Contestants this year include 79-year-old presenter Angela Rippon
Some of this year's Strictly Come Dancing contestants have been expressing health fears ahead of the iconic show's return. Among the contestants on this year's series is 79-year-old presenter Angela Rippon, who has expressed concerns about how participating could affect her asthma, the Mirror reports.
She explained: "I have asthma and one of my worries is that the asthma would get in the way of my breathing so I'm doing a bit of work on that. I've spoken to my friend who’s a dancer who said 'you need to stop breathing through your nose and you need to breathe through your mouth!." "I've also been trying to build up my fitness, I think I owe it to whoever I'm paired with to be as fit as I possibly can and I owe it to the audience who will tune in every week! So I need to get my fitness up, I'm supple because I do stretches every morning but I’m not necessarily fit.
TV legend Les Dennis has a very different and surprising fear considering his theatre, musicals and panto background. "Lycra," he replied when asked what his biggest challenge would be. "Well, I'm not a trained dancer, I can pick up steps when a teacher or somebody takes me through them, but it takes me a long time. This is as we saw from speed dancing at rehearsals the other day, you've got to go quickly, but I enjoyed that because it was like ‘gotta keep up....
Speaking further about the costumes he may need to wear, Les said tentatively: "I'm sure the team are so good that they know, a 70-year-old man in lycra isn't necessarily the best thing to look at. So, I'm sure they will keep me dignified in a Strictly way."
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