Fiit v Gym: pros and cons

The experience

With Fiit, there’s no travel involved. You can do it in your living room, at your bedside or, in my case, your local park. The production values are excellent and you really get the sense of being in a smart urban gym. But you’re doing it alone, there’s no friendly instructor wandering around on a gym floor to help you and unless you’re the sort of person who has it all, there’s no sauna to unwind in afterwards.

The cost

Fiit works out from as little as 33p a day (they’ve yet to add euro conversions on their website). If you trial it for three months, it’s a steep £20 a month. When you sign up you get an interactive chest strap with heart rate monitor. And there’s an offer of doing an introductory 10 classes and getting your money back if dissatisfied. By contrast, you can pay a massive range of prices for gyms. Ben Dunne Gyms has monthly subscriptions from as low as €22.95, while the 24-hour FlyeFit has membership at €29 per month.

The verdict

Fiit is an impressive addition to the saturated fitness app market and is ideal for those who really feel they would attend a gym if they had more time. However, it’s probably not going to work for those who look deep into their hearts and realise they’re the kind of people who will come up with any excuse to avoid working out.