Beyond Fitness PT

14/04/2026

Not sure why your fitness feels so hard right now even when you're trying your best?

I made a 2 minute quiz that might help make sense of it.

https://emilybenson646205.typeform.com/to/XR1viIk7

12/04/2026

Should I quit?

I wrote a little blog.. read more here 👇

https://open.substack.com/pub/beyondfitness/p/should-i-quit?r=21twh9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

11/04/2026

I feel like I'm riding an emotional rollercoaster of frustration, grief and what can I do next!

In the back of my mind I always knew I’d probably need surgery as it was the only way I could see out of the pain. I’ve tried everything from physio, to rest to keeping moving gently.

Then I sit here saying, ‘what can I challenge myself with when all this is over?’

I’ve so many things buzzing round my mind I still want to achieve. There's more running abroad. More hiking. Maybe this will light up the love of racing again. I'm trying not to think about the now, I'm focusing on staying strong so I recover strong (it's a long wait for surgery, even if that scares the living daylights out of me)..

At the moment I feel like life as I know it is so out of reach.. I can't just go and pack up my stuff and go for a long run anymore, but im also grateful of what I can still do.

This is my little hurdle in the road and I can't wait for when im recovered and back doing what I love. I will definitely celebrate that moment with a big challenge!

09/04/2026

I used to think ‘dieting’ meant eating as little as possible and pushing through every workout no matter what (6 days a week, sometimes twice a day).

I was exhausted. Miserable. Had no real life.

And it still wasn’t working.

I was unhappy. Running on fumes. And would fall asleep on the sofa at 6pm on a Friday evening because I was so wiped out!

Now I’m living my life to its fullest, hiking in the mountains, running miles (pre injury of course), swimming and I’ve never felt more capable in my life.

That shift didn’t come from more restriction or more hate for my body.

It came from learning to nourish my body for the life I actually want to live.

That’s why the Every Day Method exists.

It’s not a diet. It’s not a programme that falls apart when life gets busy or your body changes or perimenopause turns everything upside down.

It’s a way of living that actually works. For your body. Your life. Right now.

If you’re a woman in your 40s who’s done with shrinking yourself and ready to find out what you’re actually capable of!

I’d love to work with you.

06/04/2026

Life has been tough lately, so we packed up the van and headed off to the Brecons.

Being outdoors (and away in my van) really is the best therapy. It’s my time to really switch off and step away from my phone.

I’ve not done much there before, and can’t do a huge amount at the moment but made the most of escaping.

What’s your favourite game to play? We love Rummikub and UNO flip!

30/03/2026

I’m in my midlife awakening era!

March has helped me find a little bit of me again.. Even if life has felt a bit upside down..

Even though I’ve not managed to live a ‘normal’ life for the past 7 months or so.. A confirmed MRI result has definitely changed what that looks like for me now!

1. Something that’s felt so out of reach
2. Favourites from the Lakes
3. Working from van life
4. Inspiration
5. IYKYK
6. Met the beautiful human who I’ve known for 8 years (but never met) on her retreat in the Cotswolds (I will talk about that more)
7. Special moments
8. Planning our next adventure 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
9. My attempt to stop doom scrolling
10. What a view
11. ❤️❤️

27/03/2026

This is for the ambitious woman who’s fed up.

Fed up with the cycle of being ‘good’. Fed up with fearing food. Exhausted by diet culture. Doing more than she’s enjoying.

You wake up already thinking about food, what to eat. What recipe to follow. Whether you’re doing it right.

And then by evening you’re devouring ice cream on the sofa because you’ve been ‘good’ (and by good I mean skipped breakfast to save some calories) all day and you deserve it.

And then the guilt starts again.

Somewhere underneath all of that you have dreams. Big ones. That you keep talking yourself out of.

Let’s make them happen. I am the queen of making these things happen!

Because here’s what I know: you don’t have to have it all figured out. And that’s probably exactly why you’ve struggled before.

I spent 20 years there too.

Now I eat without guilt. I move because I love it. I’ve built a life that feels genuinely free. And I know that confidence, the real kind, that doesn’t come from a number on the scales. It comes from finally living the life you actually want.

If I hadn’t sorted my relationship with food and my body, I’d still be stuck. Afraid to really live.

That’s what The Everyday Method is built for. Not 8 weeks. Not another plan. A completely different relationship with your body, movement and enjoyment for life!

To start your journey, click the link to book a chat with me (to find out more about the Every Day Method) https://calendly.com/beyondfitnesspt1/30

24/03/2026

‘I don't have an off switch around food. It's all I can think about. The guilt. The fear. What to eat, what not to eat.’

