GYM GIRLS LOCKER ROOM - The 2026 Gym Girl Low Down: Fitness Icks, The Next Big Trend & AI Hates Us?

Episode Date: February 3, 2026

S3EP1 – The 2026 Gym Girl Low Down: Fitness Icks, The Next Big Trend & AI Hates Us?GUESS WHO’S BACK? Season 3 is here and it’s packed with new guests and conversations that will inspire and motivate you in your fitness journey and in general! In this episode, I share my personal fitness journey over the past year, including the wins celebrated, setbacks overcome, and lessons learnt that anyone chasing goals can relate to.My gym bestie also joins me for a candid conversation about fitness, community, and what’s on the horizon for 2026. Together, we explore how personal growth, connection, and embracing new challenges can transform not just your body, but your mindset.In this episode, we cover:* The importance of community and building lasting connections in fitness* Reflecting on past experiences to set meaningful goals for the future* Personal growth through stepping outside your comfort zone* Training for hybrid races, marathons, triathlons, and other challenges with focus and dedication* How technology, from wearables to AI, can impact fitness routines* Women-specific fitness spaces, holistic health, and staying mindful of your body* Emerging trends for 2026: in-person community events, evolving competitions, and the rise of triathlonsThis episode is a reminder that fitness isn’t just about workouts, it’s about resilience, connection, and embracing the journey. Whether you’re chasing personal achievements, curious about fitness trends, or love a good locker room-style chat, there’s something here for everyone and you're always welcome.🎧 New episodes every Tuesday
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Hello and welcome back to the Jim Girls Rocker Room podcast hosted by me, Sydney Cassidy. Wow, season three guys. We're here. We made it. We're in the new year and we're ready to go. I hope you are ready to lock in on this season. We have brought you nothing but the best this season to get you geared up to achieve your goals and get ready for the new year. I'm really, really glad to be back. I'm excited. And I think this episode we're just going to have a little reflection, have a little like natter and a chat about what is coming up. But if you are new here and you've never tuned in or you need reminding, welcome back to the gym girls locker and podcast the podcast that aims to feel like those conversations you have in the locker room or between sets at the gym. This is our first time we are doing the podcast virtually. We've got some unreal

guests this season. And also this season, we have video. So if you love the podcast, you love listening and you actually just want to see our faces, then we will be on YouTube. And we are posting all the shorts and other bits and bobs, best bits over on our Instagram, which is at gym girls locker room. This podcast is a space for us to hold honest conversations about everything, being a strong woman, physically, mentally.

It's a space where we can discuss things from general fitness, body image, training, confidence and everything in between, nothing is off limits. Every week you can tune in to hear us talk with incredible women in this fitness industry and to hear about everything they have to say about their journeys, the highs, the lows, everything in between and to hopefully take something from it. I feel like every episode I take so much from these. I love kind of creating this space where women feel like they can kind of talk about their own journey and inspire others. Whether you're deep into fitness or scared to start or somewhere

in between, there is a place for you here. We welcome you and we are so looking forward to having you join us in our community. I know so many of you guys listen to us like whilst you're doing your cardio or whilst you're on a dog walk. I love like genuinely I mean this when I say is the highlight of my week seeing when you tag us in your stories. So please. feel free to tag us with where you're watching on stories at Jim Girls Lockroom or you can tag me I'm at Sid Gross but yeah so very much looking forward to having you here looking forward to this season this series we've gone we've got a few new segments the first one we start at the top of every session it's going to be like Sid sessions um and it's just a little insight into how I'm training and

what I'm doing because you guys know me. I am here, there everywhere and I can't say no to anything, you know, this year has truly seen me try more fitness disciplines than I thought possible. And I don't know, it's just kind of always interesting. I don't really share it anywhere else online what I'm doing. So I thought, you know what, the podcast can get this little, little exclusive piece of what I'm doing. But today I am doing a. A. run. I'm doing a long run. The weather has been really, really questionable at time of recording this. Like, give us a break. It's insane. I've got a 10 kilometre long run. And right now I'm actually training for a marathon and I'm kind of, well, I didn't realize I am, I'm running behind. So

it's going to be interesting. What I've told myself is as long as I don't miss any runs whilst I'm actually doing this training blog. I should be okay. But, I mean, ideally, you'd want to have at least 12 weeks to train. I think mine, I've started at about 11, maybe 10 weeks, which is scary. It's not, what I'm trying to tell myself is like, oh, well, at least I'm not working at, like, ground zero, you know? I do running. I kind of, I'm always running somewhere, some time, someplace, some point.

so it should be good but yeah this has been my first week and it's been interesting I would like to say that I'm not a fair weathered um runner and that I'm not seasonal but I have come to learn that I most definitely am I just don't think there's anything that beats like a warm sunny evening when the sun is going down the sky is clear and you've got like a little pair of shorts on the sports bra and I just have my hair down and I'm just like I love it but it's winter. right now, it's peak winter and it's anything but that I've been getting rained on. I've been like getting muddy shoes. It's just unpleasant.

And so I'm really trying to love it because I don't want to go to treadmill jail. Is that what they call it? Something like that. Prison. Treadmill prison. Because it's just so boring running on a treadmill. But I mean, my only other alternative could be potentially going on the treadmill and just finding a show that I really, really love. and I'm really engrossed in.

I actually always remember when I used to work at a gym, there was a girl, and she used to, this is like peak Love Island time, like, you know, back when, like, Molly May was on it, and that sort of thing. And I remember this girl would go on the stairmaster, and she'd only allow herself to watch Love Island if she was on the stairmaster.

And, like, the girl, I was so impressed. So, yeah, I could take a bit of inspiration from that. But yeah, anyway, before we go into 2026, I kind of want to reflect on the year. briefly and reflect on how 2025 was for me and all the things I've been up to to kind of catch you up because it's been a while since we've had a little chat, had a little catch up over on the podcast. So in January I met literally right out of the gates. I did a run club on January 1st, which some would say insane, but it actually turned up to be the best thing ever for me. I met a girl

called Georgie at this run club and then like saw her again at a gym session afterwards like a week after and we actually just got on like that like we just got on like two peas and a pod and she's actually joining us for kind of the second half of the podcast today so you'll get to hear from her but in in my personal life I also picked up the keys to my first home um which was a full well is I wish I wish I was with it but I'm not. It's a full renovation and that has been insane. I am sending so much you know, renovation energy to anyone else who's going through it because it is not for the week and it's yeah, been being a process but we're still kind of going through it. Went on my first ski trip which did not realize how much it like knackers you out like it is a workout. It is a workout

holiday. February launched Sigrose's X-Trum Chart Collection, did a winter rum in London and got a 5 and a 10K PB in that. I really went for it and you know what? I actually can't remember what my time was

but I think it was like 49 something but yeah, it felt really good for that cold weather but it was really good and I kind of didn't have any music actually I remember that I didn't have any music. My headphones I forgot to pick them up I was just like, oh, right, okay, yeah, I'm going to be fighting demons for this race.

