The Health Hub at Life Leisure Avondale in Stockport has been crowned the best rehabilitation gym in the country at a prestigious awards ceremony in Manchester.
The club picked up the trophy for Best Rehabilitation Facility of the Year at the National Fitness Awards, which took place at the Palace Hotel, hosted by presenter and former TV Gladiator Caroline Pearce.
The awards – organised by fitness
industry magazine Workout and
supported by headline sponsor
Servicesport – are now in their fourth
year and recognise excellence and
achievement throughout the fitness
industry.
To win the award, The Health Hub beat
off competition from hundreds of
entries from clubs around the country
who were whittled down to a shortlist of
six in each category.
Each shortlisted club – from The Shetland Islands down to Cornwall – was then visited by a member of the Workout team, who chatted to staff and members and took a look around the facilities, before compiling a comprehensive report to be passed on to an expert judging panel.
This year’s judges included The Biggest Loser personal trainer Charlotte Ord and top fitness expert Dean Hodgkin.
Our judges said:
“A unique facility whose main purpose is to rehabilitate those with a range of long standing, limiting illnesses to better manage their health.
“The gym has no mirrors apart from in a small free weights area and even has a separate closed area for those who feel uncomfortable exercising in a normal gym environment.
“The facility also owns the Alter G anti-gravity treadmill which reduces body weight, enabling clients to literally ‘train without the pain’.”
Over 700 people, including Coronation Street star Kym Marsh attended the glittering ceremony, where trophies were handed out in over 20 categories.