An unprecedented Golden Summer has now come to an end, and our Olympians and Paralympians have made us proud. We silenced the critics and London 2012 was a world class show from start to finish……Fab-u-lous!

And now the children are back at school, the days are shorter and the weather’s starting to feel a wee bit Autumnal…………so a perfect time to get a sweat on me thinks!

But, after our fantastic summer ‘sport fest’, a question crossed my mind; will being sporty now be considered a bit more cool?

People who know me well know that my answer is simple because I really don’t care what’s considered to be cool or uncool. As a Personal Trainer I care about exercise and what works for my clients so that they feel good about themselves and what they’re doing. I also don’t care about fads of any sort, and never really have. But I care that, through exercise, my clients are able maximise their enjoyment and potential, and whether what I’m asking them to do is cool or a la mode is of no importance.

It feels as though the word “legacy” has been bandied about endlessly since we won the right to host the 2012 Olympic Games, and now that the athletes have gone home, and the dust is settling on the former Olympic venues the examination process has begun in earnest. I must admit that I don’t want to enter into a political debate about any so called ‘true’ legacy, but what I will say is that I hope that both the young and old and, indeed, everyone in between have now seen that participating in sport, or physical activity, is very cool and very worthwhile.

I perhaps wish this even more for women, whatever their age, who may have previously thought that having a toned body, and being seen to sweat is somehow not very attractive or feminine. After all, we’ve witnessed so many wonderful examples of women at the peak of physical fitness this summer. But can we, mere mortals, emulate them and in our own ways be in the best physical shape that we can be? I know that we can, and what a wonderfully cool legacy to London 2012 that would be