Just over a week into the New Year all those best laid plans to shift your festive lard might have already gone awry.
Well not for the Queen, who does not need a New Year’s resolution to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle.
The Queen might not be known for pumping iron, nor has she ever revealed her Vo2 Max, but if her mum is anything to go by - the Queen Mother lived to 101 - Elizabeth knows how to look after herself.
Her Majesty is well known for her love of horse riding, which can be very physically demanding.
The average jockey has extremely good cardiovascular fitness and a rock hard core to stay balanced and strong during a demanding race.
Despite being 95 the Queen still loves riding her horses, though in recent months she had to give it up as she recovered from a hospital stay.
Unfortunately the Palace won’t reveal exactly what other sports the Queen gets up to as it’s a “personal matter”, but we do know she likes to take walks around her grounds.
Sadly her health scare last October also meant she was unable to go for her daily dog walks after advice to rest by doctors, sources told the Mail .
She has several Corgis which she loves walking every day at her usual residence in Windsor.
The Queen “is a great believer in sensible exercise,” according to her biographer Ingrid Seward, she has always walked in addition to the occasional gallop or country sport.
Though she’s never been seen burning through a gruelling set of Bulgarian split squats, cracking raw eggs into her mouth, and occasionally shouting ‘light weightbaby’ , the Queen reportedly has her own unique weight training programme which involves one unexpected accessory.
In preparation for her 1953 coronation Her Royal Highness marched around the palace with the traditional but weighty St Edward’s Crown so she could train her neck muscles for the big day.
The 2.5kg jewel encrusted piece is said to be like wearing a couple of bags of sugar on your head.
She repeats the feat every year at the opening of Parliament, wearing an even heavier crown and nearly 7kg velvet Robe of State, according to Glamour .
Hats off to the Queen for still putting the hard yards in, many might have opted for a daintier bit of head gear by now.
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