Bucks &amp; Oxon


<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-rigfit-gateway-gym-bucks-new-university-nbsp">RigFit, <a href="https://www.bucks.ac.uk/life/facilities/">Gateway Gym</a>, Bucks New University&nbsp;</h2>



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<p>You’ve probably heard of BoxFit, but RigFit? It’s been around in the capital&#8217;s Third Space gym for a little while, but now it&#8217;s in the sticks and gaining traction fast (and sweaty). Taking place in a small rig area of the gym, it’s REALLY varied to provide a complete body work and improve strength and agility: think battle ropes, squats, weights, monkey bars and push ups. It&#8217;s a hellish/heavenly  -depending on your take &#8211; bootcamp and circuits mash up. You have been warned.&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-buggyfit-fitworks-training-beaconsfield-marlow-bucks-nbsp">BuggyFit, <a href="https://fitworkstraining.co.uk/">Fitworks Training</a>, Beaconsfield/Marlow, Bucks&nbsp;</h2>



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<p>New mum? Then you’re going to want to sign up to this class at hot new gym Fitworks. Don’t panic, you’re not going to be forced to do 90 sit ups while clenching your pelvic floor &#8211; this is more low impact cardio and gentle strengthening exercises that concentrate on muscles needing some serious TLC after pregnancy and giving birth. Ok maybe there’s a <em>leetle</em> bit of pelvic floor clenching, but you’ll thank us in the long run.&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-egym-david-lloyd-bucks-amp-oxon-nbsp">EGYM, <a href="https://www.davidlloyd.co.uk/clubs/beaconsfield/">David Lloyd</a>, Bucks &amp; Oxon&nbsp;</h2>



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<p>Smart gyms providing a personalised, interactive workout are the future, so say &#8216;hi&#8217; to DL’s game-changing EGYM Smart Strength equipment. How does it work? Input your fitness goals and a bit of health data (perhaps leave out the 50 mince pies you hoovered up over Christmas) and voila, the EGYM adjusts resistance based on your personal goals and ability AND gives you guidance along the way &#8211; think virtual PT. While you’re there, book a sesh on the Body Hub, a neat new bit of kit that can measure your muscle mass, hydration levels, body weight and chocolate consumption &#8211; ok not the last bit, but you get the point. It can even work out your BioAge &#8211; the rate at which you’re aging inside &#8211; rapidly for Muddy if we make the mistake of watching <em>Saltburn</em> with our teenage kids and aging parents again.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-hyrox-wild-training-gym-high-wycombe-bucks">HYROX, <a href="https://www.wildtraining.co.uk/exercise-classes">Wild Training Gym</a>, High Wycombe, Bucks</h2>



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<p>There was a buzz about this in ’23 (it was all over Instagram), but expect it to become even bigger in ’24. A global fitness race to challenge bored gym goers, HYROX has more than 90,000 competitors across the world and an ‘inclusive’ stance, ie anyone can compete. There are lots of races in the UK to enter, each starts with a run, and then it’s down to functional movements, like sandbag lunges and grimacing on SkiErg (a futuristic machine for an indoor ski workout), all of which you&#8217;ll train for beforehand. In a nutshell, it&#8217;s gym but with a goal and you get fit along the way. A win-win sitch. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-nuforma-heba-pilates-beaconsfield-bucks-nbsp">Nuforma®, <a href="https://www.hebapilates.com/discover-heba">Heba Pilates</a>, Beaconsfield, Bucks &nbsp;</h2>



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<p>Hot off the Reformer pilates obsession is Nuforma®, a piece of kit combining all the best bits of older pilates apparatus to create a mega machine that’ll leave you looking super lean. At least that’s the idea. Though you have to turn up enough to ensure it works, which you will because Heba’s booking system is brilliant &#8211; rather than book a class, you simply hire a machine (Heba has 12 in a light, airy studio) for an hour whenever’s convenient and there’ll be an instructor on hand to take you through your paces, plus there are courses to join for that extra kick up the derrière.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-toptracer-range-hadden-hill-golf-club-oxon">Toptracer Range, <a href="https://www.haddenhillgolf.co.uk/golf/driving-range/">Hadden Hill Golf Club</a>, Oxon</h2>



