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Have you ever struggled to stick with a diet and exercise regime long term?

Watch my video training below to find out the 3 REAL reasons why the countless diets and training regimes you’ve tried have not worked (and what to do instead)

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Ultimate Girls

Join my signature online coaching program to build a health and fitness regime that fits perfectly with your lifestyle. Live a life feeling confident in all the clothes you wear, without the restriction.

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Personal Training

Work with Anna 1-1 in a private studio in Sydney, Australia to level up your training regime. Transform your current results by having clear direction and accountability with a Top female-only personal trainer.

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Lifting for girls

Turn your average gym sessions, dictated by “what you feel like training” (or going to classes designed for just any gym-goer) to dynamic, results-inducing female based group weights sessions.

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HELLO, I‘M ANNA RHODES

As a personal trainer and online coach I have worked with a broad range of women. Throughout the years of working with them I have come to learn their obstacles and concerns when it comes to their training. This has led to the creation of my Ultimate Girls online coaching program, which aims help women who are pressured by societal norms to “have it all,” overwhelmed by mainstream media on how to live their life and how they should look, and the constant stresses this brings to day to day life. I transform these women into ones who feel they are succeeding in all aspects of their life, living a glamorous but fundamentally healthy, balanced, and enjoyable lifestyle. I provide a flexible health and fitness method that proves astounding results for busy and sociable girls in the long term – aesthetically, physically and mentally.

I am also known for the creation of my Lifting for Girls programme. Originally designed as group training sessions, now a thriving online community, ‘Lifting for Girls‘ aims to give women the confidence to correctly incorporate weight training into their gym regime and overcome those insecurities stepping into a male dominated area.

I am a national bikini fitness competitor, winning the 2015 Miami Pro and BodyPower Junior Bikini in 2016 and taking top four places in a number of other competitions throughout the UK. I also enjoy testing myself through endurance challenges, having cycled 600 miles in 7 days from Leeds to Paris, finished the Herts triathlon and competed a 7 day trek in the Himalayas. I now mainly focus my training around mixed martial arts, specifically Brazillian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. I am no stranger to trying something completely new and I am fully aware of how daunting this can be.

Moving from an extreme bodybuilding background to a much more relatable and sustainable approach to my own training has allowed me to understand more than ever what girls want from their gym regime. My programmes help REAL gals. And you know why I wanted that to be so important? Because I am just that! Totally normal. I am super busy. I want to enjoy my training. I want to look good on instagram. I want something achievable. I want something maintainable. I want to look good in a bridesmaid dress. I want to look good in a bikini. I JUST GEDDIT! I am so excited to start working with you and for you to join our girl squad.

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When you fall down and act like nothing happened 🙋🏼‍♀️ This is the start me attempting to stop being a massive perfectionist and start embracing who I am again more...because let’s face it, I am way more on the scatty side than the “perfect” side.
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I fall over when I train (exhibit A). I miss myself in camera angles. My food isn’t beautifully presented. I say um and swear a lot. I don’t wear make up often. My lashes and nails are always fucked. There’s always spills on my top. I lose my belongings daily. I forget about my washing and it ends up getting rewashed 3 times before I hang it out, then it still smells a bit of damp. My phone runs out of battery all the time. I misplace my bank card 10 x a year. But ya no what? It’s just me 🙋🏼‍♀️ And it doesn’t make me any less good at what I do.
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In the last year I definitely have felt pressure to get the “perfect” content out there and felt victim to serious comparisonitis. As a result I just don’t really post anymore. I feel like I’ve somehow really stepped away from who I am and what I want to use this account for. I shy away from putting myself out there, worrying way more “what people think” or thinking people judge me. It’s ridiculous and never something that used to bother me.

Does anyone else feel that when they really try to be perfect at something, they end up stuffing it up way more than when you just gave it a stab with no pre conceived ideas or pressure behind it?
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When I compete in anything and go in with no expectations, it always goes my way. But when I am DESPERATE to win and anything less than that result would be a disaster? It would be exactly that. In my most recent jits comp I was so adamant I had to be the best girl there, my head took over and I literally came dead last. Even though I was in a MUCH better position than when I did my first one and won it? It’s weird how our brains work in this way and something I need to work on.
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So this is my last hurrah as a chronic over thinker with a video of me being my disastrous self 🤣. Take note I make my clients do this exercise and they also fall over, so if you do try it, it reallllyyyy only works when you have bigger kettlebells!

