Whether it’s Emma Raducanu raving about hot yoga or Harry Styles being spotted on the Reformer, there’s no doubt that in recent years, low-impact exercise has taken the world by storm. Where HIIT was all the rage in 2016, a post-pandemic shift turned the tide when it came to our exercise habits, especially amongst women.
So, what prompted such a major change in our exercise preferences? Well, after years of stigmatisation and limited funding for women’s health conditions, we were living in a body literacy crisis, with many of us completely unaware of the ways our internal cycle interacted with our lifestyle.
