From Barre to HIIT, get a sweat on with these at-home workouts

Alo Yoga

Originating in Los Angeles, Alo Yoga is an all-encompassing health brand that aims to spread mindful movement and inspiring wellness by creating a community. Download its app Arlomoves which allows you to practice yoga at any time of the day, as well as enrol in yoga and meditation workshops with some of the world’s most exceptional teachers.

Visit the website here.

Barre Body

A range of instructors from the respected Australian studio will take you through classes from dance cardio to Barre So Hard. As well as online support you can be directed to specific classes to help you achieve goals, from weight loss, toning to general mental health. Founder Emma Seibold offers a five-day trial before your subscription high kicks in.

Visit the website here.

Eastwest Yoga

Get your zen on with popular Ponsonby Road studio Eastwest Yoga, which offers a mix of classic Hatha, Vinyasa and Yin yoga. Its online classes include new practices added weekly, a variety of styles, durations and teachers and sliding scale pricing – so you can pay from $5 to $35 depending on your financial situation. This gives at-home yogis unlimited access to classes, with no contract involved.

Visit the website here.

Barre3

With 128,000 social media followers, Barre3 founder Sadie Lincoln is focused on bringing barre balance to women of all sizes with classes that combine strength conditioning, movement and mindfulness. You can subscribe to access a range of workouts running from 10–60 minutes or follow Barre3’s Instagram where they occasionally post free workouts.

Visit the website here.

Barrefigure

Former New York barre class addict Marysa Theiler brought her fusion of ballet barre, yoga and pilates back home to New Zealand. The online videos run from 15 – 30 minutes and carefully outline what you will need, from balls, dumbbells to cushions and other items found around the house. Enjoy an ab-targeted session or all over body workout.

Visit the website here.

Centr

Whether you want to look like Chris Hemsworth or look at the Thor star, his Centr fitness app offers instant gratification. You can test out Hemsworth and his fitness team for a seven-day trial, and the best value 12-month subscription package is only $10.42 per month.

Experts, such as A-list trainer Luke Zocchi and Mrs Thor Elsa Pataky,  will take you through classes where you can set your goals and intensity levels. And you don’t need a hammer or a cape.

Club Pilates

US fitness chain Club Pilates is known for its reformer-based classes but while it’s lockdown over there is regularly streaming free mat classes on its Facebook page – no reason why we can’t take advantage of them too!

Thanks to time zones Club Pilates’ afternoon LA workout is your mid-morning refresher. Visit the page in advance to see whether the class will be 10 minutes, 20 minutes or a bumper 45 minutes. The teachers will also flag any required equipment.

Core Collective

City Works Depot Pilates studio Core Collective is well-worth an IRL visit given its light and bright studio and expert instructors. However, if you can’t make it in the team offers Core at Home, a collection of great classes on its website.

With a ‘pay as you feel’ system, Core at Home is a good way to keep those muscles in shape between visits or see if you like the studio’s classes before making the trip.

Visit the website here.

Les Mills

The country’s biggest gym Les Mills has its internationally respected classes available online too. Visit the Les Mills On Demand tab for 800+ Les Mills workouts at your fingertips, with 15+ new workouts added every week. 

Trial the range of classes for 14 days before signing up and be a part of New Zealand’s largest fitness community. If you’re already a member of a Les Mills club in New Zealand, you can now subscribe for a special price of $9.95 a month.  Check the Les Mills Instagram for updates.

Sala

While boutique Ponsonby workout space Sala is now back open, its slickly-designed online studio makes working out from home nearly as much of a pleasure.

Londoner Sarah Lindsay created Sala to give Auckland the kind of workout she missed after leaving England. Its online classes, including Pilates HIIT, yoga, and meditation, offer a variety of workouts for whatever you’re feeling like. 

Membership is $25 per month and each session comes with a carefully curated playlist. 

Studio Box

The brainchild of Black Sticks star and celebrity trainer, Dwayne Rowsell, Studio Box in Newmarket has been offering calorie-blitzing, muscle-toning classes since opening last year.
Roswell was quick to step up to recent challenges by offering a series of at-home workouts that include HIIT and boxing via Zoom. 

There’s also a Studio Box Spotify playlist to help create some atmosphere. The best things about Rowsell’s workouts and updates is that he doesn’t make it look easy. Watching the athlete sweat alongside you is the perfect motivation. Check @_studiobox for updates.

Thrive Pilates

We all managed to master Zoom for work meetings, school check-ins and late night cocktail parties, now we can turn it towards maintaining a cool core with live pilates classes from Thrive Pilates.

Instructors will be looking at you and correcting your form (although you can switch off the camera if you haven’t had an opportunity to curate the backdrop of your ‘fitness zone/hallway’). Classes are at 7am, 12pm and 6pm on weekdays and 9am on weekends. Pay and book for classes through the website and take a look at the Instagram page to see how your classmates are keeping up.

Wundabar Pilates

Take advantage of the 7-day free trial offered by WundaBar Pilates founder Amy Jordan. Based in the US, Jordan takes a more cardio-focused approach to Pilates, getting the blood pumping.  “I often hear people say: ‘Oh, you teach Pilates? That’s stretching, right?’ But we do our work eccentrically,” Jordan says, “which is a fancy way of saying in length. So you will elongate your muscles as you sculpt them.” On-demand classes are typically 30 minutes, which will be long enough to feel the burn.

Yoga with Kylie

Having completed both a Bachelor of Nursing degree and training to become a Yoga Medicine Registered Therapeutic Specialist, Auckland-based yoga instructor Kylie Rook aims to make yoga accessible to everyone. She teaches a range of practices and hosts classes via a live-stream on Namastream via her website. 

Membership is an affordable $20 per month, with a free 14-day trial currently available.