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For 45 minutes, nothing else exists. Not emails.

For 45 minutes, nothing else exists.

Not emails.
Not life admin.
Not whatever chaos is waiting outside the studio.

Just music.
Movement.
And that final track where everyone gives what they’ve got left.

Yes, we add choreography.
No, it’s not the be all and end all.

If you hit every move? Amazing.
If you freestyle the whole thing? Also amazing.

Because once we walk out that room, none of it matters.
What matters is that for those 4(5) minutes, you forgot about everything else.

That’s the point.

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If your Garmin keeps saying “Overreaching”, it usu

If your Garmin keeps saying “Overreaching”, it usually means one thing:

You’re increasing the intensity of your workout too quickly.

Progressive overload training isn’t about lifting heavy weights every week. It’s about gradual progression — small increases in the amount of weight, the number of reps, or total volume — while protecting proper form and allowing recovery.

In this block we’ve just progressed to barbell work.

That doesn’t mean doubling the load.
It means adding 2–5%.
It means keeping good form.
It means building muscle mass without increasing your risk of injury.

Strength training works best when it’s structured.

Not random. Not ego-driven. Not chaotic.

If you want workouts programmed around progressive overload principles (with deload weeks built in), that’s exactly how I coach.

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Translation: You’re doing the most. And it’s not h

Translation: You’re doing the most. And it’s not helping like you think it is.

This is the one I have to watch myself with 😅
The temptation to add more weight. Do more reps. Be a superhero.

But progressive overload training isn’t about proving a point.

It’s about gradual progression.
Using the right amount of weight.
Letting your body adapt.
Building muscle without increasing the risk of injury.

In our current strength block we’ve just progressed to the barbell (for those who have one). That doesn’t mean suddenly loading up heavy weights for the sake of it.

It means respecting the progression.

It means maybe staying at last week’s load.
It means adding a little bit — not doubling it.
It means keeping proper form even when your ego wants a personal record.

And it also means we build in a deload week on purpose.

Because strength gains don’t come from smashing yourself every training session. They come from structure. From rest days. From knowing when to push and when to pull back.

All my classes are recorded too, so you can start from the beginning of the block and follow the progression properly — instead of jumping in at the heaviest week and wondering why your watch says “strained” 👀

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Culture. Community. Cardio. Say less. 🔥🚴🏾‍♀️ @wccc

Culture. Community. Cardio. Say less. 🔥🚴🏾‍♀️ @wccc_uk

Inspired by Bad Bunny listing the countries in America at the Super Bowl, we took a moment post-ride to shout out the parts of the world we’re representing 🌍 ❤️

Yday wrapped up the WCCC spin + sauna winter series - with the weather doing the absolute most right now, we CAN make indoor cycling a pleasure. RIDE is all about the community, the playlist and permission to move despite the skies being grey.

Movement hits different when you feel seen.

If you’ve ever wondered whether you’d belong in a cycling space… this is your sign. 🚴🏾‍♀️✨

Thanks to the Women of Colour Cycling Collective for having me 🫶🏾

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Just hit publish on a blog post about progressive

Just hit publish on a blog post about progressive overload and it got me thinking about how we monitor this and the connection to our @garminuk training status 😅 (IYKYK)

Who wouldn’t wanna see “productive” like, every. single. day..?? But it doesn’t work like that, and it’s not supposed to work like that 😬

When you see productive, it means you’re doing summit right; keep doing that lol and if you’ve been using the principle of progressive overload, it’ll mean it’s working properly.

Gradual increase. Enough recovery. Training that fits your life.

This is exactly what we work on in my online strength classes — consistent progression, sensible rest, and training that works with real life, not against it.

📷: @fordtography

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