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Shaw Lifestyle Pilates & strength training | face to face & online
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EXERCISE & NUTRITION are the cornerstone to any fitness programme, but the path YOU choose to reach your goals is individual to YOU. I do not believe in a ‘one size fits all’ solution to health and fitness. Each individual needs to experiment with what works best for them. Following an initial consultation, I work closely together with each client to find the UNIQUE FITNESS PLAN that works for him or her. In order to design an effective programme, I exploit the foundations of ‘correct’ exercise & nutrition, whilst taking into account the client as an individual. The first step is to look at current nutritional habits and fitness levels, but there are also many other factors to consider:
* unique physical ‘make up’
* lifestyle & time commitments
* medical history & past injuries
* stress levels
* coping strategies
* sleep patterns…

…& lastly likes & dislikes: those factors that will MOTIVATE rather than ALIENATE...
...so why not give me a call & give it a go!

The hardest rep is the one where you decide to come at all. Most people spend far longer thinking about starting than th...
21/09/2026

The hardest rep is the one where you decide to come at all.
Most people spend far longer thinking about starting than the starting actually takes. Weeks, sometimes months, of meaning to, of telling themselves they will when things calm down or when they feel a bit fitter first. The getting fitter is the thing the sessions are for. You do not need to arrive ready.
If you have been circling the idea for a while, this is your reminder that the thinking is the hard part, and you have already done most of it.🦋

Strength, controlled. People think of Pilates as gentle, and miss what is actually happening. Holding this position take...
19/09/2026

Strength, controlled.
People think of Pilates as gentle, and miss what is actually happening. Holding this position takes real strength, the deep, controlled kind that works the muscles you cannot see rather than the ones that show. There is no momentum here, nothing to swing into. Just the body held and moved with precision.
This is the strength that holds your posture up, protects your back, and makes everyday movement feel easier. It does not look like effort from the outside. It is.🦋

A lat pulldown, working the muscles of the back and shoulders that most of us stopped using properly years ago. Pulling ...
15/09/2026

A lat pulldown, working the muscles of the back and shoulders that most of us stopped using properly years ago.
Pulling strength matters more than people realise. It is what holds your posture up against a day spent hunched over a desk or a phone. It is what makes carrying, lifting and reaching feel easy rather than effortful. And it is one of the movements that quietly fades if you never train it.
Many of the women I coach here started with almost no pulling strength at all. Within a few weeks it changes, and so does how they hold themselves. Strength is not about the gym. It is about the rest of your life being easier.🦋

This is the other space I work in. Most people know me for Pilates, but a good part of my week is spent here at The Ever...
13/09/2026

This is the other space I work in.
Most people know me for Pilates, but a good part of my week is spent here at The Everstrong Gym, coaching strength. Barbells, kettlebells, proper resistance work. It is a small, private setup, not a crowded commercial gym, which is deliberate. The women I train here are not lost in a room full of people who know what they are doing. It is quiet, and it is theirs for the hour.
Strength and Pilates are not separate things in my head. They are two halves of the same picture, movement quality and the strength to use it. Most people benefit from both.🦋

11/09/2026

We were all taught to stretch by holding still before exercise. The research has changed. Dynamic stretching better helps the body prepare for what’s to come in the workout.🦋

Strength training is misunderstood, especially by women who assume it is not for them. The deadlift looks intimidating, ...
09/09/2026

Strength training is misunderstood, especially by women who assume it is not for them.
The deadlift looks intimidating, but it is one of the most useful things you can learn: how to pick something up off the floor without your back paying for it. The details on the image are what make it safe. The setup is everything.
This is the other half of what I do. Not everything happens in the studio.🦋

Muscle has an image problem. People think of it as vanity, or as something for the gym-obsessed. For women in midlife it...
05/09/2026

Muscle has an image problem. People think of it as vanity, or as something for the gym-obsessed. For women in midlife it is closer to insurance.
The research is consistent. Regular strength training is linked to a significantly lower risk of death from any cause, and it becomes more important, not less, as estrogen declines through menopause. Muscle protects your bones, your metabolism, your balance, and your ability to stay independent as you age.
You do not need to train hard for this. You need to train consistently. The body responds at any age.🦋

03/09/2026

Pilates is not an abs workout. The core is the deep muscle that stabilises your spine and posture, not your six-pack. That is what makes it help with back pain and everyday movement in a way crunches never will.🦋

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