The former SNP leader stated that “the last few weeks have been really difficult” and that it’s “okay not to be okay” in a social media post.
It’s obviously beneficial to your physical health, but it’s also very beneficial to your emotional well-being.
And I have to admit that I haven’t been very physically active over the past year—in fact, during the last 12 years as a minister, to be honest—and that I’ve probably been at my least fit over the past 13 months. I now have the chance to resume my physical fitness.”
He claimed that he was taking this action “to help with my mental health” in addition to his bodily well-being.