That's what years of restriction does to a brain.

I work with women in midlife who are exhausted by diet culture from the guilt, the food fear, the constant starting over.

I help you build a completely different relationship with food and movement so you can actually enjoy your life again!

Want to know more about the Every Day Method? Click here to complete a questionnaire and book a (no obligation) chat with me 👉🏻 https://form.jotform.com/260183959403057?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZnRzaAQvouVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAafMP9fPhZYVIP6TYgoOp8GGhc40_MGJEFfXjvrNkOoiT3DRA1_xcglZffj6Kg_aem_wDyGK-5afky3zgP3a9PKWg

22/03/2026

I had a working from the van week in the Lake District!

I had a little cry on the drive up.

That confidence that I’d built in my solo life I suddenly felt like I’d lost it all, and a bit scary. And all my nerves kicked in (and I don’t know why)!!

This was my first ever solo trips to the Lakes.

I may not have been able to get up a mountain, and living on painkillers. But I feel like so much of my life has been taken away with this injury..

This is how I recharge.. My heart, soul and mental health needed this break.

18/03/2026

I have lost myself in the health and fitness space more times than I can count!

Even as a coach, the internet can make you feel like you’re doing everything wrong!

For years I’ve felt like I was missing something.

Totally misaligned to my values. Mentors telling me ‘I’m too me’ and ‘I’m doing it all wrong’. And these are people you’re investing in to guide you (just like you are a coach).

But I’m my 11 years as a coach, I’ve grown as a person.. and maybe I’ve hit this midlife ‘f**k it’ awakening, but I’m sick to death of the fitness industry!

People call ‘coaching’, here’s your calories, macros, step count, programme and exactly what I want you to do. Now weigh yourself every week and take photos.

But to me that’s not coaching at all!

That’s giving out some ‘targets’ for you to hit and if you’re not doing it, you’re told ‘you don’t want it enough’.

Instead of actually listening to you and getting to know you and how you actually live!

And I don’t want any woman to live like that, it’s everything I hate about the fitness industry. It’s ‘diet’ culture branded up as something ‘new’!

I don’t want women to have this fear over ‘what they should be eating’.

Fear that they have missed a gym / run because life happened.

Fear seeing those calories in My Fitness Pal totting up like it’s a challenge and game.

As I have reflected back over my journey (more so at the moment due to being injured).

I want to live my life every day (hence where the Every Day Method) came from.

I love training with no pressure (obviously this looks VERY different at the moment), but I’m still doing what I can. This brings me so much more joy and freedom than when I was trying to stay as skinny as possible.

When I got qualified as a PT, I went straight into weight loss coaching, because I thought that’s what you had to do in this industry. I never fully found my voice or my feet.

And that’s why I want to leave that version of this behind now.

Because I see what you must see, but from a different perspective.

You see yourself doing everything wrong with fitness and nutrition. The diets rebranded into eye catching names. The manipulation around transformation photos.

And I see it from the other side, that I’m doing it wrong because I want to be different.

I work with midlife women who are fed up of living like this..

The fear!

But I’m here to help you find out who you are and make some real changes. You’ve lived your whole life trying to live this way - calorie tracking, on and off a diet, instead of ever being shown how to nourish yourself.

I get to know you. I want to understand where your struggles are and what we can do TOGETHER to get you to where you want to be.

This isn't tracking every morsel of what you eat, it's understanding what you're eating and how to make it work for your actual life.

It's focusing on movement, not as punishment, not as something you're too busy for, but falling in love with the journey.

Achieving the things you never thought possible. Maybe that half marathon felt out of reach.

This isn’t for everyone.

But if you’ve spent your whole life being told you’re doing it wrong - by the industry, by a coach, by yourself and you’re ready to try something that’s actually built around your life?

I have space for new clients right now. Link in my bio. Let’s talk.

17/03/2026

I’ve been exactly where you are..

I've written something today that I probably should have written years ago.

It's about why I became a coach, what I went through to get here, and why I'm done with the version of the fitness industry that tells you you're not trying hard enough.

I’d love to hear your thoughts or comments if you have any ❤️

Read here 👇🏻

This is for you if you've been doing everything right and still feel like you're failing!

14/03/2026

Does anyone else think sliced apples taste better than whole apples? 😂

Life has been tough lately.. I got my MRI results earlier this week and have a herniated L5-S1 disc.

Even walking up a hill has felt so out of reach for months.. but I couldn’t miss this weather today, so off we went up the Caradoc!

What a stunning day for it ☀️