Valesco Fitness Collective

Hey team! This week we are back and excited to get stuck in to another conversation with Viki! This week she will be fielding our questions and helping us understand toxins! What are they? How do they enter our system? Why do they matter? How do we get rid of them? Well strap in, we're about to hit you with some Science*! This is a really interesting topic and admittedly not one many of us will ha...

Hey team! Thanks for coming back and we hope you're enjoying the recent episodes! We have some great conversations continuing to come your way over the coming weeks, which brings us nicely to today... We are here to focus the conversation on how coach Johno balances fitness, wellbeing and childcare. As a topic that some will know much better than others, this episode will offer different perspecti...

Hey team - we are back! Again! We hope you are enjoying the more regular commitment to the podcast and that, wherever possible, we are helping to keep you entertained, informed and curious during this lockdown! We are back with Vikki this week and are talking, rather timely, about goal setting! For many, the new year kickstarts a habit-reform and whether January 1st is that 'everything-change' res...

Hey Team! For this episode we are joined by Coach Stew, who is here to talk everything motivation! Becoming (and remaining!) motivated - no matter what for - isn't easy and can be just as quickly knocked as it is achieved! The good news? That's normal for everyone; even those people that never seem to be short on energy! In this episode we talk about the things we do to overcome the more challengi...

Hey Team! We really hope you enjoyed our last episode and being a part of our collective look back over the last 12 months! For this episode we're being joined by another one of our coaches - this time Viki Nunn - in an effort to talk normally about the normal! We are here to talk about the female cycle, how women can learn to work with their bodies and how a better understanding of the female cyc...

Welcome to the first Podcast of 2021! 🙌🏼 This week we are join by JT! That's right, Justin Timberlake is with us... imagine. We are ACTUALLY joined by Jenna Topham, coach and resident pregnant person! Ellie, Jenna and I are talking about our year, the habits we have found ourselves both introducing and cutting out, our reflections on the year as a whole and much more. As always, thank you for li...

This week in our second lockdown podcast, Ellie and I are attempting to answer ten of your questions in ten minutes... and some of them are definitely not 1 minute questions so it doesn't go well! We talk active recovery, early-morning eating, COVID Tier 3, books and podcasts among plenty other things! Hopefully there is something for everyone and if you sent in a question, thank you so much! If y...

Hey Team! This week we are joined by another one of our coaches and successfully complete the set of having all three co-owners on the Podcast - Leila Johns! We talk about about the importance of experiencing team environments and Leila's journey through the world of professional sport, the importance she sees in accountability and how to make better food decisions when you're eating everything in...

Hey Team! This week we are joined by another one of our coaches - Emma - to talk about the competitive fitness environment. Emma is no stranger to competition with years of experience across many different events and we are lucky enough to have her share her thoughts about the many aspects of the competitive environment including mindset, nutrition, warming up and cooling down and recovery. We hop...

In this short, sharp VFC Podcast, James and Ellie share their top 10 training tracks for the moment and why they hit that little bit differently. We also hear why Ellie would rather ride a Giraffe than a Donkey and why James would prefer hands for feet.  The response to the last episode was amazing and please keep sharing your thoughts and sharing with friends - we love hearing about the wort...

This week we are joined by co-owner, co-founder and coach, Amy Shaw. We are talking about fitness, food and the relationship between the two. Being able to talk from experience, Amy shares the things she has struggled with over the years, the things that have helped her improve her own relationship with food and the role that fitness plays in allowing her to feel good, eat well and get the most ou...

This time out we are talking about programming, intention and stimulus! What does that mean? How should I interpret a workout? How do I adjust my efforts to hit the appropriate stimulus? How do I plan what I want to do on any given week? What female athlete would James be?  We hope to answer some of those and more in the coming 30 minutes! Your thoughts and suggestions, ideas and feedback are...

This time out we are talking our top 10 snack-hacks! Whether you are looking to try and avoid snacking altogether or just make a slightly better choice when the sweet cravings call, we will hopefully have something for you! Your time, suggestions, ideas and feedback are always really appreciated -and welcome! - so thank you, once again, for listening! Head to @valescofitnesscollective on Instagram...

This episode takes a look inside the average gym bag and goes into a little more detail about what you might find and why you may find it. Think shoes, belts, sleeves and more! We also talk a little about updated class sizes, new equipment and some exciting birthday plans! As always, your feedback is really valuable and if there's anything you would like to hear on a future episode, let us know. H...

This episode goes a little further into some of the more popular topics we touched on in episode 2. We cover off some updates, give you all the information you need to know about getting your hands on the new selection of stash and then take a deeper look at the importance of mindset, both in and out of the gym. As always, your feedback is really valuable and if there is anything you would like to...

In this episode we talk about what it has been like during the first few days of re-opening the roller-shutter, some of the changes that have happened and what you can expect to see over the coming months. We talk a little about the challenges and the approach you should be taking to working out now you are back at the gym and how mindset and appropriate scaling can help make the process as enjoya...

The first of many Podcasts from Valesco Fitness Collective. In this episode you get to know a little more about where it all began for Amy, Ellie and Leila and how the diverse community of Valesco came to be. You'll get an insight into what to expect from classes post-lockdown, how lockdown was for the gym and it's members, what to expect from the podcast as we move forward and more. All your feed...