Sally

Sally is the owner of Strength Ambassadors and created the gym to provide a safe and supportive place for people to learn weight lifting and improve their strength for the long term. Sally has been competing in powerlifting and weightlifting for the last ten years. She is a qualified coach in both sports. Sally has been British Masters champion (2017) and British Senior bronze medallist (2013) in Olympic weightlifting.

Blog Posts by Sally

Home workout Thurs 23 April: Legs and triceps

The legs will get a workout today, particularly quads, glutes and adductors. There’s also prone pulldowns and tricep push ups for the upper body. Strength cycle 6 – Thurs 23 April 2020 Post questions and comments below!

Home workout Tues 21 April: Legs, chest and core

Today’s session features a new exercise that targets the glute medius: side lying clam raise – a real glute burner. We also train hamstrings with romanian deadlift and quads with step ups. For the upper body we have a push up mechanical drop set, and a core finisher using the tabata protocol. Very intense! Strength […]

Home workout Sat 18 April: Legs and upper body

Introducing a new tricep exercise to our home workout today, and also a new split squat variation. It’s good to mix it up! The adductor exercise, Copenhagen plank, also makes a return. Strength cycle 5 – Sat 18 April 2020 – Legs and upper body Post comments and questions below!

Home workout Thursday 16 April

Legs and core are the main focus of today’s workout, particularly in the spicey finisher! We are also pressing with the emphasis on triceps. Strength cycle 5 – Thurs 16 April 2020 Post comments below!

Home workout Tues 14 April

Plenty of legs and core in today’s workout – including exercises that will challenge shoulder stability. Strength cycle 5 – Tues 14 April 2020 Post comments below!

Home workout Sat 11 April: core, legs and chest

Something a bit different today! We are doing the exercises as complexes. This means each exercise flows into the next with no rest between exercises. You’ll have 2 full-body complexes of 4 exercises each; and a quick finisher at the end as usual. Lots of core in this exercise selection! We also work squats, glutes […]

Home workout Thurs 9 April: Squat, triceps and core

We begin today with a high volume single leg squat variation. Make sure you keep your knee tracking over your toes on this one! The legs then get a bit of a rest while we focus on triceps and core. We finish with a squat version of the classic ‘Bring Sally Up’ – those thighs […]

Home workout Tues 7 April: Legs, shoulders and triceps

Today’s workout features two classic leg strength exercises: split squats and single leg deadlift. For the upper body we have variations for shoulders and triceps. And we have another fun muscial finisher! Strength cycle 4 – Tues 7 April 2020 – Legs, shoulders, triceps Post comments below!

Home workout Sat 4 April: Legs and chest

Today we are using mechanical drop sets to increase the intensity of our bodyweight exercises at home! Accumulate a large number of reps, switching to an easier variations when you fatigue. Strength cycle 3 – Sat 4 April 2020 – Legs Chest and Arms Exercises today include push ups, squats, lateral lunges and crunches. Post […]

Home workout: Thurs 2 April 2020: Legs and core

Today’s workout is a real core blaster, challenging the muscles around the trunk from a number of different angles and positions. We’ve also got a leg complex to start, and more legs to finish. Strength cycle 3 – Thurs 2 April 2020 – Legs and core Post comments below!