Issy’s 50’s challenge

Name: Issy’s 50’s challenge
Start: 2026-02-28T12:00:00+00:00
Location: Innovation Core, Bolton

Schedule

Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Innovation Core, Bolton | Bolton, EN

Hi all it’s Issy here your local Pilates instructor, strength and fitness coach, stretch and mobility practioner, yogi fan and everything inbetween.
So, this time last week I was 49, and now I have officially joined the 50’s club as I had my big 5 0 last Sunday.
I will be celebrating all year round for a few reasons. One reason being I have overcome a huge struggle in my late 30’s and my 40’s where I was a victim of DA and with the help from family friends and Fort Alice I have become a lot more confident and I actually feel like “me” again.
Without focusing on this too much my main reason is celebrating becoming 50, being able to lift weight, practice pilates, flexibility, mobility and more.
Today a few people from my group who train alongside me did my 50’s challenge. This involved 50 walking lunges, 50 metre farmers carry, 50 squats, 50 metre sprint…. You get the picture.
Not only did these people complete it all, they also grew another level of resilience and confidence because when I first announced it a few weeks ago their first reaction was “I can’t do that Issy”…. “What you trying to do? K*ll us off?” Well no actually, I don’t want to do that because I know you would have got me some great birthday presents….. Joking aside, they did do it, they completed it, they even did a couple of extra challenges I put on at the end, and more importantly for me, is that they left the place today fitter, stronger and grew in self confidence from when they walked in.
Again, I can encourage you to get in touch with me, have a go at a class or two, and you never ever know, this could be you one day. From speaking with first hand experience, I am right in the middle of perimenopause, I have gone through a lot of trauma with my personal journey of DV, very controlling and coercive behaviour, to now finding who I am again and reaching 50 feeling stronger both physically and mentally.
Any questions about the classes please message me and thank you for reading, I hope I have given some people inspiration to challenge themselves that bit more.
A few photos from today, a few to show you that I am not all about fitness and training and eating clean. As an example we did go to the chetham as a group and nourished ourselves well, however I did bring a piece of gym equipment to the pub just to make sure they know what an evening out with me consists of