Sarah Wasser Personal Training, Bristol

Sarah Wasser Personal Training, Bristol Level 3 qualified personal trainer, pilates and fitness class instructor in Henleaze, Bristol, BS9.

Are you a woman in your midlife wanting to:
• up your fitness levels and feel amazing?
• live your best life and not let life pass you by in a blur?
• be a fit and healthy role model for your children?
• be prepared for all that midlife and the menopause may throw at you? With my programmes I look to help you improve your strength, boost your energy levels, reduce anxieties, increase your confidence and above all, take control of your journey! I offer one-on-one coaching, personal training (can also do small groups/couples), Pilates classes, mobility workshops and corporate wellbeing sessions. I have a couple of free/low cost programmes to follow as well.

27/11/2025

Here's a follow along with me wind down pilates routine. Head over to my YouTube for the full recording

Calm your nervous system with this relaxing pilates flow

25/11/2025

This time of year can be a bit wild — endless lists, too much chocolate, and your own fitness somewhere near the bottom. 🎄

But what if you could fit in just two focused sessions that make you feel good again? 😍

That's what my December Maintenance Sessions are for — 2 workouts, £99, minimal stress, maximum impact.

You’ll thank yourself in January!



🤯The midlife mind rarely gets downtime — constant to-do lists, family admin, work deadlines, health worries, and that cr...
23/11/2025

🤯The midlife mind rarely gets downtime — constant to-do lists, family admin, work deadlines, health worries, and that creeping “what’s next?” feeling.

You might be physically still, but mentally you’re juggling flaming torches.

And if you’ve been running on stress hormones all day, your brain doesn’t know when to clock off — it just keeps looping, and loves to go all out as soon as your head hits the pillow!! 🛌🏼

An antidote to that is to do a brain dump. Write it all out—messy, honest, and unfiltered - your actions, your thoughts and ideas, your anger..... Have a total mental declutter before you get into bed.

Let me know if that's something that helps you

21/11/2025

⏰💤 If your sleep’s been a bit of a shambles lately, adding regular movement into your week can make a big difference. Here’s what exercise actually does for sleep:

• It lowers stress hormones: Movement helps calm the nervous system, so your brain isn’t whirling as soon as your head hits the pillow

• It helps regulate temperature: Exercise raises your core temperature, which naturally drops afterwards — that drop tells your body “right, time to wind down,” making it easier to drift off, so try my wind down Bedtime Routine!

• It boosts deep sleep: Rregular exercise has been shown to increase the amount of slow-wave sleep — the restorative part we all want more of.

• It helps balance midlife mood swings: movement releases those feel-good chemicals that take the edge off. A calmer mind = better chance of staying asleep.

• It builds routine: a bit of structure through movement often spills into a better bedtime rhythm. Consistency is magic!.

And we’re not talking hours in the gym or out running. It can also be a brisk walk, a short strength session, a bit of Pilates, dancing in the kitchen — whatever you can manage!

Try adding more movement to your day and see if it helps your sleep.

🛌🏽Sleep playing hard to get lately? You’re not alone. Hot flushes, night sweats, anxiety, and restless legs can all wrea...
18/11/2025

🛌🏽Sleep playing hard to get lately? You’re not alone. Hot flushes, night sweats, anxiety, and restless legs can all wreak havoc on sleep during peri-menopause and menopause. You might fall asleep fine but wake up at 3am wide awake, or find yourself tossing and turning for hours.

In my ‘Importance of sleep’ blog, I breaking down why sleep is so vital for midlife women, what’s actually going on in your body when you’re asleep (and when you’re not), and what you can do to improve your rest — from bedtime routines to simple tweaks that make a real difference.

Because when you sleep better, you *feel* better. Simple as that.

Head to my website to read the full thing 👉 https://www.sarahwasser.com/single-post/why-is-sleep-so-important

💪🏼Strong women lift each other up. And in my studio, that looks like three women showing up, sweating, laughing, and pus...
16/11/2025

💪🏼Strong women lift each other up. And in my studio, that looks like three women showing up, sweating, laughing, and pushing each other to get stronger every week.

We’re not just lifting weights — we’re lifting moods, energy, motivation levels....the works!

