Fighting fit: At-home exercises to fight cabin fever and boost your immune system

Regular exercise will calm your mind, work your body and lift your mood and we’ve got good news for you: It's totally possible to exercise at home and have a workout that rivals your usual gym routine. Here are 6 at-home workouts to fight cabin fever and boost your immune system.

Classes with Psycle

Psycle London is well-known in the fitness world for hosting some of the best classes going. From barre fit to pilates, they offer a range of classes at their stylish studios which A-listers love and rely on for getting in shape. And now they’re bringing these classes to the (dis)comfort of your own living room. Tune into their instagram channel and do live classes with world-class trainers. The exercises will not only tone you up, but put you in a great mood. 

 

Yoga with Adriene 

Both advanced and beginner yogis swear by Adriene’s Youtube channel for at-home yoga workouts. She has a range of different classes all separated into time frames so you can choose to practice for between 10 and 45 minutes. Yoga is one of the best ways to take some timeout during stressful times and acts as a mindful meditation when you’re not very good at sitting still. So tune in and zone out. Kids might even like to join in. 

 

Bodyweight workouts with Gymshark

If you’re a regular gym-goer who likes to pump iron, you might be missing your weights. But fitness gurus Gymshark have come up with a way to use your own body weight to get the same results. Follow along with their classes on their conditioning app to ensure you don’t lose any of your strength you might have worked up before going into isolation. 

 

Barry’s Bootcamp

Barry’s Bootcamp is legendary. The high-octane HIIT classes are known for getting results fast which is why it has a cult-like following in London, LA and New York. And now you can do a Barry’s workout from home. Every day on Instagram Live they are giving free 30-minute full-body workouts. These are guaranteed to work up a sweat. 

 

Boxing with Kobox

These are strange and unsettling times and sometimes the only way to get through uncertainty is to punch it out. Release your anger with boxing workouts from fitness studio Kobox. Tune into their Instagram channel where there will be lots of feel-good words of encouragement while you’re working out. 

 

The Body Coach 

Joe Wicks launched the Body Coach with the aim of getting people fit and healthy and since the global pandemic has escalated, his at-home workouts have become some solace for lots of people. He offers daily PE classes for kids as well as lottos fitness classes for adults. Any profit Joe Wicks makes from these classes he is donating to the NHS.