Shannon Cockerill Fit

PERSONAL TRAINING 1-on-1 sessions
TRAINING PROGRAMMES which you can follow on your own, these can be designed to suit at home training or at gym training
MEAL PLANS and nutrition focused towards your goal, weight loss, weight gain, a comp, health and growing older

23/09/2026

Summer body confidence begins Oct 1st.

Dm me SUMMER

22/09/2026

You can eat like an absolute wellness queen 👑

Greek yoghurt. Salads. Veggies. Fruit. Fibre. Protein.
…and still be undoing your jeans by 7pm like they’ve personally offended you. 😂

Because sometimes the problem isn’t what you’re eating.
It’s the traffic jam you’ve created by eating bugger-all all day… then asking your gut to process half the vegetable aisle at dinner.

More restriction isn’t always the answer.

Sometimes your body just needs you to stop sending it famine → feast → fibre bomb → panic.

Midlife doesn’t mean your digestion is doomed.
It might just need a better pattern.

Follow for more “OH. That makes sense” midlife body stuff. 🤌

21/09/2026

You might not need a new glute exercise.

You might just need to stop doing half of the one you’ve already got. 😂🍑

Because that extra controlled depth?
That’s where your glutes get the “ohhhh THIS is why we’re here” memo.

Not deeper at all costs.
Not knees and hips flying everywhere.
Not folding yourself into a human pretzel.

Deep enough that YOU can control it.

Then get stronger there.
Same exercise. Better range. Much juicier rep. 🍑

Now get at it babe! xx Coach Shannon

20/09/2026

You can be VERY committed to your calories…

and slightly underwhelmed by the mirror. 😂

Because losing weight and changing your shape aren’t quite the same thing.

You can make the scale smaller without getting the firmer arms, shaped legs and definition you were hoping would come with it.

That part needs muscle.

And muscle needs the whole trio:
Enough fuel.
Enough protein.
And training that actually gives it a reason to change.

So if you’re diligently hitting your calories and protein, showing up to train…
and thinking “Cool. But where’s the shape I ordered?” 😑

Comment FREEDOM and I’ll show you how to bring all the pieces together in midlife. 💪🏼

Summer is coming.And maybe right now you’re looking at your body thinking…I just want to feel GOOD in my clothes again.Y...
19/09/2026

Summer is coming.
And maybe right now you’re looking at your body thinking…
I just want to feel GOOD in my clothes again.

You want your waist back.
More definition through your arms and shoulders.
Firmer, shapelier legs.
And to pull on your shorts, dresses or swimsuit this summer without immediately wondering what you can cover up.

But you also don’t want another ridiculous diet that has you living on tiny portions, smashing cardio and counting down the days until you can eat normally again.

That’s not what we’re doing.
My Summer Body Confidence Program starts 1st October and is designed specifically for women in midlife who want to lose body fat while KEEPING the muscle and shape they’ve worked hard to build.

Over 12 weeks, we’ll use:
🔥 Purposeful strength training to build and maintain shape
🔥 Structured nutrition to gradually reveal your definition
🔥 Walking and strategic cardio — without flogging your body
🔥 Progressive phases so you’re not stuck dieting harder and harder
🔥 A plan for navigating summer events AND Christmas without throwing everything out the window

Because the goal isn’t to get as small as possible by summer.

It’s to reveal the strong, shapely body underneath.

And more importantly?
Know exactly what you’re doing so you’re not starting over again in January.

SUMMER BODY CONFIDENCE starts 1st October.

If you’re ready to feel stronger, leaner and a hell of a lot more confident this summer…
Comment SUMMER below or send me SUMMER and I’ll send you the details. ☀️🔥

Or go here: https://www.shannoncockerillfit.com/summer

18/09/2026

Saturday morning thought from a 45-year-old who has spent a LOT of years trying to get her body to behave… 😏

I used to think body confidence would arrive when I finally got lean enough.

Or disciplined enough.

Or managed to stay “on track” for long enough without one rogue weekend involving wine, cheese and a sudden case of the f**k-its.

Turns out, the best thing I’ve built isn’t abs.
It’s trust.

I can have a weekend and not need to “make up for it” on Monday.
I can miss a workout without mentally cancelling the entire week.
I can eat more when my body needs more.
Pull back when it needs less.
And I know exactly how to find my rhythm again when life inevitably goes a bit tits-up.

THAT is the bit I want every woman in midlife to have.
Not another 6-week attempt at being “good.”
The knowledge to know what your body needs — and the confidence to adjust without starting over.

Because midlife has new rules.
And once you understand them?
Bloody hell, things get easier.

Comment FREEDOM and I’ll show you how. ❤️

17/09/2026

If fastening your bra makes you look like you’re escaping from a straitjacket…

Then try these 8 shoulder moves.

1. Shoulder CARs — slow controlled arm circles
2. Scapular Slides in down dog — shoulder blades glide up and down
3. Wall Angels — open chest and overhead range
4. Thread the Needle + Open — upper-back rotation
5. Puppy Pose Shoulder Rocks — overhead shoulder opening
6. Half-Kneeling Lat Reach — length through the lats and side body
7. Towel Pass-Throughs — gradually explore overhead range
8. Towel Behind-the-Back Reaches — directly trains the bra-reaching position

Five minutes to lose the stiffness and get your shoulders moving freely again.
Save this for tomorrow morning.
XX Coach Shannon 💋

17/09/2026

If your first working set feels suspiciously like your fourth…
you might be cooking yourself in the warm-up. 😅

As your warm-up weight gets heavier, you don’t need to keep banging out 10 reps.

Weight goes up. Reps come down.

Enough to prepare your muscles and practise the movement.

Not enough to steal strength from the sets that actually count.

Because we want your best effort going into the reps that build the muscle.
Not the warm-up.

Comment FORMULA and I’ll send you my heavy-lift warm-up formula 👇

16/09/2026

It’s hot. ☀️
Everyone’s stripping off.
And you’re still tugging your T-shirt over your stomach. 😬

Not this summer.

Summer Body Confident starts IN 2 WEEKS - October 1st 🔥

12 weeks to feel stronger, leaner and a whole lot more:
“F**k it. I’m taking the T-shirt off.” 😏

Comment SUMMER and let’s go.
https://www.shannoncockerillfit.com/summer

xx Coach Shannon

15/09/2026

Midlife has a few new rules, babe. 👀

Because lifting weights… then under-eating, changing your program every five minutes and treating rest days like a personal failure?

That’s a LOT of effort for not much
“oh DAMN, hello shoulders 👀” in return. 😂

You don’t need more workouts, babe.
You need your workouts to actually have a chance to WORK.

Train hard.
Eat enough.
Recover properly.
Repeat long enough to see what happens.

Boring? Slightly.
Effective? VERY. 💪🏼

Follow along if you’re ready to ditch the midlife fitness confusion and actually understand what the hell your body needs.

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