The news that all gyms and leisure centres were to close will have hit many people hard, especially those of us who are used to the sense camaraderie and belonging that regularly hitting up your favourite fitness studio can offer.
It's going to be a tough time for the fitness industry, read our round up of how to continue to support (and work out with) your favourite London gyms here.
The good news to those of us keen to keep fit while WFH, is that the online at-home workout offering has had a serious update in the last few years, with some clever apps and digital platforms offering equipment-free workouts that simply require the space of a yoga mat, so there's no excuse to stop moving.
Anxiety levels may well be high, but exercise will take your mind off it, and leave you with a well-needed endorphin rush - a good use of the extra time you have from no longer commuting.
Here are some of the top fitness Instagram accounts, apps and YouTube channels using innovative ways to deliver at-home workouts.
Apps and platforms
Peloton
In addition to its live streamed and on-demand spin classes available to bike owners, Peloton now also offers cardio, yoga and strength classes via the Peloton App, most of which require no equipment at all.
The brand is extending its 30-day free trial period for the app to 90 days in an effort to make it easier to access fitness and wellness content during these uncertain times.
The offer is now available in the UK, US and Canada and you can access the classes on iOS and Android, Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV streaming devices and smart TVs, as well as most computers and tablets, including Amazon Fire Tablet.
Price: 90 day free trial
FiiT
Missing your favourite London gym instructors? FiiT is where you'll find a number of familiar faces - including Adrienne Herbert, Laura Hoggins and Cat Meffan, to name a few - teaching strength training, HIIT, yoga, and breathwork classes. There are 25- and 40-minute sessions of both pre-recorded and live classes, in which you can compete with friends and strangers on the leaderboards.
You'll hook up to a chest belt which will monitor your heart rate and calculate how many calories you've burned and receive FiiT points which track your effort put in.
Price: Get a free 14 day trial, plus 25 per cent off the following premium memberships: £120 a year, £45 every 3 months or £20 a month, which gives you access to over 350 classes and more than 10 training plans.
Rebel TV
Boutique London fitness studio 1Rebel has launched Rebel TV, a new online platform which will allow the gym's loyal disciples to access its cult Reshape and Rumble workouts from the comfort of their own homes. Rebel TV features HIIT and strength workouts, as well as lifestyle masterclasses on yoga, meditation and sleep workshops.
Price: Get a free five-day trial. Following which you can sign up to a monthly subscription for £15.99 or £29.99 for 3 months.
Gymshark
Gymshark has made a number of new workouts available for free on its Conditioning app as of today, including Brittne 1, 3, 5 day; Mr & Mrs Muscle workouts; Gymshark Train, abs 1 day workout; Karina, The Plyometric Plan; Becca, Full Body Abliteration plan.
Price: Free, bespoke athlete training programmes usually cost £4.99 a month.
gymshark.com/the-gymshark-conditioning-app
Freeletics
Freeletics offers a number of free full-body workouts and muscle specific targeted exercise demos, like bicycle crunches and burpees.
Upgrade to a personal training plan and you'll also get AI-personalised training plans to suit your individual needs, like weight loss or fitness, as well as mindset coaching and nutrition plans.
Price: from £2.11 a week for training and £3.18 a week for training and nutrition (under a six-month subscription)
Pilates PT
Having temporarily closed both its London studios, Pilates PT is now offering the PT Method through online classes of between 45 minutes and 60 minutes via its app, including Dynamic Mat Pilates, post-natal classes, and its newest classes from the soon to be released Bump Plan.
The Pilates PT method combines Dynamic Mat Pilates and HIIT, and is aimed at boosting cardiovascular fitness, building strength and definition, and improve posture. The Bump Plan, meanwhile, is a training methodology designed for all stages of pregnancy that combines low impact and cardio specific Pilates.
Price: Classes are £10 each (free to NHS workers)
HelloYoga
HelloYoga connects you up with instructors based in India, Argentina and Spain, who offer live one-on-one yoga sessions via video link. There are 25-minute and 55-minute classes of yin, vinyasa, ashtanga, freeform (customised to you) and hatha available on the app. All you need is a phone, tablet or laptop (the larger the screen the better) with a camera, decent WiFi connection, a yoga mat and bottle of water.
Price: From £39 for two classes in one month under subscription
Fitbit
Having just launched its latest product, the Fitbit Charge 4, Fitbit is now offering a free 90-day trial of its paid subscription to new Premium customers.
This includes access to over 200 workouts from fitness studios, and new guided programmes, such as strength training, gym cardio and mindful eating, which are tailored to your goals and fitness level. Soon the brand says it will offer workouts for both free and Premium users to help you reach your Active Zone Minutes goal, a new feature that tracks the workouts that get your heart pumping towards a weekly goal of 150 minutes.
Price: free 90-day trial, otherwise £79.99 for a year's subscription
Centr
Centr is actor Chris Hemsworth’s fitness app which features workouts from his own PT Luke Zocchi, as well as his wife Elsa Pataky’s own yoga instructor, Tahl Rinksy.
There are 20- and 40-minute sessions of HIIT, Pilates, boxing, yoga and strength available on the app, as well as daily meal plans and guided meditations.
Price: free 7-day trial, from £7.83 a month (for 12 months)
People
Louisa Drake
Louisa, whose former celebrity clients include Gwyneth Paltrow and Victoria Beckham, is the founder of the Louisa Drake Method and has also temporarily closed her LDM studio on London's Mortimer Street. For fans of her technique, which sculpts and hones longer and leaner muscles, there are full-body workouts available to purchase online here from £10 (which gives you 30-day access), she'll also be kicking off live classes via @louisadrakemethod as of Monday, March 23 at 6.15pm.
Maiken Skoie Brustad
Maiken, personal trainer at Blok, Rumble Gym and Third Space, posts regular workout inspo to her grid, with her focus now being "quarantine workouts". Expect plenty of burpees and star jumps to keep those endorphins coming.
Shona Vertue
Australian personal trainer Shona Vertue counts David Beckham among her former clients, and regularly shares workout ideas and exercise corrections on her feed.
Vertue is encouraging everyone self-isolating to stay active via her YouTube channel, which has over 70,000 subscribers. All classes begin at 7am GMT live on her YouTube channel and she'll give a short Q&A after each workout.
Roger Frampton
Feeling stiff from hunching over a laptop in your makeshift at-home desk situation? Head over to London-based movement coach Roger Frampton's Instagram, who regularly shares simple stretching techniques that can be done anywhere, anytime - he's also the author of The Flexible Body.
This Saturday he'll be hosting a one-hour online movement workshop at 11am
Price: £15
Georgie Spurling
If you're looking for something a little different, Georgie Spurling teaches the GS Method via her website, a technique which involves using small and controlled movements to contract muscles for a longer period of time, to build strength quickly.
It's low impact and non aggressive, but you're guaranteed to feel the burn.
Price: £14.99 a month
Head to Georgie's Instagram for a taster of her method or sign up for the plan at georgiespurling.com
Sarah Lindsay
Sarah Lindsay, three times Olympian and founder of the Roar Fitness, is posting regular workouts you can do at home, including weights-free core/ glute exercises, as well as a full body you can do using only a chair.
Laura 'Biceps' Hoggins
Laura 'Biceps' Hoggins, author of Lift Yourself and head of brand at The Foundry is offering regular live strength workouts via her Instagram in which she'll coach you through each move.
