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Madeleine Marie • Women’s Weightlifting Club

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Madeleine Marie • Women’s Weightlifting Club

Empowering women to lift with confidence and become strong and agile, at every age, through our unique gym and outstanding classes!

Whether you are an office worker, parent, academic or athlete, you are a human being and your body works just like any other. Fad diets and quick fixes are a waste of time. My clients success because of science and personalised plans! Find a diet you can enjoy, workouts you can laugh through and a lifestyle that's sustainable. It's hard work but it's worth it, I can't give you a shortcut but I can find you a way to enjoy the journey.

15/11/2025

You get it.

Your life is not an Instagram dream.

Your living room is rarely immaculate.

You’re not entirely sure what’s at the bottom of the freezer, could be dinner, could be a body 🤷‍♀️

And yet you’re surrounded by “life advice” made by 22-year-olds in gymshark, who don’t have kids, haven’t lived in their own house yet, and still think a “flush” is a bathroom sound.

Why are you letting them make you feel bad?!

They don’t have a f*ing clue.

Yesterday, I saw a post from a stunning young woman with a 6-pack telling us we all have time to chase the dream bod.

*Cries in after school clubs, full time job and washing*

I’m sure she also swears she’ll never let her future children eat processed food.

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These women online, the ones with the tiny waists, spotless homes, and colour-coded ‘pantries’, cannot help YOU.

YOU, the perimenopausal woman who eyes a “beauty blender” with DEEP suspicion (how DO we clean them?), has a dishwasher that’s waiting to be unloaded, and a brain that’s juggling 27 open tabs.

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Here’s the thing.

When you feel bad about yourself…

Do you leap off the sofa shouting, “I’m saved!” and sprint to the gym?

No.

You buy chocolate.

Because chocolate judges no one. (Thank God)

But if you feel stuck and want something to change, you need people who don’t judge you.

Influencers who don’t demand perfection.

Social media that reflects real life.

If you want to start having a positive impact on your life you HAVE to remember, you are wonderful.

You’re tired.
Your house looks like a state.
You’re still wonderful.

You are doing an INCREDIBLE job and you’re not alone in how you feel.

If you were truly the only one with a messy life, a messy head, and Saturday-morning bed hair that rivals your once-toddler’s mohawk…

If you were the ONLY one…

Would I be writing this?

12/11/2025

FREE CLASSES FOR NEXT WEEK 🙌

To celebrate our brand new MASSIVE studio and prepare for Black Friday

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So many people offer the world; of course you want to try before you buy!

The challenge is we’re not a mega-corp! So we had to get creative.

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Between Monday 17th & Sunday 23rd November

All club classes will be free 💥

PLUS

🎁 WIN A FREE MONTH

Attend 3 classes in taster week and you’ll be automatically entered to win!

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So here’s how it’s going to work.

🥇 Click the link and register for “Taster Week”

It’s £0 but allows us to send you secret 🐿️ sign up details on Saturday evening.

🥈 You’ll only be able to book 24hrs ahead and I’d strongly recommend joining waitlists if needed as attendance changes quickly!

🥉 You’ll head to a class, have THE BEST time of your life, question why you never joined before and then potentially win a free membership 👀

The dream! 🤍

Taster Week ends right as Black Friday begins so you’ll know what to nab, before it’s too late!

I’ll pop the link below but I’ll also pop our comprehensive class list, so you can see what works for you!

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⚡️ Spaces are capped at 40 women so move fast as these will go!

Tag your gym buddy (and your mum) so she doesn’t miss out 👯‍♀️

Click here, today, 40 spaces will vanish FAST: https://goteamup.com/p/9979888-madeleine-marie-womens-he/memberships/254720/

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MONDAY

10am HIIT - Estelle
10:30 Just Peachy - Estelle
11:15am Total Dumbbell - Alex
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12:00pm Mobility for Beginners - Alex
12:30pm Low Impact Cardio - Alex
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5:30pm Physio Led Pilates – Carly M
6:30pm Just Peachy - Amanda
7pm Core & Abs - Amanda

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TUESDAY

6:30am Total Dumbbell - Alex
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12:00pm Total Dumbbell - Abi
2pm Mum & Pram – Abi
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5pm Low Impact Cardio – Carly N
8pm Dance Fit - Carly

