#FitnessFirstDropIn at Fitness First, Tottenham Court Road

Since leaving Class Pass (extreme sad face) and moving back to my local gym, I have been craving the incredible facilities and excellent classes that the Class Pass service provides. Enter, Fitness First. Recently re-branded for a younger, modern audience Fitness First now offers a plethora of gym classes lead by industry experts plus an extensive amount of equipment for daily use. Whether you opt for a Tier 1 gym such as Tottenham Court Road or Hammersmith, or a Tier 4 such as Angel, the experience at Fitness First has massively improved. 

The Tottenham Court Road location offers not only a fully equipped gym floor and Olympic lifting area, but classes such as hot yoga, spinning and swimming lessons. Plus, the Tier 1 gym boasts a steam room and sauna, complementary towels, personal training and a beauty room to fix up your look after a hard workout. To discover your closest Fitness First and the facilities it has, click here. 

May from Red Velvet London and I were recently invited to try out the new Tier 1 gym at Tottenham Court Road as part of their #FitnessFirstDropIn. We were treated to a complimentary class (Pilates) and an exclusive PT session with the gym's trainer Musty. The Pilates class was a joy, and although we arrived late (awks) we had the full sweaty experience. Oooh, sounds lovely right? The instructor took us through a series of postures and tiny movement to exert the smaller muscles within our core which certainly hurt the next day. I really enjoyed having a series of 8, 4, 2, 2 movements whereby each pose was executed 8 times then change sides, 4 times then change sides etc etc. This not only built up the movement memory within the mind so that you could focus on your form, but helps the pain to pass quickly!
After Pilates, May and I indulged in a little PT session. I say indulged, we definitely were dying at the end. Musty took us through HIIT training with a mix of weights (8kg dumbbells), body weight exercises and sprint bursts. We may have only had a 20 minute session but it completely killed us - which is obviously what you want from a PT. We ended the night with a cheeky sauna break and then bowls of veggie ramen over the road at The Japanese Canteen.

Learn more about Fitness First TCR here. Thank you to Fitness First for hosting us. 
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