Log in issues, new block and a few bits and pieces

NEW BLOCK

Dear all - we are now into our second block of 4 weeks - can you believe it!!! Some of you have been with. me right from the start and we are heading towards the end of our 8th week online!! so if you haven't yet subscribed please go to online payments on my website or drop me an email and for all up to date info, please visit Latest News where I will post all updates and info.

Sincere apologies for log in problems today. I have absolutely no idea what is going on and will be looking into it today and hopefully have everything sorted for tomorrow. If you had not realised that we have moved into a new block (with a new password) then that might be the problem for some but I do know several of you were trying the new password so I have no idea. Sorry for your inconvenience and I am "on it". I may enable a waiting room so if you log in and are sitting there "waiting for host" don't worry - I will let you in (provided you are subscribed!!).

Please do upgrade Zoom as per info - go into your account and follow instructions and if you are not sure, please get in touch.

VIDEOS

For those of you who are subscribing to my classes, you also have access to videos that I upload weekly and change regularly. I have had several requests to purchase these videos so I am now working on a small library for you to choose from and will also take requests. Videos will be £8 and will be available via You Tube in the next few days so if there was a particular class you liked, you can purchase and keep.

Next week's class info will be going up under Latest News on my website so that you can be best prepared. For small weights you can use 2 x tins of soup, for a flexi band you can use a pair of tights (thick/woolly!!), for a soft ball you can use a football or cushion (but really, buying a ball for around £5 would be best) but I will also help you to use household equipment... next week I will be repeating the toilet roll class!! I will also have "Just you and your mat" classes too.

Thank you too!!

As you know, I ran the first 3 weeks (21 consecutive days) for free and am now offering classes for £20 for 4 weeks which gives you 9 live classes and access to 6/8 videos weekly.

I still have the same knowledge, skill and nearly 20 years' worth of experience and indeed, have been upskilling and adding to my qualifications during lockdown and have done 2 full day workshops (Pilates and exercise for neurological disorders, Classic exercises and modification) as well as 9 webinar training sessions and scores of master classes with some international presenters (a wonderful opportunity that only came about purely because of lockdown) so I continue to be the best that I can be. I am a level 4 teacher and also a Pilates teacher trainer (still having to do mind numbingly dull standardisation meetings to keep that side of my skills current!) and unlike some of the large online services, I am right here on the end of the phone, responding to emails and available for requests and support so currently I am offering you access to all this knowledge and personal interaction for around 50p per class not including the classes available to you on catch up!!

I cannot promise to keep the subscription at this price forever but while it is, do take advantage, support me to support you and let me know what you would like to see in your classes.

Having said all that, as someone living alone in lockdown (with Bertie) it has been truly uplifting and joyful to see so many of you in my classes and to chat every weekday with you all. I have been really touched by so many wonderful messages, deliveries and thank you's and I really appreciate you taking the time to contact me and thank me but I also would like to thank YOU for supporting me and for being in my lounge chatting to me every weekday and making me smile, keeping me company and supporting me. I honestly don't know what I would have done without you all. I am delighted to see so many new faces and to be zooming into a variety of counties and countries which just shows what we can do when we put our minds to it.

THANKYOU xxx

See you on screen soon!

Juliet x

Not a massive change but it got your attention!!!

Thank you to all who gave feedback and it seems that with the tiniest tweak or two, we will largely remain the same.

Monday 9am - small equipment mixed ability and 6pm - beginner and back care

Tuesday 9am mixed abiltiy and 6pm mixed ability with harder options

Wednesday 8.am intermediate/advanced and 9.15am Beginner/back care

Thursday 8.30am - mixed abiltiy - only one class today

Friday 8.30 am The cicuits class and 9.30 - relax and wind down for the weekend .

PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE NO CLASSES ON FRIDAY 8TH MAY AND MONDAY 11TH MAY.

Please remember to check Latest News every week for upates on classes and equipment.

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I know I need to lift weights but WHAT do I lift?

By juliet • September 3, 2026

SUE SUE SUE - I'm sorry for those who thought I had finally lost the plot (and GREAT to see two of you laughing as much as me) as I managed to squeeze that into a class online yesterday. Still making me laugh out loud. If you havent yet seen Ann Droid on Iplayer, do yourself a favour and settle in. It has got to be one of the daftest, funniest things I have seen in a very long time, and having started to use Chat Gbt a lot more, it is uncannily accurate. How they acted those roles, I have no idea. Just genius. I met one of our online friends for coffee this week and every time we drifted into more serious subjects, we just kept coming back to quoting lines from the series like a couple of daft kids. I highly recommend! And so to weights... It can be really overwhelming. I saw a post recently online that said "I feel more peer pressure in my 50's to eat protein and lift weights than I ever did in my teens to take drugs"! You can't go too far without being bombarded with podcasts, documentaries, magazine articles and radio interviews all promoting the need for a healthier lifestyle and how to achieve it but it can seem too much and very confusing. We recognise that Pilates is excellent but on its own, is not enough. The ideal blend is to practise Pilates, lift weights and then also bring in your walking or running or cycling or tennis. A bit of everything really. We have already discussed the "WHY" element of lifting weights and if you are still unsure, scroll back a few weeks as I have written a few posts on this but there is no denying the many ways it helps us and I regularly get comments on where in your day to day lives you see the benefits. I LOVE this! However, we are still not sure about how heavy to go so let's try and break this down and make it easier to understand . “Heavy” is personal—it means a weight that challenges you, not a particular number on a dumbbell. As a beginner, start light enough to learn the movement and stay in control. If you’re aiming for 8–12 repetitions, the final few should feel noticeably harder, but you should still be able to complete them without swinging, rushing or changing your posture. Aim to finish feeling you could manage another two good repetitions if you had to. If you reach 12 and feel you could easily do several more, try the next small increase in weight. If you can’t reach eight without losing technique, choose something lighter. Different exercises will need different weights, so one pair of dumbbells won’t suit everything. Take time to find your starting point—there’s no rush to lift heavier, and muscle effort should never mean pushing through pain. If you are swinging the weights about, rushing the movement or feel you could do more, you are not lifting heavy enough. If you can't maintain an appropriate posture, are holding your breath or using momentum to lift the weight, it is too heavy.

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Route planning and going back to the fundamentals

By juliet • June 25, 2026

Firstly and most importantly, what a wonderful group we are! While several of you very sensibly chose not to travel on the hottest day ever recorded, and some of you are just too far and even overseas, we had a really great turnout for our first Summer Picnic on Wednesday. Ironically I had been searching for somewhere with shelter incase of rain - how could I have possibly known that we would need it for shade. We met in a beautiful venue, with a very welcomed sea breeze and had a great catch up over some amazing picnic offerings. It is always such a joy to bring us together and our social events are something that (as you know), I value enormously. While we continue to grow and reach ever further online, the funny thing is that we are so sociable and the more we meet up for things like this, the better connected we feel when we have a pre class chat online. The photos don't really do it justice and I apologise to those I haven't included but I chose not to use my phone too much and to just capture a few snaps of a really happy lunch. Thank you to those who came. It is always such a pleasure to see you.