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    Back to the VIRTUAL GYM

    Dec 24, 2020 5 minutes
    Words: Sarah Sellens

    In 2019, Katie Allison, a 29-year-old hairdresser with a penchant for group exercise classes, made a decision that would transform her health: she joined a workout app. ‘I’d just opened a hair salon and had less time, so going to the gym wasn’t an option,’ she explains. ‘I got a 30-day free trial of Fiit [fiit.tv], then signed up to the early membership.’ Of course, Katie wasn’t to know a national lockdown was on the horizon, but it did turn out to be a good move. ‘It fitted seamlessly into my life. I could get up before my son Ezra and do a workout,’ she adds. ‘And I’ve never been fitter – I went to a gym class post-lockdown thinking I would struggle, but I found I was more capable than before!’

    Online personal). ‘Without access to gyms, more people have turned to digital fitness to meet their exercise needs, and they’re realising how convenient and effective they can be.’

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