Sarah R Fitness

✨ COMING ON THURSDAY… PILATES & LATTES! ☕🧘‍♀️

I’ve got something exciting brewing…

Pilates & Lattes is a brand-new 8-week Mat Pilates course designed for every body, whether you’re completely new to Pilates or already love it.

Each week you’ll enjoy:
🤍 45 minutes of expertly taught Mat Pilates
☕ A complimentary Nespresso coffee afterwards
💬 Time to stay, chat and meet new people… or grab your coffee to go if you’re rushing off!

You’ll leave feeling stronger, more mobile, calmer and ready for the rest of your day.

✨ Taught by an award-winning fitness instructor and Pilates teacher-trainer
📍 Solihull College Studio
🚗 FREE parking
🧘 Mats and all equipment provided – just bring yourself!
👥 Suitable for all abilities
💷 £45 for the full 8-week course or £7.50 payg

No worrying about what to bring.
No intimidating gym environment.
No pressure to be flexible or experienced.

Just 45 minutes to reconnect with yourself, followed by great coffee and great company.

📅 Starting September 3rd
🕒 9.30-10.30am every Thursday

Book here - pay at the class, couldn’t be any easier! https://bookwhen.com/yogawithcoachsarahr

September Yoga Flow

September brings the feeling of new beginnings, learning and fresh routines. This yoga flow blends the relaxed pace and feel of summer with the grounding rhythm and discipline of a new month.

Move, breathe and find mindfulness through an incredible soundtrack designed to help you connect breath with movement and presence.

Whether you’re completely new to yoga or have been practising for years, this class is for everybody and every body!

Come exactly as you are, wherever you are on your journey.

A welcoming community, an autonomous flow, and a chance to begin September feeling centred, energised and connected.

Off on holiday… AGAIN?! 😂✈️🌞

Yep. And you know what? I’m absolutely embracing it. ❤️

Life is about experiences, making memories and grabbing the opportunities when they come along — especially while the summer is here and the kids are still off school!

Before long it’ll be back to reality… I’ll be back being an award-winning lecturer at college 🎓🏆, getting settled back into my fitness classes and pretending I’m not slightly traumatised by having to remember what day of the week it is or if it’s a 2/2 or a 3/1! 😂

And a little reminder while I’m away: please be lovely to the cover instructors! They’re stepping in so your classes can still happen, so welcome them, support them and give them the same energy you give me. Because if we make cover instructors feel unwelcome, guess what? They won’t be rushing back to cover again! 😬😂

I’ll be back to classes from Thursday 3rd September — refreshed, with a few more freckles, and ready to put you through your paces again! 😂💪

Enjoy the summer, be kind to the covers and I’ll see you soon! ☀️🫶

✨ COMING THIS SEPTEMBER… PILATES & LATTES! ☕🧘‍♀️

I’ve got something exciting brewing…

Pilates & Lattes is a brand-new 8-week Mat Pilates course designed for every body, whether you’re completely new to Pilates or already love it.

Each week you’ll enjoy:
🤍 45 minutes of expertly taught Mat Pilates
☕ A complimentary Nespresso coffee afterwards
💬 Time to stay, chat and meet new people… or grab your coffee to go if you’re rushing off!

You’ll leave feeling stronger, more mobile, calmer and ready for the rest of your day.

✨ Taught by an award-winning fitness instructor and Pilates teacher-trainer
📍 Solihull College Studio
🚗 FREE parking
🧘 Mats and all equipment provided – just bring yourself!
👥 Suitable for all abilities
💷 £45 for the full 8-week course

No worrying about what to bring.
No intimidating gym environment.
No pressure to be flexible or experienced.

Just 45 minutes to reconnect with yourself, followed by great coffee and great company.

📅 Starting September 3rd
🕒 9.30-10.30am every Thursday

Who’s interested? Pop a ☕ below or send me a message and I’ll make sure you’re first to hear when booking opens!