And I have heard people talk about how when you don't have music, when you're running, you're able to kind of focus on that rhythm, focus on just getting there. And I guess in some ways that worked for me because, yeah, I ended up peeing quite a lot. I did my first ever cross-fit competition with Rad, which was, yeah, humbling, to say the least. You know, I'd only just started doing CrossFit. And my, oh God, it's all coming back to me now. They didn't tell me, RAD, cheeky guys and girls,

they didn't tell me that it was like a full-blown cross-it competition. So I didn't know what I was doing at all, and I was completely in utterly bewildered. I had no idea what was going on. And I was around all of these, like, super buff crossfitters doing incredible things. And I was just like, I've never done this before. But, you know, I don't regret it and I look back fondly now.

Started training at a new CrossFit gym because I knew to a new area and I've grown to absolutely love those guys. Like, it's a proper, proper home gym vibes, you know. They all feel like my mum's and dads. I kind of live in like an older area. Like the demographic is older. So I am there. I am the youngest there by a long stretch.

But I kind of love it. March got my first pair of carbon-plated shoes, which I feel like there's been so much buzz around carbon-plated shoes this year. They are worth it. I get the hype. They are speedy and springy, and everything in between. Got a gate analysis for that,

which shout out if you are in, ever in Manchester or nearby. There's this running shop called Running Bear. It's an independent running shop, and they are just so lovely and cool. They've got a couple of different stores open now, but the one in Alderly Edge is my favourite. It's like this Aladdin's cave for runners. They have like a whole wall of medals that people have donated and they just keep adding to it and collecting. And then you go down into the basement to get your gay analysis done and get your shoes fitted.

It's just like a really magical experience. And yeah, I just love it there. So yeah, definitely go and check that out if you're ever in Manchester. I believe in March as well. I did the CrossFit open. I think that was when it was. And again, I had no idea what I was doing, but I am a yes man and I will join anything anybody invites me to.

So did that with the whole of my CrossFit. It was a great opportunity to meet people. And I was in over my flipping head. I then did the hybrid games with Georgie and we came second, which was really good. Georgie is a lot, as you'll kind of hear from her later on. she's a lot fitter than me a lot she the girl is like an athlete so um i always know when i do something with georgie i'm going to be pushed to my absolute limit and this was no different uh but yeah

we got second which was like a huge achievement for me and i felt very proud and and we wore pink matching outfits which i think is um everything i love that for us in april we started i started a jewelry business random side quest. That's been going really well and really fulfilling and kind of taps into like other skills and passions of mine. I went to FIBO, my first ever fitness convention with ESN, the supplement sponsor that I have and the company that I love that just do the best supplements ever. I supported my friends at the Manchester Marathon, felt very inspired and was like, my time

could be coming. I don't know. I'd just feed it. Had an ice bath for the first time as well. Wow. I am not made for the cold. You know, I... Yeah, that was rough. I actually have nothing more to say on that. It was like, it was a rough experience. But I went to one of those like contrast therapy places. It was outdoors as well in the middle of the city. So it was kind of, yeah, rough. But they had these like metal tubs and, my friends and I, there was like four of us, and we went in the baths, and then you'd go into the sauna, and you'd be all like tingling,

and then you'd go and sit by a campfire, which was delightful. I loved that. In May, I completed my first ever high rocks with Oyinda, another fitness creator, I'm sure you guys will know. I did Hackney Half. I'm like, as I'm reflecting,

I'm like, how the heck did I do all of this? I also did the Hackney Half. in May and finished in one hour and 52 minutes which was a huge again another huge P-B for me. I'm not a speedy runner and I'm new to running so I was really happy with that and I think as long as you give you know everything you've got what more could you ask you know I also tried swimming at this point and I really really was convinced like the girl is entering her triathlon era one thing about me is I will do something that I like once and that then you best believe like my whole entire identity is becoming that thing like I will let's just

take go to a track session and I'll be like hmm I actually think I could potentially give it a go at being a sprinter like I think I've been sleeping on this but I mean it happens for every single thing like I if I did horse riding I'm sure I'd be like maybe I should do like a question things seriously? I don't know. I kind of love the self-belief in myself. Anyway, June was a... I was going to say, was quieter.

It wasn't really, but June started off with me having an exercise-induced anaphylaxis, which is something I did not even know was a thing. I've had allergies for, like, my whole life since I was about two years old. And actually worth sharing with you guys in case this happens to you. I had this freak allergic reaction.

My eyes were swollen. I couldn't breathe. I had to stop. Then I had to go and get medication. And it turns out that if you are somebody that has like allergies and you have a mild allergy, because when you run and when you exercise, it releases histamines, it can actually accelerate and make an allergy that you've got that's not really like broken through even worse. And so that's what had happened to me.

I think I must have had something at breakfast, kind of gone on my run. And yeah, I just had this crazy reaction. And I looked insane. But yeah, everyone on social media seemed to love it. And I think also, if more than anything, it was good awareness, because I certainly did not know that. I bought my bike after that. I bought a secondhand bike.

I was like, again, I really think I'm going to do a triathlon, had started the swimming. Then I bought a bike. Have I cycled it since? I would say maybe about five times. But I did go to a women's only bike ride club, which was lovely. And was a really nice break away from like other fitness things I do. Normally everything I do is kind of gym oriented.

So it was really lovely to do that. And we went on these gorgeous countryside bike rides. And I would really encourage it to anyone really because they had different abilities. there were some people that weren't confident at all but in true female nature we all just kind of like made sure to stick together or go out into different groups

and we had like a nice pit stop halfway through and it was lovely I did my first split jerk at CrossFit as well which was interesting and I'm still definitely working on it Olympic weightlifting those insane movements you see where people were like flipping stuff

over their head and stuff it really takes a while and you have to be patient with it and I'm still learning but it does make you feel like an absolute baddie flinging weight across your head so that's been really fun in July I began training for my first marathon I told you I had that feeling I was like I've I've spectated and I've watched too many friends do marathons now I feel like I my time is coming and I got presented an opportunity that was just too good to turn down runner the running app invited me to do my first marathon in Sydney we called it Sydney in Sydney and I was just like well yes immediately yes had the best time took my sister Ellis who if you guys have listened to this podcast since the start um she used to feature on them she does a lot more kind of like behind the scenes she is here but she's a lot more kind of behind the scenes producing editing and stuff now, but my sister, yeah, she came with me. She works with me full time still and is a joy to be around always.

