The Fitlist 2018: how to get ridiculously fit in London this year

From virtual trainers to the hottest new workouts and London’s freshest wellness hubs...
29 January 2018

The New Class Pass

Addicted to boutique studios, with their endless varieties of classes, snazzy shampoo and freshly laundered towels — but £20 sessions draining your bank account? Step forward, Move GB: a pay monthly ‘every activity membership’ that gives you unlimited access to 5,500 different studios and fitness centres across the UK, from climbing at Vauxwall to candlelit yoga at Virgin Active, for roughly £26.99 a week in London. (movegb.com)

GYM OPENINGS

The new places to get shredding across the capital

1 FOR CLASS JUNKIES: FRAME Kings Mall, King Street, W6. Opening 27 January (moveyourframe.com)

2 FOR SPINNING ENTHUSIASTS: BOOM CYCLE Lombard Court, EC3. Open now (boomcycle.com)

3 FOR EASTENDERS: BLOK Shoreditch Principal Place, 2 Hearn Street, EC2. Opening 19 January (bloklondon.com)

Fresh fitness kicks: Boom Cycle

Gloves off

Boxing aficionado Michèle Lamy has enlisted Gareth Pugh, Stephen Jones and her partner, Rick Owens, to create exclusive merchandise imbued with fighting spirit for her Lamyland pop-up at Selfridge’s Corner Shop. Roll up ringside for Sacai boxing shorts and lace-up Craig Greensweatshirts. (selfridges.com/lamyland)

lamyland boxing gloves, £50

FESTIVAL FITNESS

The Hoxton Hotel group is bringing back Fit + Fresh on 27 January, a one-day extravaganza of classes, demos and loads more across its Shoreditch and Holborn sites. Sculpt and sweat with the likes of Chroma Yoga and 1Rebel or get clued up on your gut health with the Happy Tummy Co. Tickets from £5 (thehoxton.com)

Fest foot forward: get you health fix from a host of choices at Hoxton Hotel’s Fit + Fresh

PLANT POWER

Lena Dunham and Natalie Portman have long been converts to a plant-based diet. So hoorah for the arrival of Allplants, a new type of food service delivering meals that you heat up that’s been given seed funding from Felix Capital, the VCs behind Goop and Deliveroo. Six meals for two, that work out at about £5 a head, delivered to your door. (allplants.com)

allplants.com

GYM BEAUTY 101

It’s the eternal quandary — how to deal with post-gym hair? If you’re a convert to Psycle, Dry By is your nearest parlour for 25-minute blow-drys and Insta-worthy nails (a mere 10 steps from door to door). Swimming at South Kensington Club? An interconnecting door leads to Larry King’s friendly salon, where you can grab a post-workout juice with your wash and blow. Or try the Weekend Starts Hair service, post-boxing hair treatments offered by Daniel Galvin in collaboration with BXR in Marylebone. (dryby.co.uk; larryking.co.uk; danielgalvin.com)

Daniel Galvin

POD PEOPLE

Don’t have the pennies for a PT or too flighty to commit to a year-long gym membership? It’s time to talk about home workouts. Not the classic Jane Fonda VHS variety but short sharp workouts streamed through your homepod of choice — Apple’s much awaited smart speaker joins the likes of Google and Amazon in the quest to dominate AI in your home.

Google’s homepod

DIGI-FIT

Morning, sunshine: sign up to Shine and get a guaranteed non-cringeworthy motivational text to your phone every day, sharing advice, articles and confidence-boosting quotes. (shinetext.com)

ROGER THAT!

Former model turned fitness guru Roger Frampton is going to be a big name on the fitness scene this year. After the huge success of his TED talk — Why Sitting Down Destroys You, 2m views and counting — he’s developed The Frampton Method, a clever mix of gymnastics and yoga, and launched his first book, The Flexible Body, this month. (roger.coach)

United in sport

You’ve seen it on Khloe Kardashian, Elle Macpherson and Cara Delevingne, and now Australia’s boldest athleisure export, PE Nation, has jumped into high performance menswear with plenty of street smarts. Exclusive to Matchesfashion.com from mid-February.

