Jess Kirby | Harrogate Personal Training

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A little bit about me

Hey I’m Jess!

I became a personal trainer during Covid, working 1:1 with clients and online too.

Strongwoman training is my passion which I started back in January 2024. I have my own coach to keep me progressing. As they say, every coach needs a coach.

Although I train in strongwoman training, this isn't what I coach with my clients.

I want all of my clients to trust and enjoy the process just as I have personally.

ONLINE COACHING

Be coached from anywhere in the world with weekly support and personalised sessions

PERSONAL TRAINING

Building confidence in each and every client to prove to themselves how strong and fit they really are

ABOUT ME

Dessert lover, personal trainer, strongwoman fan

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FEEL STRONG.

Something I always see in commercial gyms is people looking lost, not sure what to do and no one to help them. This is why I have created the 8 week beginner method, something you can follow with exercise videos to watch.

No need to feel lost anymore 🩷

Something I always see in commercial gyms is people looking lost, not sure what to do and no one to help them. This is why I have created the 8 week beginner method, something you can follow with exercise videos to watch.

No need to feel lost anymore 🩷

How to do a squat as a beginner 🍑

How to do a squat as a beginner 🍑

You don’t need to be fit to start 💪🏻

You don’t need to be fit to start 💪🏻

How many times a week should you train?

How many times a week should you train?

From not going to the gym to being a PT🔥

From not going to the gym to being a PT🔥

The Built To Last Method 👊🏻

The Built To Last Method 👊🏻

3rd place 🔥🔥

Squats (80kg) - 15 reps in 60s
Log (45kg) - 4 reps in 60s
Car deadlift - 0 reps
Moving medley (150kg,60kg per hand, 60kg bag) - 35 seconds, came 2nd in this event 👊🏻
Stones (50kg) - 14 reps in 60s, came first in this event 👊🏻

After the deadlift I was 6 out of 7th place, with my two strongest events followed I was able to go from 6th place to 3rd place 😳💪🏻

Massssssive shoutout to @katie.strongwoman and @robframpton73_ for all the coaching and support 🩷

3rd place 🔥🔥

Squats (80kg) - 15 reps in 60s
Log (45kg) - 4 reps in 60s
Car deadlift - 0 reps
Moving medley (150kg,60kg per hand, 60kg bag) - 35 seconds, came 2nd in this event 👊🏻
Stones (50kg) - 14 reps in 60s, came first in this event 👊🏻

After the deadlift I was 6 out of 7th place, with my two strongest events followed I was able to go from 6th place to 3rd place 😳💪🏻

Massssssive shoutout to @katie.strongwoman and @robframpton73_ for all the coaching and support 🩷

Built To Last 👊🏻

Built To Last 👊🏻

Suns out, guns out 💪🏻

Suns out, guns out 💪🏻

Let’s hope I counted it right

Let’s hope I counted it right

Who doesn’t love progression?💪🏻

Who doesn’t love progression?💪🏻

Intensity BABY

Intensity BABY

Hip thrusts babaaaaay

Hip thrusts babaaaaay

Its experiment time 💪🏻

Its experiment time 💪🏻

Squaty squats 😎😎

Squaty squats 😎😎

Last minute comp that I entered about 3 weeks ago! Came 1st place which I’m super chuffed with!! Ready for another challenge 🔥

Axle press (30kg) - 1st place - 17 reps
Deadlifts (60kg) - 2nd place - 34
Zercher carry (100kg) - 2nd place - 20s 39
Sandbag and farmer carry (40kg, 40kg e/h)- 1st place - 26s 08
Sandbag to shoulder (40kg) - 2nd place - 12 reps

Massive thank you to @kathryn.fraser.121 for coming to support me ❤️

😎😎😎

Last minute comp that I entered about 3 weeks ago! Came 1st place which I’m super chuffed with!! Ready for another challenge 🔥

Axle press (30kg) - 1st place - 17 reps
Deadlifts (60kg) - 2nd place - 34
Zercher carry (100kg) - 2nd place - 20s 39
Sandbag and farmer carry (40kg, 40kg e/h)- 1st place - 26s 08
Sandbag to shoulder (40kg) - 2nd place - 12 reps

Massive thank you to @kathryn.fraser.121 for coming to support me ❤️

😎😎😎

2nd place at my second strongwoman comp, I literally CANNOT believe it after saying I’d be happy with top 10 😂

Wrecking ball press - 4th out of 11
Farmer carry into yoke carry - 3rd out of 11
Skip deadlift - 10th out of 11 (knew this was weakest)
Sandbag to shoulder - 1st out of 11
Atlas stone run - 1st or 2nd out of 11 (never found out)

Had such a great day and met some amazing people!

