{"id":6417,"date":"2025-07-13T10:07:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T10:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/6417\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T10:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T10:07:06","slug":"shropshire-fitness-class-helping-reverse-type-2-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/6417\/","title":{"rendered":"Shropshire fitness class helping reverse type 2 diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weekly \u2018Move it or Lose it\u2019 sessions are led by Healthy Life Coach Amanda Arnold and the sessions involve Low Intensity Interval Training to safely build fitness and boost the health of participants.<\/p>\n<p>Local resident and class attendee Janet is one of the program\u2019s success stories, crediting the classes with helping her reverse her Type 2 diabetes diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEighteen months ago, I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and prescribed Metformin, which didn\u2019t suit me. After some dietary changes and finding Amanda\u2019s class, my health started to turn around. A few months in, I\u2019m now classed as pre-diabetic, without medication. I can\u2019t recommend the classes enough, they\u2019re also great fun!\u201d Said Janet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/a43c53b8-d3be-489a-8831-a160a54e61b6.jpg\"   alt=\"Janet!\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Just look at Janet! Photo: SCLT<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Arnold, Healthy Life coach for Shropshire Community Leisure Trust, which operates the facility in partnership with Serco Leisure, said: \u201cI wanted to develop sessions that provided a welcoming, affordable fitness options for anyone living with or at risk of diabetes. These classes are more than exercise, they\u2019re about empowerment and community. Combining gentle resistance and cardio movements, the sessions are inclusive and suitable for all fitness levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re seeing incredible transformations, and it proves what\u2019s possible when people are supported in the right way, just look at Janet! It\u2019s about creating a space where people feel comfortable and motivated to keep showing up for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The class takes place every Thursday at the SSV and is free for members and Healthy Lives participants, or just \u00a32.80 for non-members. To find out more and book your spot, please contact the centre via their website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shropshireleisurecentres.com\/shrewsbury-sports-village\/contact-us\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">shropshireleisurecentres.com\/shrewsbury-sports-village\/contact-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shrewsbury Sports Village, the Quarry, Oswestry Leisure Centre, Market Drayton Swimming &amp; Fitness Centre,\u00a0Whitchurch Swimming &amp; Fitness Centre and SpArC Bishops Castle\u00a0are operated by\u00a0Shropshire Community Leisure Trust in partnership with Serco Leisure, on behalf of Shropshire Council.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The weekly \u2018Move it or Lose it\u2019 sessions are led by Healthy Life Coach Amanda Arnold and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[6827,88,2250,337,97,3165,6829,3,3168,3166,6826,3167,3171,6828,6825],"class_list":{"0":"post-6417","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-bishops-castle","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-events","11":"tag-fitness","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-local-hubs","14":"tag-market-drayton","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-north-shropshire","17":"tag-oswestry","18":"tag-search","19":"tag-shrewsbury","20":"tag-south-shropshire","21":"tag-whitchurch","22":"tag-your-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}