So I loved that. Then after that, let's just like give some context here. I'm doing a lot of training, putting my body through a lot. I then injured myself by doing the Nikki Menard Hills Challenge. Was it worth it? I'd like to say yes. upon reflection, perhaps not, but I got a cool video out of it, nonetheless. In August, I struggled and worked on healing, just was going through quite a lot of personal stuff,

and I do really feel like 2025 for me. Although it's lovely to reflect back now and see all these amazing things I did, I did really struggle, like, mentally. And yeah, it was like a tough year for me in many ways. and I'm glad to be like moving forward with it. So August had this kind of cloud over it. I had shin splints as well. So I was going to the physio.

I flew to Sydney, ran the marathon. It was incredible. I loved every second of it. I think I went in there just being like I'm going to enjoy it. And I really set the tone of like I'm going to have a great time. So I did have the best time. the views were insane, like literally going across the harbour bridge at the start, blue skies, you're finishing and you just see the opera house like in front of you.

I cried like seven times. I just, it doesn't take much to set me off. But yeah, it was incredible. And I knew then, okay, I think I've got the bug. In September, I then travelled around the rest of Australia and I did a run club, little series and I went to a few cities in Australia. very impromptu, probably the most casual I've ever done. If you guys have been to my events, and to be honest, I didn't do too many in 2025, but I just realised, I think I might have been

saying this year, because I'm filming in 2025, but like, let's just pretend I was reflecting, okay, because that might not make sense. But yeah, in 2025, yeah, I didn't do too many events, but I've done a lot of events in my time, and you guys know, if you've been to them, that I really do all bells and whistles. But because this was a really last minute one with the run clubs I did in Australia, it just meant that it was just really easygoing. It was just kind of getting back to the route of like why you're doing it, which was just to connect to people.

And like it was just such a joy to see girls meeting and, you know, making friends. And that was so lovely for me. So yeah, uh, did that. Tried surfing. Loved it. And I turned 28. October hibernated a little bit.

still healing, still feeling a little bit like, oh God, this year is taking it out of me. I dressed as a protein bar for Halloween as well, which took me like five hours. And then I went to the gym expecting everyone to be dressed up and not a single person was dressed up. Which was, again, an interesting experience, but I don't regret it. And I still have the costume. And I did eat with that. I did, I think I ate with that one. I think it was great.

November I started recording the new series of this podcast. I went on a fitness retreat with ESN and did more ice baths, which was insane in Lake. It was, I was just absolutely pathetic and I screamed like so much, but I got in eventually. They say to get down to like where you're Vegas nervous, don't they? And then it kind of resets your body and you're fine. So you just have to get that deep. But getting there is rough. In December, I did my second high rocks competition with Georgie, and that's kind of where we're out.

We're literally, at the time of recording, I'm just about to kind of go on Christmas break. And this is the last podcast episode I'm doing, but I'm posting it first because I wanted to kind of have the freshest thoughts and takes for you guys. So it's been a wild year for me. I think I've caught you up to date as much as I can. And I think now we're going to have Georgie join us. My name's Georgie Billock. I am an online coach and hybrid slash high rocks athlete who loves running around in circles and taking on different challenges. Beautiful. Should we talk maybe first actually about how we met? Yes, because it's coming up to the friend anniversary. Oh yeah.

Georgie and I, as I mentioned at the start of the podcast, we met at a run club and we were thinking about doing a little like friendship anniversary and hosting a run club on the first. Because we are both like, oh, over New Year's anyway. I don't think you're doing anything, are you? No, I feel like I've peaks now. I'm 28 years old. I feel like I'm in that, I'm in that era where I'm so okay with saying, happy new year and getting straight into bed. Yeah, it's like something's happened where we've reached that age

where actually being, for me, being by a log burner in my pajamas with my dog is a lot more appealing. I think I've kind of, my heart has been telling me that I've been in that sort of frame of mind for many years, but I've only kind of decided to embrace it now. So I'm like, oh, whatever. It's so nice to just be in your confies and like just chilling out, have some food, have some drinks and just know that you're going to get like a good night's sleep. Yeah. How comes you went to a run club on the first of Jan? What was your like thought process? Because I was wanting to basically create my own run club, which I'd did two months later in Liverpool because I was also inspired by our connection, which was really,

really lovely. And looking at how run clubs are essentially an opportunity to meet people just like we did and being an online coach and not having that like face-to-face connection a lot of the time. He spent a lot of time solo and helping other people, but from a distance. So it was really nice to sort of find that connection. That's what I was kind of hoping for in the sense that you just meet new people organically. But I woke up with an allergic reaction that day. from my cat. My face was like this big and I thought, oh my God, no one's going to want to be friends friends with me now. But then I just thought, whatever, just go, go for the run. It's 5K. What's the worst that can happen? And then something really good came out of it. Yeah. It's so funny because

I didn't realize, obviously I'd never met you before. So I didn't realize that that wasn't your face. Like, I just thought nothing of it. But yeah, I, I've never done anything like that, certainly on like January 1st and I think it takes maybe maybe perhaps the reason we connected is because it takes a certain kind of person to go to something like that. Yeah. That was a good turnout. It was actually Zoe Ray, who I'm sure many people listening will know, it was Zoe Ray's run club. And I'm not really sure what the reason was she did it. But I think it's, I don't know, I think a lot of people just over the last couple years, like we've just said not wanting to go out as much or have to, people are going out but it's a little bit more tame and I think a lot of people are interested in

just getting up and getting out in the morning so and I think they're a bit more like that as a couple. Don't want to speak on behalf of them but I think they are a little bit more like that. So, um, and because it was only like 35 minutes away from me, I thought just get up. Let's start the year on the right foot. Um, and yeah, there was a there was a mega turnout. I was actually yeah, shop to how many people running and it got really muddy real quick, didn't it? It did. Yeah. I was, I was speaking. earlier in the episode like I really don't want to call myself like a you know seasonal runner or like fair weathered but I'm realizing doing this trading block now having not run in winter before that I yeah

it's going to be a whole new challenge just like the wet muddy shoes and just like I've had to run into the gym for shelter the other day because I got caught out in like torrential rain I will say I do think that going somewhere alone just kind of creates this like it just forces you right it forces you to put yourself out there and like it kind of creates this like magnetic energy of like okay well I'm going to have to put myself out there and talk to people and I know certainly be it holidays gym sessions you name it like if I go with somebody I'm going to be less inclined to I'm not going to need to talk to them whereas you know if you go to a gym by yourself or if you go to certainly a run club because run clubs are so

sociable, it's just easier to kind of worm your way in and spot the other people that are alone that are probably also looking for someone to talk to, you know? Definitely. And like everyone's shown up to that place, whether it be at the gym or the run club for a reason. And I'm sure a lot of it is for the same reasons, whether that is connection or they're starting in their fitness journey. and there'll be a level of relatability to it all. So like you've said, Sid, I think the more that you can actually go and do the things that you generally want to do and continue to do them even by yourself and not rely on a friend

or like your other half or that's your boyfriend or your girlfriend because you will sort of, I hate the word force, but you will force yourself to have conversations that maybe you'd think, oh no, well, my other half's here, so I'm just going to chill them a little comfort blanket. Like that's why I end up having a conversation with you because my boyfriend Alex was in there or my friends from Liverpool didn't come with me. So I just thought, well, I'm not going to come and just run and be silent for the next 30 minutes.

