The TV star, aged 56, shared a key ‘takeaway’ after taking part in two fitness activities
Andrea McLean shared with her fans that she feels ‘knackered in a good way’ after attempting two new fitness activities. Although the former Loose Women star was initially anxious to start, she managed to proceed at a pace that was comfortable for her.
“So, this is the face of someone who has been to a weight training class and then did two hours of padel,” the 56-year-old explained on Instagram yesterday. “This is what knackered looks like.
“But one of the reasons I thought I would do a little video about it is because I am just really happy that I could. Really happy that I joined a weight training class and walked in thinking, ‘I don’t know how I’m going to do this,’ and, ‘Everyone is going to be really good and I don’t know anybody.’ And actually, I could do it at my level, and everyone was really nice.”
Later, she added: “It’s nice to feel knackered in a good way, and that’s my takeaway.” Andrea’s fitness update comes almost a year after she suffered flu-like symptoms before collapsing in the bathroom last December.
When rushed to the hospital, medics explained that she not only had acute kidney injury and sepsis but severe pneumonia too, losing ‘80% capacity’ in one lung.
Recounting the ordeal on Substack, Andrea said she stayed there for several days and was completely overwhelmed by the bright lights, yelling, screams, and almost constant ‘smell of poo’. Yet, even once she returned home, things didn’t go back to normal.
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In March, she collapsed on the bathroom floor for a second time after getting out of bed ‘too fast’. While Andrea didn’t explain whether her fitness habits halted amidst these incidents, in May, she said she hadn’t felt confident exercising for a very long time.
A few months ago, she also wrote on Instagram: “I hadn’t been confident enough to go back to the gym, so I’ve just been doing it on my own, and that actually makes me feel really sad to say it out loud, that I wasn’t confident enough to go into a gym and do my little app workout.
“[It’s] because I was so, so far from the fit person that I was, and I don’t know, again, it’s such a weird thing to explain if you’ve not kind of lost all your fitness and all that kind of thing and then you’re starting again.”
Unsurprisingly, the celebrity’s more recent fitness post was quickly flooded with several supportive comments from fans. Among them, one person said: “You are an inspiration to so many people especially me. Carry on doing what you love.”
Meanwhile, another person wrote: “Good to see you smiling, glowing and a good knackered,” as someone else said: “You look well Andrea. Loving the sunshine I’m sure.”
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