An eight-week programme led by physiotherapists, combining progressive exercise with practical guidance on fitness, nutrition and recovery. Build strength, understand your body and learn how to train for the years ahead.
Well XX is for women through midlife and beyond who want to build strength, improve fitness and feel more confident about looking after their health.
You might be new to exercise, returning after some time away, or already active and wondering how to train for your health now.
You don’t need to know how to lift weights or follow a particular routine before you join. We’ll help you start at a level that works for you and build from there.
At Well XX, you’ll practise progressive exercise and learn how nutrition and recovery support your training. Across eight weeks, you’ll build strength and get a clearer idea of the exercise and support that might suit you next.
Build strength, cardiovascular fitness and bone health through progressive resistance training, cardiovascular exercise and appropriate impact work.
You’ll learn how to exercise effectively, develop your technique and gradually progress your training with confidence.
Understand how nutrition can support energy, muscle, bone, gut health, exercise and recovery.
We focus on practical ways to fuel and support your body — without restrictive diets, complicated rules or conflicting advice.
Explore the wider factors that influence your health, including hormonal changes, pelvic health, sleep, stress and recovery.
Understand your changing body and make informed choices about movement, rest and the support that works for you in the years ahead.
Learn the why behind your health and training.
We talk about strength, nutrition, recovery and training through midlife in clear, practical terms.
Learn with Avril and Ellie
Put that knowledge into practice through progressive exercise.
Build strength and fitness at your own starting point, with guidance on technique and how to progress.
Take what you’ve learnt beyond Well XX in a way that works for you.
Think about the exercise, food habits and support you’d like to carry forward after the eight weeks.
You won’t just be told what to do. You’ll understand why you’re doing it and how to make it work for you.
Each week builds on the last. You’ll progress through strength, cardiovascular and impact exercise while learning about nutrition, recovery and the changes that can affect training through midlife.
You’ll have time to practise what you learn and see how it fits your own life.
Discover your starting point and learn the foundations of strength and cardiovascular training, with exercises tailored to your current ability.
Progress your strength and movement while learning about hormonal changes, pelvic health and pressure management and how these can relate to exercise.
Build your resistance training and learn how to progress your weights, while exploring gut health, the microbiome and the influence of hormonal changes.
Develop your cardiovascular fitness and discover different ways to train your heart, alongside practical nutrition for heart and metabolic health.
Progress your weights and impact exercise while learning how protein, nutrition and appropriate fuelling can support muscle, bone and recovery.
Continue progressing your strength and fitness while exploring sleep, stress and recovery — and why recovery matters for long-term health and performance.
Bring strength, cardiovascular and impact exercise together while exploring practical nutrition, supplements and how to make informed choices for your health.
Review what you’ve learnt and the progress you’ve made in strength and fitness, then talk through ways to keep moving after the eight weeks.
After eight weeks, you’ll have tried different ways to build strength and learnt how nutrition and recovery fit alongside exercise.
You’ll have a clearer idea of what works for you and what you might like to do next. If you’d like more support, we can talk through options to continue with a Well XX group class for accountability and point you towards other local resources.
Workout. Eat. Live for Longevity.
Two physiotherapists combine guided exercise with practical education on training, nutrition and recovery in Well XX.
Dr Avril Soards is a Chartered Physiotherapist, exercise rehabilitation specialist and founder of POGO Physio.
Her approach combines decades of physiotherapy experience with posture and movement analysis, Pilates and yoga-informed rehabilitation. A former National Veteran British Gymnastics Champion, Avril also draws on her extensive background in gymnastics and climbing.
Avril holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Cambridge, bringing a strong scientific perspective to her approach to health, movement and exercise.
Within Well XX, Avril brings her expertise in exercise rehabilitation and movement, helping women understand how strength, muscle and bone health, nutrition and recovery can support their health through midlife and beyond.
Ellie Yuen is a Chartered Physiotherapist specialising in Pelvic Health and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, and founder of Ellie Yuen Physiotherapy Clinic.
Her work brings together pelvic health, movement and rehabilitation, supporting women with everything from bladder, bowel and pelvic floor concerns to pelvic pain, pregnancy, postnatal recovery and returning to exercise.
Ellie is passionate about making women’s health clear, practical and evidence-informed, without creating fear around movement or the changes that happen through midlife.
Within Well XX, Ellie brings the women’s and pelvic health perspective, helping women understand how hormonal changes, pelvic health, strength and exercise can all connect through perimenopause, menopause and beyond.
Sundays, 10–11am
Our next eight-week Well XX programme is planned for January 2027.
Places are limited so we can help you exercise and progress at a level that works for you.
Register your interestIf Well XX sounds right for you, leave your details and we’ll let you know when the start date and enrolment information are confirmed.
Registering interest does not reserve a place.
