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Watch: 5 super easy workouts you can do in your living room | London Evening Standard

Find the gym intimidating? Take your workout home..

Alice Howarth7 January 2018

Watch: 5 super easy workouts you can do in your living room | London Evening Standard

Watch: 5 easy exercises you can do in your living roomFind the gym intimidating? Take your workout home..

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A new study has found that many Brits suffer from “gymtimdation”.

In the research, conducted by Argos’s sportswear brand Opti in collaboration with fitness experts LDN Muscle, it was discovered that people actually find visiting the gym one of the most intimidating things to do of all - only pipped to the post by sex with a new partner.

People either don’t want to look out of shape or clueless and they find it off-putting having to work up a sweat in a room full of strangers.

The thing is though, of those surveyed over 57% of people said their aim was to get fit this year so what’s the solution? Creating an exercise routine that you can do at home morning, afternoon or night, says LDN Muscle.

Below, the team has come up with five short fitness tutorials you can do while watching TV in your front room. All you need is some good-quality kit and an understanding of what to do..