Sophie Bryant Strength & Movement

06/09/2026

What an evening! 🍸🎉🍾👰‍♀️

Lovely Louisa’s upcoming nuptials were a great excuse for a SBSM night out (as if we needed one)!

So much joy, laughter and friendship. Grateful as ever for the wonderful SBSM community. ☺️

05/09/2026

30/08/2026

Big wins, little wins, ALL the wins!

OK, so ‘wins of the week’ has definitely become ‘wins of the month’ (or more!) but this board still fills us with joy!

Because it is a reflection of what SBSM is all about:

Strength training for ALL levels, for ALL women at ALL stages of life.

Yes, we celebrate the big PBs. The heavier lifts. The extra reps. The achievements that make you stop and go ‘wow’!

But we equally celebrate the quieter wins - your first proper squat, nailing a kettlebell swing, getting back to the gym post injury or illness or simply turning up when you didn’t feel like it!

At SBSM we are all about supporting each other, celebrating the wins and creating a community of strong, confident women! 💪

Some very limited spaces are now available to start your SBSM journey mid-September - message for more info!

01/08/2026

One of the questions we are asked most often is what ‘classes’ we offer at SBSM.

The answer? We don’t offer ‘classes’. We offer carefully programmed strength training sessions, in small groups of 6.

And yes, there is a difference:

Many exercise classes prioritise movement, fitness and enjoyment. Strength training prioritises getting stronger over time.

Exercise classes often include a lot of variety. Strength training sessions repeat key movements week on week, so that you can develop technique and see improvement over time.

In exercise classes you tend to work at the same pace/level every time you attend. Strength training sessions gradually increase the level of challenge, in a structured way - more reps, heavier weights, better control (a concept known as progressive overload).

At SBSM our ladies track those stats week to week so that they can see their progress over time.

Exercise classes are often designed so that everyone completes the same workout. Strength training sessions are tailored to the individual’s strength, ability, injuries and mobility limitations.

Both 100% serve a purpose. But, if your goal is to get stronger, maintain/build muscle mass and benefit from the well-established health benefits of strength training, you’ll get the best results from following a progressive strength training program, ideally training two or three times weekly. That is exactly what we offer at SBSM.

Any questions? Get in touch - we’re always happy to help!

30/06/2026

You can build strength AND have fun? Who’d have thought it?

These lovely words just showcase everything we love about our gym community - women getting strong together, and having a blast doing it.

23/06/2026

When you’ve had a rubbish night's sleep, or your hormones are playing havoc, or work is stressful, or there’s family drama…

The last thing you need is your training piling on additional pressure.

It’s why we hate the phrase ‘go hard or go home’, because it’s rarely what anyone actually needs.

When life is doing what life does, it’s easy to think:

‘There’s no point going if I can’t smash my session’ or ‘I’m too tired to train like I usually would’.

But in our view, that's when it’s more important than ever to do something.

Building the routine and the habit of moving your body regularly can’t happen if you only show up for yourself when you’re feeling amazing - because how often does life let that happen?

💪Take more rest
💪Do fewer reps
💪Use a lighter weight
💪Do what you can do
💪Show up anyway and let your community support you.

Often, you’ll leave feeling better than when you walked in, and if you don’t, at least you did something for yourself today. Just something.

20/06/2026

We were delighted to receive this feedback from one of our newest members. At SBSM we recognise that joining a new gym and learning new skills can be daunting, to say the least. Making sure that you feel safe and supported in our group sessions is really important to us. Which is why you might sometimes find an extra coach in the gym offering our beginners some 1:1 support.

The waiting list to join our next member intake in September 2026 is now open. Please send us a message or comment ‘info please’ to sign up.

12/06/2026

Community. Friendship. Fun. 😊

And some hard work too! 💪

All at the heart of small group training at SBSM.

We are full and closed to new members. But please do get in touch to be added to our waiting list - limited spaces becoming available in September 2026!

21/05/2026

⚠️ Warning: SBSM accepts no responsibility for tea, coffee or hot drinks being spat across phones after watching this 😂

Some women avoid gyms because they worry coaches will be intimidating, judgy… or won’t understand the midlife brain fog, memory lapses, and “why did I walk into this room again?” moments.

Not at SBSM 😅

Meet Sophie — 10 years as a PT, highly qualified kettlebell coach, former commercial disputes lawyer… and apparently still capable of absolute howlers 🤦🏼‍♀️

Here is a still from a video of Sophie attempting banded chin-ups in a new gym. Convinced the bar “didn’t allow” for an underhand grip, she moved to a neutral grip, then struggled because there was “nowhere for her head to go” 😂

Two days later, rewatching the video, she realised the problem wasn’t the bar…

Can YOU spot it? 👀

So if your brain sometimes feels like it’s been replaced with cotton wool and your train of thought keeps missing the station 🚂 — you’ll fit right in at SBSM. Zero judgment, lots of laughs, and women who get it! 😂

27/04/2026

Kallos Sthenos - 'Beautiful Strength'

The driving force behind SBSM is my own love of training for strength, having felt personally the huge impact it can have on both physical and emotional health.

I spent the weekend renewing my kettlebell instructor certifications with . Since 2017 I have attended six training weekends with . I don't 'need' these certifications to coach in the gym - my personal training qualification is sufficient for that. And certifying as a Strongfirst instructor is certainly no easy feat! But I choose to make the additional investment - of money, time, headspace and energy - in training with Strongfirst, because I believe passionately in the ethos and training methodology. Specifically, I wholeheartedly consider that strength and health are interrelated, that how we breathe (for strength and relaxation) is important and that, fundamentally, strength is a skill. At SBSM we teach our ladies as students - it is incredibly important to us that they understand the 'why' and the 'how', not simply that they do what they do just because they are told to do it!

This weekend Master Instructor was knowledgeable, inspirational and entertaining. There was an amazing team of assistants and a wonderful group of students. I loved meeting you all! Big thanks to , , .ball, .kelly.1 and all the other assistants. Also to coach who kept me on track on the occasionally bumpy road leading up to the certification weekend. And to - my dear friend, training partner for the weekend and the one who keeps my enthusiasm in check 😂

I have returned full of inspiration and enthusiasm for coaching and super keen to pass on all I have learned to my ladies.

Always a student of strength.