I'm going to at least say hi and see what happens. How was your year of training? Like, what did you get up to? I already prefaced everyone. I was telling everyone that you're like, the girl is an athlete. Like, yeah. So what did it look like for you? I started off in January with Manchester high rock.

So high rocks is like the main focus. and then I always do like running races around that. So had like a Hirox relay and a pro solo in Manchester. The relay, if you haven't done a relay and you're actually looking to get exposure into high rocks, go grab three friends and go and run a fast race and pick two of your best exercises because I think it's such a different race, but it's so fun and it's such a good hype on the evening of the relays. we had then like an ESN meet up one didn't we at Forders which I thought we I thought we smashed it we came second didn't we yeah we came second so that was kind of like a highroxy hybrid set up I then

went to Malaga and did another solo um high rocks and my mum came out with me mom's like my little cheerleader I went back home so home is Dubai so I was born and brought up there for 18 years So I went home and competed in a solo high rocks in Sharja. That was not a great race. Yeah, you weren't happy with that one, were you? I just felt poor performance for me, which I wasn't as happy about. But I'll take a win's a win and we move on from that. I then went and did a doubles with one of my best friends, Millie and Barcelona,

which was like the new girls trip. I feel like Hirox and girls trips can very much be combined nowadays. So in terms of reaching like the summer, the summer's normally where High Rocks World happens and I qualified for High Rocks Worlds, but it was in Chicago this year. And with other trips going on, I actually didn't go. And if I'm being completely, completely honest, it came down to just time and finances. So took kind of a off season over the course of summer for High Rocks and then went and did the big half down in London in September.

But I'd rolled my uncle like 10 days before that. And I thought this is not going to go well, strapped it up. It was one of those ones where I just thought, I'm just going to go down for the experience. But yeah, after that, we then went straight back into the Hirox season and went into my first race, which actually wasn't on plan. But with my friend Marcus, and we went and did a mixed doubles and came out with a 5623. And I've, I don't think I've ever been so shocked in my whole entire life that, like, we did that. So we then got a ticket to worlds.

We managed to qualify in our first race. and I have actually booked that, so we're off to Stockholm next June, which is super exciting. And then me and Sid raced in London, which was super cool because it was the biggest one in history. I think there was like over 40,000 people that went through the doors that weekend. You could feel it, though. I don't know about you, but there was like, it was like a mile long to get from the checking point to the ski, wasn't it? It was crazy. Yeah, it was insane.

I think like high rocks if we're talking if we're reflecting like things that took off in 2025 like high rocks absolutely was one of them yeah I think they had to sign kind of as you were walking up to the venue that that London one in December it was like a few years ago they'd been there and there was 600 athletes and this time around it was 40,000 athletes which is just insanity and it it was cool there was a really big buzz I mean You typically, high rocks races have like, you know, three laps or whatever. But this one was so, the venue was so large. It was one lap.

One lap. It was. Which kind of helps you understand the scale of the venue. It was huge because I did, I did London Excel the year before. And it was, they'd only used half of that. So it was a half of the venue that we were in. So it was a two lap course. The issue with high rocks, though, is that the, because it was like, for example,

if you look back on our stats, our run split. bits were like super, super quick. And then it shows our rock zone is like 11 minutes, but we didn't stop like once, did we? So it takes all of that in, well, we grabbed one bit of water and then went. So you have to take all of the differences in Hierox into count. As much as you're running the same race every time, it's also a very different race dependent on the venue. So I think actually as much as it was a quicker race, it was actually quite tough mentally

when you're like leaving that ski hug and running another mile just to get back out onto the course. But I'm so proud of you because can we just take into account that you basically had a chest infection for two weeks before that? Yeah, I just literally like about three weeks before high rocks. So, you know, Georgie's messaging me being like, you know, you really want to lock in, like don't feel like you need to send it so hard in this like peak week.

Like just, you know, see how you. I was like, Georgie. I actually can't even stand right now. I was a shell of myself. I had head to, I've never had this. I had head to toe muscle soreness. Like to the point where I could move and I couldn't walk my dog. And I was saying to people that like were genuinely coming around and caring for me.

I was like, I'm really, I know I'm the drama queen up the best of times, but I'm really not being dramatic here. Yeah. This is insane. And I ended up not training at all for like three weeks. So I was going into that race field. really nervous because I hadn't been running. I had the chestiest cough. And you still did, yeah.

Yeah, so I knew my lungs were going to be rough. And I also knew that anything I do with Georgie, I always, you know, try to mentally prepare myself and know that I'm going to be in for a rough ride because the difference in our abilities is quite vast. So I know that Georgie will push me to the very edge of like my, capabilities. So I was like, only because I know she's so capable. And like, it was the funniest bit was when I was, we were on the track. And I said, so he said like, out of 10, like, how,

how are we? And you were like, eight. And I went, oh, eight good or eight bad? And you just said nothing. And I went, okay, like, Georgie kept saying, we had a videographer and a photographer. And George kept saying like look up sid smile make sure you like take it in i was like i like i can't even breathe right now let alone look up and smile and smile i'm just trying to survive i we literally georgie was like okay let's go right at the front like if you're going to do high rocks let's just do it right at the front ha ha ha ha i was like yeah okay let's do that our first lap by the time we got to the ski-urg, I literally looked up at my support, like the people, the people supporting me, you know, my sister and whoever, and I glared and I thought, I'm in for a rough ride.

Like, I shouldn't be feeling this much pain. And it continues for the whole entire hour and seven minutes. But, you know, I'm proud of it, nonetheless. But you got seven, over nearly an eight minute PB, which is pretty sick considering circumstances. Yeah. considering yeah i was on death's door a couple of days prior um actually it's another another part that i do find funny about that race was um you you you um well actually you know i've got two a couple of talking points so one of them was um i've noticed and i wanted to hear your opinion as someone who you know does highrocks as their thing um i feel like high rocks have really upped their game in terms of judging i heard many people talking about penalties and we got penalties on lunges for not fully extending

our hips which um yeah we have our own feelings i take i take i take full i take full responsibility um but but i know that in the past you know high rocks have been i've certainly heard people say with high rocks oh just it's whether or not you get bad luck and if the judge's watching um but i do feel like it they've really seriously up their game with that now I think they definitely have because because of the, I guess, the wider audience that they're also reaching. If they're going to go to like elite and potentially push, you know, late down the line to maybe being an Olympic sport, there has to be like set rules. Otherwise, you know, it's not being taken as seriously. And that's, that doesn't matter what category you're competing in.

