Life With Tess

10/06/2026

08/06/2026

One of the biggest mistakes I see people make is judging a workout solely by how hard it felt.

If they finish exhausted, they assume it was effective. If they finish feeling good, they assume they didn't do enough.

The truth is that an effective workout isn't necessarily the hardest workout. An effective workout is one that moves you closer to your goal while allowing you to recover well enough to do it again tomorrow, next week, and next month. 💪🏽

If your goal is to build strength, gain muscle, improve athletic performance, or prepare for competition, then yes your training needs periods of challenge.

Progressive overload requires your body to do a little more over time, whether that's heavier weights, more repetitions, better technique, or increased training volume.

However, challenging does not mean exhausting not every workout should feel like a fight.

Your menstrual cycle matters. 🌸

During the follicular phase and around ovulation, many women feel stronger, recover faster, and naturally perform better. During the late luteal phase, the exact same workout may feel significantly harder despite using the same weights. Add poor sleep, stress, illness, postpartum recovery, or a demanding season of life, and your capacity changes even more.

This is where experience comes in. Learning when to push and when to adjust is a skill.

It's also worth remembering that exercise is not limited to strength training. Walking, jogging, swimming, Pilates, yoga, cycling, and resistance training all have value. 🚶🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️🧘🏽‍♀️

The goal isn't to win every workout.

The goal is to show up consistently enough for the benefits to compound over time.

Train hard when your body is ready.Train smart when it isn't.

Both count. ❤️

05/06/2026

What's for breakfast today?

03/06/2026

One of the underrated benefits of consistency is that eventually you stop chasing exercises and start understanding your body.

You learn which movements challenge you, which ones you connect with, which ones give you results, and which ones simply don't.

That's the thing about training.

Experience teaches you that the goal isn't to do more exercises. The goal is to identify the few that give you the best return and become exceptionally good at them.

What works for me may not work for you but consistency has a way of revealing those answers .

31/05/2026

Hey moms 😎😎

30/05/2026

29/05/2026

❤️ 😍

28/05/2026

One thing I’ve learned coaching women is that weight loss is not always the real problem.

Sometimes the body is simply dysregulated.

This queen for example works night shifts , which meant sleep disruption, stress on the body, irregular eating patterns, fatigue, cortisol imbalance, and confusion around how to actually approach wellness in a way that fit her real life.

So before aggressively chasing fat loss, my focus was stabilisation first:

• helping the body feel safer
• improving structure and consistency
• regulating eating patterns
• supporting recovery
• reducing overwhelm
• creating a realistic system she could actually sustain

Once the body started responding better… the transformation followed .

She’s now almost 10kgs down with a complete back transformation 🙌🏽

The beautiful part?
We still have 3 more months together 😌

Our next focus:
• more glute definition
• deeper body recomposition
• and a flatter, stronger tummy

And trust me… the tummy transformation deserves its own post 😭🔥

Stay tuned.

24/05/2026

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