Is the future of fitness online? Here's what the instructors have to say

Some of Ireland's most popular trainers, including Maeve Madden, Aoife Hannon, and Rob Lipsett, chat about if home workouts are here to stay

Maeve Madden set up her Queens Don't Quit workout programme after the pandemic hit.

Gone are the days of waiting for machines or forcing yourself out the door at dawn, as gyms remain closed and we enter into another span of at-home summer workouts and online kettlebell bidding wars.

While fitness centres have been shut, however, some trainers have thrived by moving classes online. According to Garden of Life, some of the world’s best-known online instructors, such as Adriene Mishler of Yoga with Adriene and body coach Joe Wicks, made upwards of €700k to €2m last year. We chat to some of our homegrown fitness gurus about whether online coaching is here to stay.