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‘80 people turned up to my first class’

Sarah Goldsack, 52, lives in Godstone, Surrey with her husband Al and three sons. After being diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, she launched inclusive fitness classes, Paracise, in 2017.

THE IDEA

I’ve worked as a fitness instructor all my life, but I began to get weak on my right side, which made me trip and fall over. I was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in 2014. I was still teaching 20 classes a week, but in 2016, I ruptured two ligaments in my knee. My consultant said he would operate, but I’d have to give up teaching and might never be able to walk again, which was a terrible shock. After the operation, I was determined to get back on my feet, and exercise was my best chance of doing that, so I began to do exercises for three minutes whenever I