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There’s a lot going on over here at Juliet’s Pilates HQ.
To find out that we are up to, what we’ve been up to and what is coming, head to my weekly Latest news. Link here in bio 🔝
#weeklywrapup #latestnews #wearenearly5 #nonesoeasytodelude #fibsarefab
“Those six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing,
Your mind they’ll ease,
Your will they’ll mend
And charge you not a shilling”.
Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, “What the river knows” 1990.
It’s the simple things. Take this with you into your weekend and see if you can find time for exercise and movement, fresh air, good nutrition, lots of water and plenty of rest 💕
Health is wealth 🙏
#itsthelittlethings #sixdoctorsofhealth #sunshinewaterrestandair #exerciseanddiet #healthiswealth💕
Wait until Monday?
Wait til the weather improves.
Wait until you’re not so busy.
Wait until the kids are at school.
Wait until the days are longer.
Wait until you’ve finished tidying the house/garden/sorted the loft…
WHY WAIT? Why not start NOW 💥
There will always be other distractions and drains on our time.
In fact, starting NOW while we’re “too busy” is the best time as it teaches us how to schedule our time and fit in stepping away for some exercise and care for ourselves ….we can always find time to do all those other “essential” tasks so why not make a little daily exercise part of that?
Don’t have a whole hour? No matter! Who does? 10 mins skipping or 20 squats and 10 pushups…. 5 mins breath work and mindfulness… 15 mins stretch and relax…. Once you start, you will almost certainly find you can add just a couple more minutes on….
Conscience check - if you really are too busy, why not write down every day, how long you spend on mindless scrolling …. All that time laughing at cats doing funny things and sharing reels of people falling over in embarrassing situations really adds up… I challenge you to see just how long you really spend doing mindless crap… still “too busy?”
Why wait for one day? How about TODAY - busy/bored, rainy, work stress, half term and kids at home… why not make today DAY ONE 🤛🏻
Look after YOU… because no one else has time to 💕
#onedayordayone #starttoday #startnow #lookafteryou #loveyou #10minsaday #toobusyreally?
Pure Pilates (with choice of levels), Small equipment, Pilates Fusion, Strength training, Stretch and mobility, Technique workshops, …
We have a huge library with hundreds of classes to include all the above…our snack bar, guest teachers, specialist joint strength and mobility focus and I really look forward to adding our Teatime Talks this year to the ones we already have available from our guest specialists.
The library is a large part of our membership benefits from going online 5 years ago and is constantly being updated, refreshed and added to!
SO much more than Pilates ❤️ but we love Pilates the most ❤️
All available to all members 24/7 on demand.
#onlineworks #comeandjoinus
#liveonlineondemand #pilateslibrary
Mole mapping, skin cancers, how to recognise skin lesions and understanding skin care in the sun.
I’m thrilled to be bringing back my Teatime talks online.
We started this way back in lockdown and have been treated to some amazing guests and what a cracker of a guest I have to launch our 2025 series.
Join us for a stroll through Dr Sam’s “Sun Safe Skin” advice, as she talks about the sun’s effects on the skin, how to check your moles, the skin lesions to look out for and to get checked out, and how to keep your skin safe in the sun.
Dr Sam Anthony is an NHS doctor having worked as a surgeon in Dermatology for the past 20 years, specialising in the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancers.
She has lectured and taught skin surgical skills at the University of Hertfordshire, and continues to train junior doctors in skin surgery during her day job, where she is also Skin Cancer Lead.
Sam is wife of the owner of @thearchesphysio in Lymington and is hoping to bring some of her knowledge and experience to the local community too.
Breaking news! The Arches has collaborated with The Mole Mapping Clinic who are bringing their expertise from Hertfordshire and Essex to Lymington soon.
Online works. We have so much to offer so make sure you are subscribed to my mailing list.
For all info on how to join us, please head to Latest News on my website. Link in bio 🔝
Who knows? It may save someone’s life 🙏
#skincancer #molemapping #skinlesions #sunsafe #teatimetalks #joinusonline #onlineworks
My daily pleasure.
No matter how busy I am, what the weather is doing, how tired I feel, I walk with my dogs.
It’s my daily pleasure… not always when I set off but always, without fail by the time I return. I’m blessed with the company of my two furry best friends who are my constant, come what may. (Little G at my feet hence not in this pic).
I’m practising being present and mindful which involves leaving behind my earphones (and usually my phone) to really embrace my surroundings.
The only thing is that without outside interference and distraction is when I’m at my most creative (apparently that’s why so many great ideas are hatched in the shower!) so if you see me amongst the gorse, trying out a new push up sequence or seeing if I can link multiple moves, just walk on by…I’m fine, it’s fine… I’m just getting bombarded with ideas that I then need to hold in my head until I get home to add to my notebook 💕
#newforest #lovewhereilive #beautifulbertie #hunkymonkey #labradors #labrador #labradorable
Abracadabra! How to get a burn using just the weight of your arms… be warned - your arms will get very heavy 🤣
Try to aim for around 15 reps of each and 3 rounds to feel the 🔥
Standing can add challenge as you need to be connected to your core to remain stable so why not start seated and progress to high kneel or standing.
10 mins. Done and dusted!
Have fun 😘😘
#armswithoutweights #shortandsweet #bodyweightexercise #sculptedarms #feeltheburn🔥
Amandaland @bbciplayer
Absolutely brilliant from start to finish 💕
#amandaland #joannalumley #lucypunch
A little Saturday loveliness @thearchesphysio today.
We had strength, mobility, barre inspired Pilates, Yoga, drinks, snacks and chats and a fun, friendly few hours on a cold and rainy Saturday.
We turn a functional gym space into our wellness space in our Lymington Physiotherapy clinic, supported by a team of expert and hugely experienced physios, surgeons, therapists, and clinicians (as well as premier league football shirts) and I love being a very small part of this superb facility.
Always a joy to catch up with @flow_and_glow_pilates and @permittedtopause and amazing to catch up with blast from the past @breathewithjojo
Watch out for details on March’s Serenity Saturday or register your interest at The Arches.
Enjoy your weekend and thank you for having me 💕
#serenitysaturday #saturdayworkshop #pilatesbarreyoga #wellnessinlymington
What do you do with a fitband?
Well, there are loads of exercises that they can add challenge and variety to but one massive game changer I love to use them for is the (oft. dreaded) press-up.
(Provided there are no shoulder problems lurking) I’d say pretty much anyone can improve their press up technique with the “trampoline” effect support of the humble fit band and it can really help with understanding how to perform the move as well as building confidence.
They are cheap, available in different resistance strengths and easy to store. (Pic from @decathlonuk , Southampton this week).
Loads more hacks and tips where that came from. You’re very welcome 🥰
#fitband #pressup #exercisehacks #modiffytogetitright @decathlonuk
A little Sunday Shoulder Bridge sequence.
There are so many ways to play around with this exercise to swap focus from mobility and articulation to strength and control.
Take away both arms to challenge stability. Add single leg extension to increase core focus and bring in toe taps or single leg stretch to add focus, precision, control, coordination and variety. Just by changing from a bent knee to a straight leg or from toe to floor taps to leg extension, we can really change the focus and challenge.
Keep your hips stable and inline and enjoy using the power of your breath to help with control and stability as well as to help with consistency in your movement.
We ❤️ Pilates and we ❤️ being creative!
Have a super Sunday 💕
#sundaysequence #shoulderbridge #pilatesonthescreen #onlineworks #getcreative #varythosemoves #thinkoutsidethebox
“Doing a Linda”
I’m a newcomer to @ukthetraitors and thought it was hilarious when Linda swivelled to look at Claudia and almost gave herself away before they had even started.
When I’m teaching Spine Twist, I’m always reminding of how the movement originates at the thoracic spine and the head should follow not lead the movement… so looking over one shoulder is incorrect…. From now on, I’ll keep it simple and just remind you to avoid “Doing a Linda” 🤣
#spinetwist #doingalinda #traitors #lindainthetraitors #thetraitors
Not every move suits every body. There are so many ways to adapt, modify, break it down, build it differently.
Get creative! Maybe take a lying move to standing to challenge balance or take a standing move to the mat for a change in focus.
I love trying to take familiar moves through a different plane of movement which can be a totally different experience.
Sometimes, it’s just not right for you. No matter! Think outside the box. Get creative!
As long as it’s safe, effective and has a purpose, why not mix it up? 🥰
#pilatesmashup #getyourbodymoving #takeittothemat #standtolietosit #changetheplane #onlineworks
Rock and roll into Sunday.
1. Curl up into bridge. Lots of core focus with control - well at least some control - you may find yourself pushing further and further back up your mat!
Try to use abs strength into your curl up rather than momentum!
2. Roll up - slower with long legs to anchor you, and more focus on spinal articulation into the Reverse plank (by any other name).
There are so many ways to break these moves down, adapt, modify and build back up. Try doing just curl ups, then just hip thrusts, then connect the 2.
