Have a workout... at work?

Picture this: You and your colleagues swiftly change into gym gear for a forty five minute workout in your lunch break...in your office.

With a range of classes including body pump, yoga and boxercise, you’re certainly going to burn more calories than on a midday trip to Greggs.

It’s an odd one isn’t it. Aerobics classes can be embarrassing when you’re going it alone in a class full of strangers, but to step into the boardroom in your Lycra for an hour and then be expected to resume normal work duties afterwards could be pushing the team bonding boundaries somewhat.

However, Home Personal Training - a group of personal trainers who deliver workouts to your office – has found that the idea has really taken off in the offices in and around the Manchester area.

The company was started by Mark Bryce and Chris Jackson in August this year and they began by offering customers personal training sessions at times convenient to them. The new corporate concept only came to light when a client asked them if they offered for companies. From that moment, Bryce believed that he had stumbled upon the next fitness revolution to tie in with people's busy lifestyles.

The company understands that offices don’t normally come with their own built in gyms and so they are willing to send a personal trainer to whatever space you have available. Companies already signed up include Lifestyle Services Group in Crewe, who have booked a yoga session for up to fifteen people to be held in their canteen area.

Sessions are instructed by qualified personal trainers who are available from 6am to 10pm, seven days a week. With a range of classes including body pump, yoga and boxercise, you’re certainly going to burn more calories than on a midday trip to Greggs.

If you are a bit embarrassed at the prospect of sweating alongside your boss, the company also offer health education classes with personal trainers and teachers who are all REP (Register of Exercise Professionals) qualified.

Whilst the Confidential team aren’t quite prepared to don leggings and sweatbands for a class, we are sure it will be a unique experience for willing participants. It could even be a great way to build team moral and relieve stress in the office, if you like that sort of thing.

Prices range from £5 per person for classes of 20 people or more, ranging up to £6.50pp for classes of seven to nine participants.

For more information visit homepersonaltraining.org.uk