MY LIFE IN HEALTH Louise Minchin

rowing up, I played and I also used to swim competitively until I was about 14 or 15 when, very sadly, one day I looked at my body with my really strong shoulders and muscles and didn’t like it. Overnight, I decided to give up swimming. In my mid-forties, I rediscovered my love of exercise and now swimming is my main sport. This past summer, I did a 13km swim so I’ve really come full circle with my fitness, and now my health mantra is “just keep moving”. For me, it’s important to move every day. On a good week I’ll do one indoor and one outdoor swim, three runs of varying distance from 30 minutes to an hour, a couple of bike rides and yoga every other day, which helps me feel flexible and strong.