Get comfortable with your roll ups before linking another move - I teach the Leg pull up/supine/ reverse plank with bent knees and feet on floor to start with. Watch you keep the strength in your glutes and back extensor muscles and build a powerful “posterior chain” to avoid loading your shoulder joints.
The hardest part? Finding the right angle and height for my camera! It’s a challenge. With limited space, trying to stay in portrait without chopping off my feet. Drives me mad 🤣
Reels take A LOT more work than you might think 😵💫
Happy Sunday 💕
#legpullprone #curlup #shoulderbridge #rollupintolegpullprone #iamasweatybetty #reelsareharderthanyouthink
Pilates with small weights.
I think this is one of my favourite classes to teach and practise.
I talk a lot about how we can see our Pilates skills enabling better technique and form in our weight training classes and likewise, from lifting weights how much more we can achieve in our Pilates.
Using even small 1kg weights can add a huge challenge and variety to our traditional Pilates moves and throwing in some high rep ranges and some sequences and those baby weights become giants!!
Technique is always our primary focus but I love variety and getting creative and even the strongest warrior can be reduced to tears using light weights and practising Pilates.
If in doubt, slow down, go lighter, do fewer but keep at it… the gains are right there, waiting for you ❤️
#pilateslightweights #weightsandpilates #iamasweatybetty #onlineworks #pilateswithsmallweights #buildstrengththepilatesway
January. Bleuchhhh…
Why do we have to do tax returns in the darkest, most miserable month?
It’s dark ALL day long, Summer is 2 years away and resolutions are mocking us from wherever we scribbled them down, full of anticipation and enthusiasm.
Now is the easiest time to make excuses and pack up and now is EXACTLY the time to dig deep, have a little more self belief and keep pushing on.
Just keep turning up.
Maybe today won’t be a PB or worthy of a strava post but just keep turning up.
Whatever you achieve will be more than if your excuses took over and you skipped the session. Whatever you do,
JUST KEEP TURNING UP ❤️
#justkeepturningup #beyourbestyou #dontgiveupnow! #littleandoften
The soft ball. It looks so harmless but it’s quite a weapon!
It is one of my favourite pieces of small equipment as there are so many ways to adapt our familiar moves as well as to bring in different challenges to mix it up.
Sometimes we focus on the squeeze, sometimes on holding as lightly as possible… I could honestly teach this all day long!
Here are a small handful of exercises from our 8am class last Thursday, with a whole new class headed your way this week.
Whether you are looking for assistance or resistance… challenge or support.. this little weapon will really mix it up and as always, there are a multitude of ways to adapt and modify 😘
#pilatesontheball #smallequipment #softballpilateswork #rollinglikeaball #singlelegstretch #doublelegstretch #doublelegtoetaps #doublelegstraightstretch @lululemon
TBT little Panda the Pilates Wonderdog, quite rightly taking centre stage!!
When we had classes in my studio here, do you remember how he would creep in and sit on your mat?
We miss him 💙
#jackrusselsdopilates #pandathepilateswonderdog #pilatesinbeaulieu #jackrussell #jackrussellsofinstagram
As we head into our FIFTH year online, I thought I would touch base to remind you of the many benefits of why
ONLINE WORKS!
Our classes are nothing like following You Tube or a video from Instagram. We are up at the screen regularly watching, correcting and working with you. I’m on the end of the phone or happy to do a quick FaceTime for any concerns or queries.
Want some more reasons?
For £45 per month
🤸🏼 Join any and EVERY one of our 8 live weekly classes
🤸🏼 Choose pure mat, weights and strength, full body stretch and mobility - we have so much choice
🤸🏼 No traffic jams/parking issues
🤸🏼 Join your class no matter what the weather is doing
🤸🏼 We accept bed hair and Pyjamas!
🤸🏼 Keep up with your classes wherever you are on holiday/staying with family/having to wait in at home
🤸🏼 We take requests to make sure we cover everything you want, for example “happy hips”, “how to work those abs without achey neck”, “how to really understand imprint”, “the how to avoid a knee replacement exercises” and LOADS more!
🤸🏼 We have an ever growing library that is split into collections such as Strength, Pure Mat Pilates (different levels), Back care, Abs focus, Guest Teachers and we also have “The Snackbar” where we have short 10/15 min classes for a quick hit - all included in the membership price
🤸🏼 Every class opens 15 mins early if you fancy a chat before hand
🤸🏼 We have regular challenges and masses of variety to keep you motivated and inspired
🤸🏼 Cheeky extra classes added
🤸🏼 I have 20 years’ experience as a Level 4 teacher and 6 years as a teacher trainer and Clare is an exceptional teacher with 6 years’ teaching experience so you are in very experienced hands
🤸🏼 I am committed to my own personal development and attend training courses every year
Want to know more? DM for details on how to have a trial week of classes and if you already attend and I’ve forgotten to mention something, pls comment below!
We are growing year on year - that speaks for itself!!
See you online soon! Keep it simple, easily accessible and affordable and that makes it sustainable 💕
Photos @becky_takes_photos
@flow_and_glow_pilates #onlineworks
Open leg Rocker is a lot harder in ski boots 🤣
Chose to have a complete soash medya break for a week but got a quick vid just to keep one toe in the game 😘
Just about managed a pause between reps!!
#openlegrocker #pilatesinthesnow #pilatesandskiing #zellamseekaprun #lastchristmasremix #altegomusic
I hope everyone has had a really lovely Christmas. This is that weird week when we are not sure what day it is, have cheese and crackers for breakfast, eat Yule log for lunch and think it’s perfectly ok to add Baileys to our morning coffee… (just me then ? 🤣)…
Thought I’d quickly touch base with a head’s up for the New Year, as I have lots up my sleeve!
2025 “live classes” timetable will look like this ⬇️
08.45 ALL LEVELS technique class - idenitifying how to avoid a knee replacement or getting those grumpy hips working or getting more movement in your spine…... I have a theme for each class and have taken requests (thank you!!)
We are going to get that thoracic spine moving better so that you CAN curl up without your neck aching; we are going to make those glutes and quads SO STRONG to help avoid knee replacements; we are going to do hip specific strength and mobility for general functional movement..
Tuesdays 8am PURE mat. Traditional mat work that will lenghten, strengthen and challenge - mixed ability
Tuesdays 9am Functional Strength. ALL LEVELS. Always have all your weights and bands as we go into our third year of lifting weights and building strength (always SUCH a popular class)
Wed 8am - Clare will tell you more but this is her class and it’s always excellent!
Thurs 8am Pilates funk. Maybe sequences or the wall or light weights. Be prepared for any of the above. Mixed ability.
Thurs 9am Pure mat, all levels. Covering all the tradional moves with adaptations and ways to adjust to help you grow strong, feel better balanced and have improved range of movement.
Fri 8am - could be HIIT, could be Circuits (have all weights and small equipment handy) - it’s ALWAYS really tough and don’t worry, our weights work will always feature - another very popular class.
Fri 9am Full body mobility and stretch using bands, rollers or just our mat. A wrap up after the week to make sure we stretch and mobilise and include some breath work.
Lots of the classes will be recorded and added to our ever growing library.
Full, new timetable starts 6/1/25
Want to join us?We are a great community! Link 🔗in bio 💕
#liftweightstofeelgreat #pilatesfusion
And a gentle, full body stretchhhhhh to wrap it up…: with the camera quite brilliantly in the wrong place again 👊🏻👊🏻
Another 45 min class although you wouldn’t think so from this!
2 classes to go before the big HoHo 🎄🎅🏻
Stretch, mobility and breath work…. Please do 5 mins EVERY day to keep you ticking over and bendy 💕
#fridaystretch #fridaywinddown #fullbodystretch #mobilityandbreath #breathwork
The 12 Moves of Christmas.
It was tough but we sort of loved it! 45 min non stop pure mat Pilates ❤️❤️
Particular skill on my part to put the camera in the wrong place but there it is!
Well done everyone. That was 💥🔥
#pilatesonline #christmasexercise #lastfriday #pilatesonthemat
Weekly wrap up. Week 50.
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day Tsunami, I chose to share some of my story.
Also what’s coming up next week, what’s new in the library and a few other bits and bobs.
Link in bio ⬆️
#tsunami #boxingdaytsunami2004 #boxingdaytsunami #tsunamisurvivors #srilanka #20thanniversary
Week 6! The last week in our 6 week Strength challenge.
A selection of what we have to get through today.
➡️ Stand up to kneel
➡️ Sumo squat (deadlift)
➡️ Plank to pike (added bonus of hamstring stretch after deadlifting)
➡️ Row single single double double
➡️ narrow Triceps push up to plank
➡️ Shoulder press with pivot
➡️ One leg weighted bridge with single leg extension
➡️ Hi Lo plank
Repeat TWICE more within 7 days to put this challenge to bed in time for the big Ho Ho!
Variations and modifications always offered throughout with loads of teaching and guidance. Want to feel STRONG 💪🏻? Come and join us on the mat online. All this goes up in your library along with yesterday’s All levels mat Pilates class, Tuesday functional strength, The 12 moves of Christmas…. There is so much for you to choose from.