Massive thanks to @ricky_dominus_strongman for the support and coaching 🔥🔥

2nd place at my second strongwoman comp, I literally CANNOT believe it after saying I’d be happy with top 10 😂

Wrecking ball press - 4th out of 11
Farmer carry into yoke carry - 3rd out of 11
Skip deadlift - 10th out of 11 (knew this was weakest)
Sandbag to shoulder - 1st out of 11
Atlas stone run - 1st or 2nd out of 11 (never found out)

Had such a great day and met some amazing people!

Massive thanks to @ricky_dominus_strongman for the support and coaching 🔥🔥

I thought I’d share with you all my recovery journey from ACL reconstruction surgery back in October 2022 to today. There have been so many ups and downs, happy days and sad days. I can’t thank Josh from Move physio enough for all the support he continues to give me. My strength is coming along SO well, but this isn’t saying it’s always been the case. It’s really made me appreciate the smaller things in life. How much I actually miss running for one!! Looking forward to seeing how I get on over the next 6 months! 🥳🥳

I thought I’d share with you all my recovery journey from ACL reconstruction surgery back in October 2022 to today. There have been so many ups and downs, happy days and sad days. I can’t thank Josh from Move physio enough for all the support he continues to give me. My strength is coming along SO well, but this isn’t saying it’s always been the case. It’s really made me appreciate the smaller things in life. How much I actually miss running for one!! Looking forward to seeing how I get on over the next 6 months! 🥳🥳

You may find that you load up your squats pretty well...but a question to ask yourself is 'are you getting to 90 degrees?' 🤔⁠
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Best way to do this is to grab either a reebok step and some plates, a bench or a low box and set yourself up so when you squat you're at 90 degrees 😇⁠
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I do this with a lot of my clients to make sure they are getting low enough, it gives them a guide as to where they need to be with their squats 😁⁠

You may find that you load up your squats pretty well...but a question to ask yourself is 'are you getting to 90 degrees?' 🤔⁠
⁠
Best way to do this is to grab either a reebok step and some plates, a bench or a low box and set yourself up so when you squat you're at 90 degrees 😇⁠
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I do this with a lot of my clients to make sure they are getting low enough, it gives them a guide as to where they need to be with their squats 😁⁠

Sometimes there are so many cues to think about it can get VERY overwhelming and becomes quite stressful⁠ 😣
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This is why when my clients are doing their sets I get them to focus on one or two cues whilst performing their reps. We then may focus on a different cue for the next set 👍🏻
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It's a great way of easing the pressure and allowing more focus rather than "boshing" out the reps.⁠
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Even if you don't have a PT, this is something you can tell yourself before heading into a set🙌🏻
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Sometimes there are so many cues to think about it can get VERY overwhelming and becomes quite stressful⁠ 😣
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This is why when my clients are doing their sets I get them to focus on one or two cues whilst performing their reps. We then may focus on a different cue for the next set 👍🏻
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It's a great way of easing the pressure and allowing more focus rather than "boshing" out the reps.⁠
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Even if you don't have a PT, this is something you can tell yourself before heading into a set🙌🏻
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Do you know when you tell someone you're going to do something and it makes you feel like you'll actually do it...accountability in exercise and nutrition is the same thing 💁‍♀️⁠
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Having someone around to make sure you are doing the things you said you'll do is brilliant. ⁠
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Someone to message you to say "how did you get on with your workout this evening?"⁠
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Someone to check your myfitnesspal diary and say "I noticed you didn't log your food at the weekend, shall we make a bit of a plan?"⁠
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Someone to ask "do you feel you've recovered well over the weekend?" ⁠
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These are questions you more than likely wouldn't ask yourself, right?⁠
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We are definitely all culprits of switching our brain to "I can't be bothered to do a workout OR "urgh, I've had one bad day, I'll just continue the same this week and be better next week"⁠
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Having a personal trainer can put a barrier between the good thought and your brain telling you different. ⁠
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Do you know when you tell someone you're going to do something and it makes you feel like you'll actually do it...accountability in exercise and nutrition is the same thing 💁‍♀️⁠
⁠
Having someone around to make sure you are doing the things you said you'll do is brilliant. ⁠
⁠
Someone to message you to say "how did you get on with your workout this evening?"⁠
⁠
Someone to check your myfitnesspal diary and say "I noticed you didn't log your food at the weekend, shall we make a bit of a plan?"⁠
⁠
Someone to ask "do you feel you've recovered well over the weekend?" ⁠
⁠
These are questions you more than likely wouldn't ask yourself, right?⁠
⁠
We are definitely all culprits of switching our brain to "I can't be bothered to do a workout OR "urgh, I've had one bad day, I'll just continue the same this week and be better next week"⁠
⁠
Having a personal trainer can put a barrier between the good thought and your brain telling you different. ⁠
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I absolutely love our new addition at The Fitness Garage, the safety squat bar (SSB for short) 😁⁠
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Nicola gave it a go for the first time the other day and I have to say, they look GREAT. 😇⁠
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So what's different between a standard barbell and an SSB? 🤔⁠
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👉️ Great for people who may find it hard to get their shoulders in a comfortable position with a standard barbell ⁠
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👉️ You may find you can get a little more depth in the squat as it keeps you in a more upright position⁠
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👉️ If you find the weight is not the problem, its the uncomfortable feeling then definitely try the SSB!

