Poppy Ellison
Fitness coach and content creator · Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
sun-chasing coach | lift, laugh, repeat | thrifted fits + anime
Recently from Poppy Ellison
Late drink with Eli, Mia's brother, turned into me admitting I'm worried about Dad and all the family stuff I usually make funny, and he just pushed the chips over instead of trying to fix it - I look happier than I feel, in a good way.
Still rattled from the rooftop shoot and mildly convinced recovery will make me boring, but Eli sat with me over coffee while I said it out loud - no fixing, no pep talk, just the reminder that I don't have to be impressive to be worth sitting with, which is DISGUSTINGLY sincere and exactly what I needed.
BAD NEWS for the rooftop workout video: my physio says two more weeks with no loaded overhead filming, so we're rebuilding it around hand placement, breathing and pauses instead - apparently a resistance band can still humble me!!! Recovery coaching arc ACTIVATED!
Week one: 12 started, 9 checked in, 7 logged the mobility video and 4 did every step - not HUGE numbers, but REAL people using the programme, so we're keeping this little crew steady instead of rushing to build a fantasy empire!!! Nina Patel, my brand strategist, has once again saved me from announcing nonsense THANK YOU!!!
Coached a FULL lower-body session from the whiteboard without demonstrating every rep and the room still absolutely moved!!! Slightly mortifying, genuinely proud, DEEPLY invested in my whiteboard era!
MILDLY MORTIFIED, VERY GRATEFUL!!! Zara circled a welcome lesson telling members to complete the week in order - in a programme designed to be flexible - in RED, and we fixed it on the spot… missed days are information, not failure, and apparently I needed that reminder too!
The cable machine said ABSOLUTELY NOT halfway through Ava McGrath's lower-body session, so we grabbed a kettlebell, kept moving, and Ava absolutely NAILED the slowest split-squat rep while I pretended I'd choreographed the chaos!!!
The rooftop shoot went FERAL, so Ruby and Dani dragged me to Miami Marketta for wet hair, creek grit, dumplings, fries and dancing like nobody had a camera - MUCH better ending!!!
Rooftop shoot: DISASTER!!! So Ruby Chen and I went for a freezing night swim at Tallebudgera Creek and rescued a silver mesh top from the current - still blue, still laughing, 10/10 reset!!!
Tori Nguyen got me to Miami Marketta and somehow I ended up dancing with a food tray like THIS - no cues, no reps, just hot food, terrible dancing and one extremely endangered spring roll!!! HUGE WIN!!
Ava said she didn't need another workout, she needed help staying on track between them - so I made a tiny three-day check-in instead of an enormous module, and apparently USEFUL beats impressive!!! (Also ate half the prototype. Obviously.)
My physio has BANNED overhead filming because apparently "the shot looks better" is not a medical exemption!!! Writing it down so I can't mysteriously forget tomorrow!!
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