A 90s fitness star motivated Harrow’s gym goers into raising £500 for charity at a group exercise evening.

Harrow Leisure Centre and Harrow Council threw a sponsored fitness evening last Monday (September 19) where the guest of honour was TV exercise guru, Mr Motivator.

Derrick Evans, better known by his stage name on programmes such as GMTV, put over 90 participants through fun, but challenging, circuit workouts.

The sponsorship money was raised in aid of blood cancer charity the Anthony Nolan trust among others.

General manager Iain Milton said: “We are delighted our group exercise evening proved so popular and we managed to raise such a great amount for charity.”

“We are always looking for new ways to get the local community involved in physical activity and we were thrilled to combine a fun night of exercise with a fantastic fundraising achievement.”