Bounce Magazine March's 2016

MARCH 2016 | ISSUE #41 | SPORT
MARCH 2016 | ISSUE #41
INSPIRE ME
Suzanne &
Robert Cook
sponsored by Abbeycroft Leisure
Twelve months ago, Suzanne
Cook was referred to the gym
team with back problems.
Having not used the gym before, and
admittedly at a low level of fitness, Suzanne
was apprehensive about making a start. For
moral support, her husband Robert came
along to her first few appointments and soon
after joined himself.
The couple stated coming to the gym
together as routine and soon started to enjoy
their workouts. Robert says; “When Suzanne
got referred, I wanted to help her out and
provide support. You have to put yourself out
there and the whole team at the gym have
been so supportive - you can really have a
laugh with them”. And soon the couple where
shifting the pounds as well as increasing
fitness levels.
Having lost almost six stone between them,
Robert and Suzanne from Cloverfields,
Thurston try to be pragmatic when it comes
to eating sensibly. They allow themselves a
treat bit always return to the gym to make
sure they work off what they’ve indulged.
Suzanne is now pain free in her back
and has not looked back since starting
her fitness journey. “I now run or walk to
work on occasion which is five miles”. She
explains, “Previously, I couldn’t even bike
it”. Concentrating on her fitness has given
Suzanne a hobby which she’s not had before,
“it’s nice for me now to meet new people”, she
confesses.
Meanwhile, Robert is loving his
gym workouts.
By working
together and
working hard
to change their
fitness and
eating habits,
Suzanne and
Robert have a
new lease of life.
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