I think the issue still to this day, if I'm being completely honest, and this is not too, um, disdiscuit. respect any judge because they are volunteering their time and like you know they're there to help us essentially get the best out of that there was a whole um and i wondered if you knew any more about this there was a whole drama surrounding high rocks yeah london because um about the wool ball cue which is insane for anyone who doesn't know um you know obviously thousands of people have spent a decent amount of money on a high rock ticket oh yeah then the travel then probably the hotels and all that jazz, to be doing the race

and then there's this huge, they get to the Woolwall section and then they find there's a huge queue. Now, I heard people talking about different reasons why there was a queue. Was it that there wasn't enough stations or there wasn't enough judges? So, if anything,

I'm, as much as I've been doing this now for the last two and a bit years, there's a system where they know, dependent on how many people are going out on that wave, it kind of like circulates quite quite well. Okay, so that, you know, you know how every time we come into our station, that station's already gone. There might be a few, but you always have like an in and an out on each side.

So there should never really be a mix up with that. And that wall ball rig was huge. It was absolutely huge. So I don't think it would have come down to that. It might have come down to actually that there wasn't as many bodies to witness the fact that, as in when I say bodies judges, to witness the fact that, that there were people carrying this out. And if there's not a judge with you, then that's considered unfair.

My view of it is it's totally out of order. If you're paying your hard-earned money to get a ticket, which is like £120, you know, if that travel on top, you know, accommodation on top, it ends up being a good couple of hundred quid every single time. And it kind of, if you're asked to stop, no matter if you're actually wanting to at that point in time, you kind of want to finish it and execute it. At that point, you've done all the hard work.

Now it's just like the cherry on top. And I think it kind of, it's that anti-climatic feeling of like, okay, you're now being told to stop. It would be like being told in a marathon at 40K in. Do you mind just waiting here for 10 minutes? Everyone would probably be like, yeah, I'm good. I'm good. I would like to. But it loses that momentum and the energy. So it's something that I think Hierox really need to work on. There's always teething problems. And to be honest, Hyrox is still pretty. pretty new in the in the grand scheme of things. But there needs to be acknowledgement, I think, of the fact that it's, it's not cool for people when they are, they are training really hard. And it's a, it's a tough thing to go and execute. And you kind of want to keep that energy high

all the way to till the end. Yeah, I feel like we kind of tempted fake. So I remember saying to you, just how on earth do they make sure there's enough equipment? You were like, oh, I don't know, it just always works out. And then like, I go on social media afterwards and I'm like, oh, it didn't. I think I might have been the one that calls that. No, I'm excited for the growth of where Hirox is going, especially as a competitor. I really hope they bring out a mixed doubles Elite 15 because I would 100% be looking to go and do that.

But I think they need to just keep focusing on getting those foundations really, really strong before they can continue to expand. Yeah, definitely. Other things that we thought were sort of trends in 2025. five so obviously got the high rocks i think running continued to grow and boom it felt like everyone was picking up a pair of trainers and getting out there and running i think the thing about running that like has allowed it to take off in the same way that high rocks has is that it's so accessible and it's such a low barrier to entry like regardless of everything that you see online and that you see

all these influences promoting and stuff you do just essentially need a pair of shoes yeah to get out there and go, you know? A hundred percent. And that's what I love about it. Like running, as much as gym is a big foundation to what I'm doing, running's been something that I've always done since a little girl. And it has just been because it's been so, when I say easy, easy to put on a pair of shoes and at least try. Like the execution of it, my God, from week to week, it will always vary. Some easy runs are not easy runs. But it's, that's where you can go and grab a friend. You can make it sociable. You can make it relax. It doesn't have to be super duper competitive. You don't always have to know like technique and things that you might need to know

in a gym exercise like you would with running. That over time will probably become more efficient and better. But I just think it's one of the most freeing forms of movement. Like especially on a day like this, it's blue skies and sunny and it's winter and I just, I just want to be outside. And that doesn't have to be a speed session. It doesn't have to be quick. It's just time outdoors in nature. Like I'm definitely that girl that just wants to be outside and go for a hike or go for a run. So I would encourage, if you haven't laid stuff in 2025, at least give it a go in 2026 because, you know, you might meet friends. You might, you might actually surprise yourself that you're good at it. Like, everyone's a runner. Everyone can run. That's, that is the beauty of it. And like, we both work

with runner and they have some seriously good like program set up. And it's, once you've got the programs in place. It's just about finding that like in a drive to be like on the days that you don't want to, you're probably going to benefit from getting out. I think marathon running has definitely had more exposure as well. And I know that obviously, Sid, you went over to Sydney and completed that, which was insane. But I think more and more people are looking to at least sign up and, and, you know, it's a lottery anyway, signing up for these things and whether you get in. But I think more people are thinking, oh, hey, why not? Like, let's do a marathon. But on that note, I think the only issue when it comes to running sometimes is that you don't have to be running

marathons. You don't have to be doing half marathons. A 5K is actually no small feet in itself. Like, it's actually still, it's still something, it's an accomplishment, it's still a challenge. So inside of all of this amazingness that's gone on in 2025, like don't be, disheartened by the fact that so many people are doing those things and maybe that's not something you want to do and maybe you just want to go for your 20 minute run and that's like really cool in itself yeah absolutely and that if you do want to do those things and you do want to enter the races and kind of just enjoy and lap up these amazing atmosphere yeah like it doesn't have to be a thing where you like you know only valid for doing it for a certain time or 100% um and I think it was this year if

I'm fairly, if I'm fairly certain it was this year that the London Marathon, anyone who participated in the London Marathon, um, could download and receive their own Guinness World record. Yes. Finish a certificate because it was the largest marathon. That's true. The number of finishes, which is so cool. So kind of just like a testament to like how popular it's become and like how much it's kind of,

yeah, popped off. So I, I know it's certainly a lot more people, people that wouldn't, normally do races, myself included, doing a lot of that in 2025. Another one that popped off was reform of Pilates. I feel like that was one that was like, okay, the girlies are getting serious. Pilates is here and people are willing to pay the money to go and do it in a studio. No, 100%. So I don't know when you saw the like trend of I can't be a Pilates girl.

girl that like would rather have their heart rate at 175 or in zone five the whole time like I am that girl and I'm okay to say I'm that girl but I did a high rock class which is probably the worst thing to do before this and then went and did a reformers and I can totally say that I've been humbled and very very humbled like the strength that it took just to use like my own body weight to keep myself up I've realized that I've got a lot of core strength to be working on despite being able to push a load of weight and, you know, try and run fast. It's a whole different ballgame. So hats off to the Pilates girlies because they are strong as hell.

