I need a live, online, pay-as-you-go exercise provider

[DiabolicalDee]

Needs to be live to motivated me and pay as you go as I may not stick at it and go to gym instead. I'd also love for it to be suitable for achey joints/badback/wobbly pelvic floor of an over 40 year old!

I'd be really grateful for any suggestions.

I know they're not online but what about classes?

Good idea but don't have time atm.

Apple fitness

Peloton now do a Peloton app that allows you to access classes in lots of different disciplines. £12.99 a month for unlimited access. (You don't need the bike or treadmill to access these classes.)

www.onepeloton.co.uk/app

I was going to also suggest peloton! I love it I started with app and then finally got bike last September but u don't need to do spin classes as there are so many other types including strength, cardio, yoga and meditation

Fiit app

FIIT have a mix of classes on demand and 'live' classes.

Thanks so much. Are Peleton live too?

Also, is FIIT an app you can also put on laptop? Is it expensiv3? Can't easily see prices.

Sorry, just found prices, in big letters!

Heather Robertson- she’s free and also has a free fb forum

Thanks I'll have a look at Heather's. Les Mills came up when I googles peleton - are they any good?

Yes they have very full schedule of live classes but also on demand classes, they have v large catalogue

They also have lots of different instructors , all with own style and personality.

Les Mills base is a relatively inexpensive option that ticks the basic boxes. It's not live, you can choose from a couple of recordings of each of a lot of different classes and they get refreshed quarterly. Some require weights or exercise band or step but there's enough you can do without.

What type of workouts do you want to do? I really like Les Mills. I like body combat and body balance (hybrid yoga, pilates, tao chi) and occasionally a sh bam dance class. The presenters are 'enthusiastic' but I really enjoy them

I love P.Volve. It’s specifically centred around women’s health and well-being (with series on pelvic floor strengthening / post-natal workouts / menopause).

They’re based in the US so the live stuff would be later on in the day, but I discovered it during lockdown and am never going back.

It’s gentle on joints, if you go for the slower stuff especially, but it uses muscles I never knew existed.

https://app.pvolve.com/series/categories/womens-wellness

I love the sound of this. Some exercise classes are quite unhelpful for a pelvic floor, sit ups etc.

I'm a bit hypermobile so I need to start off really slowly or I'll damage something.

It's great - they have a load of specialist equipment, which I invested in after a few months of doing it, but you don't need to have it.

The first time I did it, I thought "this is for the birds" as it was so gentle, but the next day my god did I feel it!

They've started to move more into fast-paced cardio stuff too, but the "slow & steady | strength and sculpt" classes are the ones I use the most.

@MarpleFan What time to they tend to be? I found some times but didn't know where in states they are.

I am evangelical about Team Body Project. Not live but literally hundreds of workouts to choose from with more being added all the time. I pay for the app (about 25 GBP) every three months and invested in a small set of wofnts and that’s all I need. Home lay, they have pilates/HIT/abs/pure resistance or a mix of all and at all levels. They have free stuff on YouTube if you want to give them a try…

I was also going to say Team Body Project.

Daniel is possibly the most motivating person that has ever lived!

They also pitch the workouts just right so for a total couch potato the easy ones are actually doable just so progress is rapid.

I wondered whether to mention Team BP as they're not live but another thumbs up here.

Motivation really isn't a big problem with them as there's such a variety there's always something that feels right for your mood. It's also easy to adjust a workout as you go if you find you've gone too easy or too difficult.
Try out their free membership for a while and see how you get on.

Tomorrow the times are:
11.30am
1pm
2.30pm
5.30pm
6.30pm
11.30pm

The website knows I'm in the UK, so the times are for here.