30/05/2026
One thing we’ve never really spoken about on here is why we completely disappeared from social media for a few months.
From December onwards, our focus wasn’t on content, growing the gym or posting every day.
It was on our angel boy, Chief.
For anyone who didn’t know him, Chief was our golden retriever and a massive part of the gym. If you ever trained with us, you’ll probably remember him lying in the middle of the floor, greeting everyone at the door, stealing attention by randomly barking during sessions or him walking up to you with a pillow in his mouth looking you to play tug of war.
At the end of December he became very sick with kidney failure and from that point on, our lives revolved around vet appointments, medications, syringe feeding and trying to make the most of whatever time we had left with him.
At the end of January we had to let him go.
To say it hit us hard would be an understatement.
The gym was one of the places we felt his absence the most because he spent so much of his life there with us and with all of you.
Truthfully, social media just didn’t matter for a while.
We still coached our girls, opened the gym every day and showed up for our clients, but posting content, filming videos and growing the business wasn’t where our heads were at.
The last few months have been about finding our feet again.
A lot of you have asked where we’ve been and actually thought we had shut, so we thought we’d share the reason.
And for everyone who checked in on us, sent messages, asked about Chief or supported us during that time, thank you.
It meant more than you’ll ever know!
Chief will always be a part of The Aligned Gym and he’ll always be spoken about with our old, new and current members 💙
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