You’re friendly neighbourhood uberblogger Trev here. As a back-to-back Scrabble Champion and a Professional hand-modelista, in between the bubbly, the Russian brides and the brew was the flying to different exotic destinations across the world (and Durban to see Mom) and with lots of flying comes fatigue at times.

Now, to be honest, Trev “Tom Thumb” Townsend’s got a couple secrets to beating the poor circulation, swollen joints and lethargy you might come across when flying. Besides chatting up the air hostesses and getting pinched or slapped for it (that’s one way to get the blood flowing) here’s my guide to keeping your body at its best in the air:

1. Stretch your arm forward and point away from yourself. Then curl your arm back until you grab the back of your head. Proceed to stick out your tongue and lick your elbow three times. (This is the warm-up)
2. Get out your seat. Move into the aisle, point both hands to the sky and point your feet down, arch forward and balance your body weight on your toes. Feel free to let off incoherent Michael Jackson-isms (“Hoo!”, “Ha!” “Ow!” all apply)
3. When it’s safe to take your seatbelt off, take your pinkie finger and begin to rotate it anti-clockwise as you tap your feet to the rhythm of Pink Panther (A great one for hand-eye-foot coordination) Necessary for me if I’m making breakfast while writing a blog post

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves and say you’ll get my good physique overnight, but with a little bit of practice you could be swapping shirts with the best after winning Scrabble tourneys in Kiev. For more of the typical tips on stretching on planes you could probably look here.