See you on the mat 💕
#pilatesonline #weightsonline #pilatesmeetsstrengthtraining #womenliftweights #powerfulwomen #liftweightstoloseweight #strongbodystrongmind
The 12 Moves of Christmas ….
Pure mat Pilates with a festive twist. EVERY time I teach this class I worry that I haven’t included enough content and we are going to finish too early and EVERY time I teach this class, I then worry that we are not going to get through it all!
It never gets any easier, does it? That put a big dollop of c.v. into the mix this morning 🤣🥵
Who joined me this morning? Did you “love” it? Don’t worry - all recorded and going in the library tonight!!
The magic of Pilates… with a side helping of festive cheer 🤣💥👊🏻
Thank you @thearchesphysio for the photos! 😘
#the12movesofChristmas #pilatesmeetschristmas #pilatesgetsacardiohit #12pilatesmoves #12pilatesmovesofchristmas
Festive Health Snacks.
As we head into the festivities, we are likely to eat and drink a lot more. Rich foods, alcohol and less activity can lead to a lot of inflammation and pain.
Inflammation will cause more pain if we don’t mobilise and those joints get stiff and then hurt so think of some simple, really accessible ways to take your spine through movement and bring in some hip and shoulder moves too.
I KNOW IT’S BORING but please keep drinking water… dehydrated bodies are more likely to be achey and inflamed and we feel lethargic as well as our digestive systems being sluggish.
Have a large jug of water in the kitchen and another on the dining table and chuck in some lemon, lime, apple and cucumber chunks. Every time you top up your wine glass or go to put on the kettle, drink a large glass of room temp. water. You will feel fresher, be less likely to get headaches and be more alert. You may need to get up in the night for the loo which is very boring but far preferable to that thumping head and sluggish mood in the morning.
Keep it simple and try to make it a habit.
Drink water, mobilise and move and feel FABULOUS throughout the festivities 💕
(Can’t help you with family headaches - get out and walk in the fresh air every day to just…. Breathe! 🙏💕)
LOVE this track but this version sounds more creepy than christmasy!
#christmashacks #festivehealthsnacks #staymobile #drinkwater #keephydrated #lookafteryou!
There are you! Done! 30 mins in the bank.
Sunday Stocking filler. Now we can get on with our day, mobilised, stretched and all in the time it takes to make some coffee and butter some toast 😉
Great turnout! Thank you for your company 💕
Have a happy Sunday 😘
#sundayonline #stockingfillers #sundaymoveandmobilise
Weekly wrap up. Week 49. The one where @jojeharvey mentioned me in Coronation Street… and other ramblings! (Nothing to do with Pilates or exercise. What a refreshing change)
Link in bio ⬆️
Have a great weekend 💕
#coronationstreet #juliettheshowjumper #weeklywrapup #whatscomingup #week49
Our third annual Christmas lunch….
We started meeting for Pilates online in lockdown, lots of us having never met in person and here we are, 4.5 years later, a bigger and ever growing community of true friends.
We meet multiple times a week, share stories and life’s adventures and true friendships have grown from meeting virtually on our mats.
A blended community of Pilates friends from @thearchesphysio and @limewoodhotel as well as our online collection.
Thank you all for travelling from London, Oxford, Devon, Surrey…. i hope you enjoyed today as much as I did. Sorry not to have everyone in the reel but you know who you are 🥰💕
A huge thank you @fificarrington for our brilliant mini mat tree decorations and little bags of spice 🙏💕
Thank you for making it such a happy celebration and DAMN! Check YOU OUT! Strong 💪🏻, fit, flexible and FAB U LOUSSSSS… 💕💯
lifting your weights, rolling up, rolling over, planking, lunging and Teasering your way into an even healthier 2025!
I absolutely treasure our community more than I can say. Coming up for 5 years online, 14 years @limewoodhotel , almost a year @thearchesphysio and there’s A LOT more where that came from 🙏❤️
See you on the mat 8am tomorrow
Thank you Steffs Kitchen @fairweathersgardencentre for a delicious lunch and 5⭐️ care.
#beaulieu #steffs #christmaslunch #cameforpilatesstayedforfriendship #onlineworks #pilatesonline
Tuesday Functional Strength challenge. Week 5.
A mash up today of medium, light and bodyweight.
➡️ Standing 100 with optional leg raise - great for balance and coordination (and raising the heart rate)
➡️ Dead lift. Hitting those hamstrings
➡️ Staggered loaded squats. Quads focus
➡️ Plie with shoulder press. Inner thigh focus with hip turnout adding shoulder work
➡️ chest lift with single arm extension. Great focus on middle/ upper back strength - keep that lumbar spine relaxed (reaching to get something under the sofa!)
➡️ chest lift with rotation at shoulder and tricep squeeze - try to get your arms straighter than mine are!
➡️ seated (can kneel) single arm scapular retraction into chest opener - shoulders, chest, back plus challenge of maintaining posture in seated/kneeling pose (dressing the tree while sitting comfortably!)
➡️ roll up including pullover and chest press
➡️ reverse Saw - hit that middle back and obliques - stay light with the weights or work empty handed (reaching to grab something off the back seat in the car)
➡️ shoulder bridge with scissor arms.
#tuesdayworkout #functionalfitness #functionalstrength #womenliftweights #liftweighttoloseweight #womenliftweights
December challenge!
Pinch, punch, it’s time to squat. Join us for a squattingly good run up to Chrimbo, keeping your legs strong and your digestive system happy 💪🏻😊
Don’t forget #decembersquatchallenge and tag me @julietspilates
Lots of thigh slapping - think I’m getting into panto mood 🤣
Thank you @flow_and_glow_pilates for our first Sunday Stocking filler (going up in library soon) which took us through some Sun Salutations and gave us some squats to start with.
Start 1st with 11, 2nd with 12 and so on!
Good luck 🤞
#squatforstrength #squatforguthealth #decemberchallenge #squatforthatbooty #tightenthattush #squattoaiddigestion
Weekly wrap up. Week 48.
Fairy light dramas, nearly drowning, what’s happening next week, upcoming classes and Sunday Stocking Filllers.
Link in bio ⬆️
Have a great weekend 💕
#weeklywrap #weeklywrapup #week48 #whatscomingup #fairylightsfiasco #christmasdramas
Friday strength challenge. Week 4.
Lots of back, shoulders amd obliques today. This is a selection of what we’ve got up to.
Slightly different format with lots of options to adapt. 5 exercises, 60 secs on, 30 secs rest, repeat twice then we have a second routine - 5 exercises, repeat twice. Going for overload today 💥🔥
Half get up, seated woodchopper, lower body weighted spine twist, roll up to (upper body) spine twist, v sit halo, v sit chest press, halo, scapular squeeze, diagonal front raise, split raise, shoulder press to tricep press, scissors with adaptation.
As your weights get heavier, your waist is shrinking. Recording going up in library today.
You’re welcome ❤️
#friyay #fridaystrength #womenliftingwomen #womenliftweights #strengthisessential #weightsforweightloss #weightsforweightmanagement #liftweightsloseweight #iamasweatybetty #iamasweattybetty
Fancy a stocking filler 😉
Just LOVE my new tees 🥰🎅🏻🎄
Thank you for all your orders!! I’m not making any profit, just sharing the ❤️ (oh, and you have my website in discreet lettering on your back 🤣)
@brandingbybecky @sign_it_uk #xmastshirt #stockingfillers
Tuesday Functional strength Week 4.
A selection of today’s class using a kitchen chair for stability, support and to offer variation on some of the familiar moves. Exercise is available to every level and ability and practising some exercises seated gives us an idea of how to adapt if necessary and how to make some of the free weights work more accessible to those who are less mobile while still providing a good challenge to those with more experience.
➡️ Stand up, sit down (weight optional)
➡️ Spine twist with arm reach - light weights. Band around upper legs to offer stability and resistance
➡️ Marching with mini loop
➡️ Single leg raise. Weight optional
➡️ Narrow seated shoulder press
➡️ Isolated bicep curl
➡️ Tricep extension
➡️ 4 point step out with mini loop
➡️ Spine Twist with shoulder press
Different format today. A bigger range of exercises with one round of each. This is just a small selection.
Don’t forget to repeat twice more before next week.
#strengthchallenge #week4 #seatedexercise #sittingweightswork #pilatesforstrength #womenliftweights #onlineworks
Today we are working on some balance and coordination.
Coordination, sequencing and complex moves are all really effective ways to improve balance - it isn’t just about standing on one leg.
The actual movements can be really simple but by adding sequences and getting arms and legs moving differently from each other makes it more complex so anyone can do this - keep it simple and build on it.
Getting the brain and the body communicating while having to concentrate on unfamiliar movement patterns are a fantastic way to help with some neurological disorders as well as helping us feel more balanced - we are giving our brain a workout!
We can practise sequencing while lying on the floor - it still helps with balance as we are challenging our neural pathways - start with simple, individual moves and then progress to linking them and adding more to build your sequence.
