WORK UP A SWEAT AT THE BEST HIIT CLASSES IN LONDON

HIIT – high intensity interval training – is one of the most effective ways to burn calories, tone muscles and increase your metabolic rate, so your body continues working after class for longer. They can be punishing but you’re doing the maximum amount of work in the minimum amount of time, so you can schedule in shorter workouts around the rest of your day. Almost every gym in town has a version of a HIIT workout on its class list but these are some of the best ones to try.

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Volonté Energy Studio

If you like your classes small and your workouts tough, then Volonté Energy Studio is the place for you. The Brompton Road studio, which sits underneath Cafe Volonté (so you can grab a shake or nutritionally-balanced meal post-class), has a signature U360 class that combines cardio, strength and recovery elements to provide a comprehensive full body workout. The studio is kitted out with bikes, rowing machines and a whole range of weights, so there’s plenty of variety to the workouts, and with only a few people taking the class at any one time, you get plenty of attention from the instructor – that means there’s no slacking or getting away with bad form!

Brompton Road
cafevolonte.co.uk

Rumble

Rumble, which has a flagship gym in Dalston and studios in Fitzrovia and Primrose Hill, runs the most flexible HIIT classes in the UK. The HIIT circuit classes, which consist of four stations taking 10 minutes each to complete, run for 40 minutes throughout the day, meaning you can join in after every 10 minute station rotation, so you don’t have to worry about arriving early or running late. The circuits focus on a different body part each day, and each station has a screen detailing the exercises and running a timer, with trainers on hand to assist and motivate you. Rumble also plants a tree for every workout to offset its carbon emissions, so you’ll be doing a good deed by getting a sweat on.

Dalston & Primrose Hill
rumble-gym.com

Barry’s Bootcamp

Barry’s is the OG when it comes to treadmill and weights interval training. Loved by celebs and fitness fanatics from LA to London, you can burn up to 1000 calories in a class (believe us, they make you work HARD) in one of their signature red-tinted studios. Each day has a different focus, so you can target specific muscle groups or go in for a full body workout.

Bayswater, Bloomsbury, City of London, Soho, Victoria, Canary Wharf & Shoreditch
barrysbootcamp.com

F45

It’s absolutely huge in Australia and now F45 is a craze over here too because those who go swear by it. It’s a pretty simple concept; there are 31 varieties of 45-minute, high-intensity circuit workouts (mainly cardio or resistance based) with a different class on offer every day. The workouts are intense but effective, and there’s enough variation to keep you interested.

Various locations
f45training.co.uk