The tunes are pumping, my whole lower body is shaking and I can see my sportswear working on overdrive to wick away the many beads of perspiration. As you might have already guessed from the title of this article, I’m at an FS8 Pilates workout class. But 10 minutes in, I quickly realise it’s a sweat sesh like no other.
In my ever-ongoing journey of chasing exercise-induced endorphins, I’ve given a fair few workout classes a shot to see what sticks in my routine and what I'd swerve. From 50-minute long Pilates classes (stick) and functional fitness flows (another stick) to intensive HIIT training workouts and sweat-driven EMOM sessions (both personal swerves). So when the high-in-energy but low-in-impact functional fitness, workout, FS8, hit the UK fitness scene in 2022 and onto my radar, I just knew I had to try it.