And I actually really, I love the whole aesthetic side of it. I think it's got like a really nice pairing with the whole, the fact that they look like really cute. And then they walk in and they're like badass when they're in there. And I'm there like shaking like a lead. Yeah. I did ballet growing up and because my nan owned a dance school. So it was like huge part of like growing up.

growing up. And then I think, but it's one of those things, similar to like strength. If you do not immerse yourself in that, it is so humbling and feel so foreign to what you're used to. But no, I think actually, if anything, it's really complementary to a lot of other sports, like running really, really great for it, loads of single leg work, loads of core work. Have I been back? No, but I will because I think I'm just a little bit scared. Yeah. Another thing that like took off kind two points here, but maybe we speak about them together, maybe we speak about them separately. The first is AI

and, you know, in wider life and like society and culture, AI has been a big influence in 2025, but people being able to use that as like a tool and as a device to help them

with fitness. And then the other thing that's kind of related is wearable technology. I feel like a lot of people in 2025 were a lot more savvy with like, you know, their rings. Yeah. Like the girls with the rings or with their watches. And it seemed that a lot more people were tuned in, you know, whether it's a

whoop or whatever. I certainly saw a lot more adverts for that sort of thing. Thoughts, opinions. What do you like to use? Yeah. So I, I mean, I saw, like you say, a lot more of a boom. Like even just like your everyday gym goers or athletes and now, you know, they, and all everyone's like kim possible got got a watch got two of them um so i just i don't have a weep

i have previously used one i think they're great and i actually just i react really badly sometimes my skin gets really bad to know where the right you but anyway i tend to wear um just my garment and to be honest i just do it to track like my speed um mainly for my running or sometimes for my workouts i think it's great i think it gives you a little bit of awareness which is the main thing with them. The main thing also to note is not to get too hyper-focused on them because there's always a level of inaccuracy to anything. You know, if you run on a treadmill, it could say that you're running 9K, but you've actually run 12, depending on the setting that you've put it on. So I guess just educating yourself on kind of what the device can provide for you, what you want

out of it's really, really important. One thing that I'd always say, kind of to swerve it a little bit, is calories-wise, don't always focus too much on like calorie targets and things as well because there's there's always a level of inaccuracy there, like compared to if you ran on a treadmill, treadmill calorie burns, like a watch burn is going to be so vastly different. So as long as you are using these things as like a guideline and not like always so, so, so literally, I think I would, I definitely use it that way because I think a lot of us take it as gospel and sometimes it might not be. But I think they are a great tool, especially when you're not having to carry around your phone when you're running or things like that. It just

gives you a little time capture. And I think it's great to kind of look back on and maybe, you know, like lots of people are doing on Strava or on Garmin, see actually what you've achieved over the year. Like it's cool to kind of tally it up and maybe see your progress from the start of the year till now. So yeah, there's definitely been a massive, massive boom in that. With the wearables, I was going to say as well like I've I've tried a fair few I use a chorus watch yeah and I'm quite kind of similar to you like I just I enjoy wearing a watch so I wear it for the watch face but also just like you know it's help it's really helpful having something on you where you can like sync it up with your Strava and you can get your running stats and your um you know exercise stats

heart rate that sort of thing um whilst you're kind of on the go but uh I do think it is I do think it is possible to have too much data. And I know for myself, like I didn't particularly get on with the whoop because I felt that it was like, for anyone who doesn't know, it's a wearable piece of tech that doesn't have a watch face on it.

So on the screen, I guess the idea that they market it as is to help you kind of just focus and then I guess you look at the data afterwards. But I think sometimes, yeah, it is possible to get too much information when it comes to like fitness. and, you know, all the data. And then it's like, am I leaning on it as a crutch to tell me how I feel, you know?

If I feel in myself I've recovered, but it's saying I haven't or vice versa, how helpful is that? So, yeah, I think it's one of those things that's an amazing tool and just kind of use it to the sort of degree that you're happy to use it at. I do think a consideration as well for women is that a lot of this tech doesn't yet factor in. your cycle and the things that that will make and you know even I've noticed kind of going into us talking about AI as well like um when I have used certain plans and when I've used certain um AI tools and and that sort of thing it doesn't kind of help you change and adapt your training depending on where you are in your cycle and for me I'm someone that that week before my period I am like fatigue is at its highest.

I have no energy. And so kind of just going off of like that data and what the tech is telling you isn't always helpful as a woman, you know, when we do change so much in the space of like 28 days or whatever. But yeah. No, 100%. And I think being a coach myself and being a woman myself and actually experience. seeing a lot of endometeotosis symptoms is what I'm going through at the moment and, you know,

I'm on a waiting list to get surgery for that one week to the next or one day to the next varies so much. And as much as like I have a strong level of discipline, that can sometimes go out the window when there's like a, they're generally as a physical or like a mental burnout from, from experiencing these things. And as much as a AI is so advanced now and it's continuing to, you know, become more and more progressive, it doesn't take into account that emotional side and that empathy side that potentially a coach can provide for you. And like you've just said, Sid, that adaptability and that flexibility is key. You can be really rigid in your approach and your commitment saying, I want to get X, Y, and Z done. But let's, let's be flexible in terms of how we approach that

because we know that there's other things going on or other priorities. And I think when you've got someone that you can bounce off of, it also stops this whole, oh God, this week was this week was good. next week, you know, that was shit because I did this. It stops this whole on and off side of things, which I think is what everyone really, really suffers with anyway when it comes to fitness of any sort of realm. So, yeah, I think it's just missing out that emotional connection, which I really value, one, just being a girl anyway, but also being a coach and working with loads of women, it's the one thing that I think allows you to see that long-term change.

definitely one final thing before we move on to trends we've forecast for 2026 one one thing that I definitely noticed a lot of

was a lot more women's focus spaces cropping up a lot more kind of independent gyms opening that are four females only or I've seen a lot of commercial

gyms starting to introduce and build female only areas. My home gym that I actually started training out of. I visited, I always go back there like whenever I go back home and I went back

there and they've got a whole new section for women only and I was chatting to some of the girls in there and they said it's rammed in there and they don't even use the rest of the gym and those were girls that were completely fine and uncomfortable to. They just think actually what is the point? So that's nice to see.

I feel like this has been like a growing momentum him, you know, over the past few years, but it seems like in 2025, it really came to like a head, which is nice. Is that a pure gym, Sid, that your one is? Yeah. Yeah. My gym down the road that's, like, right around the corner, they've done the exact same, which is a pure gym.

And I actually, personally, I don't mind training in with guys and around guys. I did actually a lot of my training growing up with guys. But there's also some times where you just think, actually, it's really nice to go into a quieter room. and just lock in or if you wanted to maybe do a little bit of filming and I think girls are maybe a little bit more understanding and just go mind if I film in here

and people feel a little bit more comfortable in those settings. So I also, I grew up with loads of women only gyms anyway out in Dubai just through cultural reasons alone. And so I think if it can allow for more women to get into that space and train and expose themselves

to different types of movement, like I'm all here for it. Heading into 2026, what are some trend predictions we have? I think a lot of people are going to go down like the Iron Man, Iron Woman, Triathlon kind of set up. I literally was about to say that. I genuinely think that was like the top of my list. I think triathlons are going to pop off this year. Yeah.

