Lorna Dollery Fitness

One space available in Wednesday 8am small group (4 people) boxing class starting tomorrow 1/10.

4 week commitment. No prior experience required but basic level of fitness is recommended.

Ask and you shall receive! Kids small group class is here! 💥🥊

HOPING to start this Friday 12th but we may push it back a week if we don’t get the sign ups in time. I have at least 2 spaces open for this class. 11-14 year olds, fitness boxing (no punches to the head!) and strength & conditioning. No prior experience required. DM me!

1 spot left for Monday & Wednesday 5:45pm
2 spots left for Wednesday 8am!

✨GROUP SESSIONS ARE HERE!🥊

Small group (4 people) boxing sessions kick off Jan 8th . Sessions will run for 4 weeks and comprise of 2 classes per week for afternoon groups and 1 class per week for the morning group. These sessions will include boxing bag work and mittwork as well as full body strength & conditioning circuits and are suitable for beginners or those with some experience (but a basic fitness level is recommended to start).

Group A: Mondays & Wednesdays 4:30pm
Group B: Mondays & Wednesdays 5:45pm
Group C: Wednesdays 8:00am

I haven’t offered small groups or evening sessions in a long time! These will sell out so don’t wait.
DM for more information and to reserve your spot!💥

Tag the friends you want to train with! 🥊

✨GROUP SESSIONS ARE HERE!🥊

Small group (4 people) boxing sessions kick off Jan 8th . Sessions will run for 4 weeks and comprise of 2 classes per week for afternoon groups and 1 class per week for the morning group. These sessions will include boxing bag work and mittwork as well as full body strength & conditioning circuits and are suitable for beginners or those with some experience (but a basic fitness level is recommended to start).

Group A: Mondays & Wednesdays 4:30pm
Group B: Mondays & Wednesdays 5:45pm
Group C: Wednesdays 8:00am

I haven’t offered small groups or evening sessions in a long time! These will sell out so don’t wait.
DM for more information and to reserve your spot!💥

Tag the friends you want to train with! 🥊

Do the thing…. 👏 Do it scared! 👏

Let's talk about doing scary things and why I'm 34 years old with swimming medals hanging in my childhood home and I'm taking an "adult learn to swim class".

I "can swim"… but I also can't really swim... I don't know what happened between my childhood and now but something scared me along the journey and my fear of swimming has compounded over the years to the point where I just avoid it as much as possible. Swimming makes me feel panicked and as anyone will tell you, the worst thing you can do in the water is panic. So I just don't do it... even though not being a strong swimmer and living on an island doesn't really align.

Learning anything as an adult is often terrifying. There aren't always safe spaces available to lean into the vulnerability of being an adult woman learning to swim all over again. I'm so grateful that on Nantucket we do have a safe space to do this.

It all got got me to thinking; Am I learning or am I remembering? Doesn't that apply to so many other areas of life? Our fears, insecurities and traumas are all part of our survival software and as we heal and grow through difficult or uncomfortable situations we aren't so much "learning" as we are "remembering". Remembering who we were before the trauma caused us to switch to survival mode... remembering the strength we have under the shields of protection we have put up... remembering we can do hard things even when they are scary or seem insurmountable.

Learning/remembering to swim all over again might seem like a very practical skill (and it is) but at the core, swimming feels like another form of deep healing and shadow work. And if there's anything I've learned about healing thus far it's that it's anything but comfortable. It's often wildly uncomfortable! But if you have strong support around you, it's a little bit easier to lean in and embrace the yucky parts so that you can finally uncover the really good stuff.

That's how my "remembering to swim" experience has been so far; a reminder that only by digging out from under our deepest fears can we uncover our bravest, most authentic selves.

My deep gratitude to Jim Meehan and all the volunteers at the Adult Learn to Swim program cannot be adequately put into words. Their dedication to sharing their time and expertise is making such a difference in our community; giving people confidence in a newfound or newly remembered skill and in turn helping them to heal their own fears and traumas and ultimately leading to a safer community.

In the space of a couple of weeks, I've gone from absolutely dreading going to swim class to being so excited to get back in there. Sometimes it's so scary that my entire body shakes. But sometimes I find it to be the most peaceful part of my day. Every time I leave, I feel like I've accomplished climbing the world's highest mountain.

But the most inspiring part of this program? The other adults learning to swim. I am in awe of their bravery. To take the courageous leap to step into a pool and learn (for the very first time, for some of the students) something that is steeped in so much fear and anxiety... that is truly inspirational to me. When my legs are shaking because I physically cannot seem to lift my foot to step to the edge of the diving board and jump in, I think about the courage it took for all those other students to be there and conquer their fears too. What an incredible thing it is to be able to learn a new skill as an adult! What a brave thing it is to dive into the depths of our
traumas and swim back to the surface (corny pun intended).

Is there something you have been wanting to do / learn / remember that you're fearful
of? Maybe it's a new skill, workout or sport. Maybe it's going to therapy. Maybe it's repairing a relationship. My advice? Do it. Do it scared. But if you can - do it with the support of a community you trust to hold your through the scary process.

❤️❤️❤️

On this day…🥊❤️

One year ago, me and a group of badass belles fought our hearts out to KO cancer with Haymakers for Hope. 💜 It’s an experience I will never forget and it means more to me than I can even begin to put into words.

Cheers to every single person ‘in my corner’ who helped me through the insane journey that was training for and coming down from this experience. Endlessly grateful to my coach Jeff Wahtola and training partners and to every single person who donated to help me raise $23,000.50 for this cause. Those who know me well know what this all meant for my personal journey and the opportunity to be part of at that time was a gift I will forever be grateful for. And of course, shoutout to my opponent Serena Cates for giving me a tough fight.

What a year! Gratitude for all of it. 🙌🏼💜

📷 Pro pics by Rachel G Photography and Lindsay Hite Photography

🚨Nantucketers! Exciting news!🚨

We’re kicking off a series of monthly pop-up Heavy Bags classes with me this Friday October 14th at Nantucket Cycling + Fitness

SO excited!!! I haven’t taught this class since before the pandemic and I’ve been craving that kickass group energy in one of my favorite fitness spaces! NCF community, I’ve missed you!

Join me 10/14 at 4:30pm and let’s see those 1-2’s!

(It’s heavy bag class but y’all know I’ll be bringing my mitts for a little special one-on-one action too. See you there!🥊)