Well… I’m off on holiday… again! 😂✈️☀️

I know, I know… didn’t you only just get back?! 🙈

But with six whole weeks of summer holidays, we’ve decided to fill them with as many memories, adventures and new countries as we can before life becomes all about GCSEs, option choices, revision and taxi-driving teenagers everywhere! ❤️🌍

Unfortunately, because some of the programmes I teach (especially BodyPump and Shapes) require specifically qualified instructors, there may be a couple of class cancellations while I’m away if cover can’t be found. It’s nobody’s fault - there simply aren’t always instructors available to teach those programmes, even more so during the summer.

I’ll be back on Thursday 13th for BodyPump and BodyBalance at The Village, ready to put you all through your paces… until I disappear again for another two weeks at the end of the month! 🤣

If you do see a class disappear from the timetable, thank you for understanding. I promise it’s only a week, and before you know it you’ll all be groaning through squats and firefly again… and probably wishing I’d stayed on the beach instead! 🏖️🏋️‍♀️😂

Thank you, as always, for being the best bunch of members. See you all very soon! 💙

Move. Sip. Connect. Coming September.

🌞 Holiday mode activated! 🌞

Just a little heads up that I’m off on my holidays for the next week! 🏖️

I’ve managed to find some brilliant instructors to cover as many of my classes as possible (thank you, you’re all legends! 🙌), but unfortunately a few classes will have to be cancelled.

Before anyone blames the gym… please don’t! ❤️ It’s genuinely nobody’s fault.

It’s the school holidays, so lots of instructors are away with their families too (as they absolutely should be!), which means cover instructors are in very short supply.

Something that many people don’t realise is that teaching fitness is my full-time career, so I’m lucky enough to teach daytime classes too. For many instructors, though, teaching is something they do around their full-time jobs, which is why they mainly teach evenings and weekends. So even if they’d love to help, they’re often at work during the day and simply can’t.

If your usual class isn’t on, why not use it as an opportunity to try something different? You might just discover a new favourite! 😊

And if you do come along to one of the cover classes, please give the instructor a really warm welcome. Covering someone else’s regular class can be quite daunting, and if they’re made to feel appreciated, they’re much more likely to say “yes” the next time someone needs help. ❤️

I’ll be back next week, refreshed, recharged and ready to put you all through your paces again! 😂

Thank you, as always, for your understanding and support. Have a fabulous week, keep moving, and I’ll see you all very soon! 💙

POV: a fitness instructor’s favourite things.. One of the best parts of being a fitness instructor isn’t the fitness.

It’s you.

Tell me your name. Tell me what your dog did this morning. Tell me your daughter’s just passed her driving test. Tell me your son finally ate something green. Tell me about the job you secretly love (or secretly hate). I genuinely want to know who you are when you walk out of the gym.

I absolutely love it when someone who’s sworn allegiance to one class for years suddenly says, “Go on then… I’ll try your Pilates,” or swaps yoga for indoor cycling, or BodyPump for reformer. That little leap of faith? It means more than you probably realise. And when I suggest giving PT a go, then later catch a glimpse of you absolutely smashing it… I’m probably prouder than you are.

Then there are the little things that make me smile.

Walking into BodyPump to find my bar already set up. Although… if you’ve lovingly loaded it with 10kg plates for squats, I do have questions. You do know this is class number ten this week for me, don’t you? 😂

And can we have a quick word about injuries…

If I ask whether anyone has one and you quietly wander over saying, “It’s fine, I’ll just do my own thing,” the answer is almost always… absolutely not.

I’ve spent years training, continuing to study, researching adaptations, and working alongside physios to understand safe alternatives. Give me thirty seconds and I’ll find you an option that keeps you moving, keeps you progressing and, most importantly, doesn’t make things worse. Looking after you is part of my job. It’s a part I take very seriously.

What I never stop enjoying is watching confidence grow.

The first full press-up.
The heavier bar.
The deeper squat.
The first time you stop looking at your feet and start chatting to the person next to you.
The friendships that quietly form between tracks.
The eye rolls when I deliver another completely unnecessary innuendo because everyone’s legs are on fire and laughter is sometimes the only thing getting us through the final reps.

I’m right there with you.

Every rep.
Every breath.
Every spring change.
Every sprint.
Every shake.
Every “there is absolutely no way I can do another one.”

And if my body continues to let me…

I’ll be right there beside you for many, many years to come. ❤️