06/09/2026
I remember this day well and this picture brings all sorts of feelings back
It had taken me 9 long years as a single parent and at times in a wheelchair, a lot of super noodles and debt to finally get B-Fit Bootcamp as we were then to a place where I was finally making some pennies . We had around 208 members, we had a Bootcamp early morning, mid morning and every evening and had 30-35 people on a class when we went inside for Lockdown.
I worked my butt off over lockdown and established online training which was a blessing and lasted 5 years, Honestly it was the only thing keeping me going at times
We came out of Lockdown with less than 20 members and 10 online, I now had double the workload with online classes also but not even enough income to hire the field.
I struggled on for a year from 2021-2022 by this time we had 6 in person members that were not consistent and a handful online, My business was dire and cost more to run than I earned, I had zero.. it took all my savings
I sat at the field and I cried , failure, worry, stress, finances, the kids future, my future
I had no idea what I was going to do. But whatever I did i knew I couldn't do another year of that pure hell.
I'd not touched ETM for over 20 years , I have the rhythm of a slow-worm and the coordination of a camel yet here I was about to dip my toe in.
Terrified and Useless π€£
Emma was having none of it,Kylie wasn't with us, so here I was bopping around my kitchen wondering WTF I was doing and whether my 6 members would enjoy it and whether Id get new members.
They tried, they honestly did, but from flipping tyres to flapping arms wasn't their thing and most of them left.
New people did come, not in droves but slowly steadily
But I still had a year at the foodbank - which Is why I always give back there.
Dancers didn't want to bootcamp and bootcamp didnt want to dance and I didnt have enough of any in a class to cover the rent.
It was hard, sad and lonely. I honestly felt like I was trapped in a dark box.
I tried this brand, that brand, been through the cost of living and budget gyms until finally in 2025 it started to come back together.
The B-Fit tribe had grown. I found all my fits, what we loved, what I loved and I finally made some pennies.
Emma joined in, Kylie joined , we got a lovely little home in The Den
(the dancers would bootcamp though the bootcamper's still wont dance π€£)
No words can relay how those years felt, as a single person with no support,no parents.
When I see this picture I feel every one of those feelings again.
But I also see resilience, a desire not to make money but to share what I love with people and make their lives a little brighter. To sprinkle a little glitter on someone's day.
Its no secret I feel some of these again with some of the things that's happening around me, but I am so so grateful to my amazing members who have been there, through all of it, through some of it and through none of it but are there for me now.
Your support and kindness means the world, I actually feel like id not face this field alone now.
Your little check ins, help setting up, supporting events, a bottle of water here and there, a box of chocolates,the hugs, the shared tears, the road trips but most importantly the showing up to classes and the friendships made.
This career has dragged me through A Lot π€£
But I wouldn't be sat here writing this if it wasn't for the people reading this
So Thankyou again from the bottom of my heart and Ill always try to bring some sparkle to you as long as Im Blessed with this jobπ©·
