What a weird year it’s been. COVID-19 has totally flipped the fitness industry upside down. Before the pandemic, the only time I ever completed “home workouts” was on vacation when I was away from my gym and unable to run outside. Now, I can’t imagine a week without a home workout! Even though gyms have started opening back up (thank goodness!), I’ve really enjoyed the flexibility of an at-home workout. I’ve rounded up some of my favorites from the past year for you, and I’ll definitely continue implementing these into my weekly routine even when life is “back to normal.”
Peloton
I know, I know, you’ve already heard of Peloton, but hear me out. You don’t have to buy one of their bikes or treads to reap the benefits of this company and it’s fantastic instructors. Their app and online platform has so many workouts from biking to running to pilates, yoga, barre, strength and more, all for less than $15/month. You can take classes live or on-demand and the various class lengths makes it easy to fit into your schedule. They even have stretching and meditation classes that I like to take on my rest days or when I’m feeling particularly stressed.
Pure Barre
My true love- Pure Barre. If you know me at all you know how much I love this form of movement. During the pandemic, Pure Barre Columbia pivoted from being a traditional in-person boutique fitness studio to live streaming classes to members in the safety of their homes. While Pure Barre is now open at limited capacity, they have continued to live stream classes (also on demand) for members. I have benefited from taking these virtual classes while traveling or if I don’t have time to leave the house to go to class.
City Sweat
City Sweat is an online (live and on demand) workout platform run by professional NYC dancer, Meghan McFerran. I actually found her workouts from one of my favorite health podcasts, Mostly Balanced. I love her workouts SO much. There’s a ton of dancing in each class (no dance experience required) and maybe it’s the former dancer in me, but I’m always grinning ear to ear throughout class. What I love most about her classes is that she focuses on movement being a celebration of what your body can do instead of a punishment to your body.
The Salt Drop
The Salt Drop is another exercise platform that I found by listening to Mostly Balanced (I seriously love this podcast if you can’t tell. You can read more about my favorite podcasts HERE!). Dino Malvone started this workout after teaching at Barre 3 in NYC. I’ve taken several Instagram live classes with him, but he also has a platform full of live and on demand classes!
Melissa Wood Health
I can’t remember where I first learned about Melissa Wood’s workouts, but I’m sure glad I did! Her style is pilates/yoga/strength fusion. Think low-impact and not much time required to get your muscles working HARD. She has a ton of IGTV workouts as well as a digital platform. I also love following her on Instagram. Her family is so cute!
I hope you enjoyed this at-home workout roundup. Even though the world is opening back up, I still love having these options to get my workout in at home or while traveling. Let me know what other at-home workouts you’re loving in the comments below or over on Instagram @havenspanyer!
