AJWFitness

Since joining Stronger Together in January, Annika has made brilliant progress with her strength, fitness and body composition

Annika’s fitness has improved massively, including taking an incredible 4 minutes off her 2000m Row time 🤯

Her strength has gone up hugely too:
🔥 Hip Thrust: 30kg → 120kg
🔥 Back Squat: 30kg → 60kg
🔥 Bench Press: 20kg → 35kg
🔥 Strict Press: 17.5kg → 30kg

On top of that, Annika has lost over 5kg of body fat while increasing her muscle mass, which shows just how consistent she’s been both in and out of the gym

But what really stood out in May was her attitude and consistency

She kept showing up week after week, and even when she couldn’t get to the gym, she didn’t use that as an excuse — she trained at home instead

She also got stuck into more of the Stronger Together community, coming along to the group bike ride at the start of May despite it being outside her comfort zone, attending Saturday HYROX sessions, and coming to her first Thursday night Endurance session

That willingness to stay consistent, try new things and push herself outside of her comfort zone is exactly why she’s so deserving of May Client of the Month

Annika is also supportive, encouraging and a great person to have in the group

Very well deserved — keep up the amazing work 👏🏻💪🏻

Very grateful that this is something I get to do for a living ❤️

Yes, helping people improve their strength, fitness & body composition is obviously a huge part of the job…

But honestly, the thing I enjoy most is seeing people completely change how they view themselves

Watching someone walk into their first session nervous, lacking confidence & doubting themselves…

and then months later seeing them lifting weights they never thought possible, running races, signing up for events, making friends & genuinely believing in themselves is incredibly rewarding

I’ve seen people go from:
➡️ Being terrified to step into a gym
➡️ Thinking they’re “not fit enough”
➡️ Saying they could never run
➡️ Saying they could never lift weights

…to doing things they genuinely never thought they’d be capable of

And the best part is it’s not just physical progress

It’s the confidence
The friendships
The mindset shifts
The support people give each other
The environment that gets built when like-minded people train together consistently

That’s what makes me genuinely love my job

Very grateful to everyone that trusts me enough to be part of their journey 🥰

Post workout selfie after yesterday’s 11am Stronger Together group coaching session

All the bank holiday gains for these wonderful ladies 💪🏻👏🏻

Well done to my clients Anna & Libby for completing the Great West Run yesterday 🚀

Both of these ladies were running Park Run’s (5km) in around 40 minutes just over a year ago so to complete a half marathon in those conditions yesterday is phenomenal progress for them both

Anna completed the race is 2:01, a personal best of almost 30 minutes 🤯

With better pacing, a flatter course & a cooler day there’s a lot more in the tank for Anna yet so she’ll definitely get sub 2 hours for a half marathon in the not too distant future

Anna is only now starting to realise her fitness potential & the progress she’s made over the past 18 months with all aspects of her health & fitness is just staggering

Libby completed the race in 2:12, not a personal best but still a phenomenal effort considering Libby was plagued by a hip injury for most of the race

A real example of character & showing that all you can do with any race is do your best on the day

The fact that Libby can run this sort of time, despite not being at her best in on a challenging course in tough conditions shows there is some faster runs ahead & I’m sure a sub 2 hour half will happen sooner rather than later

Like Anna, Libby has also made fantastic progress with her health & fitness over the last 18 months & yesterday should be another race she should be extremely proud of

Well done to both ladies, an outstanding effort from you both 👏🏻

Great West Run 2026

1:52.11 official chip time 🥳

Delighted with a personal best in that heat 🥵

Loved it & hated it at the same time 🤩

Thanks to everyone that saw me today that cheered me on, much appreciated 🥰

Pre workout selfie before this morning’s HYROX Climb the Mountain workout in pairs 👭

For time:
500m Run/1.25km Bike (both)

500m Run/1.25km Bike (both)
500m Ski/Row/0.75km Assault Bike

500m Run/1.25km Bike (both)
500m Ski/Row/0.75km Assault Bike
40 Burpee to Plate

500m Run/1.25km Bike (both)
500m Ski/Row/0.75km Assault Bike
40 Burpee to Plate
100m Farmers Carry 2x16-24kg

500m Run/1.25km Bike (both)
500m Ski/Row/0.75km Assault Bike
40 Burpee to Plate
100m Farmers Carry 2x16-24kg
100 Wall Balls 4/6kg

Also at some point in the workout everyone to complete:
80m Sled Push @102/152kg
40m Sled Pull &78/103kg

A great way to start the weekend 🚀

Well done to everyone who attended 👏🏻