Lucy Wyndham-Read Visits The Nightingale
You’ve heard of rehab but have you heard of prehab? It’s about improving health and wellbeing before cancer treatment (surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy).
Evidence shows that improving your health prior to treatment can help you recover quicker. Just like training for a marathon, it is important to help your body thought one of the toughest things it will ever go through. After a cancer diagnosis, no one’s first thought is to hit the gym and start training.
Enter Lucy Wyndham-Read and her vision to help!
She may not be familiar to everyone but to her 2.2 million Youtube followers and million social media followers, she is the ‘go-to’ online personal trainer. During lockdown she was the most viewed online personal trainer and was ranked the most popular fitness Youtuber in 2020 in the UK (yes, beating Joe Wicks!). Her channel has racked up nearly half a billion views.
What we’re trying to say is that Lucy is one of the biggest names in the online fitness world.
A Nightingale client took a chance one day and messaged Lucy to tell her about The Nightingale, what we do and to ask if there was any way that she could support us. Cue the absolute shock when Lucy responded and wanted to visit our centre to have a chat and learn more about the charity.
An idea was born when Lucy and Fiona were talking about cancer and fitness, realising there is a lot out there for rehab fitness but not much out there for prehab. Lucy wanted to create an at home 10 minute workout with standing and seated exercises, accessible to all and record it at our centre with our clients!
We don’t think a faster, ‘YES’ has ever been shouted!
It was such a fun day of filming for everyone at the centre. Our clients loved being part of this project and they especially loved when Lucy put out a teaser video which received 11,000 views. They’re social media superstars now.
The excitement Lucy and Sandie (her right hand lady) had about coming into the centre and their enthusiasm to create something that will not only help our clients but thousands of others is incredible. It left quite a few of us speechless and our Lucy very teary.
A massive thank you to Lucy for her visit and dedication to supporting people’s mental and physical health.