Journal · Physical Formula
Notes from the floor.
Coaching breakdowns, training stories and the thinking behind how we coach, small group personal training, HYROX and strength & conditioning at our Leamington Spa gym.
Coaching breakdowns, training stories and the thinking behind how we coach, small group personal training, HYROX and strength & conditioning at our Leamington Spa gym.
Coming back to training as a mum is not the same as starting again. Your body has done something extraordinary; it now needs coaching that respects what it has been through. This is what proper postpartum-aware strength coaching actually looks like at Physical Formula.
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A coach’s guide to returning to strength training after a baby. Why bounce-back advice fails new mums, when to actually start, the four foundations of postpartum recovery, and how Physical Formula coaches mums back to lifting.
The rules change in your 40s. Bone density drops, muscle thins, sleep gets harder. Strength training is the single most evidence-supported intervention through perimenopause and beyond. Here is what actually works in your 40s and 50s.
For the past six years we have been quietly building something different on the edge of Royal Leamington Spa, a coaching-led small group personal training gym where people are seen, supported and coached in a way most gyms never manage.
The eight stations, the pacing, the programming and what it takes to move from first race to a competitive finish. How HYROX coaching is structured at Physical Formula, week by week and block by block.
An honest comparison of small group personal training and a commercial gym membership in Leamington Spa. What each delivers, the real cost, and which one actually changes how you train.
Why strength training matters at every age, what to actually train, how to start when you have never lifted, and what coached strength looks like across hormonal life stages.
Why crash diets fail, what sustainable fat loss actually looks like, and the role of strength training, protein and habits that compound over years not weeks.