Pedal Stroke

23/11/2022

So after qualifying a few years ago with the indoor cycling institute(picture included!) I’m now proud to say I’ve been selected to be part of their ambassador team.

The aim is to deliver high quality indoor cycling sessions without the bits that don’t actually benefit you. To offer sessions that will offer physiological adaptations and increased fitness that are thought out, considered and developed.

There are a few banned moves as an ICI ambassador, concepts I’m happy to adhere to so that sessions are going to get fitness results!!

Being off of the ICI ambassador network will help get other fitness enthusiasts in touch with other high level classes across the country so if you’re off on your travels and fancy a class you know will be a certain type of way, you’ll he able to find one 🤩

18/11/2022

Less frequent on the posting as I spend more time doing things like this 💪🏼

Super interesting learning how the body reacts to environmental changes.

Currently honing in on physiology and psychology with more to come throughout the year.

08/10/2022

◼️📣 A N N O U N C E M E N T 📣◼️

Booking now live with a very smug QR code which makes me feel both grown up and professional. Swim lessons in the pool available here only for now buttttt open water and bike fit to follow 💪🏼

Pedal Stroke is levelling up!

07/10/2022

📣◼️A N N O U N C E M E N T◼️📣

A big warm welcome to Tamsin!

Tamsin joins the Pedal Stroke team as a level 2 swim teacher. Tamsin and I have worked alongside each other for a while now and there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that she will offer excellent teaching to the adult swimmer population.

Bookings have gone a lil wild of late so Tamsin coming on board will mean that we can continue to offer excellent learn to swim opportunities to you.

New booking system launching next week - all bookings will need to be made through this system and not via Instagram.

Can’t wait to get started!

04/10/2022

Bike fit!

It’s heading towards turbo time so it’s even more important to be fitting that bike correctly - when we’re static inside on the bike there isn’t the natural undulation to relieve some poor fittings we might be able to ignore whilst out on the road.

Hit up Facebook to book.

members get a legendary £20 discount for being members at the best gym 💪🏼 one time only but can be used by a friend if you’re nice like that.

17/09/2022

Do. Your. Strength. And. Conditioning.

Being a triathlete is hard at the best of times - 3 sports to get good at, individually and then get good at doing them one after the other… yeaaaa no one has that much time..! And now I’m telling you to add ANOTHER discipline in? Yep yep yep okay, cool.

But seriously, S&C that is specific not only helps to reduce injury time, it also helps create additional power.

These photos are 5 years apart. I’m actually in my triathlon peak in the left picture. I’d won a couple of small races and was qualifying for Europeans. There’s no power there though..!

I talk about using your arms at run club, your legs will follow what your arms tell them to do. Arms on the left, no instruction. Arms on the right, well, you tell me.

There’s so much to pick apart, foot landing, body position… but let the lesson be… you can be good. But you can ALWAYS be better.

Do your S&C ☺️ (Maddie, that smile is for you)

14/09/2022

If you notice a couple of changes in how I coach, fret not!

Career professional development (CPD) is a vital point of any coach or worker. Today I had the privileged opportunity to work with not one but two British Swimming coaches.

Always strive to learn from the best in the trade!

Big thanks to the RM fam for hooking this up. Exceptional opportunity for me as a swimmer and a coach.

Warm ups, S&C, techniques… all the boxes ✔️

12/09/2022

Consistency

Consistency is key. Whether that be committing to an activity once a week or training a session with consistency according the the goal. C o n s i s t e n c y will rarely let you down.

Don’t over promise and under deliver to yourself. Set yourself goals that will help you grow. You can always build 🤛🏼

It’s Monday, for most that’s the start of a new week so plan in what you’ve got to get done to give yourself a sense of achievement and KEEP GOING 🙌🏼

04/09/2022

Ran for Tash today 🌈 🌻

Wonderful organisation from Dave and great to hear how the foundation is supporting its athletes.

Managed to hold on to a 4:37/km pace… I think my run legs are back!!

20/08/2022

I seem to have picked up a few new followers so hello, welcome and here’s why you might be here…

I’m a swim teacher and coach. I’ve taught for 16 years, it’s literally the thing that sparks the most joy in my life and I love sharing that with anyone who wants to learn. I work for a feeder swim school into Plymouth Leander swimming club and I also run my own adult swim school.

I particularly love teaching adults because I think it takes some serious courage to start a new skill in the adult era, especially one that encompasses a different environment. Like, if we were meant to breathe underwater we’d have gills, right!? Learning how to fine tune this skill later in life is so much fun and I love the process of working with people:. I don’t care if you can’t swim, can swim, if you want to swim, I want to help you.

I love teaching the kids too, I think it’s one of the most important life skills to can arm a kid with, especially being that we’re next to the coast!

I also run spin classes and a run club. I’m one of those slightly strange triathlon people and I nerd out on bikes, the fourth discipline and marginal gains. Again though, I’m a big fan of everyone doing something more than nothing. That age old saying of if you’re doing it, you’re lapping everyone on the couch is a favourite. It doesn’t matter how fast you are as long as you’re working on you.

Back to the marginal gains though, I offer bike fit services, because I’m a nerd and I love to make cycling more comfortable and easier/faster!

I also train to compete and love to show what I’m up to so that it might inspire you to try something outside your norm, I’m coached and value the expertise that is offered from someone with a specific skill set. (I’ve listed a bit of mine above… casual plug!)

I also study at uni - I’m an immature mature student and wouldn’t have it any other way so I’m kept particularly busy with the curricular work alongside my lil business and my own personal fitness goals.

So if you wanna swim, cycle, run or laugh at my inability to do pull ups, you’re in the right place! Maybe book in for a class, lesson of fit whilst you’re at it.

13/08/2022

An old swim coach, an Australian guy called Tim, told me this quote when I was about 12.

It’s stuck with me 2 decades because I think it’s pretty good.

Do you have any inspirational quotes that are poignant to you?

I always like to tell myself well done for the effort, well done for the PB but remember you can always be better, also known as Tim’s lil motto in the picture.

I’m reading a really good book called Legacy by James Kerr, about the All Blacks rugby team and what contributes to this success and this quote aligns with a few of the things I’m reading.

Store it for your training days!

09/08/2022