4 Oct 2023

Class act: Keeping fit with the circus

From First Up, 5:37 am on 4 October 2023

If you've been thinking about working out more, but can't stand the thought of joining a gym or going out for a walk, maybe it's time to run away to the circus. Hundreds of Kiwis have been turning to an unusual fitness trend... the circus arts. Yes circus training replaces circuit training as participants hang upside down and move through the air on different apparatus including silks, straps and trapeze. Our producer Mahvash Ikram checked out a studio in Auckland where there is no time for clowning around.