If you’re a glutton for punishment, then allow yourself to be whipped into shape by Evgeny Goremykin – one the world’s best ballet dancers and ex-principle of the Bolshoi. Now based at the London Russian Ballet School in Clapham, I can’t recommend his Russian Ballet Pilates Workout enough.

No need to be intimidated – it’s just beginner’s ballet, Bolshoi style. He takes you through a gruelling workout that leaves you feeling exhilarated and in no doubt that physical perfection is just one more plie away!

Classes run every morning and consist of a specially devised set of floor based exercises performed to Russian music. Think Pilates on speed and multiply by ten! It’s a bit like being one of those romantic looking worker women performing calisthenics in a Rodchenko photograph – utterly compelling and completely addictive!

Photo courtesy of London Russian Ballet School