Do The Work HQ

Kirsty led another awesome Team Training session on Saturday.

We run this session every Saturday at 07:00.

Many people pull their faces when they hear the time initially but after they give it a go they love it.

It keeps them 'honest' on a Friday and once complete on a Saturday they leave the gym with a smile and with the rest of the day ahead of them.

Pop us a message if you'd like to join us next Saturday for a complimentary trial session - beginners welcome 🙌

Paternity leave draws to a close for me as I return to work officially on Wednesday.

I find it incredibly tough to switch off ordinarily and I only take time off if I'm going on holiday somewhere so I was worried about how I'd fare,

it's safe to say my attention has been completely on my girls and I've loved every minute 💖

The real superstar of the show is behind the camera ❤️

With all that said, I'm looking forward to getting stuck back in at HQ.

A big thank you to:

Kirsty .work.fitness
Lucy
& Nev

for holding the fort.

As for HQ, I'm fired up and ready to go again, the world definitely looks different now, but that's simply more fuel to continue to to impact lives of local people.

After all...

If you can't do it for you, will you for them?

The first step to changing your life isn't joining a gym.

It's not buying new trainers.

It's not downloading another meal plan or app.

The first step is stopping believing the stories you've been telling yourself.

"I'm too far gone."

"I never stick to anything."

"I don't have the time."

"I've tried everything."

"I'm just not motivated."

Most of the women I work with have been repeating those stories for years.

The problem is, eventually you stop seeing them as stories and start seeing them as facts.

They're not facts.

They're excuses that have been repeated so many times that they've become your identity.

Real change starts when you decide that this time you're not quitting at the first sign of difficulty.

Because it will get difficult.

You'll have busy weeks.

You'll miss workouts.

You'll have days where you can't be bothered.

You'll go on holiday.

You'll have weekends where things aren't perfect.

That's normal.

The difference is that successful people don't use those moments as permission to give up.

They accept that the journey won't be perfect and keep going anyway.

They also accept that some of their decisions will look different from the people around them.

You might choose a walk when your friends choose the sofa.

You might go to the gym before work while others stay in bed.

You might say no to the third glass of wine.

You might choose to spend money on coaching instead of another takeaway.

And that's okay.

Because if you want a different life, you have to make different decisions.

The good news?

You don't need to be perfect.

You don't need more motivation.

You don't need another Monday.

You just need to stop telling yourself the story that you always quit.

Because the moment you stop believing that story...

Everything changes.

One of the biggest mistakes I see people make when trying to lose weight, get fit or improve their health is taking advice from people who have never actually done it themselves.

The colleague who hasn't exercised in years.

The friend who starts every Monday and quits every Friday.

The family member who tells you that you don't need to go to the gym, that diets don't work, that you'll never stick to it, or that you're obsessed because you've said no to a takeaway.

Everyone has an opinion.

Very few have the results.

Imagine wanting to climb a mountain and taking directions from someone who's never left the car park.

Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it?

Yet people do it every day with their health.

The truth is that when you decide to improve yourself, some people will support you, but others will try to pull you back towards the life they're comfortable with.

Not because they're bad people.

But because your actions make them question their own.

So before you take advice from someone, ask yourself:

"Have they achieved what I want to achieve?"

If the answer is no, be careful how much weight you give to their opinion.

Take advice from people who have built healthy habits.

Take advice from people who exercise consistently.

Take advice from people who have lost the weight and kept it off.

Take advice from coaches who have helped hundreds of people do the same.

Most importantly, don't let someone else's limitations become your future.

You don't need everyone's approval.

You just need to keep showing up and continue to .

We have so got you baby girl 💖

I'm sure many people looks at PT's and think they find fitness stuff easy,

and it's true that we do find it easier than someone who doesn't love it and has always struggled with it,

but trust me when I tell you we find it tough to feel motivated just like you do, but we have conditioned ourselves to show up anyway, although there are also days where we do not show up.

The treks I did to Machu Picchu and Everest Base Camp provided me with memories for a lifetime and amazing photos of the completed missions.

But it was a journey for both of them and they were days within those treks where it was incredibly difficult,

not just with the altitude but with gut issues possibly linked to altitude and food that in one case kept me and my buddy Craig up most of the night,

that then made the next day incredibly tough, but we did it.

Sometimes you do have to push through, sometimes you do need to prove a point and not listen to the whining voice in your head,

because if you do allow yourself to give in to that voice, you'll never achieve anything.

The truth is, we are all capable of more than we can comprehend,

and for some, joining a gym or committing to a health & fitness regime can feel like their Mount Everest,

but that doesn't mean they can't do it.

But ultimately it is a choice, and if you make the decision to then it will be harder than you've ever imagined,

but it WILL be worth it.

Will you take the call for adventure?

Awesome Team Training this morning at HQ 💪

What a way to set up the bank holiday weekend in the sun 🌞

The fitness industry has convinced women they are:

- Hormonally broken
- Incapable of losing weight after 40
- Unable to get results without supplements
- Victims of “high cortisol”
- In need of another pink-labelled product

And honestly?
A lot of it is complete BS.

“Creatine for women” is just creatine.

Collagen is being marketed like magic dust.

And now apparently every woman on Instagram has a cortisol problem that can only be solved by buying someone’s supplement stack.

Meanwhile the REAL issues are often:
- Too little movement
- Too much junk food
- Too much alcohol
- Inconsistency
- Sleep all over the place
- Lack of structured exercise & strength training

That’s not as sexy to market though is it?

The truth is…
Most women don’t need another fad.

They need:
- To move more
- To eat better quality food
- To drink less booze
- To be more consistent
- To have a consistent sleep routine (inc weekend)
- To move more & strength train consistently

That’s what actually changes lives long term.
Not fear mongering from influencers earning commission.

At DoTheWorkHQ we don't sell you BS, we don't hide the truth from you or try to pull the wool over your eyes, we give you the tools and support for you to do the basics more often.

We stand against anyone who is trying to tell you (or sell) anything that isn't the truth.

We also stand against shake diets and the clowns that promote them but that's a conversation for another day.

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Most people will clap for you at the start.

“Good for you.”
“You’ve got this.”
“I wish I had your motivation.”

And they’ll clap for you at the end too.

When you’ve lost the weight.
When your confidence is back.
When you’re wearing clothes you avoided before.
When you’re doing things you never thought you could do.

But the bit nobody talks about enough…

Is the middle.

The hard, boring, repetitive middle.

The dark mornings when you can’t be bothered.
The evenings where you want to order the takeaway.
The weekends where everyone else is drinking and you’re trying to stay on track.
The moments where the scales don’t budge.
The moments where life gets busy and your brain tells you to quit again.

That’s the part where nobody claps.

In fact, sometimes the same people who supported you at the start will question you in the middle.

“You’re obsessed.”
“Go on, one won’t hurt.”
“You’ve changed.”

And this is why so many people stop.

Because they expected the journey to feel exciting all the time.

But real change is built in the middle.

Not when motivation is high.
Not when everyone is cheering you on.
Not when the results are already there.

It’s built in the moments where nobody is watching and you still choose to show up anyway.

That’s what truly separates the people who change their life from the people who keep starting over.

The ability to keep going when nobody claps.

That’s what it means to