Aerial fitness covers a range of activities done suspended from the ceiling, be it from hoops, trapeze or silk ropes! Flying Fantastic is the principle London school for all things aerial, and I was excited to book into a beginners silks class. What They Say: We’re an Aerial Fitness School. We’re here because we love … More Week 10: Aerial Silks at Flying Fantastic

I’d heard a lot about KOBOX and it’s been high on my list of places to try. With the tagline “Fight Club meets Nightclub” and situated smack bang in the middle of Kings Road, it’s currently one of the hottest places to train in London. KOBOX call their instructors “Entertrainers” and the bio page of their … More Week 9: KOBOX

Self-styled “fitness visionary” Sebastian Lagree (what a wonderful name… I imagine he looks like Gaston from Beauty and the Beast!) has designed a machine called the Megaformer – a kind of pilates reformer – used in the studio’s celebrity-endorsed classes to combine cardio, strength, endurance, flexibility, core and balance at high intensity yet low impact. … More Week 8: Megaformer at Studio Lagree

The Refinery is a quirky gym offering a wide range of classes; it was hard to choose one, but I settled on the ever-so-slightly gimmicky sounding POUND® … a workout with drumsticks. I headed off on the long journey East with images of a Shakira music video in my mind, ready to get lost in … More Week 7: Pound at The Refinery

So it turns out there’s been an 8m indoor ice wall in Covent Garden for the last 13 years… who knew? I went into this one with a little trepidation. I booked it a few weeks ago thinking ‘Yeah! Ice Climbing!” … then the night before I watched a couple of ice climbing videos and … More Week 6: Ice Climbing

I was very excited about my first foray into AcroYoga. I’ve followed a couple of Venice beach acros on insta for a while and had always thought it was something reserved for proper seasoned yogis until recently. I’ve been reading Tim Ferriss’s latest tome, Tools of Titans, and in it he talks about using AcroYoga … More Week 5: AcroYoga with London Acro Ladies at Indaba Yoga

I’m starting to realise we are simply inundated with awesome fitness options in London. It’s so hard to choose what to do each week! This week it was the turn of Core Collective, which offers a range of classes: spin, power yoga, HIIT, pilates, dance, mobility and a trx class, Resistance, which is the one I … More Week 4: Resistance at Core Collective

After a two month hiatus with a broken foot I am finally back in action! For the last few years I don’t think I’ve gone more than a couple of days without exercising, so suddenly being immobilised was a bit of a shock to the system. I always thought I’d go crazy if I couldn’t … More Week 3: Hot Yoga at Yoga Haven

After an unplanned hiatus, I’m excited that I’m almost ready to pick up my challenge of trying out a new fitness class, craze or fad every week… just in time for the brand new year to start! I broke a couple of bones in my foot during a competition back in November and have been … More Back on the Bike: 10 things I’ve learned from being on crutches

After my first session at Digme last week I was excited to get cracking with my next class. I’ve been amazed at the number of awesome suggestions from friends, I barely know where to start! For week 2 I decided to stay local and try out Barreworks in Richmond; every time I watch ballet I’m … More Week 2: Barreworks