19/07/2026
๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ . ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ.
I know Amy Bartholomew doesnโt really like the โbeforeโ photo. Most people donโt like their before. Thatโs the point. Most people only see where Amy is today. Itโs not really a before and after. Itโs different reference points on a journey.
And regardless of whether you or I think thereโs absolutely nothing wrong someoneโs beforeโฆ itโs not up to us what someoneโs goals or ambitions are ๐๐ผ
If that woman who came to VF in March 2023 listened to people back then, or over the last few years, when they said โyouโre fine how you areโ
โฆ she wouldnโt know what she knows sheโs capable of and what is still possible ๐๏ธ
Thatโs what you stop people from doing when you say things like โthereโs nothing wrong with you.โ
You stop someoneโs journey to finding out more about who they are and what they can do. You make them settle because youโve settled.
I always ask clients โwhat do YOU want and why?โ
Amy is just another example of someone who trusts a process and actions 5 pieces of advice.
Yes. 5 pieces of advice.
In this case it was: train 3-4 times per week; check-in fortnightly; record your numbers; eat 80% good food; say no to things that donโt align with your goals. Then repeat consistently more than not.
5๏ธโฃ guidelines. Repeat. That was it.
Most people slow down when they hit 40. Amy built an athlete.
After completing her first marathon in Belfast in May and blitzing her time goal, when her food volume was high, and she was running 50km weeks, she only had 6 weeks โprepโ for her photoshoot because we now switch back to athletic performance.
Her goal for the photos: bring an athletic physique, not a bodybuilderโs one.
To showcase an athlete who:
โ๏ธ Runs a 21 minute 5k
โ๏ธ Deadlifts & Squats 2+ times her bodyweight
โ๏ธ Breezes a solo Hyrox
โ๏ธ Canโt remember the last time she was unwell
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Interested in change? Start here:
๐ https://www.volumefitness.co.uk/stories