Because I Can Fitness

Our Sister Sled is BACK 🙌

Our Sister Sled has been away having modifications because her maker didn’t give her a decent set of ski shoes 🤪

I got her sorted, she’s up and about and ready to do her best do make us girls work hard and be strong…. Because she can!!! 💪

Our HIIT & LIFT sessions are on Monday and Friday evenings and can be found in the app 🔗 above. They get booked up because what’s not to love…. LIFTING WEIGHTS AND CARDIO…. BOOM what a combo!! 😎

You can also find the super popular LADIES WHO LIFT sessions in the app too which have been running for six years now!! I can’t believe they have been going that long! 😀

I hope to see you lifting soon, it’s the best gift you will ever give yourself 🏋🏻‍♀️

This photo sums up what Because I Can Fitness is all about.

A group of incredible women who decided to say “yes” to something they had never done before and took on one of the toughest fitness races around Deadly Dozen

Some competed as pairs 👭
Some tackled the quad relay 👭👭
Two even took it on solo! 💥

Watching everyone run around the track, cheer each other into every station, celebrate every finish and lift each other through the tough moments was really something else!

It was never about being the fastest. It was about being brave enough to give it a go.

The support, the laughter, the nerves, the high fives, the finish line hugs… it was everything fitness should be.

I couldn’t be prouder of every single woman in this photo, you represent us all back in the gym and are absolutely AWESOME 🤩

Who’s in for the next one?! 🔥🏃‍♀️💪

This is Pat 🩷

Pat chooses to stay active.

Pat lifts weights with her young daughter. It is so cool when mums and daughters workout together. She gardens. She walks every day. She enjoys fitness classes, walking with friends, and even spends her time crocheting baby blankets for premature babies.

She understands that exercise isn’t about chasing a number on the scales, it’s about investing in the future.

Because muscle matters.

As we age, strength helps us stay independent. It helps with balance, stability, getting up from a chair, carrying the shopping… or, as Pat says when we’re doing farmers carries, “carrying the potatoes!” (Pat is Irish afterall!!) 🥔💪

We should all be training for our old lady body.

Not because we’re getting old, but because we want to stay capable, confident and independent for as long as possible.

Pat is doing exactly that.

And she’s not ready for that old lady body yet because Pat is only 80 something! 🤪

Be like Pat 💓

Ps, when I grow up I want to be like Pat 💖

This weekend I attended the most affirming training course with Neuro Fit 🧠 🏋🏻‍♀️

Learning directly from founder Nikki Penny Clinic real highlight. Her approach to strength training and neurological rehabilitation aligns so closely with my own values and beliefs 🏋🏻‍♀️ I no longer feel like I am on own ringing the strength 🔔 for this population 🙌

Seeing the Power & Performance Pyramid presented through a neurological lens and having meaningful discussions around resistance and strength training for people with neurological conditions was incredibly refreshing. It’s exciting to see strength training taking its rightful place in neuro rehab and performance.

I also managed a very warm and busy run along the seafront to Brighton pier too. Well, I couldn’t miss the opportunity! 😂

Friday night at the bar 🏋🏻‍♀️

The best bar in town 😃

Finishing another Hyrox feels like this!! 🙌

Olympia…. Was EPIC 😎

Your vibe attracts your tribe 🏋️‍♀️🧡

The girls got up early and did a timed DEKA STRONG this morning. And those who couldn’t participate? They supported and cheered, LOUD 📣

What did you do bright and early on this super sunny Sunday morning? ☕️ 🏋️‍♀️🧡

⭐️ This is Anna ⭐️

Anna has been lifting with me consistently three times per week for the last two years. No shortcuts. No magic tricks. Just showing up, putting in the work, and trusting the process.

In that time Anna has gained strength, confidence, and a real lease for life that she hadn’t felt for many, many years.

And here’s a little mind-blowing fact… in those two years Anna has lost the equivalent weight of an average adult female. Yes, really. (Sure, there are lots of criteria there… but I’ll let you do the maths!) 💥

But the really cool bit? It’s not just about the numbers 🤚

Anna has become a HUGE inspiration to the ladies in our gym. Whatever their age, shape, starting point, or strength level. She shows up, works hard, cheers others on, and proves what consistency and an ego to do better can do 😉

And… I will happily keep putting Anna on the highest of pedestals because Anna deserves that space 🥰

Also, fun fact ➡️ the weight on this bar isn’t even Anna’s PB anymore 😮

That was so last week! 😎

Be like Anna ❤️

This is Louis 😎

Louis wants to be a gladiator on TV and he certainly works out like one 💪

Every session, every lift, every run… he shows up ready to battle. Not against anyone else, but against yesterday’s version of himself.

Since Louis has been with me Louis has become fitter, stronger, and healthier, physically and mentally. Growth like that is contagious just like his personality and taste in music, think 👸 🎸 with the volume up and that’s Louis! 😁

Louis now loves to run and lift, really loves it! And when it comes to deadlifts and bench pressing? That’s his arena. Give him a barbell and a goal and watch him light up. The determination. Gladiator energy, every single time 🤩

Louis is neurodivergent and very AWESOME 🤩 In my opinion, and in my experience, everyone has an element of neurodivergence, if that’s what we are calling the difference in how each of us learns. Because no two brains process information in exactly the same way.

Coaching isn’t about labelling. It’s about understanding. It’s about finding someone’s trigger, their method of interpretation. The way they see, feel, and understand a new skill.

When you take the time to demonstrate differently… explain differently… connect differently… that’s when the breakthrough happens.

Louis doesn’t need limits. He needs opportunity. Clarity. Belief.

And once he has that? Louis thrives ❤️

Strength isn’t just physical. It’s persistence. It’s courage. It’s turning up when things feel hard.

⭐️ Be like Louis🦸🏻‍♂️

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