\n Shameem Arnold from Seascale, in West Cumbria, is the founder of Moky Fit, a functional fitness class designed to make exercise feel less intimidating and more enjoyable, particularly for those returning to exercise after illness or time away.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Arnold created the programme after being diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis (M.E.) in 2009, a condition that at one stage required her to use a wheelchair.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: “At my lowest point, I wasn\u2019t thinking about teaching fitness.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I was dreaming of being able to walk independently again.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Her experience led her to understand how daunting traditional exercise could be for those rebuilding strength and confidence.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: “When you\u2019ve lost strength or confidence, walking into a fitness class can feel huge.\u00a0It can feel exposing.\u00a0I understood that fear first-hand.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Determined to offer a different approach, Ms Arnold launched what she calls “exercise in disguise” in 2010.\n<\/p>\n
\n The original programme, Moky, used music and energising choreography to distract from the effort of working out, making fitness feel fun and accessible.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: “Music changes everything.\u00a0When you\u2019re caught up in a track you love, you move differently.\u00a0You forget you\u2019re working hard.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Now rebranded as Moky Fit, the classes combine cardio, combat-inspired and dance movements with strength training using dumbbells and core exercises.\n<\/p>\n
\n The aim is to improve overall fitness in a single, structured session.\n<\/p>\n
\n Classes are open to adults and children aged seven and above.\n<\/p>\n
\n Moky Fit has reached well beyond West Cumbria, with sessions delivered across the North of England and as far away as Egypt.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Arnold was chosen as an Olympic Torchbearer for Cumbria in 2012, just two years after the programme launched.\n<\/p>\n
\n During the pandemic, she moved all classes online and offered free live sessions to support people during lockdown.\n<\/p>\n
\n Participants joined in from across the UK and abroad.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: “I didn\u2019t realise at the time how much it had lifted people.\u00a0That meant a lot.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Arnold now runs in-person classes in Seascale, Whitehaven, and Eskdale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shameem Arnold from Seascale, in West Cumbria, is the founder of Moky Fit, a functional fitness class designed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[49,48,407,84],"class_list":["post-511571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fitness","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}