Shredded Health & Performance

There is a lot behind Coach Jess’s journey into coaching.

She grew up playing sport, dealt with plenty of injuries, and it was through rehab that her interest in movement and coaching really began.

Today, she brings that experience into every session, helping members move well, progress and enjoy the process along the way.

Her favorite exercise to program is the squat.

Her ideal post-session feeling?

Sweaty.

Or, according to Julia, “dead.”

Julia did point out that she had a regular chiro adjustment booked afterwards and was not exactly thrilled about arriving there fresh from a sweaty session. 😂

Would you trust Jess with your next leg session?

Weight loss and fat loss are not the same thing.

A falling scale can look like progress, but if it comes with declining strength, poor recovery, low energy and worse training, you may also be losing muscle.

That matters if your actual goal is to look leaner, stay strong and support healthy ageing.

A better fat-loss strategy usually focuses on preserving lean mass while body weight comes down.

That can include:

✔️ A sustainable calorie deficit
✔️ Enough protein across the day
✔️ Carbohydrate to support training
✔️ Consistent resistance training
✔️ Tracking more than body weight alone

Measurements, strength, energy, recovery and how your clothes fit all give useful context.

The goal is not just to weigh less.

It is to improve what that weight is made up of.

Save this and track the bigger picture.

This photoshoot was not a spontaneous idea.

It had been a goal for years.

For a long time, he did not feel ready for it. Then, after a six-month check-in and seeing how much his body shape had changed, the idea started to feel realistic.

The plan was originally to do it in 2025.

That did not happen.

HYROX training and other priorities took over for a while, and the photoshoot moved further into the background.

But the goal did not disappear.

Later, the conversation came back, a date was locked in, and the focus sharpened.

By the time the day arrived, it was about more than the photos.

It was a way to mark years of training, progress and everything he had learned along the way.

Save this as a reminder that progress does not always follow the original timeline.

Full HYROX simulations have a place in training.

Doing one every weekend is not automatically better preparation.

A simulation should tell you something. Where does pace drop? Which station changes your mechanics? Where does fatigue start driving poor decisions?

Once you have that information, the next phase of training should target the problem instead of simply repeating the test.

Use simulations strategically, then give yourself enough time to build the quality they exposed.

Save this before planning your next training block.

It sounded easy enough: one arm up, squat down, keep the heels on the floor.

Then the coaches tried it.

Confidence was high. Understanding of the challenge became increasingly questionable.

Watch to the end for the twist.

Tag someone who needs to try it next.

High performers can be extremely good at functioning while something underneath is not going well.

Fatigue gets covered with caffeine. Poor sleep becomes normal. Brain fog is blamed on workload. Training quality drops but the session still gets done.

The fact that you can keep performing does not mean every signal should be ignored.

When changes in energy, sleep, digestion, mood or performance persist, take a broader look at training load, nutrition, stress, recovery, medication and any appropriate medical assessment.

Do not wait for the problem to become dramatic before taking it seriously.

Save this and pay attention to patterns, not just isolated bad days.

A group session should give you more than a hard workout.

It should give you structure, coaching and people around you who make the effort feel worth it.

This is a quick look at the energy on the floor at Shredded: members working hard, coaches paying attention and everyone bringing their own goal into the room.

Book a Discovery Tour and experience the environment for yourself.

If you can move the sled easily when fresh but struggle in HYROX, raw strength may not be the only limitation.

Race conditions ask you to produce force after running and then keep repeating that effort while your breathing and legs are already under load.

That is where strength endurance becomes important.

Use sled work strategically: vary the load, practice efficient positions, repeat quality efforts and progress the work over time.

Do not just test the weakness every week. Train it.

Save this for your next HYROX training block.