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22/04/2026

It’s been coming for a while, but the age of aesthetics is officially over (you might just not know it yet)

It’s time to be real.

That’s how we build a better PLATFRM.

21/04/2026

Your heart rate gives a clearer picture of the physiological demand being placed on your body.

Heart rate zones create specific training adaptations. If you overshoot the target zone too often, you can turn the session into the wrong stimulus, fatigue early, reduce output, and compromise recovery for future sessions.

During Run & Weights, your trainer will guide you through different paces to achieve a specific outcome.

Treadmill paces change based on the person, incline, decline, and length of effort. You and the person next to you might both be at a Run Pace, but at different speeds. What feels comfortable for one person may already be threshold work for another.

That’s why pace alone can be misleading, and monitoring your heart rate is more important.

Zone 3 to Zone 4 (Run Pace)
70% to 90% max heart rate. 145 to 180 BPM.
Sustainable discomfort. Strong, steady work that builds engine, aerobic fitness, endurance, resilience, and the ability to hold quality pace for longer.

Zone 4 (Hard Run)
85% to 90% max heart rate. 165 to 180 BPM.
Threshold work. Challenging, focused, uncomfortable effort that builds speed endurance and your ability to sustain pressure under fatigue.

Zone 5 (Sprint)
90% to 100% max heart rate. 180 to 195+ BPM.
Top-end effort. Short, hard work that builds speed, power, anaerobic capacity, and high-end fitness.

Each Run & Weights session is designed to help you achieve a different outcome. Monitoring your heart rate during sessions helps ensure you achieve those outcomes and improve your health and fitness over time.

Endurance & Recovery; mostly Zone 3 to Zone 4
Tempo; Zone 4 to Zone 5
Speed: Zone 5

Knowing your heart rate is key. A slower pace at the right heart rate can be more valuable than a faster pace at the wrong one.

Ensuring your heart rate matches the objective of the session helps you get the most out of your time and progress through the Run & Weights pipeline effectively.

Train to the zone. Let your pace and fitness improve over time.

That’s how we build a better PLATFRM.

21/04/2026

Saturday, 9th May. Mark it in your calendars.

Think a day of friends, family and community.

A chance to share the workout and community you love, with the people you love. Or if you’re new, to come experience it for yourselves.

Details coming soon.

That’s how we build a better PLATFRM.

20/04/2026

Scarlett shows us that the shakes on the reformer don’t mean much when it comes to muscle growth.

What matters most is training close enough to failure to challenge your muscles and drive the results you want from your workout.

If the load is too light, if the set ends too early, or if the intensity isn’t there, you’ll only get the shakes, not the stimulus, and not the muscle growth.

Knowing what actually drives the change from exercise you're looking for.

That’s how we build a better PLATFRM.

20/04/2026

20/04/2026

If you’ve already completed a 1 Rep Max test once this week, we highly recommend testing twice.

A second attempt often brings better confidence, better technique, and a clearer understanding of what you’re truly capable of once the nerves are gone. Many clients lift better the second time simply because they know what to expect.

If you’ve already tested and don’t feel the need to test again, you can jump straight into Week 1 of the Strength program; your trainer will guide you through the required sets, reps, and loading based on your recent results.

At PLATFRM, the goal is simple: meet you where you’re at, and move you forward over the next 8 weeks.

Group training, not group fitness.

That’s how we build a better PLATFRM.

20/04/2026

With Trainers like Charlotte, who know what they’re talking about.

That’s how we build a better PLATFRM.

19/04/2026

A 1 Rep Max test aka strength testing week matters because it turns training from guesswork into precision.

At PLATFRM, our Strength classes are built around an 8 week progressive program.

The starting point of that program is testing your 1 Rep Max across the major lifts; bench press, back squat and deadlift. This gives us a clear understanding of your current strength capacity so we can prescribe loads that are specific to you, not random.

We know that your strongest lift and someone else’s strongest lift are different, and therefore your weights and percentages need to reflect your body, your experience, and your current level of performance.

That is why 1 Rep Max testing is so valuable.

Once we know your numbers, the next 8 weeks become your personal strength cycle.

Each week, loads are calculated as percentages of your tested max. Some sessions focus on heavier intensities than others, some on more volume; every phase has purpose, and every session builds on the last.

This means, at PLATFRM you train hard enough to progress, but intelligently enough to recover and stay consistent.

It also gives you something many group fitness models never provide: measurable progress.

At the end of the block, we retest. New numbers often mean more strength, more confidence, better lifting skill, stronger bones, more muscle, and proof that structured effort works.

Strength is not built by guessing. Strength is built by measuring, progressing, and showing up week after week.

That’s why we test.

That’s how we build a better PLATFRM.

19/04/2026

Our Strength and Endurance Benchmarking sessions exist for one reason: to measure what matters.

Strength testing: April 19 - April 26
Endurance benchmark: April 27 - May 4

In Strength, we test key lifts under controlled conditions so clients can see tangible progress in load, output and technical ex*****on. The numbers guide your next 8-week training block in strength classes and ensure progressive overload is deliberate and structured.

This is important because adaptation only occurs when the stimulus increases.

If you don’t know what you lifted last block, you cannot confidently increase it this block. Benchmarking protects against stagnation and provides both the coach and the client with clarity on what is needed to improve their performance.

In Endurance, we benchmark distance, pace, and consistency across the 22-minute run. Clients learn how to distribute effort properly, where fatigue begins to creep in, and what pace they can genuinely sustain. It reinforces that disciplined pacing across the entire effort will always outperform a dramatic final sprint.

This matters because aerobic development is built on repeatable effort. If pacing is inconsistent, the stimulus is inconsistent. Benchmarking teaches control. It shows clients the relationship between speed and distance. It builds awareness of the threshold, not the ego.

Most importantly, benchmarking creates standards.

Benchmarking gives PLATFRM clients something objective to chase. It turns training from exercise into performance development.

Without measurement, you’re just moving. With measurement, there is progression.

That’s how we build a better PLATFRM

18/04/2026

“It’s hard to explain the difference, but I know I feel more fulfilled, and I feel more polished in all areas of my life; my routine, my nutrition, my work, even my social circle”

That’s why we build a better PLATFRM