While some of us were slogging it out at the gym last month, others were happily trying to stay in shape in their own beds.

In case you didn't realise (and why would you?), 3-9 August was National Love Your Bed Week: a marketing initiative dreamt up by mattress manufacturer Silentnight.

This year, the campaign included the introduction of 'bedercise' - exercises designed to be performed in bed.

The eight-step programme included moves such as a full-body stretch to begin with, the A B C adbom-bed curl (crunches with your back on the floor and your legs on the bed) and the bed dipper, a variation of tricep dips.