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'Napercise' Is The New Workout Of Your Dreams

Sleep your way to good health at this class.

This could be the workout for 2017.

David Lloyd Clubs revealed it’s trialling “Napercise” — where participants do nothing but sleep on single beds for 45 minutes inside an exercise studio in England this weekend.

The fitness chain is targeting “exhausted parents” for the hour-long classes in Sidcup, southeast London. It aims to reinvigorate the mind, improve moods, and even burn the odd calorie,” according to the company’s website. It begins and ends with a series of stretching exercises.

If the trial proves successful, the company said it may roll the idea out nationwide.

“According to our research, 86 percent of parents admit to regularly suffering from fatigue which is alarmingly high when you consider the important role getting a good night’s sleep can play in our overall mental and physical and wellbeing,” said a company spokesperson, via a press release.