When you drive the car, you change gear without giving it a thought as the movement pattern is so ingrained… how many activities every day are a well practised habit?
Throw in some unfamiliar moves - they don’t have to be physically challenging but link some new and different movements to get your brain and your body chatting together a bit more!
It’s a subtle nod to practising mindfulness - you have no option but to fully concentrate on what you are doing so you are obliged to fully present while giving the moment purpose. A break from any monkey chatter that is nagging you… win, win!
Have a great Monday 💕
#pilatesforneurologicalconditions #pilatesforneurologicaldisorders #sequences #coordinationhelpsbalance #mindfulness #movementandnindfulness #balanceandcoordination #complexmovement
Friday Strength Challenge Week 3.
A selection today - Triceps/Biceps/Glutes/Abs
➡️ Alternate hammer curls
➡️ Tricep extension with pulse x3
➡️ Staggered Bicep curls
➡️ Froggy legs bridge (really hits the glutes!) with pullover
➡️ 4 point kneel weighted reverse kick (get that knee high!)
➡️ Side lying weighted leg lift
➡️ Weighted alternate one leg hip thrusts
➡️ holding bridge, knees in/out (weight optional)
➡️ Reverse curl to double leg heel tap
Sticking to same format. 60 secs on, 30 secs recovery. Two optional extra exercises in recovery 😘
During the class I talk you through all the different ways to adapt and modify and what weight to be aiming for.
Strange facial expressions optional.
Weekly wrap up week 47 out now - link in bio ⬆️
Happy Fri yay 🥰💕
#glutes #tricepbicep #strengthchallenge #weeklywrapup #itsfriyay #weightswork
Functional strength week 3 of our 6 week challenge.
Standing Abs and balancing out with back strength.
➡️ weighted side bend (option to hold weight at chest or down by side)
➡️ Standing Crunch
➡️ Standing Bicycle
➡️ Brace and press
➡️ Chest lift and arm press (light weights optional)
➡️ 4 point kneeling point and reach (small weight optional)
➡️ Superman
➡️ walk out to Plank
There are so many ways to adapt and modify which I discuss in every class.
2 rounds. 60 secs on, 30 secs recovery. 3 min recovery between rounds. Optional additional exercise during long recovery. Repeat twice more before next Tuesday.
See you online at 9 👊🏻
Stinking cold and messy workout hair thrown in free.
#functionalfitness #functionalstrength #standingabs #everyonecanbuildstrength #noneckpainabs #backstrength #strengthchallenge
Anyone else off to see the much acclaimed Gladiator 2? I’m looking forward to watching it tomorrow afternoon!
There has been (understandably) a lot of hype about Paul Mescal’s amazing physique so I was very interested to listen to him being interviewed this week on how he achieved the results.
Did he live on raw eggs and half a cow every day? Did he move full time into the gym and beast himself for hours and hours?
No!
He took advice to up his protein, and his training?? Wait for it….
45 mins, 6 times a week. …. FORTY FIVE MINUTES?!?
45 mins… so assuming you don’t want to look Box office ready or have need for gladiatorial armour and are merely looking to build strength, have healthy bones and look 🔥 in your Xmas party dress, just imagine what THIRTY mins, 3 times a week will do..
THIRTY MINUTES! And the best bit?? I’ve already got it lined up for you! One class, rinse and repeat twice more that week. Boom 💥
30 mins though …💃🎄
I’ll leave that with you! Have a great Saturday ❤️
P.s. also very excited for Paddington in Peru 🤣 - it’s being called Gladdinton (as in barbenheimer last year!)
#gladiator #gladiator2 #paulmescal #workoutmotivation #3xaweek #keepitsimple #liftweightsfeelamazing #getrippedforchrimbo
Friday 8am Strength challenge. Week 2.
➡️ windmill
➡️ rear kick to curtsey
➡️ weighted clam with hip lift
➡️ seated - don’t know what to call it!! Killer quads - cramp inducing
➡️ kneeling Arnold’s
➡️ tricep press in bridge
➡️ dead bug progression - work across diagonal while pressing against static leg
➡️ low plank with double knee tap
60 secs on, 30 secs recovery, 2 rounds.
Recovery time options - either take extra 60 secs recovery or weighted roll ups (set 1) and 3/4 push ups (set 2)
See you in 30 mins! Class will be recorded and drop in library by teatime - repeat twice more before next Friday.
This class is followed at 9am by a full body stretch and release using foam roller - I will also record and get uploaded later today 😊
P.s. Weekly wrap up week 46 out now. Knowledge versus wisdom. ⬆️ Link in bio
Have a great Friday 💕
#strengthworkfriday #weightswork! #womenliftingweights #powergirl #week2challenge #joinmeonline #iamasweatybetty
Nothing like nature for a reset and this is the forest at her most magnificent 🍁🍂🍁
I’ve been a bit work heavy lately and just hanging out with the dogs, walking in the autumn leaves is the best, totally free therapy.
Mind you, I find it really hard to switch off and walking is when I’m at my most creative. I’ve come up with new moves, class plans and sequences that I just have to hold in my head until I get home.
If you see a blond woman out walking a Labrador and JR, doing weird lunges, plies, curtsey squats…: let her be… just me trying out ideas as I’m walking 🤣💕
#autumn #autumninthenewforest #labradorsofthenewforest #labradoretriever #jackrussell #justapilatesteacherblowingoffsteam #gettingcreative #newforest #skybluepink
Tuesday 9am Functional strength, week 2. Mobility, strength, balance and coordination. Using these exercises to help us in everyday activities.
A selection of what we will be working on today.
I didn’t mean to add music and don’t know how to remove it without starting all over again 🙄😱
➡️ Roll down to floor to walk out to (optional) push up - as a big compound move to get going
➡️ Farmers March. High knee march with weights - balance, coordination, core focus - aim to get knee above hip
➡️ Golf swing - repeat both sides!
➡️ Weighted hip thrust - great alternative to squats
➡️ Chest press - push up alternative
➡️ Toe taps (modified scissors) - weight optional - all about core focus
➡️ Weighted Roll up. Spinal mobility with strength
#functionalstrength #womenandweights #weightswork #onlineworks #makeweightswork #strongwomen
Just a simple broom handle!!
A little fun with a pole this morning in our 08.45am
You can use a towel and hold it tightly between both hands (not a band - too stretchy) if you dont have a handy broom handle but it’s a great way to increase challenge as well as getting feedback and it offers a good point of reference.
You can do the kneeling work standing up if you prefer.
This is just a small selection -
Shoulder mobility, chest opener, spinal rotation and mobility and some rolling 🥰
#pilatesandthepole #shouldermobility #chestopener #spinetwist #rollup #rolling #openlegrocker #modifiedsaw #havingfunonthemat #iamasweatybetty
Thank you for having me @thearchesphysio for a lovely morning of Serenity today.
Today we focused on balance and breath. Following me was a functional health workshop and then a Yoga and Soundbath class.
Make sure to keep an eye out for the next one!
#yogasoundhealing #functionalhealth #balanceandbreath #pilatesbalance #serenity #healthinlymington
A selection from this morning’s Friday Week 1 Strength challenge.
Combining big compound moves with balance, coordination and control alongside some isolation focus.
➡️ Dumbell swing (hold & pause)
➡️ Reverse lunge with shoulder press
➡️ kneeling Bicep curl
➡️ Renegade Row (knee to floor option) (get Renegade master ear worm EVERY time I say this exercise 🤣)
➡️ Dead Bugs
➡️ V sit rotation row
Also Kneeling chin pull ups and “extra bonus option” Mountain climbers and Toe taps.
60 secs on. 30 secs rest. 2 repeats.
Class now in library - make sure you repeat twice before next Friday 💕
Try to count your reps and measure your progress each time you repeat - aim to match if not beat your reps.
Watch how building strength from these classes helps you run faster, cycle harder, enjoy gardening or walking the dog with more energy, and observe how weights work will help with your Pilates and how Pilates helps with strength training. 👊🏻
You are welcome 🫡💕
We followed this with the 9am 45 min full body stretch class (also in library as 2 options - either full 45 mins in “All levels” collection or split into 2 x 20 mins upper and lower body in “Strength” collection).
That’s it. All recording and editing finished. Putting my feet up now. Happy Friday 🥰
#westilllovepilates #womena strength #womenliftweights #strongwomen #beatageing #bethebestuoucanbe #iamasweatybetty
Weekly wrap up. Week 45.
Consistency is KEY to covering your goals. Basically…. Just keep turning up!
Plus poorly Bertie, what’s new in the library, why bring in our online community keeps us accountable and more!
Link in bio ⬆️
#weeklywrapupweek45 #weeklyblog #consistency #justturnup #consistencyiskey #iamasweatybetty
Tuesday Functional strength.
