Sierra Sparksman - Sparkle Fitness

TERM 3 BOOKINGS ARE OFFICIALLY LIVE!
Ready to find your sparkle this winter? Whether you want the energy of a group or the precision of 1-1 coaching, your journey starts here. Term 3 kicks off on Monday, July 20th, and I'm ready for you!

✨ GROUP CLASSES (Karori Studio)
Our community is growing fast! Thursday is already SOLD OUT, but I have limited spaces left in our Mon, Tue, Wed, and Fri sessions.

🔥 NEW TO SPARKLE? Grab a $10 TRIAL SPOT for our first week! Come and experience the MumSafe™ difference before you commit to the term.

🏋️‍♀️ RARE OPPORTUNITY: 1-1 PERSONAL TRAINING
I currently have TWO 1-1 Personal Training spots available in my private studio. These spots are rare and don't come up often!

If you are navigating an injury, have a specific goal (like the Wellington Marathon!), or simply want a 100% tailored approach to your strength and health, this is for you.

Why Sparkle Fitness?
As a MumSafe™ Trainer, I don’t just give you a workout. I give you a plan that respects your body, your pelvic health, and your busy life. No judgment, no "big gym" intimidation—just real results for real mums.
👇 HOW TO BOOK:
🔗 Group Classes & $10 Trials: https://tinyurl.com/2crrerrb
📩 1-1 Personal Training: Send me a DM or email [email protected] to claim one of the 2 spots!

Don’t wait—once these spots are gone, they’re gone for the term!

It is easy to second guess yourself - everyone has a different way of training an approaching their race week. The important thing is to listen to your body and do what you have practiced. Don't get distracted this week by the fancy workouts or suddenly change your diet based on an influencer!

Swipe through my top tips for race week and book your race debrief call to go into the draw to win a month's free coaching and a physio consultation thanks to Pelvic Health Physiotherapy! https://tinyurl.com/ayuhmb22

Wellington Marathon Pelvic Health Physiotherapy

It's race week for the Gazley Volkswagen Wellington Marathon! This week I'm going to take you through some tips to help you get to the start line fresh and ready to go. And also remind you of what not to do in the final week!

The first thing is make sure you have your race day breakfast sorted:
✅ you have what you want to eat (especially if you are traveling)
✅ you have practiced eating the same thing before your long runs (and it worked)
✅ stick to what you know and nothing new on race day 💩

Download my run even checklist to make sure you have everything ticked off - https://www.sparklefitness.co.nz/runningchecklist
Wellington Marathon

Term 3 is just around the corner, and if you’ve been thinking about joining a class… this is your heads up.

The timetable will remain the same as this term, and already:
Thursday (Strong Mums) is FULL (pending final payments)
→ There is already a waitlist started

For Sparkle Together classes (Mon, Wed, Fri):
Trial spots will be opening soon, but these are limited and only available:
• until classes fill
• or within the first 4 weeks of term

And as always people on the waitlist gets first access.

If you want the best chance of securing a spot (especially for Thursday or popular times), make sure you’re on the list.

👉 Comment or send me a message with “WAITLIST” and I’ll send you the details.

Two weeks out from race day, and that little voice in your head is probably screaming, "DO MORE!" 🤯 But what if the secret to your best performance is actually... doing less? Welcome to The Art of the Taper!

Wellington Marathon

Photo credit: Meg Ferry

👎 Mum thumb is real, it has a name and you don't have to just live with it.

De Quervain's tenosynovitis is what happens when the tendons connecting your thumb to your wrist get repeatedly loaded without enough recovery time which is essentially the entire first year of having a baby. Lifting, feeding holds, carrying, gripping. Same tendons, same direction, all day long.

Most mums I work with have been managing it in silence for a while before they mention it, usually because nobody told them it was a thing they could actually do something about. Resting where possible, icing regularly, wearing a splint to take pressure off the tendon and seeing a physio if it's been going on for more than a few weeks, that's where to start.

At Sparkle Fitness, I make sure we're not adding to the problem. We modify, build supporting strength and don't push through pain just to get a session done.

💬 Save this post and send it to a mum in your world who needs to hear that what she's feeling has a name and a fix.

When you see the MumSafe™ badge on a trainer's profile, it means they've met every one of these standards before they were allowed to carry it.

Every single one, not most of them - all five.

MumSafe is the gold standard and it exists because mums deserve exercise professionals who have prepared done the work and uphold best practice.

I chose to become a MumSafe Trainer because I believe the mums I work with deserve to know before they ever book a session that the person in front of them is educated and qualified to look after them.

If you've ever wondered what separates a MumSafe Trainer from a regular PT who works with mums this is your answer.

💬 Save this post and share it with a mum who's trying to find the right trainer. It might make that decision a whole lot easier.

After I had daughter, I found myself doing what most mums do, piecing things together from Instagram, asking my GP and midwife questions they weren't really trained to answer and honestly just guessing when it felt okay to push harder and I was already someone who had been trianing for years and had accumulated a vast amount of knowledge even before I became a PT and coach. It was one of the reasons why I decided to focus on postpartum training when I first became a trainer.

That experience was uncomfortable in the best possible way, because it made me want to understand it properly not just for myself, but for every mum who would ever train with me.

Becoming a MumSafe Trainer meant learning more, getting a proper pre and postnatal certification and the right insurance, building a real relationship with a pelvic health physio. Committing to ongoing education so I'm not working from information that's 5 years out of date.

It changed how I coach and it changed how I think about what mums actually need from a trainer versus what most of them are getting.

You deserve someone who got the education, understands the journey and is fully prepared to support you - that's what I'm here for.

💬 If you're a trying to figure out where to start or where to start again, send me a message.