People are going to be like, okay, I've done the marathons. Yeah. I've done the hieroxes. what now can I do? I agree. I think because it offers so many different training elements and aspects, it also helps with, you know, not getting bored of just doing the same thing over and over again.

Now, yes, there are differences within running training. Like, you don't just get better at running by doing running or doing the same distance. But being someone who needs different levels of stimulation as well, like I'm very much that person that sits there and goes, oh signing up for an Iron Man would be like a really good idea. Like I don't even have a bike and I don't I don't go swimming. So but I I do think there's going to be more of like again those everyday athletes being like hey why not because which is actually a great thing I think because you know why not go and do a marathon like people you can do it regardless of time and if you if you look at like whether you've just got the resources and materials available then then then go for it.

but I do think we will see a little bit more of a surge. And I was watching Alex Yee's documentary the other day and I was sat there like, who does all the triathlons and marathons. And I just thought, I want to, I want to be that. I want to do that. I also think that I wouldn't be surprised if as a kind of flip-flop and kind of response to how 2025 was,

I wouldn't be surprised if they get, becomes like a real kind of like core gym strength focused like resurgence and I wouldn't be surprised if like people really get into like lifting heavy and getting like into the gym at it at at its roots. I don't know why. Yeah. I think it's I think it's never going to go away like that's always going to be at the court and to be honest as much as you know runners are like oh no I don't really go into the gym. It's actually, if you're not in the gym as a runner, you're doing your self, no favours by doing that.

So I think it will always be at the core. And I think, but like you say, maybe the power lifting side of it might come back into play. There might be more along that. But I do think they can, I think they're working together at the moment. There are those communities where it's like very much like your gym bros. And then there's the ultra backyard ultra runners and doing all that.

But there's mutual respect, I think, for both. Whereas like, there was always at the start of like, Hirox coming out. It's like, oh, if you're a crosswitter, like, God, we can't think of anything worse than doing Hirox. If you're a hierarch, so you can't think of anything worse than doing CrossFit. Whereas I think that's calm down a little bit. I think everyone just has their communities. And if you want to try something else out, then people are welcoming of you to do it. I've read a few things about people predicting that there'll be a more holistic approach to fitness and exercise and that maybe like the wider population of people that exercise will understand

that it's not just about exercising, it's about eating and recovery. And I wonder how we'll do that. I've seen a lot of people talking about that as well. No, I agree. And I think not to not to sound like I'm pitching my own coaching, but with stay balanced, which is like the brand of my coaching, as much as I'm coaching people for lifestyle, for performance, there's, there's three core pillars to it all, which is your nutrition movement and mindset. And if you are neglecting one of those core pillars, you are not putting yourself in the most optimal position possible. So, and it's the same with me. If I want to go and do these random crazy things, like I've got a great season coming up, but it requires a lot of demands from me physically. I've got backyard

ultra. I've got hypoxes. I've got marathons. Like, if I'm not eating enough food, I can't, I simply cannot go and do those things. Or if I'm not, if I'm not fueling strategy wise correctly, I, I, can't go and do it. And I think it's understanding that they, you have to join the dots and they all complement each other. I've got to take step back sometimes and relax. I've got to, I've got to make sure like I work on my mind. That's a muscle too. So I think there's more push on the whole recovery and the holistic, which I'm so here for because you can't push extremes for long periods of time, whereas if you keep at balancing acts, you know, you could be in this game for years and years to come, which is exactly what I want to try and do. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, you've

I think 2025 was the year of injuries for many people. So hopefully people will start to get like a more well-rounded sort of understanding and approach to things. The other one I was going to say is I really feel like, and it's something I certainly want to tap into with Jim Carls Lockroom and my community after taking a bit of like an extended break over the year over 2025. I really think there's going to be a lot more in-person community. events like this is something that kind of has been going on for a while but I think since the rise of

AI there's this real yearning to connect in person and to kind of clock out of like the online space and I think there's a real need for that so I wouldn't be surprised if there's a lot more in-person IRL events 100% attend that sort of thing no I agree and I very much encourage it like that goes straight back to why I started the run club in the first place because, you know, I'm always behind the screen. I'm always available. I'm always connected. I'm always connecting, but it's not like that, you know, it's even, it sounds silly, but going up to someone and be like, hey, give them a hug. Like, that's, that's a connection that you lack so much when you're doing things behind the screen. So I'm all for it. Like, I think there'll be more and more run clubs, like you

say, I think there'll be more, maybe lower level competition, not lower levels, sort of lower Entrepoint competitions that are going on, whether it's like other hybrid, hybrid competitions or events. And I think that's only a good thing. I think we all need it in today's day and age where we are so hyper-focused on our phones. And I very much am guilty of, you know, over-consuming and then feeling like, oh, God, I really need to move away from that. Whereas if we can keep it like a bit of a balancing act, I think it benefits everyone. Yeah, definitely. And I think like even not only a week, more locked in than ever on like social media and kind of just missing those real life activities. It's also that we've like made this real transition to kind of working at home and like,

yeah, I feel that. I feel so stir crazy. Part of the reason why I've kept up doing CrossFit when it's just like, yeah, like you say, that touch point. Okay, to finish off, quickfire questions, I'll read them and we'll both answer. If we want to expand, we certainly can. Morning or evening workout. Morning workout.

All day. I'm evening. But it depends for me. Like I, if I'm doing a gym session, I'm not doing it in the morning. I need like a full meal behind me. Yeah. But I can't run in the evenings. I really don't like that at all.

No. I cannot run in the evening. To be honest, I really like like the luxury and it is very much a luxury and I do really understand that. Working for yourself and working at home. I can just go to the gym at like 11 a.m. That's like perfect for me, wherever I've woken up, like you say have meal.

I don't, I don't care to be part of the 5am club and I'm so okay with it. Yeah. Although, best believe, anytime I do get up and train at 5am, I'm like clicking down and everyone.

I'm like, I got up. But no, it takes a second kind of person and I'm not that person. Okay, next one. Favorite rest day activity? Oh,

it would be like actually a long, a long walk and a coffee and grabbing a page. I know that's like not really rest day. It's more like an active rest day. Another activity would probably be going to like out for lunch and just chilling and living my most romantic life in little coffee shops and stuff. Yeah. I think that'd be me or like if I was going to pick an activity like love a little bit of like pottery painting. Oh yeah. Or like yeah, something food related usually goes down a tree. Next one is solo or group session.

So dependent on what is being asked, I think. Wow. I expected you to just be like group. I don't know why. I think so like in a condition, if we're doing like a hardcore conditioning session, so good to have people around you who are like suffering with you. But I think in terms of like, that's actually so true. Speed session the other day wouldn't have been able to do it if I wasn't in a group. But I think it's dependent on my mood. Like if I'm in like one of those music where I just think I want to get in and get it done, definitely solo, lock in with your headphones.

