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Now that Hong Kong gyms and fitness centres are closed for the coming weeks, where can you go to burn off some quick calories? At home, of course! This isn’t our first “lockdown,” after all, and Hong Kong’s fitness community is now well prepared for times like these.

H-Kore promises a hard core workout. Get ready to strengthen, stretch and sweat with its online on-demand classes which are available now. Sign up and you can get seven days unlimited access for just $200. The programme offers a combination of 15 minute and 45 minute pre-recorded class videos to give you a variety of workouts that you can enjoy in the comfort of your home and at a time that suits you. Classes include Cardio Blast, Core Strengthening, Upper Body Strengthening, Lower Body Strengthening, Stretch and Mobility and more.

H-Kore’s MegaKore classes. They are tough with the Megaformer machines that balance stability, resistance and control, but come with top results – your form, transitions and capabilities get better over time with practice

The only Lagree Fitness studio in Hong Kong, H-Kore has two locations in Central and Quarry Bay, offering a unique training method performed on a MegaFormer machine—a spring-based resistance trainer designed to work the whole body from all angles, especially the core muscles.

Closer to home, we initially weren’t quite sure how H-Kore would transition to a home workout, but it worked out surprisingly well! Using sliders, paper plates, socks or towels under our feet, it was easy to replicate many of the moves usually done on the Megaformer. From the J.Lo to the bear and scrambled egg, each of their 45-minute workouts had us in a sweaty mess by the end of it.

H-Kore promises a hard core workout. Get ready to strengthen, stretch and sweat with its online programme, which runs all week long. The classes are all live-streamed from the H-Kore Quarry Bay studio and are available to join online via Zoom. What’s more, you don’t have to be an existing member of H-Kore to enjoy the virtual classes, with packages available for single classes, weekly and one-on-one private sessions.

Burn, baby burn! This Hollywood-approved workout uses Lagree Fitness Megaformer machines to sculpt muscles with low-impact movements. Classes are 45-60 mins long and span high-intensity MegaKore HIIT and strength-based KettleKore to the more relaxing Yoga Flow. h-kore.com WOFH: Online classes available daily via Zoom; bring your own sliders (paper plates, small towels or socks will do)!

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