Lincolnshire Free Press<\/a>, where a photograph of her appeared on the front page under the headline \u2018Cheeky Cheryl Gives Us A Hand\u2019.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg)
The Castle Sports Complex is undergoing a revamp. Photo supplied<\/p>\n
But deciding a life in newspapers involved \u2018too much sitting down for me\u2019, her employment took a different turn.<\/p>\n
Working as a fitness instructor and personal trainer, however, is not the only string to Chez\u2019s bow.<\/p>\n
Securing a Level 4 GP referrals qualification – the highest possible – she also worked four hours a week helping people suffering with a number of conditions including cancer, diabetes, obesity, back problems and cardiac issues regain their health, strength and confidence.<\/p>\n
Chez and her pals on this year’s ski trip to Italy. Photo supplied<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was very rewarding,\u201d said Chez looking back at the ten years she carried out this work.<\/p>\n
But never one to waste her spare time, Chez also ran line dance sessions with the help of husband Phil as well as organising ski holidays for friends and gym clients for the past 25 years.<\/p>\n
Her first adventure involved a party of 65 travelling to Bulgaria, while earlier this year a group of 34 enjoyed the slopes at Sestriere in Italy.<\/p>\n
Chez\u2019s son Harry (right) is Spalding\u2019s longest-standing captain. Photo supplied.<\/p>\n
From Step to pilates and many more, Chez has seen so many different exercises become the class of the moment, but as long as it\u2019s getting people active, she always sees them as a good thing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact is, moving works, whatever takes your fancy. A lot of ladies like to move to catchy music and dancing. Zumba and the likes of those. If that works for you then great,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it gets people in a class then that\u2019s a good thing.<\/p>\n
Chez\u2019s youngest son Willis Ingleby is the current Spalding Rugby Club skipper. Photo supplied<\/p>\n
\u201cThere have been so many fads; slides, kangaroos. But some of the things have kept going, such as Step, pilates and yoga.<\/p>\n
\u201cPilates has been a big thing for me over the last three years, it\u2019s really grown in popularity and I\u2019ve just got so much out of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI could see people come in and be bent over and slow at walking. Two or three weeks of pilates and they\u2019d be upright and have a spring in their step.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chez was also keen to emphasise the importance of weight training for heart health as well as toning, plus the importance of keeping your body guessing.<\/p>\n
“After six weeks, doing the same things over and over again doesn\u2019t get the same results,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnless you make changes – such as working harder in the class, adding extra weights – you have to change to make continuous improvements.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can change intensity, frequency or even the type of exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n
And although Chez spent her working life at the Castle, she also feels switching gyms can also be hugely beneficial to some people<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do need variety. If you go to a gym and for some reason it\u2019s not what you expect – maybe because the music isn\u2019t as loud as you like or they don\u2019t have certain machines – you can go to the next one,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I first started there was two gyms in town, Everybody\u2019s Gym and us. People tell me there are too many gyms in town and I say \u2018no\u2019 because of the usage.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I started it was something stupid like just 8% of the population would ever go into a gym. That\u2019s increased now into a figure in the early 20s.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to be happy at the gym. It\u2019s no good being there with a serious face, you have to have fun.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the years in my classes I learned who I can have a joke with in the class. When you find the right class you can make friends and spur each other on.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe gym business is more important now than it it ever was. We know a sedentary lifestyle soon becomes bad habits and the rot sets in.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Chez, seeing many stroke and heart attack survivors she has worked with still living healthy lives more than 10 years on has given her great job satisfaction.<\/p>\n
But her favourite success story was helping a woman who was in tears on the phone due to severe back pain which left her housebound and unable to move.<\/p>\n
Beginning with small 10-minute exercises on a fitness ball to help her strengthen her core, she soon managed to build up her strength and regain a normal life.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt probably took me four months for her to be walking at normal speed. But now she can lift weight in the gym and do anything,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
That love of exercise runs through Chez\u2019s family.<\/p>\n
Her husband Phil referees rugby, a sport which three of her children have excelled in.<\/p>\n
After playing professionally for South Leicestershire, Harry was Spalding Rugby Club\u2019s longest-serving captain, skippering the team for six years.<\/p>\n
Her youngest son Willis Ingleby currently wear the Elephants\u2019 armband and is a keen HYROX (intensive fitness racing) competitor, while Sadie represented Eastern Counties and Deeping Devils.<\/p>\n
Dan, meanwhile, is a keen badminton player.<\/p>\n
They are, of course, all keen skiers.<\/p>\n
But while Chez and her family continue to be active, she has one simple message for those who could be doing more to secure a healthier lifestyle.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to invest in our bodies for later life,\u201d she pointed out.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe think we\u2019re invincible don\u2019t we?<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople say they don\u2019t have time. First of all, if you start exercising then the work you do could become easier. If it\u2019s a manual job, for example, you\u2019d be fitter to do it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe second thing is, you\u2019re a long while in your grave. So let\u2019s push that time further away by looking after the body as early in life as you can. Make it a permanent habit, like brushing your teeth in the morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t have to do it every day of the week, three times a week would be fantastic. And if you stick with it you will see the benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fitness instructor has rolled up her mat after 40 years of helping get others into shape –…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[499,103,1901,61,60,45816,79363,45814,933],"class_list":{"0":"post-313583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-human-interest","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-lincs-homepage","14":"tag-quirky","15":"tag-spalding","16":"tag-syndicate"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}