Do I have to buy shakes or supplements?

No. We do not sell you a product and then coach around it. If a supplement is genuinely worth taking for your situation we will say so, and you can buy it wherever you like.

Can I do nutrition coaching without training here?

Yes, though the two work considerably better together. Get in touch and we will talk through what makes sense.

I am vegetarian or vegan. Does that work?

It works fine, and we have vegan and vegetarian recipe books to go with it. Hitting protein takes a bit more planning, which is exactly what the coaching is for.

Will I have to count calories forever?

No. Tracking for a while is a useful education in portion sizes, but the aim is that you stop needing it. Most people track properly for a couple of months and then work off habit.

What about the menopause?

It changes how your body handles both training and food, and it is a genuine specialism here rather than something we improvise. Bring it up at your consultation.

Members training with barbells in the B-Strong studio

Nutrition Coaching

Food thatfits your week.

No shakes, no banned lists, and nothing you will quit by the middle of February. Just practical guidance from a coach who holds a postgraduate diploma in nutrition.

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Built around your routine
No meal replacements
Works alongside training

The problem

Every diet works. That is not the difficulty.

Almost any plan produces a loss for a few weeks, which is precisely why there are so many of them and why they all have testimonials. The difficulty was never starting. It was the eleventh week, the holiday, the bad month at work.

Most plans fail because they were never designed for the life you actually have — the shift pattern, the school run, the fact that somebody else in the house does the cooking. So you follow it, then you cannot, then you conclude you have no willpower.

And training on a diet that is too aggressive is worse than useless. You lose muscle along with fat, your shape ends up softer at a lower weight, and it gets harder to keep off.

A prepared meal photographed on a dark surface

Prepared balanced meals laid out for the week ahead

How we do it

Start from your week, not from a template

We begin with what you actually eat and when — not what you think you should be eating. Then we change the smallest number of things that will move the needle, and we change them one at a time.

Because nutrition sits alongside your training here rather than in a separate app, protein and calories are set to support the work you are doing in the gym. That is what protects muscle while body fat comes down.

Lou holds a postgraduate diploma in nutrition, so if your situation is more complicated — a pain condition, a cardiac history, perimenopause, PCOS — the advice you get is properly grounded rather than copied from an infographic.

What you get

Guidance you can keep

The measure of a nutrition plan is not week one. It is whether you are still doing any of it a year later.

No banned foods

Nothing is off the table. Restriction is what makes plans collapse, and we would rather you had a workable version you stick to.

Protein set for training

Enough to hold onto muscle while body fat comes down, which is what actually changes your shape.

Built around your routine

Shifts, kids, a job that eats your evenings — the plan bends around all of it rather than assuming you are free at six.

Recipe support

High protein, vegan, vegetarian, snacks and summer salads — MyFitnessPal compatible recipe books to take the thinking out of it.

Reviewed as you go

Measurements and progress are reviewed regularly, and the plan changes when your body does.

Qualified advice

Postgraduate-level nutrition knowledge on the team, not a weekend certificate and some confidence.

In practice

How the coaching runs

Simple, reviewed, and adjusted as often as it needs to be.

An honest look at what you currently eat and drink

Targets set around your training days and your goal

Practical swaps rather than a shopping list you will resent

Guidance for eating out, holidays and bad weeks

Recipe books and meal ideas that are actually quick

Regular reviews, with the plan adjusted as your body changes

Fresh vegetables and whole foods arranged on a dark surface

In their words

What members say

“It took a lot for me to book my first class, due to my anxiety, and I am so glad I did. From day one I have felt very welcome. Julia definitely challenges me and makes me feel confident and happy in what I am doing. Going here has helped so much with my mental health.”
S Stephenson·Classes & 1-to-1 PT

Questions

The things
people ask

If yours isn't here, just ask. We would rather answer it now than have you wondering.

Ask us anything

No. We do not sell you a product and then coach around it. If a supplement is genuinely worth taking for your situation we will say so, and you can buy it wherever you like.