But I think in terms of encouragement and making the experience probably a little bit better, group. Yeah, my answer is group. But I do understand what you mean. I do think, you know, this year is the first year. I probably was like seriously on different training plans and in training blocks. And sometimes it is just like, look, I love you, but you're distracting me. and I just, I'm, this one hour session is going to turn into like four hours, you know,

so I get, I get that. Guilty pleasure workout song. I love pit bull fire. Like, when you're running, that shit is fire. Like, it is so good. So, yeah, that'd be my one. I would say I actually went through a phase recently of just listening, I do this as well, of listening to songs on repeat, on repeat, until I actually go, I actually go, I actually

hate this song right now. Yeah, I'm actually sick of it. 12 to 12 by Somba. It was on repeat for a time. Really? Yeah. How much is that, how does that one go again?

Oh, I would love, it's the one where it's like in a room full of people, that one. In a room full of people. I, you know, I found really funny this year, speaking of music is my CrossFit,

the, like, gym owner. Yeah. CrossFit gym. I found it really funny. He will put on the most eclectic, like music choices when we're training. And I'm like, Nick, I'm literally dying here. Can we like put something decent on?

And he's and he's putting on like the greatest showman. No. No. No. Do you know what? No, no hate. I actually quite like the quite like it. But when you're in the depths, in the depths, you need something.

thing to bring you out of that and i'm like shouting put fred again on yeah just i i find a beat really helps me so anything with like a hard beat really i find really helpful uh dream training partner oh oh my god i actually probably would say if it was running chnade oh yeah 100%. Janade or Joanna, who's all Lauren Wink's, I feel like there's so many amazing women out there. For context,

Shade is a Elite 15 high rocks athlete. Yes. Sorry, just throwing names out there. Yeah, I'd probably say, because I really want to just get steedy right now, and that's like my main focus,

she would be, yeah, a really good person to go down to the track with. I'm trying to think, I think my dream training partner would be someone like Leanna D, because she was like one of the first people to get me into training so I feel like it was such a full circle moment failing that lean beef patty love would I think I'd go for like a I think I'd go for like a gym girl like yeah but yeah one thing that is always in your gym bag um a water bottle without without fail like a massive water bottle I always have like multiple in there as well um yeah yeah I think mine's always water I just find now I'm doing a more hybrid focus training style.

It's not going to fly, not having a drink. Literally me. Like, it's just, it's not going to, like, I need that thing by my side. What is your current go-to snack or hyperfixation meal? Oh, right. Not to even just be a shout-out, but the, I've actually spoken to Zid about this. The ESN hope bars, I like, I actually don't know what's in them. They are so good.

They're so dense in calories and calories. hubs, but I'm so here for it because I feel proper fuels when I go and do a session. They are like the thickest flapjack with like this gorgeous coating on chocolate chips. And as you can tell, like I'm obsessed. My, I remember my manager from ESN was like, oh yeah, it's actually discontinued now. And I was ready to riot. And when I found it, it was coming back. I was just so overdue.

So yeah, shout out to the ESN. Hope. My hyperfixation meal, you know, it is a, my hyperfixation meal I've had, I think I'm going on about 343 days strong. I went skiing earlier up this year and I had the most sensational ham and cheese omelette. And I haven't, I have, I can't, I'm actually embarrassed at how long this hyperfixation has lasted. I've literally had a ham and cheese omelette for breakfast. every day of 2025. And it's like, I need it to stop.

I actually need to find a new breakfast at this point. But it's just like, I actually remember. I remember you doing this when I first met you. And I was like, wow, she fucking loves these hamming jeans up the ham and cheese on this. And then you were like, oh, I think I'm going to add some toast into the mixer day. I was like, whoa. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Two points from that. Uh, what a weirdo.

You beat this. girl, she's like, hi, I just love hammer cheese omelets. But I also did do that. When I was getting, I wasn't ready to give up the hyperfixation. And when I was going into like serious marathon training, where I needed more carbs. And I think actually you or maybe Alex had said to me like, do you not think you should be having some carbs with your breakfast? And I was like, well, I can't let the ham and cheese omelette go.

So I'm going to have to have toast with it as well. So, yeah. So funny. This is like being my greatest love affair of 20. 25 so that's been fun. Anyway, the next one is when do you feel your strongest?

I'd say when actually everything else in my life is going good because I'm probably more consistent at showing up and also definitely certain points in my cycle. So I think when I'm in my ovulation phase I am a little bit stronger. Luteel goes out the window for me. But I would definitely say

you show up stronger in your sessions because of your mental state. I personally think that. And that has a lot to do with like my relationships, my, my work, my, you know, downtime that I'm having to actually rewind and go into these sessions. So yeah, I'd probably say when everything else around me feels really strong. And that's like a cherry on top. That's a beautiful answer. And I wish I had something more like, you know, well articulated. I was just going to say when someone's telling me I'm doing great. Because this girl relies on external validation. But no, I do really, yeah, I agree with everything you're saying.

Like, it is really funny. As you get older, you kind of become more in tune with your cycle. And there are certain points where you're just like, I am on fire. I'm fertile. And I'm incredible. Yeah. Nothing could go wrong. What's a mantra you live by?

nothing good comes from extremes. Now, I say this with a pinch of salt as well, in the sense that with me and my past, and I know I haven't got into that, but I took food and exercise to extremes, and it got me nowhere other than an eating disorder for years and years and years. And as soon as I started to give focus to other areas of my life,

which were like I've just said, those friendships and memories and all of that good stuff, as much as that's still a core, huge core part of who I am and identity and always will be, I don't need to take them to those extremes at the expense of other things. So I think as much as you can find harmony in food, fitness, relationships, all of that stuff, like you're living at happier existence. That doesn't mean that I won't sign up for some backyard ultras and things like that, but I've got to have a really good support and cushioning around it. Yeah, no, I love that. I think mine would be like, um, growth only comes outside of the comfort zone.

I think it's like something that in, in the past few years, since I've been a creator, I've really leaned into. And I think it's like anytime you feel that fear, you just got to head towards it. So that's kind of a mantra I live by. And the final thing is, where can people find you if they want to follow you? Well, I've actually just made a big change. Yeah. No identity. So on. Instagram I am Georgie Bullock. It is doubly at the end of Georgie. And

if you are looking for coaching, it's stay balanced dot coaching on Instagram. It's stay balanced with G on TikTok. But I think I might change that one. Yeah. So if you can't find her. So if you can't find me, come back to here. But yeah, guys, that is everything. I hope you look forward to the incredible season we've got coming. We've worked really hard on it. And if you want to stay in touch in the meantime, then remember you can find us at Jim Girls Locker Room and

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2026, a sensational year and a lovely week. And thanks so much for being on, Georgie. Thank you so much. See us later.