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SHE is the ex-army soldier who has taken Joe Wicks’ lockdown fitness crown with a whopping 58million views on Youtube.

British personal trainer Lucy Wyndhamread has been found the most popular exercise instructor on the site, topping a recent Ofcom report on the topic.

Lucy, who is in her late 40s and lives in Surrey, is known for her easy-to-follow seven-minute routines, which could help you lose around a couple of inches from your waist if done every day for a week.

And she says all Daily Star readers can do her free workouts regardless of age or ability, as she was unfit herself growing up.

“I was always picked last for PE,” admits Lucy. “I was the kid that nobody wanted in their sports team because I was so unfit.

“But now I’ve had the most-viewed workout video ever, so it shows we can all get fit and take control of our health.

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“It doesn’t matter what your age or ability is, simply moving your body will help you feel amazing.

“It’s all about having the discipline and determination.”

It was joining the Army at 18 to “take control and throw myself in at the deep end” that kickstarted Lucy’s impressive fitness journey.

But her road to success hasn’t always been easy. When she was just 21, her fiancé Mike, also in the Army, died when a game of Russian roulette went wrong.

Mike, inset with Lucy, played it as a joke with a friend in his Belfast barracks.

But the other soldier had forgotten to take the bullets out of his gun. Mike was shot in the face, dying instantly.

Lucy says Mike’s memory has spurred her on to achieve her goals.

“Losing him was one of the hardest things to happen to me and I’ve never found love after or had a family,” says Lucy. “Instead, I threw myself into fitness and it’s become my passion. I filled up that void and empty part of my life with exercising and creating and planning my workouts.

“The more this has grown, the more people I’ve been able to help – and it spurs me on to do more.

“Mike was the most amazing soul and was somebody who would want everyone to be happy, so I know he would love what I am doing.

“I sometimes feel he does know what I am up to and that he has been on this journey with me.”

Lucy left the Army a year after Mike’s death. And knowing how much fitness had helped her with her own grief and mental health, she decided to become a personal trainer.

In 2012, Lucy first started uploading her unique workouts to Youtube, teaching herself how to film, edit and upload the videos herself.

Now she has more than 1.5million subscribers to her channel, an army of devoted fans who call themselves “the Lucy Squad”.

And there are a massive 900 videos you can watch, all completely free.

For Lucy, it is key that her workouts are easily accessible by everyone.

They use minimal equipment – and she has classes for people of different levels as well as new mums and pregnant women, children, people in wheelchairs and the elderly. She also says she gets regular messages from doctors who prescribe their p tackle health pr anxiety and depr

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