What do you get if you combine classical ballet training with a high-energy dance aerobics class? You get an incredible and surprising workout that lifts your heart rate and targets your core. That’s exactly what’s on offer at BarreCore’s brand new BarreDance class. The craze is thriving in the swanky Chelsea studio and it’s becoming [...]
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Sportsister tests: Total Boxer
Is boxing really the ultimate workout? And can you do it without risking a broken nose? Sportsister’s Natalie headed to North London for a taster session to see if she could get fighting fit.
Posted in Clinic, Clinic-Getting started, Editor's picks, Other sports
Also tagged Boxing, core strength, fitness classes
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Sportsister tests: Zumba Sentao™
Zumba Sentao™ takes the thrill of the Zumba® fitness-party and creatively transforms a chair into a sizzling dance partner to burn up to 1,000 calories per hour for a total body workout. With all the buzz of Zumba fitness and fun Latin music, this class combines dance moves with toning and core work using a [...]
Posted in fitness, Popular articles
Also tagged dancing, workout, zumba, Zumba Sentao
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New You Boot Camp review
A week living in lycra, constantly talking about food (or the lack of it) and more back to back training than I’ve ever done before. This is my story of a week at the New You Boot Camp in Portugal.
Sportsister loves: Equinox
If you have not heard about Equinox yet, I’m wondering what yoga mat you have been hiding under? This American super gym has just opened its first international location in London and is leaving other gym chains shaking in their sweaty trainers.
Video: New You Boot Camp – day 1
Sportsister’s Louise is in Portugal this week for an intensive week of training courtesy of New You Boot Camps. Take a look at her video to see how she got on at the end of day 1.
Sportsister loves: Fitness Freak
Fitness-freak.com is a website completely dedicated to finding fitness events, classes and keeping you updated with what’s going on in the world of fitness in and around London.
Free classes: Make London your fitness playground
A survey from ZICO coconut water has shown that the streets of London are awash with fitness fanatics that are just as likely to embrace the outdoors and work-out in the open air as they are the gym.
Geek girl gets fit: One woman’s quest for fitness
It has been 13 long years since I have actually been in the routine of doing anything, with my knees and back wrecked by years of hurdling. The stress of grown-up professional life and wrangling a mortgage all made it exceptionally easy to let it all go. I convinced myself that I had had a [...]
Moving Comfort Urban Gym Tank and Tight
Still relatively new to the UK, American brand Moving Comfort offers fitness gear with a fashion edge, whilst still staying true to function and quality. I tested the Urban Gym Tank and Tight, designed for use at the gym and in the yoga studio. They are also suitable to wear in the café after class. [...]
Posted in kit bag, Kit bag-Tried and tested, Popular articles
Also tagged activewear, fitness fashion, Moving Comfort, sportswear, Tank, tight, urban gym, yoga fashion, yoga studio
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