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23/12/2024

The Twelve Gains of Christmas 🎄

Here's a fun little festive circuit to do over the Christmas break. It's all bodyweight so no kit required, great if you feel in need of some movement and want to get the blood pumping.

1. Hand walkout to plank
2. Press ups
3. Squats
4. Plank and rotation
5. Burpees
6. Star jumps
7. Leg raises
8. Lunges
9. Bicycle crunch
10. Renegade rows
11. Squat jumps
12. Curtsey lunges

Warm up a bit first then do each exercise in the style of the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" i.e...

1 Hand walkout to plank

2 Press-ups, 1 Hand walkout to plank

3 Squats, 2 Press-ups, 1 Hand walkout to plank

4 Plank & rotation, 3 Squats, 2 Press-ups, 1 Hand walkout to plank

5 Burpees, 4 Plank & rotation, 3 Squats, 2 Press-ups, 1 Hand walkout to plank

etc etc until you get all the way to 12.

Matt's done a v quick demo video of each exercise, all of them are scalable, for example press ups on knees, Burpees with hands on a bench etc. Do whatever variation of each exercise works for you, just add in the comments if you want us to explain any different variations 👍

We hope you enjoy it 🎄

01/12/2024

POV..

When you haven't dipped for two weeks because of a new tattoo.

Last time you dipped it was in the Channel in 12 degree water.

Today it was in an estuary running into the North Sea, in 7 degree water.

Bloody freezing!! 🥶

01/11/2024

Last workout of my forties complete ✅

Life has been good to me in the last decade, the usual ups and downs, but I'm very grateful to have had such a good life so far.

At 41 I had a total hysterectomy (kept my ovaries) This improved my health immeasurably at the time and I recovered really well from it. I went on to be the strongest and fittest I'd ever been.

We bought and converted our van Arthur and have had many wonderful adventures in him. This was definitely one of our best life decisions!

My elderly Mum has been gravely ill and made miraculous recoveries several times. She is amazing and such an inspiration to me.

The last few years have been very challenging for me with chronic pain and injuries from my hypermobillity. This has got much worse with dwindling Oestrogen. However 2 months on HRT and I'm feeling much stronger and more hopeful to be able to return to a bit more hiking, swimming and lifting over time.

I embraced a sober lifestyle 4 years ago which I'm so grateful for. My life is SO much better without hangovers and hangxiety.

Things I would advise my younger self... (although she probably wouldn't take 😅)

✨ Do less bendy yoga and more strength training.

✨ Eat to fuel your body and brain. To build muscle and bone resilience and bring you joy! Not to try to make yourself smaller.

✨Floss your teeth!

✨What other people think of you is their business, not yours.

✨Say no when you don't want to do things rather than people please.

✨ Listen to your body when it's in pain and trying tell you something. Don't keep pushing, ignoring and end up injuring yourself more.

I have very mixed emotions to turning 50 to be honest. It's a privilege to get older, I know that. I'm much more aware of my own aging and physical capacity now.

However, I'm glad of the peace and wisdom that comes with age. I'm grateful to have a contented life, a wonderful marriage with Matt, loving sisters, family and friends.

Let's see what fifty brings.....🙌

15/03/2024

When you want to build muscle and get stronger and your hypermobile joints have other plans ....🙈

Strength training is extremely important for those of us with HSD. It can help to stabilise our bendy joints and make us move and feel much better in our bodies.

However, getting the load right is not always easy! If you have chronic pain it can be very challenging to find the right balance of enough load to start to strengthen, without overdoing it and causing a pain flare.

It's important to understand that progression can be very very slow for some of us, particularly if you've had pain for a long time.

Stick with it though! Be your own teacher and learn what's too much and what's just about right. Make sure you get enough rest days between sessions and take enough rest during your sets.

Of course there are other factors to look at with recovery too..

Prioritising good quality sleep.

Eating enough food, getting adequate protein for repair.

Managing stress.

Working on neurology drills to improve your vestibular and visual systems and cerebellum, so your nervous system feels safer. (I am currently studying and learning more about this fascinating aspect)

If you are hypermobile and don't really know where to start, reach out here if you'd like some help 🤗

* Original artwork from taken from (thank you both 🙏🏼)

08/03/2024

I am fortunate to have grown up with these incredible, strong, tenacious, kind and caring women in my life.

This is something I'm grateful for every day.

Happy International Women's Day. Lets support each other and lift each other up 💙

28/02/2024

Eating Disorder Awareness Week

I was always a big child, tall and bigger than everyone in my year at Junior School. I can remember always trying to make myself small, sitting hunched over in assembly, dreading the 'weigh ins' in science lessons and wearing too small shoes as I didn't like how big my feet were.
I went on my first diet (counting calories on the advice of my friend 🙈) aged 11.

