Lakes Leisure Launches 2nd Free Health & Fitness Makeover

Lakes Leisure is seeking 10 Queenstowners to take part in a second fully sponsored health and fitness makeover. The eight week programme that commences May 2nd is designed to get overweight people moving and eating well, giving them the kick start they need to go on and reach their long term health and fitness goals.

Applicants for the free programme must have at least 25kgs to lose and will be selected to ensure they are not only the most ‘at need’ but are also the right people to get the greatest benefit from the programme. Lakes Leisure’s Alpine Health & Fitness will coordinate the programme and Manager Richie Heap said Lakes Leisure is committed to enhancing the wider community’s health and wellbeing.

“We are working hard to reach those people who need the most help to get active and improve their fitness. The gym, pool and sport grounds that Lakes Leisure manages are fantastic community resources, but providing the facilities that give people the opportunity to get active and stay fit is only half the job. The other part is supporting and encouraging people with long established sedentary lifestyles, who don’t always have the motivation to go it alone, to get active and experience the health benefits physical activity can deliver.

“We were inundated with applicants for the programme we ran last October, but there are limited places due to resource constraints so it’s essential that the people selected are the ones who will make the most of it. When a lot of very deserving applicants miss out, the people who get the opportunity to participate have to do so knowing they owe it to not only themselves, but everyone else to give it their all.”

Along with nutritional seminars, assessments with a physiotherapist and podiatrist, participants will receive two personal training sessions each week to help them set realistic goals and stay on track during the challenge. They will also be given unlimited free access to Alpine Health & Fitness and Alpine Aqualand for 3 months.

The first programme which ran last year was a resounding success with Vicki Paddon declared the ‘winner’ for her overall commitment to a change in lifestyle and the achievement of her fitness and weight loss goals. Vicki was a size 16 when she started the programme and has become a familiar face around the Queenstown Events Centre and Alpine Health & Fitness as she continues to work out to maintain her new healthy size 10 figure.

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