She recently admitted to feeling ‘anxious’ and ‘stressed’ at the start of lockdown due to a lack of routine.
But Kate Ferdinand has clearly found her stride as she has been enjoying gruelling home workout routines with her husband Rio as they self-isolate at their home.
The former TOWIE star, 28, uploaded a video to her Instagram account of the couple keeping their fitness routine up with a DIY workout in the back yard.
Kate Ferdinand, 28, has clearly found her stride as she has been enjoying gruelling home workout routines with her husband Rio, 41, as they self-isolate at their home
The couple proved people don’t need a gym to keep their exercise routine up as they made use of household items like washing up liquid to substitute for weights.
Rio and Kate performed several moves during their workout including press ups, squats and star jumps.
Alongside the video, Kate wrote: ‘LIVE workout done. Hope you enjoyed it guys! Few technical issues but the work got done… no excuses! thanks for joining in this morning, we love working out with you all’.
Kate went for an all-black look for the video, donning a jacket with matching leggings while she styled her blonde locks into an updo.
The former TOWIE star uploaded a video to her Instagram account of the couple keeping their fitness routine up with a DIY workout in the back yard
Resourceful: The couple proved people don’t need a gym to keep their exercise routine up as they made use of household items
Workout: Rio and Kate performed several moves during their workout including press ups, squats and star jumps
Known for their love of fitness, the couple, who have their own home gym, regularly share their workouts with their legions of social media followers.
Kate recently spoke to MailOnline about homeschooling husband Rio’s three children Lorenz, 13, Tate, 11, and Tia, nine, during the current COVID-19 crisis.
Despite initially struggling with the lockdown, Kate has created an online community of support thanks to her candid Instagram updates, squat challenge and Ferdinand Fitness YouTube channel, which has helped her focus and realise she’s ‘not alone’.
Kate admitted that the lockdown period has made her aware of how much we all ‘take stuff for granted’ and her online presence has been like ‘therapy’ as she can talk to other people who are struggling with the current crisis.
Message: Alongside the video, Kate wrote: ‘LIVE workout done. Hope you enjoyed it guys!’
She added: ‘Few technical issues but the work got done… no excuses! thanks for joining in this morning, we love working out with you all’
Healthy: Known for their love of fitness, the couple, who have their own home gym, regularly share their workouts with their legions of social media followers
The star has now teamed up with BT for their Skills for Tomorrow programme which has launched a free online toolkit of educational activities and games for primary school children to help those homeschooling during the current lockdown.
Kate told MailOnline: ‘I just think it’s a little something for us to do everyday. At the beginning of lockdown, I felt a bit anxious and stressed, I didn’t have a lot of routine.
‘I know it sounds silly the squat challenge, it might only take you ten minutes but it just gives you a little something to do every day which can keep you focused. I think it’s quite good, you feel like you’re in a little community doing it together.
‘What I love about Ferdinand Fitness we have been doing it with bottles of water, detergent, everyone can do it, you don’t have to have all tech and equipment to all do it together. It gets you through this time.’
Candid: Kate admitted that she felt ‘anxious’ and ‘stressed’ at the start of lockdown due to a lack of routine
Candidly discussing her homeschooling experience so far, the star said: ‘For the first three weeks of homeschooling and we’re back in it now. I was just so overwhelmed and I sometimes feel like some of the stuff the children are getting taught, I don’t know the answer to.
‘I think through social media, I have been speaking to other people and they are all struggling. I feel like it’s really important for us all to share the best ways we can do things and help each other. None of us have been in this situation before.’
Kate also admitted that she was initially ‘nervous’ about sharing updates of her stepchildren and homeschooling as they’re a ‘private’ family.
She said: ‘I think we’ve always been quite private, so I was a bit nervous but then it is the reality of our life. We started putting things on there, it’s actually been like a bit of therapy, people messaging back, “Oh, I feel the same”, then you don’t feel so alone.
Homeschooling: Kate spoke to MailOnline about homeschooling husband Rio’s three children Lorenz, 13, Tate, 11, and Tia, nine, during the current COVID-19 crisis
‘It’s quite enjoyable, I put Rio on there having a little nap, I caught him while I was cooking, having a little snooze. It was quite funny. I think everyone thinks everyone else is dealing with it perfectly, so just to have a bit more reality around it and relate to other people who aren’t finding it super easy that helps.’
Kate added that she and Rio are finding it ‘quite difficult’ to balance all aspects of their busy lives, especially homeschooling three children at different stages of education.
She said: ‘It was difficult at the beginning and then we had a big Easter break so it was really fun now yesterday we got straight back into it. I put on my Instagram, I had a bit of anxiety about getting back into it. Quite a lot to do this term for our kids.
‘It’s about trying to get the balance of making it fun as well as doing school work and trying to manage a good family life as well. It’s quite difficult to manage but we’re getting there slowly. ‘
‘Not alone’: Kate created an online community of support thanks to her Instagram updates, squat challenge and Ferdinand Fitness YouTube channel, which has helped her focus and realise she’s ‘not alone’