Jenna Topham - Strong Like a Woman

Jenna Topham - Strong Like a Woman I help women to harness their strength; working with you to improve fitness doing exercise you enjoy

Turns out I'm kinda chic 💁🏼‍♀️
13/08/2026

Turns out I'm kinda chic 💁🏼‍♀️

Huzzah for Giulia 👏🏻 In just 2 months, she improved several of her PCOS markers through a combination of strength traini...
06/08/2026

Huzzah for Giulia 👏🏻 In just 2 months, she improved several of her PCOS markers through a combination of strength training, nutrition, and sustainable lifestyle changes.

(And if you're wondering why I've written PCOS and not PMOS... that's because many people still know it by its former name!)

Earlier this year, Polycystic O***y Syndrome (PCOS) was officially renamed Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) after a global effort involving healthcare professionals and women with lived experience. The change was made because the old name focused on "polycystic ovaries" when the condition is actually a much broader hormonal and metabolic disorder. PMOS affects around 1 in 8 women and can impact everything from menstrual cycles and fertility to insulin resistance, energy levels, skin health, and long-term metabolic health.

One of the most empowering things about PMOS management is that exercise and nutrition can make a genuine difference - and Giulia's story is living proof.

She didn't have to do anything extreme or restrictive or punishing - but she has been incredibly consistent in making strength training 3 times a week part of her weekly routine and making some changes to her diet so she's fuelling adequately for her body's demands.

It's also a great lesson for coaches...

The same thing that creates lasting health results creates lasting business results:

✨ Strong foundations + consistency

Want to be coached by me? Or learn how to coach like me?

I've got you covered either way. 😉

06/08/2026

If you're a coach or personal trainer reading this, I bet you're already GREAT. Buuuuut....

You know how to write an effective programme with progressive overload and everything. You even tell your clients to eat vegetables. AND YET, you're not where you want to be. Wanna know why?

Because building a thriving coaching business requires (much) more than the basic skills you learn in your Level 2 & 3 qualifications. I've taken the long road to figure that out over my 10 year career, but I've wrapped it up into a nice little 3 Step Guide to help you in making sure that you're able to do the job you love, whilst also supporting the life you want to live outside of work.

My free Standout Coach Guide will help you figure out
• what makes YOU so wonderfully unique as a coach
• your dream client and how to make sure they find you
• what you need to know and how to sharpen your skills as an epic women's coach
• how to earn your ideal income without working more and burning yourself out.

Comment FREEBIE and I'll send the sign up link straight to your inbox - a little gift from me to you. 😘

Just some lovely bits n bobs ✨ 1) all festival-d out2) chippy tea 3) little girl deadlift 4) big girl deadlift 5) a joll...
03/08/2026

Just some lovely bits n bobs ✨

1) all festival-d out
2) chippy tea
3) little girl deadlift
4) big girl deadlift
5) a jolly lovely run
6) first allotment harvest
7) squad
8) lovely walk with Krusty Bunns
9) 🌍
10) our idea of a date these days 🏃🏻🏃🏼‍♀️
11) fam’s first festival

Hills I will DIE on 💀1) Every woman should be strength training - it doesn't have to look the same for everybody, it doe...
30/07/2026

Hills I will DIE on 💀

1) Every woman should be strength training - it doesn't have to look the same for everybody, it doesn't have to be in a gym, but we need to lift heavy stuff relative to our current strength.

2) When it comes to nutrition (especially in relation to weight loss for women) calories in vs. calories out does not tell the full story. I've lived this reality, I've worked with women in the hundreds and I've seen it enough times to know - we can't disregard the role of other factors such as hormones, stress, and chronic dieting.

3) Most of us need to improve our body image more than we need to improve our bodies (myself included). We exist in a culture where weight loss and leanness seems to be glorified above all else - so no big bloody shock so many of us think we need to lose weight or that our bodies are a problem to be fixed. But WHAT IF we actually liked our bodies and learned to approach our health and fitness from a place of love and respect? What a revelation it would be to realise our "dream bodies" were right there all along, and we're simply using food and exercise as ways to care for those bodies and keep them healthy for years to come.

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27/07/2026

When do we stop seeing movement the way children do? 💭

Having children has been a beautiful reminder that exercising our bodies was, before anyone or anything in the world made us believe any different, was intuitive and joyful. On the school run my two will burst into a run just for the hell of it, race each other up hills, jump on the trampoline for what seems like hours on end, dance even when there's no music to dance to and sometimes lift things in the gym with Mummy.

