{"id":567548,"date":"2026-08-13T07:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/567548\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T07:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:04:15","slug":"ferne-mccanns-fitness-formula-at-36-strength-pilates-tennis-and-10-minute-workouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/567548\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferne McCann’s fitness formula at 36 \u2013 strength, Pilates, tennis and 10-minute workouts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Between parenting, work, home renovations, and summer retreats, Ferne McCann<\/a> always makes time for fitness.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old TV personality and former The Only Way is Essex star regularly shares the various ways she stays active, including group exercise sessions, sets of pull-ups and solo sequences at home.<\/p>\n

‘Pilates. Gym. Strength. Tennis. Padel. School run (that’s a workout in itself)’, she wrote about the variety of workouts she does in the caption of a post<\/a> showcasing her favourite activewear.<\/p>\n

Opting for a variety of workouts is an approach supported by science. A 30-year study published earlier this year in BMJ Medicine<\/a> found that, out of 110,000 people \u2013 of whom 70,000 were women \u2013 those who engaged in the greatest variety of exercise had a 19% lower risk of all-cause mortality than those who did the smallest range. <\/p>\n

Group sessions for full-body fitness<\/p>\n

One class saw her tackle reverse lunges, SkiErg intervals and dumbbell deadlifts during a workout with WBA world champion Shannon Courtenay<\/a>. The session combined strength and cardio, taking her through exercises that worked her whole body.<\/p>\n

‘I’ve always fancied myself as an athlete; let’s see if I can keep up with one!’ she said wryly before the warm-up, which involved world’s greatest stretches<\/a>, push-ups and bodyweight squats<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The main body of the workout featured energetic treadmill and rowing intervals, along with renegade rows, sled pushes<\/a> and wall balls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pull-ups for upper-body strength<\/p>\n

Ferne has also been challenging herself to build upper-body strength.<\/p>\n

In June, she shared a clip of herself progressing from band-assisted pull-up reps \u2013 where even getting her face to bar level was a challenge \u2013 to six unassisted pull-ups a mere four months later, with her chin clearing the bar with ease.<\/p>\n

‘Four months ago I couldn\u2019t do a single pull-up. I\u2019d always just assumed that I had poor upper-body strength and that I simply wasn\u2019t built that way,’ she reflected on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘I genuinely believed that narrative for years. But I kept showing up! [I] kept going even when it looked like that… Not to boast but six pull-ups. No bands, no assist, nothing. Ahhh so buzzing,’ she said proudly.<\/p>\n

Home workouts for core strength<\/p>\n

Finding time for a quick 10-minute home workout has become part of Ferne\u2019s routine, and the she recently revealed the ab exercises she\u2019s been doing every evening.<\/p>\n

‘Been doing this ab blitz every single night after the girls have gone to bed and I am obsessed. If you\u2019re trying to squeeze in something for yourself without the chaos then this is it!’ she said on Instagram<\/a>. ‘No equipment. No gym. Just you, the floor, and ten minutes you didn\u2019t think you had. Mums, this one’s for us.’<\/p>\n

She moved through dead bugs<\/a>, penguin taps, bicycle crunches, leg raises, flutter kicks and hip-dip planks.<\/p>\n

One of our most frequently asked questions here at Women\u2019s Health? How to build muscle and burn fat at the same time. So, we asked superstar trainer Oyinda Okunowo<\/a> exactly how to do it. In this 4-week plan \u2013 created exclusively for Women\u2019s Health COLLECTIVE members \u2013 you\u2019ll get the workouts and nutrition guidance needed to help you on your way to better body composition. Tap the link below to unlock 14 days of free access to Oyinda’s plan and start training today.<\/p>\n

Get the plan<\/a><\/p>\n

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