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Some people聽have taken their lockdown exercise routines聽to聽incredible聽lengths with impressive challenges聽highlighting聽clever ways to keep fit from home. There鈥檚 the Parisian man who聽, the virtual mountaineering team that聽聽using the stairs in their homes, and the inspiring story of聽, who raised over 拢15 million for the British National Health Service聽by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th聽birthday.聽

But it鈥檚 important to remember that keeping in shape doesn鈥檛聽have to be extreme! There are plenty of resources out there, many of which are free for the duration of the pandemic, that you can use to get the heart pumping and聽the body moving.聽

• Many gyms and fitness clubs are providing free online resources during the confinement period. Two examples of this are聽聽(in English) and聽聽(in French),聽both of which聽are providing free at-home workouts聽on聽their websites.聽聽

• YouTube is a great resource for free online fitness courses of all聽stripes.聽For inner calm, try聽, who provides yoga practices of varying lengths to adapt to different moments of your day.聽

• If you鈥檝e got聽children聽in the house and are looking for a way to keep them entertained while keeping fit at the same time, try the聽聽run by聽British聽fitness coach聽Joe聽Wicks, also聽known as the Body Coach.聽These 30-minute classes, aimed聽at kids, run live at 9am every morning, UK time.聽聽

• The city of聽Paris has provided聽聽on their website. Though the videos are in French, it could be a great opportunity to get in the day鈥檚 workout and language practice simultaneously. How鈥檚 that for efficiency?聽

Though聽physical聽fitness聽is vital to聽maintaining a healthy lifestyle,聽it鈥檚 also important to keep an eye on your wellbeing.聽For tips on coping with isolation from a mental health standpoint,聽check out this blog post聽from 吃瓜tv guidance counselor Charlotte Vernier.