All simply because it's fun and it feels good.

They do it when they feel like it and they don't when they don't. Nothing to do with trying to change the way their bodies look, or punishment or justification for what they ate, or following the latest fitness trend.

As someone that was infiltrated with diet culture and body image concerns and feeling like my body was 'wrong' since as young as 10, I love and admire their freedom so much. And it lights the fire in me even more fiercely to do what I can to help others (including my children obvs) nurture a positive relationship with exercise and their bodies, because we really bloody deserve it.

Do you remember when your relationship with exercise changed? I'd love to hear your experiences ✨

Over the last 10 years, I've learnt a thing or two about what helps women improve health and fitness...and what doesn't....
23/07/2026

Over the last 10 years, I've learnt a thing or two about what helps women improve health and fitness...and what doesn't. 👀

Sooorrry but if you're a trainer and your entire shteez is 6 week transformation promises and a feed full of pictures of people in their pants ...you're on my s**t list.

Because even though it sells, the means employed to achieve the dramatic weight loss these types of images promise, are hardly ever sustainable or in the interest of a woman's true health. Our number one priority in supporting women in this industry has GOT TO BE women's health.

If you're a trainer yourself, I promise you that you don't need progress pictures to build a successful business. Genuinely supporting women to make positive and sustainable life changes, creating a standout experience that makes them want to stick with you and tell their friends...that's the best marketing tool at your disposal.

If you do want to start building a standout women's coaching biz (and stop relying on s**tcan marketing methods like progress pics) I've created something for you!

Get my 3 Step Guide to Building a Standout Women's Coaching Biz FOR FREEEEEE using the link in my bio. Because the fitness industry needs more trainers properly supporting women in their fitness journey and I'd love you to be one of them . ✨

Strength training & HIIT are the best forms of training for women...so why tf am I spending my Saturday mornings running...
21/07/2026

Strength training & HIIT are the best forms of training for women...so why tf am I spending my Saturday mornings running like a chump? 🏃🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

I spend my life advocating for the benefits of strength training for women. There is an ever-growing body of research that supports the notion that, if we want to extend our health span, strength training IS WHERE IT'S AT. There's also good evidence to suggest that when it comes to cardiovascular exercise, short bursts of high intensity work poses the most benefit.

So, if I know all this and won't stop banging on about it, WHAT AM I DOING spending my Saturday mornings doing long runs?

Well, whilst I'm an advocate for the types of exercise that help us become the strongest, fittest, healthiest versions of ourselves, I'm as much an advocate for modes of moving our bodies in ways that bring us joy!

Living out in the sticks with the beautiful Mendips on my doorstep, I have loved getting out on Saturday mornings when it feels like the rest of the world is still sleeping and enjoying the beauty of the trails. I'm not a natural at running, I'm certainly not fast, but I really bloody love being outside.

I absolutely 100% implore you to incorporate strength training into your weekly routine, but if you have a means of movement that you love that sits outside of the "strength training + HIIT" model, don't forsake it! Our bodies are our biggest blessing and I think it's just as important to use them in ways that make us happy, as it is to use them in ways that keep them strong (and fingers crossed you fall in love with being a bad bitch who lifts and those two wonderful things intertwine)

All my love,

Jenna x ✨

20/07/2026

Why 'eating less and doing more' has stopped working for you.

Many of women I work with have dieted for years, someone without breaks. They hit their steps and cut calories, but the scale doesn't move. Please hear me when I say it's not about a lack of willpower. I can't and won't buy “calories in > calories out” as the whole story — long-term calorie restriction can push your metabolism into scarcity mode.

It's proven that when you cut calories, resting metabolic rate can fall and your body burns less through exercise, daily movement and digestion. That’s why eating very little often stops working.

If you are one of these women, this is what I suggest: figure out your basal metabolic rate and do NOT eat below it. Allow your body the fuel it deserves. Give your body enough energy so your metabolism can repair. Start by slowly rebuilding calories, prioritise protein and strength training (and fuel your workouts!), sleep well and manage stress — metabolic recovery takes time. BUT it's possible and worthwhile, you'll be so much happier and healthier for it! ✨

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