This workout can help you emulate the prowess of your favourite athletes

IT only comes around every four years, but the buzz of the Olympic Games never fails to be more than enough to rev our fitness engines into gear.

In fact, memories of London 2012 have already got us more focused than usual at the gym.

Rio 2016 might be halfway around the world, but we’re taking a leaf out of the athletes’ books with this workout, which gets to work on speed, strength, power, agility and endurance.