Now, while I’m not doing star-jumps of joy about the whole gym experience, I do really rather like it.

What I do not like however, is what wearing socks and trainers is doing to my feet. I love my feet and I am counting down the days ’til I can put them in sandals and show them to the world. Except, right now, they are suffering from gym-girl-ickness and let me tell you, it is NOT pretty.

It’s lucky I have a beau, because if I didn’t, this talk of sweaty feet would do nothing to sell me as great girlfriend material, but seriously, I never knew my feet were capable of producing so much sweat as they do during a work-out – it’s positively vile. How does that even happen? Especially when they don’t even move on the cross trainer? Anyway, enough of the icking-out, lets deal with it, because I don’t need a reason NOT to go to the gym…

My BIG worry about sweaty feet is that it can lead to Athlete’s foot. At first, I thought this was kinda cool – get me, I have the foot of an athlete! – turns out, not so much. Athlete’s foot is just a common name given to a fungus infection of the skin that predominately occurs in between toes but can occur anywhere on the foot. If left untreated, the condition can spread to other parts of the foot, hands and can even affect the face – gagsville, non?!

So, to prevent this…

★ Do not wear shoes that are made of synthetic materials, such as, tennis shoes and socks. These kinds o’ footwear are made of man-made fabric which actually contribute to the production of perspiration.

★ After a work-out, shower obv., and then make sure you wash your feet. I know all you want to do is wash your ‘do and get out o’ there, but this is a big deal. Then, when you’re drying yourself, towel-dry between your toes as this prevents athlete’s foot and other fungi from developing – ick.

★ Prod Love: I have started using CCS foot care cream (RRP £6.12) as part of my after-gym routine. You will be hearing a LOT about this prod range from me in the coming weeks mainly because I freakin’ LOVE it. The packaging may look pretty plain, but don’t judge a book by it’s cover, it alleviates dry and rough skin to help get soft, supple feet in just seven days. I know it may seem like an extra faff, but I promise you’ll thank me for it when your feet are sandal-ready for summer – you can get it from Boots and Superdrug. There’s an amazing CCS heel balm too, but I’ll tell you about that later!

★ Now that it’s getting a li’l bit warmer stick a pair of flip flops in your gym bag so that after your work out, you don’t put your clean dry feet back into the same sweat-filled trainers.

Next week: The no gym equipment work-out for the reluctant gym-bunny.