This class is about using weights to help build strength and functionality for everyday tasks. The exercises are typically more basic so that all levels can join including those newer to working with free weights. That said, you can squeeze in more reps and lift heavier weights to increase the challenge. For what it’s worth, my arms were shaking for about half an hour afterwards 🤣 but you can go lighter and work more slowly, performing fewer reps
But what are we doing? 🤔 ⬇️
➡️ Picking up/putting down heavy shopping bags (just in time for Chrimbo!)
➡️ weighted heel raises - for looking over the neighbours’ fence to see what they’re up to
➡️ Weighted squats so you can get up and down from a low chair, holding something should you wish
➡️ high single leg stair climb…balance, coordination… (please note, if you DO want to climb the stairs, you’ll need to use both legs or you won’t get anywhere)
➡️ Putting heavy bags in the overhead locker… or putting heavy rubbish into a high skip at the tip!
➡️ being able to dry your hair at the back (with a very heavy hairdryer)
➡️ picking up and putting down the handles of your very heavy wheelbarrow
➡️ Come and av a go if yer think yer ‘ard enuf
1 min on, 20 secs off. 2-3 rounds. We also threw in a one min plank challenge and one min dead bugs 😉😉
Recording in library
💕
#iamasweatybetty
I’ve been banging on A LOT lately about strength training and I’m absolutely passionate about training women with weights.
However, over here online we still do A LOT of Pilates too!!
Today’s 8am Technique Tuesday saw us working through lots of inversion work plus quite a lot of other bits n bobs.
We worked through Bicycle, Scissors, Control Balance, High Bridge…. Threw in some Teasers and Hip Circles, Side Kick Kneeling, Leg Pull Supine, Thigh Stretch, Seal, Open leg Rocker… have I forgotten anything 🤔🤔
I love showing how the weights work cross pollinates - all that triceps work for example helps lead to strong stabilisers for the rollover work while weighted Hip Thrusts and Squats really helps in Teaser and Hip circles.
(Class going up in library later today 🥰)
#pilatesonline #techniqueclass #inversion #teaser #teachingpilatesonline
Pinch punch. New month, another challenge.
STRENGTH! Come and join us - 6 weeks of challenges, clinics, the 34 moves, stretch and mobility…
Pilates and strength training- best combo!!
Tues and Fri. New class each week for 6 weeks. Straight into library. Repeat the class 3 x per week and just wait for those strength gains!
I never take off my Pilates hat and will be keeping technique, form and best practise absolutely at the fore. You see in very good hands 🙌
Why the echo tho? 🤔
Have a great weekend 💕
#strenght #womenandweights #getstrongstaywell #pickupthoseweights
Weekly Wrap up. Week 44. 2024.
Why we all need to gallop like Gretl, November strength challenges and more.
Link in bio 💕
#gottolovearescue #rescuedog #manytears #gretlvontrapp #soundofmusic #jackrussell #jackrussellterrier #daschund #galloplikegretl #loveofdogs #noelfitzpatrick
Weekly wrap up. Week 43. 2024.
4.5 years online and growing, 48 classes for £45 and a new strength challenge. 💪🏻🏋️
Two weekly strength classes, The Technique clinic, The Back Clinic and The 34 Moves.
THERE IS STILL TIME. Wave goodbye to 2024 feeling the best possible version of YOU!
Starting w/c 4/11 we are going to lift weights 3x a week for 6 weeks. Prepare to feel stronger and fitter than ever before. You’ll be wearing sleeveless tops no matter how cold it gets, just to show off your arms!
We are looking at all our Mat Pilates exercises and perfecting those trickier or harder to understand ones to be able to perform The 34 Moves. 🧘🏼
The back care clinic. Looking at common problems to help get our backs as strong and flexible as possible. 🙏
We have a lot to look forward to and if you’re not already with us, now is your chance to join us and get TWO EXTRA WEEKS TOTALLY FREE 💸💰🆓
Link in bio to find out more.
Have a great weekend x
Weekly wrap up. Week 42. Very short this week! Been off games - will catch up next week 😘
Link in bio 💕
#weeklywrapup #notmuchtosay! #stinkingcold
Social meet ups are a large and important part of our online community and we always get up to all sorts.
Yesterday was a lovely walk with group 1 pictured and then meeting group 2 @theroyaloakatfritham for lunch.
Lots of chat, a bit of rain, a thorough gait analysis of beautiful Bertie by his previous vet, lots of dogs, the beautiful forest in it’s autumnal magnificence, some successful stream leaping, some unsuccessful stream leaping (🤣🤣) and a bit of tree hugging.
True nourishment ❤️
Thank you for the photos Rosie and Clare 🙏
#fritham #walkingthedogs #huggingtrees #lovewhereyoulive #newforest
@greggic @flow_and_glow_pilates @jojo_kaye_ @rosieakester
I don’t get to see this one in person as often as I’d like but it’s always a joy when I do.
Bringing @flow_and_glow_pilates on board earlier this year to teach with me has been the 💯 success I knew it would be and I am so lucky to have her working with me. I know you all love her (killer) classes!!
There was no pre meet wardrobe chat, we just happened to be a little matchy matchy…add to that a #daschund and a #jackshund 💯💯💕❤️ (one peeping through Clare’s legs, the other out of shot…. I do realise that’s a spaniel!)
#pilatesteachersunite #pilatesfriendscommunity #thisonesacracker
Weekly wrap up. Week 41. 2024.
Why do we need to lift weight and how does it help us lose weight?
The 5 day challenge - the results are in and other bits and bobs. Link in bio ⬆️
Have a great weekend 🍁🍂
#womenandweights #womenmustliftweight #5daychallenge #weeklywrapup #strengthtrainingforwomen #strengthtrainingforhealth #strengthtrainingforweightloss #joinmeonline #7amclub
I am thrilled at the take up on our 5 day challenge. I’ve bought new leggings and everything!
Starts tomorrow. Mon - Fri. 7am each day. 30 min classes, all recorded for you to keep.
For some motivation, please head to link in bio where I try this week to bust some excuses apart.
I’m already planning The 12 days of Chr… Ch…. No, can’t say it yet!
Don’t want to miss the fun? Make sure you follow me here and also subscribe to my mailing list. Just hop on over to julietspilates.com and subscribe (website going through a bit of a facelift so bear with!)
Buy some lemons today - start your early morning with a large glass of warm water and lemon to hydrate and give your gut a gentle wake up. I always have at least one pint of warm water (3/4 from tap, topped up from kettle) and a large chunk of lemon every single morning, no matter what.
Keep sipping throughout the day to stay hydrated, stave off the desire to snack and see how quickly you feel more alert, less bloated, your skin and hair will thank you…
Tag this on to your 5 day challenge and let’s wrap this year up feeling…. FAB U LOUSSSSS.
Age is but a number. Who cares what your birth certificate says? Get over it and embrace YOU becoming fitter, stronger, sexier, happier… let’s DO this!
Christmas, we’re coming to get you and we are fully armed, locked and loaded 💪🏻❤️
Set your alarms, warriors 💪🏻💯
#5daychallenge #the7amclub #wakeupgetmoving #onlineclasses #fitonline #setyouralarmwarriors
Weekly wrap up. Week 40, 2024.
Excuses, excuses and a few reminders on why getting up and getting on with it is so good for us. Link in bio.
I look forward to seeing you in our 5 day challenge starting Monday, 7am. Drop a 👍 in comments below if you are joining …. A little step towards accountability!!
Have a great weekend 💕
#5daychallenge #octoberchallenge #7amworkout #5days5classes #seeyouonthemat
What I believe with every fibre of my being 🙏❤️
OCTOBER CHALLENGE.
EVERYONE WELCOME.
🆓🆓🆓🆓🆓🆓🆓🆓🆓🆓🆓🆓🆓🆓
Starting MONDAY OCTOBER 7th.
Mon to Fri
7am start. 30 min classes.
Online.
Want to try Pilates? Want to see how varied our classes are using (this week) just weights and a soft ball? Fancy a challenge? Tight on time but want to work out? Need to get finished in time for work/school run/both?
This is for you!
Free to join 👍
Do you what you can and allow me to offer alternatives/easier options etc to take best possible care of you and help you get results 💪🏻👊🏻🧘🏼
Dm/email for details and zoom code.
So excited, I’m buying new leggings and everything 🤣
ALL CLASSES OPEN 15 MINS BEFORE TO CHECK SET UP ETC.
See you soon 😜
#octoberchallenge #5daychallenge #differentclasseveryday #pilateschallenge #joinmeonline
Weekly wrap up. Week 39.
Things are not always as they seem and the OCTOBER 5 DAY CHALLENGE!
Come and join us - this is free to join for everyone. All details in link in bio!
Tell your friends and commit to 5 classes in 5 days PLUS recordings to keep!
Have a great weekend all - can’t wait to see some of you tomorrow at our wellness morning @thearchesphysio (please see their page/my stories for details).
#octoberchallenge #5daychallenge #getfitstaystrong #thingsarenotslwaysastheyseemstobe
Weekly wrap up. Week 38. 2024.