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WEDNESDAY

5pm Total Dumbbell - Carly N
5:45pm Combat 30 - Alex
6:15pm Low-Impact Cardio 30 - Carly N
6:45pm Total Dumbbell – Carly N
7:45pm Low Impact Cardio - Carly N
8:15pm Buns of Anarchy Bootcamp - Carly N

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THURSDAY

12pm Mobility for Beginners – Alex
2pm Mum & Pram - Alex
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5pm Total Dumbbell – Estelle

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FRIDAY

10am HIIT - Amanda
10:30am Just Peachy - Amanda
11:15am Combat - Alex
12:00pm Coach led Beginner Pilates - Alex

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SATURDAY

7am HIIT - Abi
7:30am Just Peachy - Abi

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SUNDAY

7am Buns of Anarchy Bootcamp - Estelle
7:45am Total Dumbbell - Estelle
8:30am Core & Abs - Estelle
9:00am Dance Fit - Carly N
10am Big Lift Workshop - Carly N

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See you on the mat!

11/11/2025

Some people are going to HATE this post.

💥 GYMS SHOULD NOT POST BEFORE & AFTER PICTURES 🙊

And this is coming from someone who used to post them … a lot.

But years down the line, I’ve realised something that makes my skin crawl.

Even though before-and-after photos can be brilliant for the client…

…it’s no longer ethical for the gym to post them.

Because here’s the truth:

📸 Posting other people in their underwear, consensually or not, for commercial profit should never have been normalised.

If a client chooses to share their own photos and tag us? Fantastic.

That’s their choice. Their power.

But when the gym posts them?

Let’s play the tape forward 👇

A woman completes a transformation challenge. She feels incredible; proud, empowered, finally seeing her effort in pictures.

Her before-and-after goes up on the gym’s feed.

Everyone cheers, she gets all the love! Yay!

But what could go wrong?

Maybe she gets a new job… and a quick social media check pulls up her underwear photo.

Maybe her kid’s classmates find it and use it for bullying ammo.

Maybe pervy Steve in the office saves it to his phone.

Grim.

And what if she just changes her mind later?

What if she doesn’t want those photos online anymore?

By that point, the damage is done.

It’s out there. Screenshotted. Shared. Archived.

Even if the gym tries to remove it, the control is gone.

And let’s be honest, what if they don’t try?

What if they miss the message, or can’t find the file, or just… say ‘no’?

If a gym posts a client’s before-and-after, that client loses all control.

Of who sees it. Of where it goes. Of how long it lasts.

That’s not empowerment, that’s exposure.

And beyond all that?

Before-and-after culture quietly tells women that smaller means better.

That “before” is shameful and “after” is worthy.

We don’t buy that here.

Our clients take before-and-afters for themselves, as a tool for reflection, not as marketing currency.

Because they’re not ours to share.

They never were.

11/11/2025

It’s 3am. Someone help me.

What are the best ear plugs to withstand a husband’s snoring?

It’s not his fault, he’s tried nose clips, nose strips, mouth strips and he has a sleep clinic appointment in 2026.

The irony of me telling everyone yesterday “sLeEp Is SuPeR iMpOrTaNt” 😑

Cool.

I went to bed at an appropriate time.

I followed my sleep hygiene rules.

WHERE’S MY SLEEP?!

Send help.

I don’t want to go to jail.

10/11/2025

We’re rebranding.

For almost 2 years, we’ve been The Women’s Weightlifting Club; a name I’ve loved (and still do!).

Since 2023, we’ve grown from a small studio…
to a small gym…

…to a proper gym, with a proper studio, and now…

💪 A full gym
🏋️‍♀️ A dedicated weightlifting studio
💃 A (new) large class studio
💆‍♀️ A massage & treatment suite

We’re not just about weightlifting anymore.

Now we have dance, Pilates, cardio classes & equipment, bootcamps, HIIT, and so much more.

We’ve evolved, and our brand needs to evolve too.

The Women’s Weightlifting Club will absolutely still exist.

She’s a huge part of what we do and too special to let go.

She’ll proudly live on through our Peri & Menopause Groups, Sculpt Sessions, Workshops and Lifting Programmes.

But… we’ve outgrown being only a weightlifting club.