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WHY YOU SHOULDN’T GET A PT (and what to do instead)
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Might sound illogical as I am a PT, but hear me out...
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To be honest the reason I say not to get one is because a lot of them are quite frankly, just sh*t. I’ve worked in several commercial gyms for long enough to know this with certaintyyy (and it’s the reason why I’ve not really got on well working at them...)
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Some of the worst things I used to literally see everyday: Texting whilst training with clients. Prospecting whilst training with clients. Prospecting aggressively and intimating people. PTs killing their clients to look good to potential new clients on the gym floor. PTs pretending they’re amateur boxers and getting their clients to do “boxing” with them in the most crowded spots and nearly taking everyone else out. And breaking their clients wrists. PTs perving on females on the gym floor and objectifying them.
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And the one that really grinds my gears... those PTs who think of themselves as only salesman above all else. They have next to no interest in fitness or helping people and literally just con artists😡
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Although there are obviously some good PTs out there, they are few and far between. I feel sorry that actions like this might damage somebody’s journey for years to come and I get embarrassed of my own industry! ⠀ So my advice? Find yourself a good COACH. Somebody that thinks about the service they provide, not just wanting to sell you the dream transformation including 5 x HIIT sessions a week and a meal plan of chicken and broccoli (yup, that still happens).
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RESEARCH anyone you might consider you want to work with. Look at their credentials, their specialities, their other clients. Don’t just jump in for the first person who tries to sell you something with a six pack. Look past how good they look themselves, as looking great is not really an indicator of how well they can coach. Trust me.
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Although this advice may seem obvious, when I step back into commercial gyms (I no longer work in them) I see this still happening ALL THE TIME!
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@Tag a friend who you regularly talk about “how shit that PT is” when your training together 🤣🤣🤣

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HOW TO NOT STRESS OVER SOCIAL EVENTS DERAILING YOUR PROGRESS...
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(feat. me with probably the only beer I have ever consumed in my life bc I literally HATE the piss-tasting instantly-bloating stuff - anyone else feel me 🙋🏼‍♀️)
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Do you work hard all week in the gym and eating right, Friday comes around (maybe even Thursday night) and all hell breaks lose. Then you spend the next half of the week stressing about the weekend just past and dreading the next social event coming up? Sound familiar? It definitely does to me and it’s really something I’ve overcome in the last few years. ⠀
Here's a few of my top tips on how to overcome these feels (consciously wrote out neatly here and somewhat not neatly rambled on my story 🤣)
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1. Change your mindset. You can change that “guilty” feeling simply by saying to yourself, “I’m not going to feel guilty about that”. It may not happen overnight and it may be difficult to fight off those “guilt” demons, but it CAN be done. I honestly never thought I’d live a normal life where I didn’t feel guilty around food and drinking. This weekend I drank 2 bottles of wine and ordered a tub of ice cream on Uber eats, and I bloody loved every second of it #noregrets
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2. Strategically diet or place “fat loss” phases around less social events. Perpetually trying to diet all the time will lead to failure, I’ve worked with enough women to know this with certainty. If you can pick times to go “harder” and work on having your relaxed periods as not completely off the rails, you are much more likely to see long term success.
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3. If you are in a fat loss phase, account for higher calorie events in a weekly average. I provide my girls a social butterfly calculator for them to do this with ease. I know it may seem like a right palaver to have to give it that much thought ahead of time, but realistically this will be the best method for you to actually socialise and lose fat at the same time. And tbh losing fat ain’t never gonna be easy!
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A big shoutout to my awesome social butterfly @beckyainz for being my best example of how this method works! 6 weddings in one summer wasn’t gonna stop this girl looking banging for a honeymoon 🤣💃🏼!

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The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31)

This is the nearest major galaxy to us, 2.5 million light-years away, and is estimated to contain 1 trillion stars.

Fun fact, in 4.5 billion years the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide and merge to form a bigger galaxy.

Taken by me from a nature reserve in Norfolk, UK.

Taken with a QHY168C and Takahashi FSQ85

#space #astronomy #astrophotography
#galaxy #andromeda #m31 @qhyccd_astropic

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REAL PEOPLE. REAL RESULTS.

Anna puts in 1000% every day to making sure all her clients get the most out of what she can offer them <3 Getting the notifications from the app when i check in to do a workout – this accountability is unheard of!

Lauren Wickham

Anna is very responsive and gave lots of opportunity to ask questions and give feedback. I have done other online programmes before and it never felt like you were interacting with real people – this was much more personal. Knowing there is a real, knowledgeable person there seeing what you are up to helps

Victoria Rae

Before I met Anna I realize my mind was set by unrealistic, crash diet, before-and after-pictures. My mental health has improved, I’m stronger and constantly push myself and feel confident in the gym area. All these I really took for granted and was all about the before and after, overall the confidence and mental health for me has been a game changer. I’ve never actually felt better so thank you

Kathryn Heyes

You’re just normal like the rest of us, so you are more relatable

Jaymie Balch

It felt like she was more than a coach, like we were in it together

Beckie Glynn

Not only is it clear that Anna is an experienced PT, but she’s also the perfect role model for women in lifting. She shows it’s possible to be committed to a challenging fitness routine, whilst stressing the importance of a healthy social life with a little bit of indulgence!

Hannah Brooks

I’ve been coached by Anna before and she’s always been great with her coaching!She knew what she was talking about and the plan is great, as expected!

Vogue Phelps

I love how Anna is real – she motivates but also understands somedays you just can’t get everything to work

Vita Colburn

Have you ever struggled to stick with a diet and exercise regime long term?

Never followed a training program consistently before?

Are you preparing for your wedding day and feeling nervous exactly what steps you should take to get you to your dream body?

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