Fitspec

26/01/2026

Bye for now

25/01/2026

Last morning personal workout getting emotional now 🫶🏻🙌☝️💪👌9-1/2 years every day in this room .

21/01/2026

The big day is approaching so just a note to remind you the gym is closed Tuesday 27th until I’m set up on the Monday 2nd feb and on this day u will not be driving to Dixon ave haha 😜 good luck

20/01/2026

18/01/2026

Wake up early.
You’ve already beaten 90% of excuses.

Train early.
You’ve stacked your first win.

After that?
Everything feels easier.

That’s how momentum is built.
One early morning at a time.

Lets go 💪

-Daily Gym Motivation

17/01/2026

Wow wow wow what an end to an era you guys thegym is moving!!! The space we’ve all come to hate love hate on the daily is being upgraded (soon) in my 10th year of business with you I’m so happy to be able to provide, expand, and deliver you a new ceiling to have nightmares about. We have 1 week left here at the oj gym then we’re out 🤩. Thak you in advance for putting up with the disruptions as we go forth with the big plans ahead. I’m excited to create a welcoming space over the Coming months that you can all begin again ur love hate sometimes out of body experiences in haha. 😝 let’s keep it up you guys! I appreciate you all so much u lot make my life complete I have the best group anyone could ever dream of 🤩🥰

16/01/2026

Aging does not automatically cause weakness. Inactivity does.

Every year we live, our bodies want to adapt to respond to the challenges we give them. When we stop moving, the muscles shrink, balance falters, bones weaken, and energy fades. But none of that is inevitable.

Consistent, purposeful movement is more powerful than any supplement, pill, or quick fix. Lifting, walking, stretching, balancing, and challenging your body regularly doesn’t just slow decline it teaches your body to stay capable, resilient, and alive.

Aging may bring grey hairs and wrinkles, but it does not have to bring frailty. Weakness is not a birthright it is a consequence of surrendering to stillness. Every time you move, you push back. You remind your body that it still matters, that it can still respond, adapt, and thrive.

If you move, you stay strong.
If you stay strong, you stay independent.
If you stay independent, you stay free.

Inactivity is the only thing that steals strength with certainty. Everything else genetics, supplements, luck is secondary.

Your choice today, your movement today, determines not just how long you livebut how fully you live.

08/01/2026

I'm probably going to trigger a few of you here....

Someone wrote on one of my posts the other day:

“I’ve been resting loads lately… still feel wrecked.”

Instantly I knew why most people stay stuck…
while a tiny minority keep getting fitter, sharper, calmer, stronger - year after year.

REST IS NOT RECOVERY.
And confusing the two is why most people are permanently tired.

This is the line that separates elite performers from everyone else.

Let me say it plainly (and this will annoy some people):

🛑 Lying on the sofa is not recovery.
🛑 Doing nothing is not recovery.
🛑 “Listening to your body” without understanding physiology is not recovery.

That’s just absence of effort.

And absence of effort does not equal adaptation.

A bit of science for you........

Rest = stopping stress
Recovery = actively driving adaptation

Your body does NOT rebuild when you stop training.
It rebuilds when you send the right signals after stress.

Recovery is governed by:
• Nervous system regulation
• Hormonal balance
• Circulation & lymphatic flow
• Mitochondrial signalling
• Sleep architecture
• Inflammation resolution

Miss those inputs and you don’t recover
you just pause deterioration.

Here’s what elite recovery actually looks like (not sexy, not lazy)

1️⃣ Nervous system downshifting
Breathwork. Parasympathetic activation. HRV restoration.
If your nervous system stays “on”, recovery doesn’t happen no matter how many rest days you take.

2️⃣ Blood flow, not collapse
Walking. Zone 1 cardio. Mobility. Light movement.
Recovery requires circulation. Sitting still all day slows healing.

3️⃣ Sleep quality > sleep quantity
You don’t recover because you slept 8 hours.
You recover because you entered deep and REM cycles consistently.

4️⃣ Fuel timing, not just calories
Under-fuelling = stress
Poor carb timing = cortisol
No protein signal = no repair

You can eat “clean” and still block recovery entirely.

5️⃣ Deliberate contrast & hormetic stress
Sauna. Cold exposure. Heat adaptation.
Used strategically not as dopamine hits.

The uncomfortable reality

Most people don’t need more rest.

They need:
• Better recovery literacy
• Less emotional decision-making
• Fewer random days “off”
• More intentional down-regulation
• More structure around stress and restoration

Burnout isn’t caused by doing too much.

It’s caused by stressing the system without teaching it how to return to baseline.

This is why some people train MORE and feel better…

…and others train LESS and feel worse.

Same body.
Different signals.

If this post annoys you, it worked.
That means it hit something real.

And if you’re tired all the time despite “resting”…
this distinction might change everything.

Rest stops damage.
Recovery creates growth.

Know the difference or stay stuck.

With love,

05/01/2026

We’re often taught to focus on adding better habits. More structure. More discipline. More effort.
But real change usually happens faster when you eliminate what’s holding you back. One destructive habit can cancel out ten good ones. You can stack routines, supplements, workouts, and motivation all day long… but if something is quietly pulling you backward, progress will always feel harder than it needs to be.

Fix what’s costing you first. Momentum follows clarity.

Much love,
Ashley

23/12/2025

What a year! I cannot express how much I appreciate everyone of my Fitspec crew! It warms my heart to watch you grow, hit those goals and shear your wins. What an amazing bunch! Thank you for all your kind words it means the world to hear them x im sure we all feel this (photo attached). And understand it from the last year or two ive had.
lets look ahead and create a new year for ourselves, new goals to meet, new experiences to explore and new ways to see ahead your future is bright so keep going!
We have some big changes to the gym next year with a move and extension of the gym space on the cards we can all be excited for this 🏋🏼‍♀️ I wish you all an abundance of joy this silly season!
Im now on a break until sunrise 5th Jan 🎉 msg me anytime hehe