As Sydney and Melbourne brace for extended lockdowns, at-home workout solutions continue to skyrocket in popularity, with new businesses taking advantage of closed gyms and Australia’s appetite for fitness.

At the start of 2020, Josh Mathew was a private jet charter broker in New York City. Now he is the founder of Quarantine Fit Club, a service that provides gym equipment to hotel-bound travellers during their two-week stay. It was a service he wished he had been able to access when he returned from the US to his hometown of Sydney in December last year.