Body weight and dumbells, I'm going to try some fasting and dieting next week onwards, its hard to do at Christmas but I cant get much exercise otherwise. When I go out of the house for a walk there are just too many people milling about in groups of three or more, its all very much contrary to the public health advice and I dont understand it.
There have also been outbreaks and deaths locally too, including at one local church gathering, which I do not understand at all how that happened other than those congregating honestly, for some reason, believe that none of the advice actually applied to them or that the risks and disease where not real. Crazy and all as that last point is, or ought to be at this point, it IS widespread here. Often it correlates, in my experience at least, with a lot of other views and opinions which are not based on much, or any, of an evidence base but instead count on strong opinions, prejudice and head strong ignorance.
I am working everyday, sometimes from home, which is not my preference, any more, if it ever really was, and sometimes in the office. So I have had not break or idle time like some have to dedicate to private pursuits, exercise training etc. I also work in a field in which we are seeing increased demand for service, in part because of the pandemic and lockdowns.
I find it interesting the extent to which these measures and developments have had knock on effects, the supply of illicit drugs and substances is not what it once was, although not as heavily policed or countered by law enforcement in NI as it is ROI where they have had far, far greater successes and are now even being given additional powers to pursue white collar and financial crime (its all largely the same gangs involved). Its good to hear about these poisons being taken out of the community but the people who are the main users turn their hands to other sorts of crime, usually, and that and the shortage of drugs amongst those who use them the most, ironically, translate into demand for public services too.