Elspeth Alexandra Women's Fitness & Health Coaching

08/09/2026

THIS IS PREGNANCY POWER-UP
Every Sunday
Strength training only it's for pregnancy

You can't be too strong when you're training for labour, delivery, recovery and motherhood.

Thank you and all the pregnant queens.

26/08/2026

I have shenaned before and I will shenanigan.

22/08/2026

Because I like watching other people's days on Instagram and I'm trying to ease my transition from a three day week back to full time hours in September.

16/06/2026

Pregnancy is the definition of endurance. Women's bodies are capable of amazing feats. It's also really fu***ng hard.

Pregnancy Power-Up = strength training for second and third trimester. It can help a fair bit with your capacity to endure.

22/03/2026

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I started a newsletter in the Bad Times of 2020 when massage therapists were understandably on the Struggle Bus. You can’t earn a living in massage when you can’t touch people. So we all started writing newsletters to remind you we were alive. It was called ‘nurturing’. (Luckily I had fitnes...

15/03/2026

Want to get back to impact for running, skipping, box jumps?

These are NOT beginners moves! First of all get confident with squats, deadlifts/hinge and single leg work (like your first block of Mighty Mums!)

Grab your sports bra and only progress if your knees, hips and PELVIC FLOOR don't complain.

Sore knees or hips or leaks? Build strength first, don't ignore your body's messages.

08/03/2026

I work all day every day with women doing things that only women do

Pregnant women
Postnatal women
Breastfeeding women
Perimenopausal women

If IWD has brought you here, welcome! Hang around and join the fight!

Jarvis is right, everybody hates a tourist.

When you work with women every single day of the year, International Women's Day is like being an Edinburgh resident in August - suddenly everybody in the world has jumped on your bus, talking too loud about things they don't know much about, telling you how wonderful it all is. When it's done they leave and you don't see them again till next year.

11/02/2026

In short: Don’t worry if you see your tummy coning or doming in the third trimester. Your body is doing exactly what it’s designed to do. Practice rolling on to your side to get out of bed, and breathing out as you lift heavy things.

If you're worried and want more information, read my blog on my website. Link, as they say, in bio.

25/01/2026

January's still not over, so here's a newsletter: I'm looking for ONE woman who wants better pelvic floor health; join me celebrating Fire Horse Women; badger recap; how much do we know about pregnancy exercise? My newsletter >>> http://eepurl.com/jw0EQY

31/12/2025

I'm reflecting on what got me through 2025 and menopause; my favourite thought, delivered by Tom Hanks; and you're invited to my Toast to the Lassies, to keep you moving through the longest month of the year. Last newsletter of 2025, anyone? https://mailchi.mp/669cf1a0d1c9/u5dl5klun6-8351327