Claudia Winkleman has revealed her long-term health issue that’s causing her to “fall apart”.
The TV presenter admitted that after 52 years of not “standing up straight”, she’s now working with an instructor to correct her posture, Bristol Live reports.
Speaking on The Mid. Point podcast with Gabby Logan, she confessed: “My body is made entirely of crepe. [I’m] falling apart.”
She further detailed her Pilates journey, saying: “I’ve got a bad back and I need some form of strength. You know what I mean? I’ve got my core.
“They talked to me about parts of my body. They said, ‘The problem is you’ve never used your lats’. I was like, ‘What is that? ‘. Apparently, so my shoulders are up by my neck.
“I’m always like (demonstrates her posture) And I don’t like the look of people standing up straight. It feels somehow cocky, so my stance has always been like a turtle.”
The term ‘lats’ refers to the latissimus dorsi muscle, one of the largest muscles in the back. Pilates can help improve major muscle groups, posture, flexibility, strength, balance and body awareness.
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Claudia added: “I’ve now got so many backbones. So I go to Pilates and they try and open me up. When they do open me up and I sit or stand like I’m supposed to, like that, I mean, it feels alien.”
In the same podcast, Claudia also updated listeners on her long-term eye condition, Myopia. The NHS describes short-sightedness (myopia) as a common condition that blurs distant vision, but it can be corrected with glasses or contact lenses.
Claudia opened up about her personal battles with the challenging condition, which has caused incidents like bumping into walls and problems with driving and reading. She’s undergone two eye surgeries but continues to encounter difficulties, particularly with reading.
Fortunately, she now uses specially made glasses. She explained: “Because I was so short-sighted, by them fixing it, I’m not long-sighted, so I can’t really read anymore. I can with glasses, I’ve got 2.5.”
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