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f they’re anything like me, most people on a resort holiday will check out the gym, do the odd aqua aerobics session, revisit childhood ping-pong memories… but to kick-start a fitness regime from scratch? That’s a much bigger challenge. It’s a compelling one though, especially in these health-conscious times, so when I was invited to the Caribbean to check out an initiative being offered by Elite Island Resorts and W8 Gym – an innovative ‘gym-in-a-box’ created by singer Fleur East and her cousins Nick Meaney and Clive Payne – my dash to the airport would have given Mo Farah a run for his money. The starry line-up – Fleur will be familiar to many


from The X Factor and I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here, while keen-eyed film and TV fans may remember Nick for performances in such blockbusters as Titanic, The X Files and Charmed – developed the


compact W8 Gym as a portable keep-fit station. It has obvious appeal not just to hotels and resorts, but also to offices and even gym-hating or time-strapped home users. However, to experience it on holiday, with a breeze cooling me down as I tried Russian twists, box jumps, squats and leg raises, is surely the way to be introduced to it, I reasoned. And I wasn’t wrong.


A GYM WITH A VIEW On a sun deck at Elite Island Resorts’ St James’s Club in Antigua, overlooking the placid waters of Mamora Bay, some 30 of us were put through our paces by Fleur (qualified fitness instructor being just one of her hidden talents), sharing laughter, encouraging comments and howls of “I can’t do that” while, during rest breaks, gazing at our beautiful surroundings. It was fun and invigorating and carried through to the in-room video sessions that form part of Elite ²


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