June
A brand spanking new Leicester gym is set to open in the City next month. Not only is that a fab excuse for some of us to try and shed those excess wobbles, but the Pure Gym instructors will be put through their paces as they raise money for heart patients with the British Heart Foundation.
Staff at Pure Gym, located on Walnut Street, are taking part in a fundraising ‘row-a-thon’ on Tuesday 2nd August after the new 24 hour, state of the art club opens on 8th July. The team hopes to row for 10 hours between 10am and 8pm and all money raised will go towards the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) Mending Broken Hearts Appeal – a major new programme of research in regenerative medicine to find a cure for heart disease.
Julie Suggitt, General Manager for the new Pure Gym, said instructors would be rowing non-stop in a bid to encourage donations from its growing number of new members. “The British Heart Foundation is a great cause and hopefully a charity we’ll continue to support in the future. We also want to encourage people to think about their own health and wellbeing,” said Julie.
Helping the instructors shape up for the event has been British Heart Foundation Fundraising Volunteer Manager Sophie Jardine.
Sophie said, “I like to keep in shape so I’m looking forward to seeing what the Pure Gym instructors can do during the row-a-thon. I hope the public get behind them to because it’s in aid of a great cause. Heart and circulatory disease is the UK’s biggest killer and people who are physically active are half as likely to get cardiovascular disease than those that are inactive.
“It is great that Pure Gym is supporting our Mending Broken Hearts Appeal and I urge all the new gym members to get on board and back them.”
Anyone interested in joining Pure Gym is being encouraged to do so now before the opening on 8th July to make the most of the introductory rate of just £9.99 per month!
Pure Gym will be open 24/7, 365 days a year, with state of the art equipment, no contract and free parking! 166 Walnut Street Leicester LE2 7GR 0845 130 2962
For more information visit the website at www.puregym.com or visit the Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pure-Gym-Leicester/192480670786826 or Twitter @puregym.