We need a name that ties everything together.

The gym, the studios, the massage suite, and our online coaching.

My full name is Madeleine Marie Smith (and no offence, but “Smith” is a bit… sh**).

So, back in 2017, when I started this page, I used just ‘Madeleine Marie’; simple, recognisable, and quite pretty (thanks mum).

It’s time to bring her back.

🥁 I’m delighted to announce our new title 🥁

✨ Madeleine Marie • The Women’s Health Club ✨

A name that embraces everything we do.

If you see the Madeleine Marie mark you’ll know it’s us; trusted, female-first, and made deliberately for you.

I’m excited, nervous and a tad daunted by this next chapter, but what a chapter it’s going to be.

So here’s to The Women’s Health Club, to The Women’s Weightlifting Club, and to every one of you who’s made this happen.

I never, ever thought we’d get here and it’s all down to you. 🤍

Here’s to us and the amazing community we’ve built together 💕

Maddie xx

(Madeleine Marie 😉)

09/11/2025

Why do some women grow VISIBLE muscle and some don’t? Even when they’re both lifting 3x a week?

Let’s break it down 👇

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☝️ Training Intensity

I’ve been told I train “too hard” by people who’ve just never seen what really hard training looks like.

Training isn’t the same for everyone, because it depends on what you want.

If you’re lifting weights to the point where you think, “Ooh that feels heavy,” but you can still chat through your set?

Yes, you’ll boost your quality of life. Your bones, joints and mobility will all thank you.

But huge visible changes? Nope. You won’t look that different.

And good! Not everyone wants to look different.

But everyone should want to feel different and live longer.

If you want OBVIOUS muscle, though?

You need to train in a way that makes you sit in a puddle of sweat, screw up your face, and lose the ability to talk mid-set.

Your training should require you to utter MANY swears and demand that you must “take a minute” 🥵

And when it gets easier, you go heavier. Always.

If you ever think, “Oh, that felt pretty comfortable,” that’s your cue to push harder, not stay there feeling sweet relief!

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✌️ Food

If you under-eat, you won’t grow visible muscle.

If your protein and fibre suck, you won’t grow visible muscle.

If prosecco is your main food group, you won’t grow visible muscle.

If you under-fuel on carbs, you won’t have the energy to even build muscle.

And no, we’re not going into “you need to lose weight to reveal muscle and a six-pack” territory.

⛔️ There’s no room for that mindset here.

You need to eat like a machine.

Fuel deliberately. Hydrate properly.

And if you’re pushing your body that hard? Cut the alcohol, vapes, and ci******es.

If you’re serious about growing visible muscle, look after every engine in your body.

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🙌 Sleep & Stress Management

Muscle grows between sessions.

If you’re running on 5 hours a night and doom-scrolling at 4 a.m., your results will wither.

You’re superwoman, but you’re not superhuman! And that’s a tough pill to swallow.

You need looking after. You need rest. You need to stop putting everyone else first.

In the world of growing proper shoulders and legs, people-pleasers don’t win prizes.

If you need a reason to say no, tell them:

“Maddie said if I say yes, my biceps will shrink.”

And if your anxiety is off the charts, get support.

Don’t keep carrying that load; you’re worth the work it takes to manage your stress.

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That was a word-vomit and a half, but it paints the picture.

This is why not everyone ends up looking jacked!

And why, if you’re worried about getting “too muscular”… you really don’t need to be. It won’t sneak up on you.

Yes, you’ll feel incredible when you lift…

But if you want to LOOK like you lift, you’ve got to train deliberately, eat properly, and live effectively.

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If you want to FEEL amazing and live longer, join us at the gym, in SGPT, or online.

If you want people to ask YOU to help move the furniture…

You need our Sculpt Sessions.

Message me 🔥

08/11/2025

🔥 Grow Muscle. REAL Muscle 🔥 15 women only 🔥

Some of us… SOME OF US 👀 want muscle.

Personally, I want ✨ SHOULDERS ✨

The kind of shoulders that make you look powerful.

Yes, we know the health benefits; we know lifting’s great for our bones, our joints, our hearts… all of it.

But also, there’s something stunningly majestic about a STRONG looking woman.

The kind of woman that could carry someone out of a burning building if she wanted to.

Tow a car if she wanted to.

