Bodyworks with Julie

On 20th September I will be running 11 miles from Caerphilly Castle to Cardiff Castle for this wonderful charity supporting those living with cancer. If you feel you can donate, even a pound helps, then use the link below. Every donation will make the pain more worthwhile! Thank you

I'll be running Velindre Castle 2 Castle! Help Julie Dennis raise money to support Velindre Cancer Centre

New class starting on 16th March. Let me know if you are interested or pass it on to anyone else who might be!

Goodbye 2025 and hello 2026. Happy new year to everyone 😁🥂😁🥂

For those that came to the quiz last night, please enjoy ….. 😂😂😂

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Teaser on the beach for those that asked!!!! 😎☀️

Someone else is very keen to watch my latest CPD course!!! He also wants to age as well as he can!

I work with Nic at CF61 and she is a wonderful lady. Get in touch with her if you have any questions or issues with diet or food 😊

Hi, I’m Nicola! I’m a qualified nutrition and health coach, passionate about helping families and women in midlife find simple, realistic ways to eat well and feel their best. I have a Professional Diploma in Nutrition and Health Coaching from International Institute of Nutrition & Health, accredited with the Personalised Care Institute, and am a professional member of the UK & International Health Coaching Association
Life is crazy busy and being able to do what’s right for us and fuelling our bodies in a positive way can be really challenging , often being pushed to the bottom of the list - I know! I’m passionate about helping my clients to find a way to thrive and find balance amidst the chaos, making small, sustainable changes that work for you, in your life.
I’ll be sharing tips, encouragement and simple steps to help you create healthy habits that actually work for your stage of life. Whether that’s navigating menopause, tackling fussy eating, stress and fatigue, weight loss or just finding more balance with food, I hope you enjoy this journey with me!

😂😂😂 I’m saying nothing!!!!

The older woman has decided to take up Pilates. She feels it would be good to put her socks on without creaking, bend down without needing help to get back up again, squat without farting and look behind her without spraining every muscle in her neck and shoulder.

She’s bought the mat and the cute, but completely ineffectual, head cushion - along with a brand new water bottle. She just knew that the kind of people doing Pilates would absolutely be the same people that carry around those mahoosive bottles with the encouraging messages down the side: dried up husk, slightly damp, it’s not wine you know, is your Tena big enough and congrats you’ve reached camel status…you’ve certainly got the toe.

Now…if they did bottles like this for gin, she’d absolutely get on board with the motivational nonsense.

She’s been going for a few weeks and has established ‘her spot’. Everyone in the class has ‘their spot’, and if someone new arrives it’s a race to get shoes off and mats flipped out before the newcomer can steal any of these sacred spots. There has been the odd occasion when she’s had to practically rugby tackle a newcomer as they attempted to roll out their mat in the back left, 3 rows down, spot. Her spot.

She likes being at the back, because once she’s laid on the mat she can grab a quick snooze while the instructor is at the other end of the room. She’s perfected the art of smiling while snoozing, so the instructor can’t be sure if she just has her eyes shut or if she is actually asleep - and doesn’t like to disturb her to ask.

The Pilates clientele are a mottly crew:

Mavis, who enters the hall bewildered in her 80s leg warmers and headband - then leaves in the same state. The older woman thinks Mavis has taken a wrong turn and actually meant to go to Zumba, but is too polite to say anything and is now stuck with stretching, deep breathing and balancing on one leg for the next 5 weeks.

Brenda, who runs in late every time. She’s clearly rushed in from work and hurriedly changed - because she’s tottering around in one stiletto and one trainer, while shoving an oat bar into her gob as she’s not had time to eat a meal.

Francesca, front and central, looks like she should have her own Pilates dvd. She’s bedecked in matching Lycra - from her pert little b***s down to her teeny tiny socked feet, via her unbelievably and annoyingly tight arse. The older woman hates her.

Last week the older woman walked in to find a new member, slap bang in the centre of the room - and apparently tied up in knots. She casually walked passed, while furtively glancing at him, and literally couldn’t work out which bit of leg went where. Show off.

She stopped short of gawping - while fighting the urge to go over and unravel him - then simply carried on over to her spot, flung out her mat with a flourish, laid on her back, pulled up her legs and…farted.

Supremacy had been re-established my friends…supremacy had been
re-established.

Never try to out ravel the older woman 😂

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