It’s back to the gym for Chloë McPolin, but this time with a personal trainer and a twist – namely a once-a-week, 20-minute workout that gets results…

Chloë McPolin starts off the new year with some minimal activity training at Fit20 in Blackglen Village Centre, Sandyford. Photo: Steve Humphreys
Hobby comrades, with 2026 well and truly upon us – and the classic ‘new year, new me’ mantra being thrown around – I decided there was nothing more fitting than a return to the gym… but this time with a personal trainer.
As always, there is a twist. I’d heard talk of a new, minimal-activity, no-sweat fitness regimen that supposedly delivers a full workout in just 20 minutes, once a week. I was mildly sceptical but, as always, curious – so I decided to give it a whirl.