Optimistic Brits blow £260m a year on home fitness gadgets they will never use

Key

Question 1.

a)  True. Three quarters of adults have bought at least one piece of equipment so they can pursue health or fitness goals in the comfort of their own home.

b) True. 41 per cent admit to using it briefly when they first buy it and then giving up.

c) False. The research from Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity

d)   False. Natalie Mumford, Director of Fitness and Wellbeing at Nuffield Health, commented: 'Exercising at home can be difficult to commit to.

Question 2.

a)   It either never gets used, or the owners start off by using it but then stop doing so after a short time.

b)   People with unused home exercise equipment should take a picture of themselves next to their machine, upload it to the Nuffield Health site.  Then, they can obtain a coupon to use the facilities at the nearest Nuffield Health Fitness and Wellbeing Centre and get advice from the trainers there.

Question 3.

a) briefly

b) charity

c) (a) pass

Question 4.

a)  Despite spending more than £1 billion on home health and fitness equipment over the last five years, UK adults rarely use it.

b)   An Equipment Amnesty has been launched by Nuffield Health and people are being urged to give up equipment they’ve bought.

c) Natalie Mumford commented that exercising at home could be difficult to commit to and that they had experts on hand to help us.