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Article: LA Fitness slips into top shape for pounds 60m workout Hurting a leg was the turning point for a fitness freak, writes Dan Gledhill
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 17, 1999
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Aserious ankle injury typically would mark the end of a career,
but for Fred Turok it was just the beginning. When his joint gave way
in 1996, it was a devastating blow for the former teacher who founded
LA Fitness, the health club chain. A self-confessed control freak, he
would endure a gruelling regime involving 20 aerobics sessions a day
because nobody could be trusted to take classes as well as him.
Every day, his motorbike took him across London and back to ensure
that each of his three clubs in Kingston, the City and Westminster
were running in step. It's a wonder his ankle lasted as long as it
did.
Pondering his future in hospital, Turok concluded that a change of
emphasis was ...