No gyms, no problem

With many gyms closed all over the UK for the foreseeable future, many people are turning to home workouts to get them through the lock down.

Following the advice by the Government on the 20th March, many gyms were forced to closed due to the high risk of Coronavirus spreading. This has made it harder for people to exercise.

Following guidance issued by the government this evening we have decided to close all of our gyms temporarily. Stay up to date with developments and the latest information by visiting our dedicated Coronavirus page on our website. https://t.co/dEFVcv5JLs pic.twitter.com/YBQ3v84zDu

— The Gym Group (@TheGymGroup) March 20, 2020

However this hasn’t stopped people coming up with home workouts  and using their one hour of outside exercise a day, to achieve the best result they can  People that are very active are still achieving goals and also keeping a well maintained and healthy body.

Liam Smith 27,  from Leicestershire is a qualified personal trainer and a long distance runner. He has still been able to achieve high fitness level and complete many different types of exercises such as yoga, cycling and running.

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Liam has been in lock down since March 19, due to not being at work as he works in retail. He has had to change how he exercises, and also made himself a little workout plan to be able to stick to some sort of routine.

Many other people have been encourage to do home workouts and to go outside and exercise once a day, as it helps keeps the body active, and makes people feel a lot more healthy than sitting around doing nothing.

The NHS have asked us to stay at home so they can save lives , however they still believe it is important for us to keep healthy and to keep exercising as much as we can.

It's important to keep exercising. At times like these, it can be easy to fall into unhealthy patterns of behaviour that end up making you feel worse.

See our full set of exercises here: https://t.co/V1V3cksF0v #MondayMotivation pic.twitter.com/ZAkTE8SgbA

— NHS (@NHSuk) March 30, 2020

For some people  it is hard to come up with a workout plan or to even know what exercises that can do. Here is a simple workout video  that includes exercises that are easy to do yet very effective.