Manchester is a city noted for its nightlife - from exclusive bars and nightclubs to trendy hipster joints and everything in between.
25.06.2023 - 06:53 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Husband and wife Mark and Sarah Smith were stuck in a rut with their lifestyle and their relationship - and tucking in to takeaways and bottles of wine almost every night had seen them pile on the pounds. But when Mark, 39, had a health scare with his heart, it became the wake up call that the Salford couple both needed to change their unhealthy habits.
After seeing Instagram videos of celebrities working out with the 'tough' trainers at Manchester's UP Fitness gym, Sarah decided to take the plunge and contact the gym. Both Mark and Sarah decided to sign up for UP's total body transformation programme in October last year, determined to change their unhealthy ways.
It was exactly the kick the couple needed. Mark has gone on to lose four stone and turned his 'beer belly' into a rippling six pack.
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Meanwhile Sarah, 44, has lost three stone and is in the best shape of her life, discovering muscles and energy she never knew she had. They have now made exercise and eating whole foods part of their everyday life.
Mark and Sarah live together in Winton, Eccles, and also both work for the same financial company in Manchester city centre. While before they would nip out to their local Greggs to grab snacks at lunch times, they now make time for hour-long gym sessions instead.
And, working with UP Fitness's trainers and diet experts they agreed to ditch the nightly takeaways AND the bottles of booze.
Fully committing to the plan has changed their lives and their 18-year relationship, the couple say. Mark says: "I'd been really unfit for quite a long time, and a couple of years ago I had a vascular issue where the blood flow was restricted to the left hand side
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