Bring on the boost: five fun ways to work out on your lunch break

We know it’s true: working out is better when you’re not alone. The FIIT app puts you in contact with the UK’s leading trainers whenever and wherever you can fit in a session. It’ll help you get serious results while being ultra compatible with your existing schedule. If you’re looking to sweat, go big from your own home with a strength or cardio workout. Or, stretch and relax with more than a hundred different yoga, pilates and mobility classes to choose from. Best, you can monitor your own progress against other app users thanks to the live leaderboard HIIT classes. We’re competitive and we’re proud of it. Free, or £20 per month for the premium version.

You don’t need to carve out hours of your day to fit in a solid fitness sesh. This boutique studio’s HIIT 35 classes will have you furiously battling a punchbag to big beats for 35 minutes. You’ll be feeling the burn for hours to come, but it’ll be so worth it. Studios at Covent Garden and Bank. Times and prices vary. 

Don’t let anyone tell you that yoga can’t be a genuinely challenging workout. The lunchtime Dynamic Vinyasa Flow class at this gorgeous Peckham studio is an uptempo, continuous sequence of postures set to music. Thankfully, you get a refreshing meditation session at the end. Peckham Levels. Peckham Rye Overground. Times vary, classes start from £5.

No memberships, no sign-up fees, just 50 minutes of high-intensity boxing in what looks more like a UV-lit nightclub than a gym. Your boxing instructions are given to you by numbers flashing on the wall – how’s that for getting lit at lunchtime? Studios at Chelsea, Marylebone, City. Times and prices vary.

It’s an ingenious concept: you commit to running to and from a place where you do a good deed… and boom, you’ve made someone happier, and yourself fitter. You can sign up to visit an elderly person or help with any number of community projects near you. Locations and times vary. Free, £9.95 recommended monthly donation.