BY: SAMANTHA TAPP
Photos via Solent News
The hardest part of going to a fitness class is actually going to a fitness class. But, you’re on your new year, new me wave and working out is in the game plan. Once you actually get to the class all is well. Unless the instructor isn’t that helpful. Or maybe it’s not that the instructor isn’t that helpful, but they’re wearing baggy clothes so you really don’t know what the hell they are trying to show you.
But what if the instructor was naked?
Then you definitely wouldn’t miss a thing. Welcome to nude-ercise. Helen Smith, a personal trainer in Southampton, England is shedding her clothes and some pounds at the same time.
In England’s first ever nude exercise class, 10 participants from the ages of 33-70 bared it all for an hour in a circuit-style workout, which included sit-ups, push-ups, jumping-jacks and partner workouts.
“The main benefit of exercising naked is that you can really see what the instructor is doing in the exercises,” Smith said. “For example, if you are doing a plank but wearing baggy exercise clothes, it is hard to tell if you have the correct form or not.”
Another perk? “You also don’t have to think about washing sweaty gym clothes after the class, and it’s a great way to celebrate the body,” she said.
However, for comfort purposes women can wear sports bras and participants can wear trainers for various exercises. For safety reasons, guests have to pre-register, present ID before the class, and of course, anyone participating in rude behaviour has to put their clothes on and leave.
The classes cost £8 ($10 USD) per session. Similar classes will be held in London and the South East end (Bordon, Guildford, Reading and Alton). Check here for updates.