Are you “too busy” for exercise or do you prioritise new clothes and holidays over a gym membership or personal trainer? And other ramblings.
Link in bio 💕
#prioritiseyourself #priorities #whatsmoreimportant #prioritiseyourhealth #weeklywrapup
Friday exercise snacks.
Go light on the weights and high on the reps. Tins of soup are great to get you started! (Or beans, chopped tomatoes… possibilities are endless….)
☑️ shoulder circles. Stay stable through the spine by keeping those abs connected. Watch not to lock out the elbows. Aim for 15 in each direction
☑️ chest press with shoulder rotation. Keep the wrists long. Aim for 15
Dirty 30 - be brave - double up on the reps?
☑️ Tricep press and pulse. Keep elbows narrow and stay long in wrists.
☑️ biceps hammer curls. Again, arms marrow to ribs.
Repeat for even more fun…🤔
Meanwhile I’ll see if I can be even further away and harder to see in next recording 🙄
Have fun 💕
#exercisesnacks #snackbarworkout #armsworkout #tricepsbiceps #dirty30 #usetinsasweights
Weekly wrap up. Week 37.
September is the new January. Thinking of a September reset? It’s the start of the “school” year with just under 16 weeks left of 2024. Why not set some goals to make sure you see the year out as a fitter, stronger, healthier, happier version of you than when you welcomed the year in?
SO much can be achieved in this last quarter and if we start today and repeat consistently, it will be part of our routine and fully established before we even think about Chr… Chri…. Chrrrrr…. Well, it will be part of our lifestyle and no longer an effort to fit in…. So much can be achieved! We even have a warm weather spell headed this way to further motivate us! 👊🏻👊🏻
Link in bio 💕
#septemberisthenewjanuary #septemberjanuary #setsomegoals #16weekeft
Big fail in my ramblings… INCREASED RISK of falls!!! NOT reduced!! Duh 🙄….
Toots Top Tips!
Balance…. Or losing it!! I am passionate about this topic and include lots of relevant work in my classes.
Do you know someone who struggles with their balance? Some simple daily practise along with learning to target those deep postural muscles (cue Pilates) can make a HUGE difference. As with everything however, consistency is key.
Please don’t accept loss of balance as just a fact of ageing.
Please share your balance hacks or how you got on with my suggestions ⬇️
Weird shin and echo issues today 🤣but it’s all a work in progress 💕
#balance #pilatesforbalance #improveyourbalance #balancehacks #ageisjustanumber #tightropewalk
One day or DAY ONE?
September - the start of the school year! We know September is the new January. What can you do from today for the last 16 weeks of 2024 to be even better, even more fabulous?!
#septemberthenewjanuary #septemberresolutions #16weeks #whoskneeisintheway?
Toots’ Top Tip and The September Challenge
Squats!
One of the most functional movements we do every day. Give it purpose! Every time you sit down and stand back up, try not to use your hands, think technique and use this multiple times a day activity to build strength and SAVE THOSE KNEES!
👀Dont look down - look forward.
Every day of September commit to doing 3 or 10 or 100. Mix them up or add 1 more every day but whatever you do… keeeeeeeep squatting!!
Lack of mobility in ankles/knees/hips can restrict movement into squatting which can nearly always be adressed with appropriate attention but adaptation may need to be considered for any joint issues.
☑️ Bar stool sit
☑️ Dirty toilet, broken door
☑️Weighted squat using Jack Russel in absence of weights
☑️ Squat to raise HR
☑️Squat to balance
☑️ Upside down Squat
☑️ Upside down Squat with one leg
Please note no Jack Russells were injured or even mildly inconvenienced during filming.
Also please note no picnics or BBQ leftovers were successfully scavenged. Labradors remain safe and no. 1 priority!
Please like, comment and share!
#labradorpicnicthief #bertiethelabrador #gorgeousgretl #gretlthejackrussell#labradorsonholiday #jackrussells #campinginwales #vwcampervan #vwcamper #pembrokeshire #staystrongonholiday #squatchallenge #rescuesarethebest #bestbreedisrescue #jrrescue
Weekly Wrap up. Week 35.2024.
Carfest and imposter syndrome! Link in bio ⬆️
@chrisevanstfi @carfestevent #drranganchatterjee #meganrossi #unclebryn #gavinandstacey #tedlasso #trentcrimm #ub40 #impostersyndrome #justdoit #realreels #weeklywrapup #pembrokeshire
Toots’ top tips!
Today from a sunny/rainy but nonetheless beautiful Pembrokeshire with support from Bertie and Gretl 🥰
Hip flexors. A very basic check in on stretching with a nod to Bruce, Fred and Anton!
☑️ can be done kneeling
☑️ watch collarbone to hip bone (ASIS) alignment
☑️ Take your time to relax into the stretch
☑️ Hold for 30-60 secs
☑️ Add arms to ceiling to progress
☑️ Avoid stretching a cold body. At best you are not really achieving anything, at worst you may hurt something
☑️ As you can see, you don’t need sprung flooring, background music and appropriate gym attire!
☑️ when you make a recording, check you are not on slow motion as you’ll think it’s gone well only to be very annoyed and have to repeat it!
#fredastaire #antondubeke #bruceforsyth #hipflexors #jackrussell #labrador #labradorable❤️ #jackrussellsofinstagram #pembroke #merrion #campinginpembrokeshire #tootsontour #iamasweatybetty
The teachy stuff!
SO much fun and what an amazing turnout for both classes!
A little respite from The Author hub, inspiration hub, Car racing, Food fest, Retro fest, live music, comedy, Star fest…. Have I forgotten anything 🤔🤔
I was thrilled to see so many people who chose to get their exercise fix during a three day festival of soooo much! Great to see you all 💕
Thank you for having me @carfest - I had a blast 💥
@chrisevanstfi #spafest #getfitstayfit #festivalfun #carfest24 #bodyweightstrength
Toots’ Top Tips!
And a good sunny Monday morning to you!
A few simple spinal mobility hacks to get you up and moving if, like me you have been dancing, sitting on the grass and sleeping in a van all weekend or whatever else has made you feel a bit stiff and immobile.
☑️ Side Bend (lateral flexion)
☑️ Rotation
☑️ Cat/ Cow (lumbar flexion/extension)
Just 3 or 4 of each and if you are sitting a lot today, get up regularly and repeat!
P.s. you can do these sitting too but standing up regularly is also good if you spend a lot of time seated.
Thank you @nadiatheosteopath for the encouragement and great to meet you @carfestevent
#Toots’TopTips #thismorning #spinalmobility #getmoving #happybacks #doitanyway #carfest #greenroom #collabsarethebest
Me again 🤣💕🤸🏼
Bit hot and exhausticated this time 🤣
#spafest @carfestevent @chrisevanstfi
Woohoo! Come and join me here in The Studio at Spafest at the mighty @carfestevent at 2pm today for a bodyweight strength class!
Also Sunday 2.30pm I”m bringing the #parisolympics2024 to the mat. Want to know more? Come and check in with the Spafest team 💕💕
See you soon!
#spafest #tootsontour #popuppilates @chrisevanstfi @virginradio #thespafeststudio #iamasweatybetty @sweatybetty @goodr
Weekly wrap up. Week 34. My one year alcohol free anniversary and a few other ramblings. 🍾🥂🍾🤸🏼🤸🏼💕
Can’t wait to see some of you @carfestevent
Link in bio 💕
#oneyearnobeer #alcoholfree #nobooze #oneyearanniversary #carfest #weeklywrapup #itsabitwindy
A little new merch 🥰💕 my new tees 🤸🏼💕
Along with my flyers, a few quotes I’ve scooped up along the way, a few I’ve come up with… a few more tees to come but these two are going in the packing cubes and into the van for @carfestevent
Dm if you’d like to order 🎉
#merch #womensupportingwomen #carfest #pickupyourweights #dontbeamiserablecow🤣
@brandingbybecky @sign_it_uk
LOVING my new merch! Hope I can carry it off as well as top model #handsomeofhackney💙
#newmerch #gottaluvatee #newtees4carfest
Why you should be joining us!
This was a very welcome message to receive this morning 🙏and just highlights exactly what value for money you’re getting!! 💰💰
Between @flow_and_glow_pilates and me, we offer EIGHT live weekly classes online 💻 plus an ever expanding library of classes covering EVERYTHING from pure mat to lower body burn 🔥 to weights and strength 💪🏻 to functional strength (all levels) to small equipment Pilates to full body stretch to breathing and relaxation….
We have”The Snack Bar” where you can choose 8/10/15 min classes focusing on weights/abs/legs/stretch and relax and everything in between.
Being online means you (and we) can join from anywhere 🌏 so you need never miss your exercise fix 🏋️♂️ and if time zones/holiday plans don’t allow you to join a live class, you can choose from the huge library to get your fix!
Head to my website for more details and find “Latest news” where I talk about why we need to mix up our training, why we need to lift weights, why we need protein and so much more and if you are going to @carfestevent next weekend, find me teaching on the mat 🧘🏼in Spafest on Friday and Sunday 💕🤸🏼
#onlineworks #somuchmorethanpilates #strengthforwomen
Weekly wrap up. Week 33. Swanning around and other ramblings.
