Salli's Happy Hearts

Here is our member of the month number two:

Liz Gummer
Suffers from Rheumatoid Arthritis, which has got progressively worse over the last few years.

Liz was attending our Monday morning sessions for quite a few months, but her Physio and Consultant advised her not to attend but to do something more gentle such as Tai Chi, we must admit this baffled us a little as obviously her balance was not good, however who were we to argue...

Only a few months ago Liz made contact with us again with a little cry for help wondering if she could return to Happy Hearts as she missed the music and laughter, Liz clearly required a little more individual help so she then started to attend our Codford class.

When Liz arrived her condition had worsened considerably and she was now walking very slowly with a stoop and the aid of a stick, confidence in herself was very low, by now Liz was on a Buprenorphine Patch to manage her pain.

Liz did all her exercises from a chair with a minimal amount of walking and certainly couldn't get up from her chair unaided.

So we set to work with Liz and with perseverance and her belief in us and a little bit of 'home work' on her behalf on her 4th class she managed to 'Sit to Stand' 12 times in one minute. She is now walking taller, stronger and steadier, her confidence has increased so much she smiles and laugh the whole class.

We are all so proud of you Liz as are your fellow class members and this is borne out by the rapturous cheers and applause you got when you achieved your 12 repetitions unaided.

We have two members of the month here is member number one:
Torill Seger
At the beginning of this year Torill decided she needed to improve her current fitness levels, so in addition to her two weekly sessions Torill joined our Codford class. As her goal was to increase her overall fitness and get stronger we gradually incorporated a more intense regime and what a transformation. Torill took all the challenges thrown at her with enthusiasm and determination which soon rubbed off on the whole group creating a new dynamic energy and a zest into the class which was previously missing.

Torill you are a proper Happy Hearts Team member.

At Happy Hearts, we're delighted to see research confirming what we've witnessed for years: regular strength training, adapted to your individual ability, can make a remarkable difference to health, confidence, and quality of life.

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Good Evening Happy Hearters and followers
If you are local Salisbury and surrounding areas check out the Salisbury Journal page 25 ( managed a whole page 🥳) or check out their page at
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A fabulous testimonial from our lovely Fiona Fenton too

Cracking class at Codford this afternoon at 4 pm
Sun came out as did your energy levels
So proud of each and everyone of you
Seriously awesome today 💪⭐️

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Here we are at Warminster Civic Centre til 1pm
Please pop down and support us

Please come and join me this coming Saturday 16th at Warminster Civic Centre if you are free
I’m there if you want any advice or info and if you are already a member then please come down and chat to others about us and help support us
Hope to see you there

What a ball at our Codford Warminster session at 4 pm today I don’t know what you wonderful members were on but it was just beautiful organised chaos from the start til the finish
So much fun laughter and pure stupidity …and you are getting fit and healthy at the same time Win Win
Best job in the world I’m a lucky lady
❤️❤️

This just popped up on AI meta and all those other bits …..but I couldn’t have puts it better myself

Me again 🤗
Page 15 of Valley News April’s edition
Thank you Karl Plaskett@newvalleynews
And a HUGE thank you to our lovely Julie Partrige for such a wonderful review …Lov Ya

As a ps our next Heart Health Programme starts at the end of May at South Newton Village Hall
You know why you should do this ….

Don’t wait to have a heart problem remember

Prevention rather than Intervention