
After two years without a proper Christmas party season, it’s looking like this year people will be hitting bars and dancefloors hard, despite, or because of, money worries. But when even the distinctly-dodgy office do sounds like a hot ticket, I have to wonder how best to navigate three or four nights out partying every week without feeling like a husk of a person come Christmas.
Balance is required. The solution is often to keep active rather than just slumping on the sofa in between festivities. “I teach a class on Sunday mornings and a lot of people come on a hangover, and feel much better afterwards,” says Gymbox master trainer Firas Iskandarani (gymbox.com). “They’re not actually sweating out the alcohol, but they do feel better because of the endorphin release.