Gym members unite for a 1,000-mile indoor charity challenge to mark its 10th anniversary.

The challenge is set for Friday, April 26 at Loddon Community Gym.

Members, ranging from ages 24 to 90, will pool their efforts to walk, pedal, and row a collective 1,000 miles within 12 hours for the British Heart Foundation.

This high-energy event will take place inside the gym, utilising the venue's treadmills, rowing machines, and stationary bikes.

Eastern Daily Press: Trainer Louise Proctor has been at the gym since it opened Trainer Louise Proctor has been at the gym since it opened (Image: Submitted)

Organisers say the charity challenge isn't just about physical fitness, it's about heart health too.

Representatives from the British Heart Foundation will conduct workshops throughout the day, teaching these gym-goers crucial life-saving CPR skills.

Trainer Louise Proctor, a core part of the gym since its inception, said: “Loddon Community Gym has, over the past 10 years, given me the opportunity as a personal trainer, to meet, train and help so many people to achieve their own unique fitness goal.

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“I am proud to say that our gym is a friendly, welcoming and non-intimidating place in which all of our members can exercise at their own pace, to improve not just their physical fitness but their mental well-being too, which is just as important.”

Two of the original members, Mike Balmer and Ted Shread, have seen the gym evolve over the years.

Mr Balmer said: “Over the past 10 years the gym has become an essential part of my weekly routine. I am considerably fitter than I was when we started, and reflect with pride how many people we have helped since 2014."

Eastern Daily Press: 66-year old Caroline Rowland has had ME since she was 35. She started using the Gym around seven years ago 66-year old Caroline Rowland has had ME since she was 35. She started using the Gym around seven years ago (Image: Submitted)

However, the gym isn't just an arena for improved physical health, but mental well-being too.

Caroline Rowland, 66, said: “I decided to try the Loddon Community Gym after my husband attended and told me that the instructor, Louise, was very good with chronically ill clients and that I should be safe in her hands.

"Seven years later I have improved enormously."