Me: finally lying down for 7 hours of sleep 💤 Also me: remembers something embarrassing from 1993 🫣 so can't switch offD...
16/11/2025

Me: finally lying down for 7 hours of sleep 💤
Also me: remembers something embarrassing from 1993 🫣 so can't switch off

Does this happen to you? So why do we feel simultaneously tired but wired?

📉This could be down to hormonal shifts:
- Oestrogen supports serotonin and helps regulate cortisol (your stress hormone). When it drops, your nervous system becomes more sensitive.
- Progesterone is naturally calming — it has a sedative effect, a bit like your body’s own chill pill. When it declines, your ability to 'switch off' disappears with it.

So you might feel physically exhausted, but your nervous system is still buzzing.

😵It could be due to stress (looking after kids, ageing parents, holding down a job and doing house-related jobs is stressful!).

This is where cortisol and adrenalin don’t want to switch off and your brain ends up in this ‘fight or flight’ mode, so you’re on high alert when you should be relaxing.

🧁It could be down to your blood sugar levels.

If you’re not in control of this, you can end up with blood sugar spikes and crashes, which fire up cortisol to stabilise things again.

If you’re going to bed after wine, sugar, or refined carbs, you’re basically sending your body on a hormonal rollercoaster all night.

📋️And it could be down to the mental load!

The midlife mind rarely gets downtime — constant to-do lists, family admin, work deadlines, health worries, and that creeping “what’s next?” feeling.

You might be physically still, but mentally you’re juggling!

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So, how can you calm your turbo brain?
✨️Cut caffeine after midday (it lingers for hours)
✨️Eat balanced meals with protein + fibre + fats to stabilise blood sugar
✨️Add a calming routine before bed — warm shower, magnesium glycinate, gentle stretch, or journalling
✨️Lift weights and walk daily
✨️Avoid screens late — this can mess with melatonin levels and the stress of doom-scrolling isn’t great
✨️Try box breathing (4-4-4-4) to reset your nervous system

🎄December doesn’t have to be a complete write-off for your health.You don’t need to go all-in or all-out — just keep thi...
14/11/2025

🎄December doesn’t have to be a complete write-off for your health.

You don’t need to go all-in or all-out — just keep things ticking over.

🎯My December Maintenance Sessions are designed for women who don’t want to undo all their hard work this year.

Two focused 1:1 sessions (for just £99) to keep your strength up, boost your energy, and help you feel in control while everyone else is running on mince pies and caffeine.

You’ll walk into January already ahead of the game — not starting from scratch.

Limited spaces (because I also have presents to wrap) - DM me to book in

PS. no commitment to carry on after the two sessions!

💪🏼Come and join the Monday team!Personal training can maybe seem a little intense, but classes and the gym may seem a bi...
13/11/2025

💪🏼Come and join the Monday team!

Personal training can maybe seem a little intense, but classes and the gym may seem a bit chaotic and well, impersonal. So, I have a great INBETWEEN with my small group training sessions at my garden studio in Henleaze.

As it’s just for 3 women per session, you get the personalisation but without feeling too much in-the-spotlight and you’ll get the fun, social element, but without the noise and craziness of a group class.

Come and make new friends and let’s do this together.

DM me to come and try us out

12/11/2025

Legs up the wall might look a bit daft (and is somewhat awkward to manoeuvre into!🙃)… but actually, it’s a brilliant move.

It helps calm your nervous system, reduce stress, take pressure off tired legs, and it boosts circulation back to your heart.

It also helps your body shift into that cosy rest-and-digest state that sets you up for better sleep. 💤

So pop your legs up and simply breathe and relax into it

When just starting with this move you may want to go for 2-3 minutes. It often feels a little uncomfortable initially. You can gradually add on more time as you get used to it.

✨️Do you like this move?

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I can help you achieve your fitness goals, whether you want to tone up, improve your strength or flexibility, enhance your vitality or train for a race. I offer one-on-one and private group personal training sessions either at my home, your home (dependent on location) or local park. If you're not in the area I can also train you online - both as a 121 or as part of a group. I have a couple of free/low cost programmes to follow as well. I teach a variety of classes: BumpFit - pregnancy fitness BabyFit - postnatal restorative classes and buggy classes Pilates - beginners, mixed abilities and soon to offer pregnancy BarreFit - ballet inspired movement

Check out my website for the latest information