Shannon McKay Fitness

28/10/2023

10/09/2023

Finally our time to get away from all the stress that’s built up over the last 6 months and take time for US ☀️🤍

10/03/2023

‘I had wings once. They were strong. But they were stolen from me.’ - Maleficent

My Mum has called me Beastie since 2014 when this film was released and we watched it together 🖤

Keep your eyes pealed for a rebrand 👀

13/02/2023

I just want to leave this here ❤️❤️

Tracey came in to PT with me last Saturday very disheartened about some results.
We sat down and we looked at how far she has come since joining beginners bootcamp and PT with myself.

We discovered that she has lost 10kg!!!!

When I had Tracey doing farmers walks with a 10kg plate in each hand she was amazed that the weight of one of those plates is what extra she was carrying around on her body!!

I have an amazing video to share with you all of Tracey’s progress this week but for now, can we just appreciate that smile 😍❤️❤️❤️

23/12/2022

FINALE FRIDAY 🔥❤️❤️

4 amazing and completely different classes for you to try with us tomorrow 💪🏼

We know that a lot of people (not all) have now finished up for work and maybe have a few spare hours tomorrow. Maybe you didn’t think to prioritise those hours (or 30 mins 😅) into making YOU feel better - well this is your sign to do just that!

Tomorrow is the Final day of our class timetable before the new year and all our classes are set to be amazing. If you have been thinking about giving any of our classes a go but time with work hasn’t allowed, get booked in for tomorrow and make yourself the priority ❤️

Booking link below - ALL welcome 👏🏻

https://www.wellnessliving.com/schedule/melanie_soares_fitness

21/12/2022

Still a few spaces in our Swiss ball class today 👏🏻

14/12/2022

⭕️ Barbell Squat ⭕️

Have you ever videod yourself and looked at your squat from the side?

Not by standing side on and turning to look in the mirror but by actually setting up a camera or getting someone else to video you and actually looking at your squats from the side 👀
You don’t have to do this all the time but every so often for a check in on your technique will really help you to notice things you don’t even know you are doing.

Of course everyone’s bodies look and move completely differently.
Everyone’s skeletal structure is completely different and that means some peoples bodies will move into a squat position naturally without much thought but for others, it will take a lot of time, trial and error and PRACTICE to get it right …

I have shown a few things in the first three photos of what not to do:

❌ Loose arms
❌ Lowering or pushing your chest towards the floor
❌ Rounding through the thoracic spine
❌ Half reps
❌ Heels lifting and weight transferring to toes
❌ Bar not placed in foot midline (too high or low)

Have a look at the bottom right photo and see if you can notice all of the following:

✅ Retract shoulder blades, firm grip - lock the bar in
✅ Chest up
✅ Neutral neck and spine
✅ Hitting parallel
✅ Weight transfers into heels, knees not over toes
✅ Bar over foot midline and core engaged

Have a think about this the next time you feel uncomfortable during your squat.

Are you doing it correctly ?
How different does it feel if you try to change these things?

Have a go next time you are in the gym ❤️ — with Soares Melanie and Peter Soares.

09/12/2022

🎅🎁 FESTIVE FREEBIE 🎁🎅

Peter and I absolutely LOVE December for so many reasons, its both of our birthdays this month, many festive celebrations and of course Christmas, which is a big thing for family time.

So we have this year put together a December giveaway for any TWO our followers, who are not yet members, but want to join our next bootcamp.

Our FESTIVE FREEBIE is available for TWO people to win, when they take part as below ⬇️

💫 LIKE and FOLLOW this page
💫TAG two people in this post
💫SHARE this post and headline WHY you want to join
💫Add WHY you want to join us in January
( in the comments section )

The TWO winners will receive ⬇️

1️⃣FREE six week bootcamp starting 9th January

PLUS

2️⃣£100 AMAZON voucher

PLUS

3️⃣MS Fitness branded hoodie

The TWO winners will be drawn on Friday 16th December 2022.

Lets go !!!!!