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Zara Tindall’s husband, Mike Tindall,
encouraged his fans via Instagram to take part in a special and important
health movement.
Mike Tindall championed Red January – a
campaign encouraging people to get active every day in January in order to beat
‘January blues’.
Mike’s post showed a collage of people who
have already started the challenge. He captioned it: “Let’s get behind the
@Redjanuaryuk team and get active every day in January redtogether.co.uk
#redjanuary.”
Red January replied: “Thank you for
inspiring more people to move for their mental health, @mike_Tindall12,”
as well as Sport In Mind – an initiative that works to “improve the lives
of people experiencing mental health problems through sport and exercise,”
who wrote: “We love to see this! Thank you @mike_tindall12!!”
According
to the Red January website, more than 50% of RED January
2020 participants “experienced less stress and reduced signs of depressive
symptoms”, while 32 per cent of them “moved from being inactive to
fairly active”.
Interested? The website reads: “Whether
you walk, swim, cycle or choose your favourite fitness activity, set your goal
and enjoy support from the RED community every step, splash and pedal of the
way! Kick start your 2022 in a positive way and take a step forward for people
experiencing mental health challenges by raising funds for Sport in Mind, our
official charity partner.”
Mike is a big advocate of mental health, so
it comes as no surprise that he is backing the RED January campaign.
In
November, he joined Loose Men alongside Vernon Kay, Ore Oduba
and Iain Sitrling to mark International Men’s Day, and spoke out about his
struggles with motivation after retiring from rugby.
He said: “There was a point where I was
saying yes to everything, whether I wanted to do it or not because I was used
to having my days filled. It was like six months where I really didn’t know
what I wanted to do – Zara would probably say it was more like a year – I ended
up going and doing Bear Grylls so that I was away when the Autumn
Internationals were on, so I didn’t have to watch the rugby when they played. I
wanted to have a break from it.”
Mike was a World Cup-winning England centre
rugby player and announced his retirement in 2014, aged 35.
