Kickstart the new year by taking up an activity you’ll enjoy. It’s the best way to ensure you’ll stick at it, says Arlene Harris.

ADULTS don’t do backflips often. Or sit on swings. Or hang upside down. But 20 years since I last swung off the playground monkey bars, I’m backflipping like a pro, beside six other free-flying, laughing adults in a Cork dance studio.