{"id":918755,"date":"2026-10-06T23:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T23:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/918755\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T23:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T23:52:11","slug":"vicky-mcclure-43-shares-her-full-body-strength-and-fitness-routine-built-around-3-back-to-basics-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/918755\/","title":{"rendered":"Vicky McClure, 43, shares her full-body strength and fitness routine \u2013 built around 3 back-to-basics exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vicky McClure recently shared a quick gym session that combined cardio<\/a>, strength training<\/a> and a little dancing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘Built a gym, time to use it,’ the actor and presenter wrote on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vicky McClure’s workout routine<\/p>\n

The Trigger Point star and Day Fever co-founder kicked things off with heavy bag boxing drills, which challenge your cardiovascular fitness while also improving hand-eye coordination, power, upper-body muscular endurance and core strength.<\/p>\n

One study<\/a> found that amateur boxers punching at a rate of 180 punches per minute reached 61.7% of their VO2 max<\/a> \u2013 a measure of how efficiently your body uses oxygen during exercise \u2013 and 83% of their maximum heart rate. Even punching at a more moderate pace of 60 punches per minute elevated participants to 40% of their VO2 max and 68% of their maximum heart rate.<\/p>\n

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Next came band-assisted chin-ups.<\/p>\n

‘This hurt, guessing that’s good,’ she joked.<\/p>\n

Chin-ups are a classic upper-body compound exercise<\/a> that primarily target your lats and biceps.<\/p>\n

Using a resistance band provides assistance, allowing you to complete more high-quality repetitions than you might with bodyweight alone. Research also suggests<\/a> that resistance bands can produce strength gains comparable to more traditional resistance training.<\/p>\n

After what she described as a ‘quick lie down’, Vicky finished her workout by dancing freestyle in front of her gym mirror.<\/p>\n

‘Pretending I’m 14,’ she wrote. ‘Day one and I’m flexing my muscles and doing a lot of dancing!’<\/p>\n

As well as being a great stress reliever, dancing improves coordination, balance and cardiovascular fitness.<\/p>\n

A meta-analysis<\/a> of 13 studies involving more than 1,000 adults found that dancing significantly improved mobility and endurance, while separate research<\/a> linked dance with improvements in body composition, musculoskeletal function and other health markers.<\/p>\n

It’s not the first time Vicky has given fans a glimpse into her fitness routine. Last year, she shared a clip of herself trying reformer Pilates.<\/p>\n

‘My followers don’t get much fitness content on here…because I don’t do it! Here’s me, my sis, Jo Meadows<\/a> and her sis having a go at some reformer Pilates!’ she wrote on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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