Dame Prue Leith Reinvents her Approach to Exercise

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Dame Prue Leith has never been interested in ‘formal’ fitness. ‘I find exercise for the sake of exercise painful and unbelievably boring,’ the formerBake Off host told The Mirror, describing her dislike of structured training.



‘Being tortured on a Pilates reformer machine, forcing oneself out into the rain to go running or doing push-ups on the bedroom floor are all variations of hell for me,’ the 86-year-old said. ‘Ditto yoga, steps, spinning and the rest.’

But in her eighties, Prue has quietly reinvented her approach to exercise – not because she suddenly fell in love with the gym, but because she realised she needed it.

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