Link in bio 🔝
#swanningaround #hellofromlymeregis #beingapilatesteacher
Weekly wrap up. Week 32.
Dedication’s what you need, The Record breakers and other bits and bobs!
Link in bio 💕
#lovetheolympics #guinessbookofworldrecords #therecordbreakers #nyad #synchronisedswimming #dedication #determination
Definitely a summer breeze but it’s always a joy to be outside and being able to take our classes in the fresh air by the sea.
I never take where we live for granted 🙏
Too hot/too cold/too much rain/we need rain… there are some who are never happy and I guess some of us are naturally outdoorsy people and some are not and that’s fine. We are so different but being able to take our classes outside, in the fresh air is a joy! It was lovely to see so many of you both on the beach and online (very handy mast directly across the Solent on the IOW that provides excellent WIFI) and to able to enjoy our beautiful New Forest coastline.
#popupclass #pilatesonthebeach #pilatesinthenewforest #workingoutwithfriends
I’m recovered from the @newforestshow and can now focus on prepping for @carfestevent
I cannot wait to teach my classes in the Spafest arena. Come and join me as I bring the Paris Olympics to our mats… how many disciplines can we mimic and include? Come and join me to find out.
Pilates, Yoga, meditation…. Food and drink… authors and astronauts… comedians and chefs…. Live music and literary stars… retrofest and racing cars..far too much to include here but I can’t wait!!
See you there 🤸🏼🧘🏼📖🎶💃🌯🌮🍹🍾🤣🤣👨🚀🚀🏎️🏁
#carfest #laverstock #carracing #livemusic #fooddemonstrations #retrofest #silentdisco #pilates #olympics
Weekly wrap up. Week 31. 2014
The New Forest show and other bits and bobs.
Link in bio
@newforestshow #newforestshow2024 #countyshow #newforestshowground #newparkmanor
Today is International Self Care Day.
We can often feel like we are being selfish or self indulgent to put ourselves first but in order to be the best we can be for others, we need to learn how to prioritise our wellbeing too.
Why do we fit in so many others’ needs and demands and then find we have no time for our own? The happier and more nourished you are, the better you will be for those you want to care for. We’re always our kindest, most generous selves when we are happy, after all.
“Choose to make time for your wellness or you will be forced to make time for your illness”
Every day, try to factor in some simple hacks to belp you feel nourished in mind, body and soul…
➕ make time to walk outside in the fresh air
➕ make time to speak to or see a friend and laugh, no matter how wonky your life might be at the moment
➕ stay hydrated with regular sips of water throughout your day
➕ include some fresh fruit and vegetables
➕ do 10 mins of exercise to raise your heart rate
➕ aim for 8 hours sleep
As an extra…
➕ send someone a “just because I was thinking of you” message today. You never know how much that might mean to them. Believe me!
➕ take a moment to speak to yourself the way you would speak to your best friends. Admire your achievements today - you may be the only one to acknowledge them, but look in the mirror and tell yourself out loud what a good job you did today and just how much you DID do, without focusing on what you didn’t do.
You don’t need to make momentous life changes but if you don’t feel like doing anything, get up and go for a short walk. If you are in a really foul mood, think back to something ridiculous that made you laugh recently. If the sugar cravings hit or the 3pm slump is headed your way, drink a pint of water… it may well stave off both.
The best way to feel great today? Just try not to be a miserable cow 💕
#internationalselfcareday #lookafteryou #youmatter #lookafteryou
Weekly wrap up. Week 28. What does a good client look like and other possible career ending musings.
Have a great weekend 💕
Weekly wrap up. Week 27. So now you understand a bit about the history of Pilates and how it will help you, how do you find a good teacher and other ramblings!
Link in bio 💕
#weeklywrapup #fridaymusings #howtofindateacher #wheredoifindagoodpilatesteacher
What a perfect way to launch Summer 🌞
A great chance for my sidekick @flow_and_glow_pilates and I to get together.
We have grown from portrait to landscape (🤣), held down mats in the wind and seamlessly reclaimed hosting!
I love my online classes but it’s always such a joy to see you in person!
Great friends 💕💙, beautiful beach 🏖️
a warm and sunny (insanely windy!) evening 🌞, Pilates friends on the beach and online 💻, and drinks up the road 🥂🥂complete with inspirational books and podcasts/bookclub📚Beaulieu hauntings 👻 and archeological digs!
I am so proud of our Pilates community. Home grown, well nourished and much loved ❤️🙏
We absolutely do not go out of style!
And home in time for ⚽️⚽️⚽️💯🤸🏼
#teachfromthebeach #colab #wewon #pilatesonthebeach☀️ #pilatesonlinecommunity #tannerslane @east.end.arms #pilatesfriends #homeforenglandmatch #pilatesandprosecco
Weekly wrap up. Week 26.
What are the 34 moves? A little more about the origins of the wonderful exercise method we have chosen to take part in 💕
#the34moves #pilates34
#34pilatesmatexercises #historyofjosephpilates
July challenge.
We decided to have a monthly challenge and I thought I would share this one.
I’ve given up/removed a lot of things that are not doing me good from my life over the last year so I’m doing a take up! What about you?
Ted talks/podcast recommendations very welcomed and I’d love to hear how you get in and what you choose to take up or give up 🙏
21 days towards a better you 💕
Inspired by @jasonvale
#21daystoanewyou #21daystoanewhabit #takeupoegiveup #tedtalks #podcast #nourishyoursoul #nourishyourmind #nourishyourbody
What could possibly be better than a class with me OR a class with @flow_and_glow_pilates OR a class in the evening sun on the beach?
Well, all 3 together of course 🏖️🤸🏼💯
Join Clare and me on Wednesday July 10th for a ➡️5.45pm start ⬅️.
Half the class with Clare, half with me then a potter up the road to the @east.end.arms 🍾🍻🥂to officially launch Summer 24! 😎🍾🌞🌞
Bring a mat and join us. Tanners lane, Lymington. £10 non members. Online members, class included 🥰
Dm for any queries.
#pilatesonthebeach☀️ #teachfromthebeach #letsgetthissummerstarted #summer24 #tannerslane #pilatesinthenewforest
Joseph who? 34 what? Pilates came from where? Eh?!?
How much do you actually know about the exercise you do and it’s origins?
Weekly wrap up week 25. Who was Joseph Pilates and a little bit of history Part 1 as per my POV (and a lot of published facts)
Link in bio. Happy weekend all 💕
#josephpilates #josephhubertuspilates #34moves #original34pilatesexercises #whowasjoepilates #weeklywrapup
Much as I love the photo from @becky_takes_photos , I’m more impressed at Gretl’s nonchalant pose 💕 (her little foot on my lap tho 🥰🥰) - clearly a natural model!
A fun day last week trying to make me look half presentable for a website facelift, and embracing the “have van, can work and travel wherever I choose” vibe 🚐❤️🤸🏼🌎
Toots on tour!
#godihatehavingmyphototaken #gretltho❤️ #jackrusellterrier #jackrussell #vwcamper #vwt6
#pilatesontour #tootsontour #havevanwilltravel #campervanandpopuppilates #popupclasses
Weekly wrap up. Week 24.
NO EXCUSES!
If you’re not changing it, you’re choosing it, elite triathletes and ideas to keep on track.
Link in bio 🤸🏼
Apologies to @becky_takes_photos who has gone to a lot of trouble to help me make these posts far less text heavy, more visually pleasing and stuff like that but it’s 9pm, I’m still working at my laptop and… oh hang on? NO EXCUSES!!!
#pilatesnewsletter #weeklywrapup #elitetriathlons #newbikes
It was a mere coincidence that our talk this evening coincided with #worldcontinenceweek2024 but how apt!
I’d like to say a huge thank you to Emma Hammerton who works in private practise with @thearchesphysio for our fascinating talk online this evening.
Given that this is my industry and I study and research, I was fascinated at how much I learned and I think everyone who attended will agree that we were really lucky to be able to better understand whole body health, not just “down there”! Anyone else know about cardiac statistics for example?!
Emma offered various resources for those who would like to further investigate and I can forward any questions…. and while we think decaffeinated and strength and cardio, you know where to go for your Pilates practise 💕
It was great to see such a huge turnout and again, many thanks to Emma 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#pelvichealth #pelvicfloorphysicaltherapy #menopauseandpelvicfloor #menopauseandcardiacdisease #godecaff #somanysymptoms
Weekly Wrap up. Week 24.
The one about when I met the PM, fast like a girl with @dr.mindypelz on the @chrisevanstfi show, what’s new in the library, our upcoming online talk and a few other bits!
Link in bio to this and all other news 😘
Have a great w/e x
#somuchmorethanpilates
Come on Bertie. Sit up tall, class is starting 🐶🐾
#dogsdopilates #labradorable #bertiethewonderful #beautifulbeaulieu
Weekly wrap up. Week 23. 2024.
