We have perhaps become over-familiar with the phrase God bless. We say we're blessed to have good neighbours, a new car, a nice house. The #blessed tag on social media has been linked to humble bragging. But how often do we count more basic blessings like having a toilet and clean water on tap everyday wonders that millions of people still dont have? 

In St Johns Church Hall we are blessed to have toilets and clean water, but they are very old, not easy to clean, very narrow cubicles from the old school that used to be in the hall, and in desperate need of refurbishment for the comfort and dignity of all who use them from the local community groups, our congregation, and all others who we welcome into church and the hall.Work is on-going on this refurbishment and we would like to twin all our new loos to help those less fortunate than ourselves; and for that we would like to appeal for your help.

So what am I doing to earn your sponsorship?  Well I'll be squatting with a 16kg kettlebell 3 times per hour for 8 hours per day, 5 days per week for 6 weeks!  That will be (my husband tells me) 11,520kg of weight squatted.

If I don't space these squats out to plan then I'll have a backlog; I need to keep them regular, I don't want those weights piling up.

I invite you to join me and do your own squats for pots or another fitness challenge.   If you want to squat then keep it regular, get a routine, pick a number, pick the weight, and if you're not used to doing squats just use your own body weight.

Stay regular, but the most important thing is to keep your form - sit down like you're going to use the loo, bottom back and out, if you've got it flaunt it, as your bottom goes down ensure your knees do NOT go in front of your toes, and keep your torso as upright as you can.  Before you stand back up squeeze those glutes then stand.

You don't need to squat down to nothing like I'll be doing, you can squat down onto something of an appropriate height - like the toilet or a stool.

Message me if you want adding to this team, and keep your squats low and your standards high!