Struggling to keep fit in lockdown? Personal training is now online
- Libby Stables
- May 6, 2020
- 2 min read
The UK is now in it’s 7th week in lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and with people eating more and moving less, finding motivation to get moving can be tough. Luckily, personal trainers have gone online and are here to give us that little push we need.
Via: Tiff Lock Up Gym on Facebook
Although the lockdown has meant that people should not be leaving their homes, there are exemptions to this which are travelling to and from work, food shopping and one hour of exercise per day.
However, in more recent years, fitness fanatics and every day people alike have been obsessing over fitness trackers and in particular, their step count.
The current restrictions on how much time the public can spend outside of the house has undoubtedly made it difficult to reach such goals.
Even celebrities such as Ashley Graham have been finding working out from home helpful:
Keeping fit is not the only reason that people are working out during lockdown, a 2019 study by Perkbox found that 73% of Brits try to reach a certain step goal to maintain mental health and reduce stress.
Which means that for a lot of people, exercise is a great remedy for combating the stress and anxiety that these current measures could be causing.
With Gyms no longer open until restrictions are lifted, fitness professionals have followed suit and joined in on live streaming using their phones.
Personal Trainer Maxine Stones, from Boston in Lincolnshire, has been running her online lockdown classes under her business name Bodymax At Home.
She had this to say:
“Mental heath and wellbeing play a huge part in people’s lives and if I can help anyone out in this way then I’m doing my job!"
When asked why she felt her clients use her for fitness advice and motivation rather than accessing celebrity body coaches such as Joe Wicks, who has been a hit with the quarantined masses over past months, she went on to say:
“Probably because they are comfortable with someone that they know and can trust .. 34 years of knowledge is quite a store cupboard!"
Getting involved: it seems people are adapting to life through a screen Via: BodyMax on Facebook
Megan Knight, also from Boston, is used to exercising at the gym around three times a week. She told how she had been finding life with the ‘one hour daily’ exercise rule:
“I’ve been finding it really hard, because I’m 20, I have a lot of energy to burn and even more time on my hands. One hour isn’t enough for me to feel I have done enough as I would usually be walking for around six hours a day at work. So last week I started following trainers on social media so that I feel like I am working out with somebody for extra motivation.”
There are an abundance of work out classes online either on Youtube, Facebook or even Instagram. For a more personal touch, you can also search for personal trainers in your local area to see if they are offering their services online.
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