Clients of the month - February 2023

Published: 8 February 2023

Client of the month from Springwood and Livewell.

Livewell - Robin Peel

Robin shed almost three stone and eight inches from his waist since joining Livewell 10 months ago.  As a result, the 72-year-old retired coach driver has stabilised his Type 2 diabetes, avoided a heart bypass operation and now qualifies for an NHS knee replacement having been previously refused the procedure due to his weight.

Discover how Robin turned his health around on Livewell's full article.

Springwood - Ashley Barlow

I started the gym in June 2021 weighing in at 119.1kg (18.75 stone) but my heaviest was almost 20 stone. The aim was to lose weight and at the moment I am currently weighing 88kg. As well as a lot of hard work I’ve had great support from the gym team at Derby Arena and met some great people. I now run regular runs of 5k and 10k and completed derby 10k in 47.55. After losing weight the aim is to now focus on weight training and definition. My Overall health and fitness is the best I've ever been. I have a completely new attitude towards it all, and have changed my diet and stopped drinking, also a soon-to-be new dad which is one of the reasons I wanted to become fit. I have met a lot of great people in the gym, and realised it's not all about physical fitness, it's also great for mental health.

Leisure