Could carry the dog, the bags AND the kitchen sink if she wanted to.

Problem is that’s a hard thing to achieve.

You can train heavy 3x a week and not look like you lift!

Why?

Because there is a SPECIFIC style of training that makes you look like you train.

ALL lifting benefits your joints, your bones and your strength, but only one kind has an exceptionally visible impact.

🔥 Body building 🔥

No, you won’t look like Arnie.

What you will look like though is strong as f***.

It’s not for everyone, which is why it doesn’t happen by accident.

You have got to want it.

We’re launching the body building edition of our women’s weightlifting classes.

You’ll be coached by coaches who understand exactly how to achieve muscle growth.

You’ll use a programme designed to make you sweat bullets and grow yourself some damn fine legs.

You don’t have to be strong and you can be a complete beginner. All that matters is that you’re ready to work hard and be dedicated; we’ll show you everything else.

We already coach 100s of women in our small group PTs for weightlifting but now we’re adding ‘body-building’

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Mondays • Wednesdays • Fridays
5:30am • 9:10am • 7:30pm
(Saturday overflow 10am)

🔥 HOW IT WORKS 🔥

1️⃣ Pick a time slot
2️⃣ Commit for 5 weeks
3️⃣ Train 3x a week.

We don’t usually work this way but if you want THESE results you’ve got to commit.

We will create your nutritional plan and sculpt the plan that fits YOU.

We start November 17th and we lock in until Christmas.

☝️ THE FINE PRINT ☝️

Only 15 spaces available. It is limited.

It is HARD but that’s kind of the point. If it were easy everyone would do it.

If you want something different then you’ve got to DO something different.

🔥 Usually £246, now £199 for our early BLACK FRIDAY SALE

£199 to revolutionise your training, before Christmas

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This is for women who want all the health benefits of lifting and ALSO want to look strong, powerful and a little bit dangerous in a sleeveless top.

Message me “Sculpt” to book in.

Be powerful. Don’t wait.

08/11/2025

It’s my son’s birthday today.

He’s 6 🤯

6 years ago at 6 minutes past midnight I had a C-Section.

I still remember it to this day; I’d gone into shock, was projectile vomiting on every contraction and had been yoinked into the operating theatre.

I was TERRIFIED.

The angel of a midwife held me still because of my shakes and they put the injection in my spine and everything went calm.

The doors burst open and I heard a majestic yell “HELLO! MY NAME IS DOCTOR HAPPINESS AND I AM HERE TO DELIVER YOUR BABY”

I turned to my husband “Did I just hallucinate that?” He laughed and said “no” 😂

The op was FAST and someone said “it’s a boy!” (So exciting) and asked if we wanted to see him?

YES!

They held him over the divider and my reaction was not love but “ew” 😂

He looked like an alien 👽

Before I knew it he was plonked on my chest and that was that!

A mum!

He cried a lot at home. A LOT. A LOT A LOT.

He fed CONSTANTLY.

And never wanted to be put down.

I didn’t love the early years and I desperately wanted to see him walk, hear him talk, find out what was going on in his little brain.

Turns out he follows me everywhere, never stops talking and MY GOD he has many MANY opinions.

I watched myself develop the “mum SHRIEK” whenever he fell over or was about to do something insanely stupid. Something my husband found hysterical.

I watched myself break most parenting rules I had insisted mattered before being a mum.

I watched myself oscillate between utter exhaustion and endless enthusiasm when Harry did his “first” anything.

This child wakes at the crack of dawn. He is responsible for many a sleepless night. He has had me calmly exit a room and scream noiselessly into the void.

He is also responsible for the absolute best years of my life. He has brought me so much joy that I didn’t ever think was possible. I would not change him for anything.

He is funny and smart and a pain in my backside.

Happy birthday Harry

And cheers to us for not garroting them within the first 6 years at least.

I must go now, I can hear him yelling in frustration because his stickers won’t stick.

Love him.

05/11/2025

🔥 NOT A WEIGHT LOSS CLASS 🔥

After having my son everytime I looked for fitness groups it was all about “getting back to pre baby weight”

But, to be frank, I couldn’t give a f*

I was breastfeeding, I was tired, I JUST wanted to feel human.

I wanted to feel strong, at a time when I felt so weak.

