Fitness Classes

Group training can offer spinning, HIIT, dance or circuits. The following selection describes London classes featured in the original article. It is a historical source of ideas, not a checked current timetable or a list of tested providers. Confirm whether the class still exists, its location, accessibility and current price before booking.

Hands up who had some roller skates as a kid? Yup, us too- they were great fun! The ‘Silver Session’ aims to bring the fun of rollerskating to a new generation whilst giving older ones that dash of nostalgia as they skate around the room in full on disco mode!

Sammy Dineen is a professional handbalancer, and if you’re wondering what that is then you need to watch Sammy perform Mack the Knife or Bad to the Bone with his unique blend of acrobatics and showmanship.

Keen clubber or closet raver? Full on proper dancing when you put your whole body into it is one of the best high intensity exercises going, and now you can get that amazing endorphin rush from a night out in a fitness class. With pumping tunes, colourful lights, the obligatory dark room and (they promise!), no complex choreography- you’ll be getting your groove on and getting a full body workout at the same time.

Now this is a pretty interesting one. Speedflex classes involve you using the Speedflex machine, but what’s different about it to other machines that you might have used in the gym is that you have to apply force through the whole movement rather than just in one direction. The Speedflex uses no weights and adjusts resistance when needed. Lots of classes to choose from between Bank/Monument and all through the day.

As any PT will tell you, keeping fit is all about mindset and that’s the approach at Mindset in Waterloo. They have 5 styles of classes designed to help you improve your overall mindset, like Reset, a hybrid yoga, meditation and core strength class and Boxset with boxing, circuits and endurance for all-out war. Phew! They also promise designer showers and a nutrition bar.

We all know that the best way to reach our goals is by working with a PT but SW3at reckon their classes offer the next best thing. This new studio on the Finchely Road focuses on boutique group classes with no more than 6 people in a class. There’s also a big focus on performing exercises correctly and smashing misconceptions about training.

Ever heard the phrase to be the best, you’ve got to train with the best? GB Active run boot camp sessions in Green Park led by some of GBs best athletes like long jumper Dan Bramble and sprint kayaker Jon Boynton. If you want to keep up with these athletes, you’re got to bring your best fitness game and be ready for a different workout every time- depending on which athlete is leading the class.

We don’t believe in sweating without a smile say The Body Project who run Body Project Bootcamps to burn, tone, build and buff in the most enjoyable way possible- we like the sound of that! Classes take place outdoors in Green Park, Barnes Common and Vine Road Park with babies, buggies and newbies said to be very welcome.

Located in Fitzrovia and Muswell Hill, the Louisa Drake Method is a fitness fusion approach for a longer, leaner, stronger body. Classes are said to be small and include LDB Barre with barre choreography and low impact cardio intervals, LDM Sculpt and their signature LDM Shape Changer- a fusion of high energy dance cardio and sculpting and strengthening.

Takes place at BXR London , based in Marylebone.

You’ve heard of spinning but Boom Cycle promises to be the new wave of indoor cycling! Expect the lights to be down low, the music to be cranked up and for it to be one heck of a ride! You can book a ride at Holborn, Hammersmith, Battersea and Monument.

If your gym workouts are getting a bit stale, you might want to try the new Matrix classes from Digme . Taking place in Moorgate, Oxford and Rathbone Square, you’ll be using the Technogym SkillMills- a treadmill that is powered only by your legs, conditioning with TRX and kettlebells, and doing loads of bodyweight and movement exercises. Get ready for 50 minutes of mayhem!

Check current programmes directly with the providers.