{"id":643547,"date":"2026-08-18T12:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/643547\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T12:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:37:17","slug":"motsi-mabuse-45-transformed-her-fitness-in-18-months-and-it-started-with-this-10-minute-walking-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/643547\/","title":{"rendered":"Motsi Mabuse, 45, transformed her fitness in 18 months \u2013 and it started with this 10-minute walking habit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last 18 months have been transformative for Motsi Mabuse<\/a> \u2013 and her experience shows how starting small and staying consistent can add up to significant progress.<\/p>\n

After being warned by her doctor that she needed to take action to protect her long-term health \u2013 a full-body check-up revealed high cortisol levels<\/a> and inflammation<\/a>, as well as a risk of developing type 2 diabetes \u2013 the new Women\u2019s Health<\/a> cover star<\/a> turned to her younger sister Phemelo for help.<\/p>\n

\u2018My sister is very much into training \u2013 Ironmans, marathons, swimming \u2013 so I knew she was the right person to get motivation from,\u2019 she told WH. \u2018I just said, \u201cGirl, I can\u2019t move\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n

Her advice was incredibly simple, but it set in motion a series of changes that would transform Motsi\u2019s approach to fitness.<\/p>\n

\u2018She said to me, \u201cListen, the first thing you\u2019re going to do is go outside and take a walk, just 10 minutes, then you progress to 15 minutes \u2013 and we can move from there,\u201d\u2019 she explained.<\/p>\n

Over time, the Strictly Come Dancing judge turned those daily walks into a habit before adding strength training with personal trainer Dirk Berresheim.<\/p>\n

But walking has remained a core part of her fitness routine. While Motsi trains with Berresheim twice a week, her solo sessions include 60 minutes of incline walking<\/a> followed by lighter weight training.<\/p>\n

And despite improving her strength and mobility over the past 18 months, it\u2019s the progress she\u2019s made with her walking fitness that she considers one of her biggest wins.<\/p>\n

\u2018The first time my trainer said I needed to walk on an incline, I was suffering,\u2019 she explained. \u2018Now I\u2019m at the highest incline, and it\u2019s not an issue.\u2019<\/p>\n

You can read our full cover interview with Motsi by hitting this link<\/a>. Subscribe to Women’s Health here<\/a>.\"motsi<\/a>\"Headshot<\/p>\n

Lauren Geall is deputy site editor for Women\u2019s Health UK and Men\u2019s Health UK. She graduated from Exeter University with a BA in English Literature before studying an MA in Magazine Journalism at City, University London. She\u2019s been writing about health, fitness and wellbeing for over five years, with a total of seven years in digital journalism. Prior to her current role, she worked at Stylist as the acting health and fitness editor. As well as being a keen runner, Lauren is passionate about women\u2019s sport and can often be found cheering on Arsenal Women at the Emirates or keeping tabs on the Red Roses\u2019 latest win.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The last 18 months have been transformative for Motsi Mabuse \u2013 and her experience shows how starting small…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[278],"tags":[152422,154025,150932,152662,341,272347,343,18,525,135,19,17,201411,342,272346,240005],"class_list":["post-643547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-collection-celebrity-workouts","tag-collection-fit-at-40","tag-collection-fit-at-any-age","tag-collection-walking","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-76da8bb7-1f9f-49e0-aaa4-ed0fb854cb96","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-eire","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-how-motsi-mabuse-used-walking-to-get-fit","tag-sponsored-false"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117116551965698394","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}