I wanted to go somewhere where I wasn’t treated like a fragile flower, where I was treated like a person, not a project.

But with a small child attached to the hip your options are … limited 🥴

It’s why we opened Mum and Baby in October.

Where we don’t talk about “bouncing back” and we don’t make you do cardio 🏃‍♀️

AND we heavily subsidise to give you a fighting chance at normalcy!

Take all the thinking out of the equation and just do something for you.

Something where you’ll be around other mums who don’t expect you to be pristine, together or have a baby that doesn’t occasionally lose its rag!

Do this for you 🤍

🎟️ £60 pcm or £150 for 3 months upfront
⌚️ 45 minute session up to twice a week
🙌 Includes M&B small group PT AND access to all our other gym classes (including combat and Pilates)

The value is off the charts!

Why?

Because being a mum is hard; let us make this easier.

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✨DETAILS ✨
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Spaces are limited, when they’re gone, they’re gone.

👩🏻 For mums with littlies still in prams
📅 Every Tuesday & Thursday 2pm
🏋️‍♀️ Focus on form, technique and safety
💜 Rest assured we don’t utter the words “calorie burn” or “baby weight”

This is made by women, for women.

Not intimidating. Not screamy. Simply everything you wanted.

Join today, we’ve only got 3 spaces left 🤍

Message me to book.

04/11/2025

Congratulations on your win!! For everyone that entered please nab your 15% off your next purchase with us! 🔥

Please note the 15% off cannot be used in conjunction with the Black Friday sale, but you can hold on to it and use it after, it must be redeemed by March 2026.

01/11/2025

If I see another “200 calorie filling snack idea” post I’m going to scream.

The reason you are not seeing the changes you want is not because you need to eat LESS.

It’s because you are missing nutrients.

You are lacking in self care.

Your carbohydrates are either too low or just s**t.

As a result you have no stamina.
No strength.
And you’re fu***ng tired.

Eat. Enough.
I BEG YOU

And yes, I know you tell your stomach you hate it.

And yes, I know you think everyone’s skinnier than you.

And yes, I know your mate is on the 5-2 diet.

I know and I still don’t care.

You’re in perimenopause.

Act like it and EAT.

*exits soap box of rage*

Eat in colour.
Eat carbs.
Eat protein.
Hydrate.
Lift properly.

I know it’s boring.
I know there’s no novelty in it.
I also know it works.

… I love you, please do the same.

(Side note. I need to doom scroll less. I’d be happier.)

31/10/2025

✨ Complete Beginner Gym Programme ✨ 10 SPACES ONLY

Are you a TOTAL beginner and feel overwhelmed at the prospect of the gym?

We get it, it’s so common! So common in fact we’ve built a programme just for you.

Let us guide you, every step of the way, to make you feel comfortable in the gym.

With direct access to a coach, other newbies and in-person support at all times, you’ll never feel lost again.

With our unique 6-Week onboarding programme at the Hockley Women’s Gym you’ll get some extra support, find other newbies and get that kickstart you need.

Excellent if you have NEVER been in a gym, haven’t been in ages or if you have a ni**le that needs some extra support 🤍

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✨DETAILS ✨
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For complete beginners of ANY adult age

🗓️ 6 weeks.

🏋️‍♂️ Unlimited access to the Women’s Only Gym, Hockley, with a coach on hand at all times

Opening times 5:30am - 10pm weekdays and 7am - 1pm weekends.

⌚️ Workout lengths customised to you and your lifestyle

👨‍💻 Bonus home plans for days you can’t get in

💬 Access to the coaching team through a direct chat!

🥙 Free nutritional programme inclusive of recipes

📲 Performance tracking app

6 Weeks of amazing support, to get you feeling ready for the gym!

Only £79 for EVERYTHING

Don’t miss your space, sign up today!

Comment “info” for more info!

Don’t wait until January; do this for you, today.

Address

10 Main Road
Hockley
SS54QS

Opening Hours

Monday	5:30am - 10pm
Tuesday	5:30am - 10pm
Wednesday	5:30am - 10pm
Thursday	5:30am - 10pm
Friday	5:30am - 10pm
Saturday	7am - 1pm
Sunday	7am - 1pm

Website

http://www.womensweightliftingclub.co.uk/

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