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<p>When golf social influencers like Paige Spiranac rack up 3.9m followers and Cameron Diaz is spotted swinging (not that sort, saucy), you know the game’s having a moment. Join the glam golf girls club with a session at Hadden, which has just installed Toptracers in all of its 18 flood-lit driving range bays. Billed as ‘interactive fun for all ages’, it has famous virtual courses to try (we&#8217;ll be taking a stroll around St Andrews, thanks) and beams your shot info to your screen, meaning you can also compete with any family and friends in a neighbouring bay (think bowling, but with better shoes), and there&#8217;s a kid friendly &#8216;fishing&#8217; game too. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-blast-of-hot-air-farm-fit-frilford-oxon">Blast (of hot air), <a href="https://www.farm-fit.co.uk/sauna-at-the-farm/">Farm Fit</a>, Frilford, Oxon</h2>



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<p>Muddy’s long been a fan of this outdoor fitness on a farm fandango and it just got hotter, literally, thanks to the introduction of a new wood barrel sauna. Kick things off with a Blast class (45 mins of running around with car tyres, weights and ropes, yikes) then take a cold plunge followed by a session in the wood-fired, communal sauna to ease those tired (or should that be tyred?) muscles. Wild. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-pickleball-witney-oxon-nbsp"><a href="https://oxfordshirepickleball.com/">Pickleball</a>, Witney, Oxon&nbsp;</h2>



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<p>It’s the world-wide phenomena that refuses to fade, in fact it just keeps growing, with celebs like George and Amal Clooney now picking up a paddle. Played with a solid bat and perforated ball on a sort of mini tennis court, it’s fun, gets your pulse racing and pretty much anyone can have a go. New clubs are springing up across the counties all the time, including Oxfordshire Pickleball’s latest at Henry Box School Sports Hall in Witney. Go get yourself in a pickle.&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-padel-oxon-nbsp">Padel, Oxon&nbsp;</h2>



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<p>Like Pickleball, but with added va va voom (faster-paced, smaller court, solid bat, harder balls. Stop smirking). Like pickle, it&#8217;s also one of the fastest-growing sports in the UK and if you’re keen to get in on the action, there are plenty of opps locally, what with <a href="https://www.oxfordsportsltc.org/">Oxford Sports Lawn Tennis Club</a>&#8216;s&nbsp;three padel courts, Bicester Golf &amp; Spa’s <a href="https://www.smashpadel.co/play">Smash Padel</a>&nbsp;plus more public padel courts currently being built at The Oratory School, Oxon.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-coach-by-colour-focus-at-badgemore-park-henley-oxon">Coach by Colour, <a href="https://www.badgemorepark.com/focus-best-gym-and-exercise-class-henley-on-thames/">FOCUS at Badgemore Park</a>, Henley, Oxon</h2>



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<p>It’s the ride of your life! Ok that might be a slight exaggeration, but the club’s award-winning IC7 indoor fitness bikes are definitely going to get you healthier and reduce your love handles this year, thanks to their one-of-a-kind Coach by Colour tech. Say what? Well, the bikes’ screens use the natural stimulating properties of colour to improve your performance during a workout. It’s science! Hard core? Red for stimulation. Start to wind down? Calming blue. And while you’re there in your lycra, why not try <em>SKILLROW</em>&nbsp;– the first rowing machine ‘capable of improving anaerobic power, aerobic capacity and neuromuscular abilities in a single solution’. That’s gym speak for ‘gets rid of your bingo wings’.&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-rocket-yoga-tg-gym-henley-oxon">Rocket yoga, <a href="https://tggymwellness.com/classes/">TG Gym</a>, Henley, Oxon </h2>



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<p>&nbsp;If you’re bored of Hatha and Vinyasa, you might want to consider a more explosive type of yoga this year. Invented by Larry Schultz while he was touring with band the <em>Grateful Dead</em> as their personal yoga teacher, it’s like a rebel version of Ashtanga and Vinyasa, with very little time between each posture and plenty of crazy poses thrown in for good measure (handstand just for laughs, anyone?). Muddy’s tried it and loved it, though we did rediscover muscles we’d forgotten existed.</p>


Well fit! Fresh workouts to try in Bucks & Oxon for 2024

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