York St John and Life Fitness Team Up for Charity

Courageous athlete, David Methley, is training for the gruelling Marathon Des Sables, in the Sahara Desert, with the help of Life Fitness and York St John University.

By participating in the challenge at the end of this month, David is realising his life-long ambition and raising money for learning disability charity, MENCAP.

In order to complete the event, David turned to York St John University for guidance and training. A support plan was developed by the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences which entails three stages, comprising of: fitness and nutrition, fluid replacement and acclimatisation. As well as helping David to prepare the data gathered from this study will be utilised by the university to help examine the demand of ultra endurance events.

Ian Sadler, Exercise Physiologist, said: “The Marathon Des Sables is a hugely challenging endurance test that takes place in the extreme heat. In this country getting someone ready for these conditions is a difficult task. Therefore the support of Life Fitness, who provided a treadmill for David’s training under hot conditions, has been vital for his preparations.  We have seen vast increases in David’s fitness and I believe he is now physically and mentally ready to complete the event. We would all like to wish him the best of luck and are all keen to hear how he got on”

If you would like to find out more or sponsor David Methley, please visit: www.justgiving.com/davidmethley .

 

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