So began years of dieting and disliking my body throughout my teenage years. I missed all but one of my A level swimming practicals because I was too ashamed to be seen in my swimming cossie (I don't know why I chose swimming for my A Level PE having this fear of my peers seeing my body, but there you go!)

In my twenties this obsession with dieting and my body developed into a full blown eating disorder.
I hid this from my friends and family for many years. It was with the help of Matt when we first met, that I sought help. He came to the Doctor with me and supported me in getting therapy.

Thankfully I have been in recovery for twenty or so years. It's still and always will be work in progress, but I now have a good, healthy, normal relationship with food and take great care of myself. I accept my body as it is and appreciate how well it all still works despite what I put it through in my twenties!

I wanted to share my story this week in the hope it might help anyone out there who is struggling with disordered eating or an eating disorder. Please reach out and get help, recovery is possible and you can live a life free of food and body obsession.

Some useful accounts I follow here are...

27/01/2024

Happy Saturday everyone 🌅

Hope you manage to get some time out in nature this weekend 🌳

30/12/2023

New Year, New You 🙈

Personally I cannot bear this marketing term. The fitness and diet industry goes wild this time of the year, capitalising on people's body insecurity following a period of collective indulgence.

However, this is typically a time where there's a momentum towards change and creating new habits.

Of course the statistics of those who keep up their resolutions are less than encouraging. The reason for this is usually because people choose unrealistic goals and drastically try to change their entire lifestyle overnight. This means they can only sustain for one or two weeks before "falling off the waggon"

My advice to you is to certainly capitalise on the energy that the New Year brings and definitely write down a few goals if you find that helpful (I do)

Make sure your goals are realistic and sustainable, avoid trying to overhaul your entire lifestyle overnight. If you are wanting to change something big like smoking or alcohol, just focus on that and don't worry about anything else, these are big enough challenges to take on!

Avoid quick fixes like juice detoxes, fasting, keto, 30 day shred challenges etc. Choose smaller, more realistic changes, eg. increasing daily step count, going to bed earlier, eating more vegetables, drinking more water. These small changes can have a profound effect and you can build on these with more lifestyle changes as you adapt.

I know January can be a difficult month for so many people. Don't make it harder on yourself by punishing yourself for the inevitable excess of Christmas. Choose something small you can change (if you want to) and work on that.

There's plenty of support on online communities and getting a coach if you can afford one can be really helpful.

Sending you all love and peace for 2024.

Jen 💜

04/11/2023

I received this absolutely brilliant message from one of our clients Vik, earlier this week and really wanted to share it with you.

We train outside at the office she works at. Here we do 30 minute lunchtime lifting/circuit training sessions for the staff. We go there 3 times a week (such a great benefit for the employees!)

Vik has trained with us consistently come heatwave, wind, rain or shine! She has significantly increased her strength over this time to a point where she's comfortably swinging a 20kg kettlebell and deadlifting 50kg for high reps. Much to the surprise of her Dad!

You can see from Vik here that you don't need to commit several hours a week to training in a gym to start to feel stronger in your body. Find a short routine that fits with the other demands you have on your time and energy.

If you're not sure where to start and need some support then DM us and let's chat 😊

03/10/2023

☀️HIIT FIT with Matt

🌅 Enjoy the last of the Indian Summer on our beautiful Hove Lawns

💪All stations are scalable, work at your level.

🤩 Super friendly, welcoming team.

🏝️ Enjoy the huge benefits of movement outside next to the sea.

⏰ 6pm every Thursday.

📍Hove Lawns just down from Brunswick Square

📞 Contact Matt here to book.

🙌 See you by the sea!

26/09/2023

☀️Side plank variations

✨Slide 1
Start with one knee bent forward the other leg straight.
Elbow under the shoulder, shoulder ball in the socket not slouched into the joint, think shoulder down away from the ear.
Pull lower ribs up away from the floor (engages the muscles to the side of your waist, Obliques)
Push down into the floor with your bottom knee. Make sure you're breathing, not holding your breath!
You can use your top hand to take some weight off the shoulder with a block or just on the floor.

✨Slide 2
You can lift the top leg up, you can lift the bottom leg up (and forwards to make it more doable)
You can be up on both feet, one in front of the other, or one on top of the other.

✨Slide 3
You can add more resistance with a hip band above the knees.
You can do clamshells on your knees, up and down clamshells (these really work the glutes too)
You can be on your bottom knee and lift the top leg up (working the outside of the hips)

💪Side planks can be very challenging. Find your entry point and work consistently from there to get stronger.

Thanks for watching, let me know how you get on 🙌

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