Hate the gym? Maybe you just haven’t found the right one. Here are five of London’s best places to sweat out the January blues
BEST FOR:
GROUP TRAINING
REACH FITNESS
London r4reach.com
@ReachFitnessGym
Trainers have the knowledge, passion and energy to ensure their group sessions leave you feeling just the right side of exhausted, and never bored. Sessions could include anything from box jumps, burpees and battle ropes to prowler pushes, VersaClimber intervals and kettlebell swings. A visit brings two guarantees: you will sweat; you will leave with a post-workout high that will last for hours.
BEST FOR:
INSIDER KNOWLEDGE
CHHP
Chhp.com
@chhplondon
Elite athletes use CHHP’s specialists to find out the hard facts about their health and fitness, And the clinic offers the same service to us not-quite-elites, too. A cardio pulmonary exercise test reveals your VOS max (the maximum volume of oxygen you can use), anaerobic threshold (when your body switches from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism) and how your heart performs during exercise.
BEST FOR:
GETTING FIT FAST
Glove Up
Gloveup.co.uk
@GloveUpGym
Opened last year by former pro boxer Martin Holgate, this is a boxing gym with clean showers, quality equipment and no stench of stale sweat. Classes in Thai boxing, Kickboxing and plain ol’ boxing are led by a team of experienced trainers. Away from the ring and punch bags there’s a conditioning studio to ensure your physique is in tune with you technique. Get fit, strong and lean a new skill.
BEST FOR:
GOAL GETTING
Embody Fitness
embodyfitness.co.uk
@EmbodyFitnessUK
A personal training-only gym where nothing is left to chance. Your training and nutrition are analysed and constantly assessed to ensure you get results. Run by three-time Olympian Sarah Lindsay, there’s no gimmicks here, just serious equipment – including a 25m sprint track and Olympic lifting platforms. Specific goals for 2015? You won’t find anywhere more likely to make them happen.
BEST FOR:
GYM HATERS
Speedflex
speedflex.com
@SpeedflexLND
A personal training-only gym where nothing is left to chance. Your training and nutrition are analysed and constantly assessed to ensure you get results. Run by three-time Olympian Sarah Lindsay, there’s no gimmicks here, just serious equipment – including a 25m sprint track and Olympic lifting platforms. Specific goals for 2015? You won’t find anywhere more likely to make them happen.
Sport Magazine, Perfect Fit, [January 2015]