees can test your commitment.

Parkrun on a Saturday morning
A community staple that gets you out the door even when it's bucketing down, with the promise of a coffee and a cake afterwards.

Home workouts with Joe Wicks or YouTube
Cheap, convenient and weather-proof, but requires the discipline to actually press play instead of scrolling through Netflix.

Five-a-side football or netball
The social side keeps you turning up on freezing Tuesday evenings, even when your hamstrings are begging you not to.

A brisk walk with the dog
The lowest barrier to entry of the lot β the dog doesn't care that it's raining sideways, and somehow neither do you.
Drag the photo to reorder
Which English physician first successfully tested a smallpox vaccine in 1796 using cowpox material?
π³ 28 votes