Free and easy access to online workouts kept us all sane and if any PT or instructor wanted to keep working, they had to get to grips with social media and filming live virtual workouts pretty quickly else face becoming obsolete.<\/p>\n
If home workouts were starting \u2028to make their way into the fitness industry before 2020, by the \u2028time lockdown hit any prior preconception of fitness as \u2028an in-person experience had completely been turned on its head.<\/p>\n
Thousands of small fitness centres and studios were forced to close with others struggling to stay afloat, redesigning their spaces and turning towards more personal workouts, including online training.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> Two years down the road and the pandemic largely behind us, are home workouts still as popular? Interactive fitness equipment maker Peloton says that the trend is here to stay.<\/p>\n Demand for their bikes rose so much during the pandemic that many customers had to wait months for their deliveries. Company founder and CEO John Foley thinks it\u2019s inevitable that technology-driven home fitness will become more dominant, calling the idea of going to a gym \u201ca broken model of yesteryear\u201d.<\/p>\n And yet on the flipside, research from Penn State University found that exertion and enjoyment levels were higher during a live class in the gym versus the exact same workout followed digitally at home.<\/p>\n Despite doing the same class, participants\u2019 average heart rate \u2028was 14% higher during the gym class, and participants rated the gym-based workout as 13% \u2028more enjoyable and 14% more satisfying than the digital workout.<\/p>\n Top tips for home gym sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 If you\u2019re on a tight budget, invest in some cheap equipment (e.g. resistance bands<\/strong><\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2022 Research health and fitness apps\/programmes and choose one that\u2019s right for you (whether you\u2019re building strength or wanting to compete for an event, for example).<\/p>\n \u2022 Agree on a time with your partner\/family\/roommate when you won\u2019t be disturbed.<\/p>\n \u2022 Create a combined routine of resistance and cardio training \u2013 i.e cardio (run or HIIT<\/strong><\/a> session, for example), lower body, upper body, core,\u00a0boxing, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2022 Pick up a cheap turbo trainer<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0spin bike<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0or rowing machine.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> And now we find ourselves at the start of another new year \u2013 the most popular time to sign up to a gym membership. But we\u2019re now also slap bang in the middle of a cost of living crisis, so many of us are once again left with no choice but to turn to the home environment for our \u2018gym\u2019 sessions.<\/p>\n But that\u2019s no bad thing, as I\u2019ve attempted to address with my list of pros and cons to getting a sweat on from your living room below (note, more pros than cons!).<\/p>\nLoss of fun? <\/strong><\/h2>\n
New year, new gym<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The cons of working out at home<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Lauren\u2019s top-five home video workouts\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Arms and Abs\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n