I absolutely love our new addition at The Fitness Garage, the safety squat bar (SSB for short) 😁⁠
⁠
Nicola gave it a go for the first time the other day and I have to say, they look GREAT. 😇⁠
⁠
So what's different between a standard barbell and an SSB? 🤔⁠
⁠
👉️ Great for people who may find it hard to get their shoulders in a comfortable position with a standard barbell ⁠
⁠
👉️ You may find you can get a little more depth in the squat as it keeps you in a more upright position⁠
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👉️ If you find the weight is not the problem, its the uncomfortable feeling then definitely try the SSB!

We all hear it so many times, NEW YEAR NEW ME. NO. ⁠
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You are the same person you were last year, it's all about learning how to maybe be a better version of yourself and what you can do yourself to feel happy. ⁠
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New Year isn't always the best time to change things or think that you need to do better. There is SO much pressure around this. Just continue as you have been through 2022, make slight adjustments where you feel you need to and look after yourself. ⁠
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By all means set some new goals, make them realistic and achievable. ⁠
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ALL SUCCESS BRINGS MORE MOTIVATION 🤩⁠
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We all hear it so many times, NEW YEAR NEW ME. NO. ⁠
⁠
You are the same person you were last year, it's all about learning how to maybe be a better version of yourself and what you can do yourself to feel happy. ⁠
⁠
New Year isn't always the best time to change things or think that you need to do better. There is SO much pressure around this. Just continue as you have been through 2022, make slight adjustments where you feel you need to and look after yourself. ⁠
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By all means set some new goals, make them realistic and achievable. ⁠
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ALL SUCCESS BRINGS MORE MOTIVATION 🤩⁠
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As a trainer I am super keen on my clients have a positive mindset, this is one of the reasons why Sarah has been getting some personal bests on her bench press 😁😁⁠
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Don't get me wrong, we can all have little blips and get frustrated (me included!) but trying to re-set this feeling and go again in your next session is all we can do👌⁠
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You've got to go into a set thinking "I CAN DO THIS" 😇

As a trainer I am super keen on my clients have a positive mindset, this is one of the reasons why Sarah has been getting some personal bests on her bench press 😁😁⁠
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Don't get me wrong, we can all have little blips and get frustrated (me included!) but trying to re-set this feeling and go again in your next session is all we can do👌⁠
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You've got to go into a set thinking "I CAN DO THIS" 😇

Becca proving CONSISTENCY IS KEY ✅⁠
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Becca trains with me twice per week,one, one being a 1:1 and the other being a 2:1. She also does one session in the gym independently 🌟⁠
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Becca has been on a strength focussed programme for a few months now and is LOVING IT 🏋️‍♀️⁠
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We have lowered her rep ranges with a big focus on her deadlifts, hip thrusts and chin ups🙌⁠
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Training three times per week has given her the confidence to absolutely SMASH out those really tricky reps!!⁠
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Here she is doing 1 rep with a red resistance band just to give her that little boost up, the way she's going in her training...she will meet her goals in no time!!🫣⁠

Becca proving CONSISTENCY IS KEY ✅⁠
⁠
Becca trains with me twice per week,one, one being a 1:1 and the other being a 2:1. She also does one session in the gym independently 🌟⁠
⁠
Becca has been on a strength focussed programme for a few months now and is LOVING IT 🏋️‍♀️⁠
⁠
We have lowered her rep ranges with a big focus on her deadlifts, hip thrusts and chin ups🙌⁠
⁠
Training three times per week has given her the confidence to absolutely SMASH out those really tricky reps!!⁠
⁠
Here she is doing 1 rep with a red resistance band just to give her that little boost up, the way she's going in her training...she will meet her goals in no time!!🫣⁠

Goal setting is something that I have been encouraging LOTS this week!✅⁠
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Each client has their own goal to achieve before next session. ⁠
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Examples of these have been...⁠
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👉️ screenshot of independent gym workout ⁠
👉️ photo evidence of lunches during the week⁠
👉️ workout at home with a friend ⁠
👉️ inputting everything into myfitnesspal ⁠
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Keeping the accountability ALIVE!!!!

Goal setting is something that I have been encouraging LOTS this week!✅⁠
⁠
Each client has their own goal to achieve before next session. ⁠
⁠
Examples of these have been...⁠
⁠
👉️ screenshot of independent gym workout ⁠
👉️ photo evidence of lunches during the week⁠
👉️ workout at home with a friend ⁠
👉️ inputting everything into myfitnesspal ⁠
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Keeping the accountability ALIVE!!!!

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