This week talking protein, amongst other things and while I include references from the wonderful @michaelmosley_official i hope with everything crossed, that he is found safe and soon 🙏
Link in bio 🥰
#protein #getmoreprotein #womenandprotein #findmichaelmosley #michaelmosley
I have been fighting chronic tiredness for many months now… (not immediately apparent in my classes, I acknowledge!) so I’m giving @drinkag1 a go!
I am teetotal, eat a plant based, protein heavy diet, lift weights, walk and cycle and yet I’m constantly tired.
Am I doing too much? Has teaching multiple hours of exercise a week (on top of my own personal training) and running my own very busy business finally started to catch up on me? I’m very, very reluctant to accept this as an option so I’m looking further afield to include electrolytes (@drinkoshun ), protein powders (@huel) and now this magic green juice!
I do know that my idea of fatigue is relative and I’m used to getting 24 busy hours out of every day and never sit still but all the same….
Im writing about protein in this Friday’s weekly wrap up, if you’re interested and have almost doubled my daily intake recently.
As a veteran of working @juicemasterretreats I have started my day with power greens for years and have a protein packed, fresh green juice of brocolli, cucumber, spinach, celery, courgettes, kale, apple, pineapple, chia and ginger every day but am now looking to this magic juice in the hope of some extra punch… I must say, it’s very tasty so we are off to a good start! 🥤
Let’s see!
Peonies from my garden, totally irrelevant but just fabulous and had to show off 🌸
#protein #proteinshake #minerals #wholefood #plantbased #chronicfatigue #needmoreenergy
Menopause and pelvic health.
Tuesday June 18th. 6.45pm
Come and join me as I host specialist chartered physiotherapist Emma Hammerton from @thearcheslymingtonphysio for an online talk on pelvic health, hormonal change, with some insight and help!
For more information and to read more about Emma, please follow link in bio.
#pelvichealth #menopause #onlineadvice #physiotherapy #pelvichealthphysiotherapy #pelvichealthphysio #helpforhormonechange
And on the seventh day, she cycles 🥰
My new hobby and my first road event. Managed to get lost 🙄 and had to get creative to get my miles in which, as a geographically challenged individual posed issues of its own…
Note to self… dont teach a weighted legs class two days before- what a total idiot 🤪
A very lovely morning trundling around the beautiful villages (and many hills 😱) of sunny Sussex. It all started from here….may there be many more…
@davinamccall @action.org.uk #47miles #itsonlyjustbegun #roadcycling #loonyinlycra
Weekly wrap up. Week 22. 2024
Why we need to RESIST in life…. To read more about the many, many benefits of strength, please follow link in bio 👊🏻💪🏻💕
#strength #strengthtraining #power #strongwomen #strongwomenarehealthywomen #ageisnotanexcuse
Latest News
Ok, full disclosure. I think it was me that dropped the clanger yesterday morning... those of you who joined me would have seen that I was not at home, and when I arrived at my destination the night before, I realised I didn't have a magic circle with me and went into the 8am class and edited it to avoid the little hiccough and I THINK I may not have saved the changes. I may be wrong as I am in and out of the library ever such a lot but I am going to put my hand up and say it was me. I could probably wing it and get away with it but I have never been very good at lying and dishonesty does not sit well with me. Mind you, I say that..... I remember many moons ago... many, many moons ago when I was 15. My parents had a bar at the side of the lounge - terribly "all the rage" at the time, then terribly naff and I believe, quite the rage again now. Anyway, I was home on my own, I was bored and I started looking for mischief. I took the carefully hidden key ( hidden above the door as we all knew very well) and let myself into the little bar. I worked my way through the optics of many, almost certainly past their sell by date bottles of revolting sticky liquid and tried each and every one. Needless to say it was not long before I thought I was going to die. I staggered out of the back door to find somewhere to hide (and possibly die) and spied my sister's Hillman Minx which I crawled into and gratefully slept. When I woke, the effects were swift and I just managed to wind down the rear window and get my head out before events overtook me. As I was walking slowly back up the garden, my mother and sister arrived home and my sister was horrified at the state of her car. I still, to this day do not know how I did it but without missing a beat, I just informed her that there had been a load of seagulls flying overhead and they must have poo'd down the car door. Im still laughing now, some 42 years later, at how I just came out with that line and that, as I was staggering up the stairs "with the start of a bad cold", I heard my mother and my sister discussing how shocking it was that the seagulls had done that.... dear reader, we lived in Enfield, North London. There is not a coast for a hundred miles. My mother told us stories about when we were little and I recall the story of how my sister furiously denied writing all over the new wallpaper in her bedroom with a crayon. It was the fact that she would not back down and insisted it could not be her that saw her sent to bed. "But how did you know it was me?" she sobbed and my mother told us that the writing was, quite literally on the wall - all around her bedroom in wonky letters read "Louise 4" Yet, as the saying goes, there is none so easy to delude as oneself. I can say for fact that I have on many occasions talked myself into or out of situations, telling myself I could justify that cake because I deserved it, I could have that drink because I had earned it, I could slack off work because I had earned the right to... How many times have you gone to do something and then given yourself permission not to because of the story you came up with? I guess that can go too far and I know more than one or two who have lied for so long that they started to believe their own warped narrative. One such was my ex husband who lied to me about his age... when he asked me once to get his passport from his laptop bag, I flipped to the photo page to see how bad his picture might be, only to be confronted with a date of birth quite different from the one he had told me.. and he admitted that he had been telling me for so long that he had actually convinced himself he was indeed 8 years younger... Mind you, I still married him so who's the fool!! We all tell white lies and we don't want to cause unnecessary discomfort - if someone has just spent a fortune on a new outfit and they are thrilled, would we honestly tell them we didn't like it? ..... on that note though.... when we were teenagers, a friend of mine's mum and her neighbour went down their road to the church to watch the arrival of a bride for her wedding. Maybe it was because they hadn't been invited and were a bit miffed but they were less than complimentary and I can honestly remember this to the word and I am laughing as I write this ..."Crikey, the bride has clapped some weight on, hasn't she? I thought brides were meant to lose weight in the run up - do you think she has already eaten all the wedding cake? I would definitely wear sleeves with those arms" ... "And WHAT is Sheila wearing on HER HEAD? Call that a hat? ".... all this said unfortunately, very close to the videographer, back in the days of wedding videos being very new and with none of today's editing available. Every word was captured and saved.... on their ACTUAL wedding video... I kid you not... Learning to be brutally honest with ourselves is one of life's greatest lessons. One of my favourite books is Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes. Marian is an addict in recovery and weaves addiction of many forms into all her novels (also brilliant - Again Rachel and Grown Up's) and she talks with such candour on the subject of addiction - I have heard her interviewed many times and it is the power to delude ourselves that is so shocking. The lies we can tell ourselves when all around us can see through it. Another great speaker on the subject is the mighty Edith Eger, who I have mentioned before. A holocaust survivor, she continues to lecture as a psychotherapist in her 90's - her books The Choice and The Gift are absolute must reads. She talks about healing without distraction - whether that is alcohol, drugs, food, shopping, exercise, scrolling social media... it takes so many forms but it is only when we remove the many distractions that we can start to sit with ourselves, get to truly know ourselves and then, and only then may we move forward. We know the need to be present, to be still, to be quiet but sometimes it helps to hear it delivered in a different voice or explained around another approach for us to see how it may benefit us. Anyway - my name is Juliet Nicholas. I am 56 and when I was 15, I vomited down the outside of my sister's car. There are no seagulls in Enfield.
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I can’t recommend Juliet’s Pilates enough! Juliet is an amazing teacher, always working on self development to deliver the most amazing classes where you feel confident, uplifted and happy as well as getting a great workout, and currently all from the comfort of your own home. Juliet’s classes are interactive, she’s always watching, coaching, correcting and praising. You can ask questions before, during or after the zoom class or by email or phone. Being accessible is a huge asset, Juliet makes it very clear that communication is key. Combining a fun personality with extensive knowledge makes Juliet’s classes a must! Live zoom classes 4 days a week and a huge library of recorded classes at your convenience is fantastic when hands on classes aren’t possible. I would recommend anyone to sign up and enjoy feeling healthier and stronger under Juliet’s expert guidance
Debbie
Juliet’s Pilates lounge is easily accessible with live and recorded classes. We have oodles of fun in the live ones as well as serious Pilates of course! Juliet makes it interesting and manageable for everyone, all shapes, sizes, ability or not, even though she’s secretly a sadist and works you hard making sure you have the right posture and pose. We’re a very friendly group and love new people joining in, the more the merrier! Did I say she’s extremely professional too? Well underneath that bonkers exterior is a very caring professional Pilates instructor with heaps of knowledge and lovely leggings too!! oh and must not forget to mention Bertie the lab who often joins in...all pets welcome here.
Kimberley
Juliet is a brilliant teacher who really knows her stuff. She’s kind, gets to know each client and best of all she’s hilarious!
Kate
