Sculpt and Tone With a Psycle Barre Class

The Psycle barre classes that the gym shares via Instagram Live are designed to sculpt, tone, and elongate your body by targeting all those teeny-tiny muscles you didn't know you had. The class delivers modification options, posture alignments, and tricks throughout, including equipment alternatives for props, such as turning a hand towel into a barre ball. And while the IGTV classes are free (and live on @psyclelondon in the "Live TV" section so that you can take them at any time), you can help support the trainers [7] whilst the gym is closed through a variety of different donation levels.

Get a Serious Sweat Session in With Barry’s Bootcamp

Grab your water bottle and sweat towel — essentials for any of Barry's [8] free, 30-minute, high-impact classes on IGTV. The schedule changes daily, as it would in the studio, to focus on upper body one day and lower body the next, covering everything from bum and abs to full body.

Get Your Chill on With Yoga Classes From Fly LDN

The Slow Yoga Flow classes [9] from Fly LDN are ideal for beginners to learn basic skills. Got the gist already? The Dynamic Flow 45 class is a great way to chill regardless of your level; and the Yin Yoga evening class releases muscle tension and promotes calmness and relaxation — the perfect way to end a day for both yoga newbies and more experienced yogis.

Firm Your Bum With Ciara London

Ciara Madden — aka @ciaralondon on Instagram [10] — is one of the UK's best personal trainers (she's worked with Maya Jama and Neelam Gill), and she's offering 12pm daily workouts via IG for a small fee. (£15 for a monthly subscription to six live workouts a week, one stretch session on your rest day, two live tutorials a week, and one weekly live health and nutrition Q&A.) Her butt-and-leg-themed workout — a class that utilises resistance bands for maximum impact to burn out and define the glutes — really pulls in the crowds.

Finally Nail That Headstand With @HeatherHeartsYoga

Heather [11], who can be found teaching yoga classes at Equinox, BXR, and KXU fitness studios in London, posts a variety of free yoga content for all levels on her Instagram, with a strong focus on the breakdown of moves, such as a three-minute video of top tips on perfecting the art of a headstand.

Join Third Space For a 30-Minute Kettlebells Class

Boutique gym Third Space [12] helps you raise your heart rate with high-intensity kettlebell classes, which give you a full-body workout that conditions, burns calories, and sculpts. Daily IGTV classes also include yoga, core, and muscular endurance — all of which are free of charge.

Wake Up With a Morning HIIT Blast Courtesy of Bradley Simmonds

Bradley Simmonds's [13] free 8am IG Live classes are worth setting your alarm clock for. This intense sweat class is designed to challenge the body and mind, offering a wide range of simple and effective home workouts from bodyweight-only exercises to weight-focused sessions.

Correct Your Posture With Heartcore Pilates

If you are a regular at Heartcore's reformer classes, the free live Pilates videos [14] are not to be missed. They follow a similar format but are performed on a mat. Ideal for realigning posture and restoring conditioning after sitting down at home, they will leave you feeling motivated for more.

Train Like an Olympian With Roar Fitness

Roar Fitness [15] specialises in complete body transformations (the results speak for themselves) and the gym isn't letting the COVID-19 outbreak interfere with training. Follow founder Sarah Lindsay's live garden workouts on the gym's Instagram, [16] which use your own bodyweight to challenge you both physically and mentally. You know you're in good hands with the former Olympian and European gold medallist.

Sign Up For a Shape-Changer Session With Louisa Drake

Celebrity trainer Louisa Drake's signature shape-changer group class [17] via Zoom is a fusion of cardio and low-impact strengthening exercises, developed to work every inch of your body and create stronger, longer, leaner, and balanced muscles. While not free, the rates are quite reasonable: £7 per class or two classes for £12.

Laugh (and Tone) With Kobox's Cheeky Toilet-Roll Workout

Kobox's daily live (and free) boxing-themed workouts [18] include shadow boxing tips on how to keep punches sharp, combined with HIIT training for a deep burn. Don't miss the toilet-roll workout; a novelty way of combining household essentials into your workout as props. The session features curtsy lunges over a row of toilet roll and toe-tap leg raises with a toilet roll between your ankles.

Immerse Yourself in a Sound Bath With Jasmine Hemsley

Jasmine posted her first IG live evening sound bath [19] on 21 March to a positive response from viewers around the world — four days later, the deep relaxation meditation had racked up over 16,000 views. You can find the video under her saved IGTV videos, with more sound bath live streaming to follow.

Reshape Your Body With 1Rebel

1Rebel, known as the king of gyms, has offered to open its London studios to NHS workers [20] during the lockdown. For those of us self-isolating at home, access your favourite trainers daily with the brand's signature sweatathon full-body classes [21], and if you have a bike at home, you'll also find live spinning classes available on demand.

Tone Your Abs With Sinead Trains

Expect 20 minutes of intense ab blasting [22] in the form of double toe taps, bicycles, and crunches. Sinead specialises in pre- and post-natal fitness, so her pelvic floor workouts are also worth adding to your virtual workout schedule

Row at Home With Rowbots

Access explosive 40-minute, calorie-burning daily floor workouts [23] on IGTV Live, ranging from full-body and lower-body sessions to recharge yoga classes, combined with weekly mental health talks.

While the Instagram Live sessions are free of charge, Rowbots has also announced an indoor rowing package in partnership with WaterRower UK and British Rowing. Since most of us don't have a rowing machine just sitting around the house, the program includes delivery of a state-of-the-art water rowing machine to your door, along with a six-month subscription to Rowbots@Home [24] on-demand workouts for £12.49 per week.

Squeeze In an Express Workout With Faisal PMA Fitness

Short on time but still want to get your fitness fix in? Faisal will have your endorphin levels up and energised after five minutes with his free express workouts [25], involving 40 seconds of work on each move and 20 seconds of rest in between each exercise.

De-Stress With Beeja Meditation

Join the free Beeja Meditation live stream [26] for guided stress-busting classes, which are devised to relax you and to promote healing and calmness in troubled times. You can also find meditation tips on coping with anxiety.

Involve the Kids in F45’s High-Intensity Workouts

Results-driven fitness chain F45 is delivering free, high-intensity live classes direct to you at home, so join your favourite F45 studio [27] for some serious squatting, jumping, twisting, and pulsing. Got kids at home? No problem. Some of the workouts involve them in your workout – try the piggy-back duck walks with a child on your back for added resistance.