The Food Delivery Services

LDN Muscle

Chicken katsu + pulled pork = fat loss with LDN Muscle. The online fitness training hub can deliver properly tasty, protein-rammed meals, designed either for fat-loss or muscle gain, to your door — and all for a fiver per dish. (supps.ldnmuscle.com)

The Pure Package

Paleo, post-natal or just looking for easy ways to eat healthily? London-based Pure Package creates spectacularly delicious, personalised diet packages, taking you from tomato and avocado on rye for breakfast to spiced kingfish for supper, from £39.95 a day. (purepackage.com)

Batch Organics

Drop the buttered toast and flaking croissant, and let your breakfast super-power you through the day. Batch deliver you boxes of flash-frozen organic breakfast bowls and smoothie ingredients, to be kept in your freezer then blended or heated with nut milks into morning lifesavers. (batch-organics.com)

batch-organics.com

SOUND MIND

Wireless, in-ear and boasting Bang & Olufsen’s stellar acoustics — make the Beoplay E8 headphones part of your gym essentials. £269 (beoplay.com)

beoplay.com

PLASTIC, NOT SO FANTASTIC

Keep waging the war against plastic waste and make this the year you invest in a reusable water bottle for the gym. London-based Stay Sixty produces its from stainless steel. Sustainability clearly starts

at home. (staysixty.com)

HEALING HOLIDAYS

Get a full health MOT at one of these wellness destinations

1 SHA WELLNESS clinic, Alicante

Overlooking the Med, this place offers a broad range of detox therapies, stress management and bespoke weight-loss programmes. (shawellnessclinic.com)

2 VIVAMAYR, Austria

Taking a medical approach to detoxing, a week-long stay at this Austrian clinic aims to pinpoint latent issues and reboot your digestive system. (vivamayr.com)

Green scene: Vivamayr

3 Kalamaya, Koh Samui

Yogi in the making? Visit this holistic retreat recommended by Red Savannah. It is passionate about championing ancient Asian healing therapies, meditation and mindfulness. (redsavannah.com)

SUPPLEMENT YOUR WORKOUT

Pink Protein: not just a pretty package, Free Soul protein powders are scientifically developed specifically to support female hormone balance, mood and energy. (herfreesoul.com)

Vegan Fuel: ethically speaking, Huel is the best. With minimal packaging, it has a 12 month shelf life meaning zero food waste, plus it packs 100 per cent of your RDA of 26 essential vitamins and minerals. (uk.huel.com)

The Taste Maker: fed up of finally finding a protein powder that tastes delicious only to discover that it’s filled with added sugars? Muscle Mary’s shakes, formulated by Dr David Jack, taste good while keeping it clean. (musclemary london.co.uk)

herfreesoul.com

AAPTIV

You’ve seen its ads on Instagram, now get started with Aaptiv, which basically puts a personal trainer in your headphones to encourage you through your workout, with banging tunes to boot. (aaptiv.com)

HORMONE OPTIMISATION

Tracking your personal levels of cortisol, adrenaline and HGH (human growth hormone) is the future of working out efficiently. Try Moody, a new online platform and soon-to-be app that helps you forecast appropriate workout days. (wearemoody.com)

wearemoody.com

LASH AND BURN

Want eyelashes as bendy as your upward dog? Meet Eyeko’s latest waterproof offering with a matcha green tea infused formula that promises more flexible lashes that won’t crumble over your cheekbones mid workout. Exhale, extend, namaste. Eyeko Yoga Mascara, £19 (eyeko.com)

Eyeko Yoga Mascara, £19 (eyeko.com)

STUDIO STYLIN'

Ex-Rapha designer Emma Herweijer has joined premium London activewear brand Vaara as head of design and her first collection is as performance oriented as it is streamlined. ‘We are turning our attention to every last detail and designing the garments from the inside out, with a clean, modern approach to construction,’ says Herweijer. (vaara.com)

vaara.com

THE FOOD HUBS

1 Farmacy Shot Bar

Notting Hill’s vegan Valhalla, Farmacy, pops up in Selfridges with a healthy Shot Bar — think anti-inflammatory grapefruit, flaxseed oil, CBD oil and hangover-blasting coconut water and charcoal — all whimsically served in syringe shots. (farmacylondon.com)

2 Farm Girl Chelsea

From fuelling Sweaty Betty Carnaby Street customers with avo toast, rose lattes and coconut bacon, Farm Girl opens its first all-day restaurant in Chelsea next month, serving dinner and superfood cocktails. (thefarmgirl.co.uk)

3 The Good Life Eatery

The wholesomely tongue-in-cheek Good Life Eatery — purveyors of shawarma wraps, skinny eggs Benedict and spelt croissants — continues its mission to feed us great, nutrition-packed food as it opens new branches in Mayfair in the summer and Notting Hill in autumn. (goodlifeeatery.com)

Farm Girl

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