You are invited to a party this Friday ...

This Friday, 10th April, at 6 pm you are invited to join my live and interactive Zoom disco party!! Let’s see how big we can make it!!!

Click here to join

A celebration of 21 days of non stop, free classes, birthdays, anniversaries, Easter and connecting with friends

WEAR A HAT - any hat will do!!!!

The theme is Mamma Mia and you are invited to dress up, bring your family, your dog (or cat) along, and let’s just have a party to celebrate completing 21 consecutive days of free, online Pilates classes and also my birthday on Saturday, Easter weekend and lots of other April birthdays!!

"Techy bit"

DOWNLOAD

Before the day, please download zoom onto your laptop/tablet/phone. You do not need to go into the program, set up a meeting or anything else, just have the program downloaded.

CLICK THE LINK

On or around 6 pm on Friday 10th April, click the link in pink in the box above which will take you into our party. Please look at the bottom left of your screen and “start video” which means that you can be seen on screen and “unmute” which means you can be heard and in the top right of your screen. If you click gallery view, you will be able to see other people.

VOLUME UP

Turn your volume up loud or add speakers.

GO LARGE

If you have a smart tv, you can screen share to put your screen onto your tv to see more clearly (swipe up on an iPhone to see “mirroring screen) or click on the square with the arrow pointing up in the top left of your computer screen and click on find tv - if the broadband in your home is getting a battering, this may not connect.

BE SOCIAL

If you click on chat you can type a message to all.

MUTE OPTIONS

If you wish to join in but not be heard, you can click on mute.

TUNES

The music will be played by me. It’s my party after all!

If you have an April birthday in the house, please let me know.

Let’s just have some proper levity in the living room, forget the “C” word and have a party. Open to all so please spread the word and pass the invite code on.

At 7pm you can then join Helen McGinn, aka Knackered Mother for “the big English wine Good Friday” - details on her web/insta

See you Friday and hope you are going to dance “like you just dont care……”

Juliet xx

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Sitting in Southampton airport and other stuff

By juliet • April 9, 2026

I want to keep it as on point and brief as I can and here are some cold, hard facts. Doing SOMETHING is a lot better than doing NOTHING! Whatever equipment you use and program you follow is far less important than the fact that you show up. Regularly and consistently. Only 30% of adults meet the resistance training guidelines and this drops to as low 10% for older adults. What is required? Training all major muscle groups at least once a week Aiming for 2 - 3 sets per exercises Using a weight that is getting challenging by the end of the set Moving through full range of movement. Now, why this is good news is that this can be acheived in whatever form of exercise takes your fancy and over here on our Pilates mat, we tick a lot of those boxes. Going into the 100 and wishing for the end, sitting tall in your Spine Twist and pushing for JUST ONE MORE rep is meeting this! We go through full range of movement, we use bodyweight as well as small equipment, so even if you are not lifting weights, you are doing your bit. (N.b. provided this is min. 3 times a week and you are pushing yourself to max ability in each of those sessions in one way or another and bringing in bands, small weights etc for additional resistance) WHAT COUNTS BODYWEIGHT EXERCISES AT HOME BANDS, BALLS, BODY WEIGHT, LOOPS A QUICK EXPRESS SET WHEN YOU GET BACK FROM YOUR RUN/WALKING THE DOG 15 MINS IN THE KITCHEN - YOU DON'T NEED TO COMPLICATE IT IT DOESNT NEED TO BE FANCY, STRUCTURED OR ELABORATE. IT JUST NEEDS TO HAPPEN Generally ALL types of resistance training work, as long as they are performed with high efforts which means that you get to a point where you are almost at failure. In other words, choose what you enjoy as you are more likely to stick to it and work harder at ut. CONSISTENCY IS KEY and the BEST exercise programme to do is the one you enjoy and will be more likely to stick at! MEMBERS. We have multiple classes involving strength and resistance every week. NON MEMBERS - I am just putting dates together for another 4 week strength program. Please email me if you are interested. More details to follow (I am delighted to be starting a 4 week strength training session with my local running club so I really am doing my best to share the love! )

Why runners need to lift weights

By juliet • April 8, 2026

Let's start with Improves balance and coordination Improves bone density Boosts metabolism and weight management Enhances mental health Helps with daily activity A few more?! Improves posture by strengthening your core and back muscles Reduces risk of injury by strengthening joints, ligaments, and tendons Helps regulate blood sugar levels and lowers risk of type 2 diabetes Improves sleep quality and helps you fall asleep faster Enhances athletic performance (speed, power, endurance) Slows down age-related muscle loss (sarcopenia) The ACSM (American college of Sports Science) is the bible of the fitness world with regards to fitness and exercise prescription and has recently done a huge survey, publishing it’s findings in a new report which has got the fitness world very excited as it is the first survey of it’s kind since 2009.