Pretty Muddy 2025

A great day was had by all who attended the Pretty Muddy Race for Life in Southsea on Saturday.

This really is a great team event where lots of people meet each other from different classes that might not have had the chance to meet each other and chat.

Boundaries were over come, Personal Bests were achieved and mud was thrown 🙂

Every year Velocity take a crew of people over to this amazing event, to raise money for a great cause.

Make sure you join us in 2026!

Top 5 Favourite Home Workout Exercises

Our 5 top home workout exercises. Put them together for a circuit training style workout.

  1. Squat. Just using your body weight, squat down as far as is comfortable and raise back up. Do this for 40 seconds and rest for 20 seconds.
  2. Press ups. You can use your knees, but make sure your weight is going through your shoulders. Do as many as you can in 40 seconds and rest for 20 seconds.
  3. Lunges. Front lunges each leg alternatively. Practice by not going too low and gaining your balance first. Progress to knee to floor lunges as you get stronger.
  4. Jumping Jacks. If you can’t jump them put one leg out to the side and alternate. Work for 40 seconds and rest for 20 seconds.
  5. Sit ups. Place a pillow under your lower back to protect your spine. Work for 40 seconds and rest for 20 seconds.

This workout is designed to keep you moving with minimal rest. We recommend that you complete one round for beginners and work up to adding more rounds. Make a note of how many you do of each exercise and try and beat it every time you complete the workout.

Enjoy!

Job Related Fitness Test

Did you know that Velocity Fitness can help you with your Job Related Fitness Test. We have in house coaches who have experience working within the services. We are familiar with what you need to do to pass the JRFT. Our coaches have extensive service in the Police, Armed Policing, Royal Engineers and Fire Service. We know what it takes to get you where you need to be.

If you are thinking of joining the Police, Fire Service, Prison Service or Army, you will be required to pass the fitness test at the point of application and we can help you with first hand knowledge.

If you are already in the services and struggling with your fitness to continue to pass the JRFT, we can help you.

We provide the facility for you to practice the test and we can help you get fitter to pass it. You need to be ready when that call comes and we can help you.

We can also provide practice for the Chester Step Test.

Our practice sessions can be held 1 2 1 or with a group. Send us a message and we can talk you through the best way forward.

British Functional Fitness

We are so excited to be affiliated with the British Functional Fitness Association. By becoming a member we will be joining a community that’s dedicated to growing competitive functional fitness in the UK.

The British Functional Fitness Association are actively seeking recognition for the sport of functional fitness in the UK with Sport England. They provide governance and they regulate the sport in the UK, representing and protecting the interests of all stakeholders in the competitive functional fitness community.

We support their work and want to help grow this important community for fitness, where we believe that fitness is for everyone.

We are in the process of building our Functional Fitness website where you will be able to learn more about the training and gain access to free training plans that you can do at home with no equipment. You will be able to see our workouts and come and join us. We believe that fitness is for everyone. These workouts are scaled to ability and have zero gymnastics in them.

Our workouts are based on the 6 fundamental movements of life, Squat, Press, Pull, Push, Carry and Lunge. Training these areas improves your stability and mobility and increases longevity.

Keep an eye out for out new website with all the details.

PomSquad Fitness

Did you know that we are the only fitness studio on the Isle of Wight that has PomPom Classes, instructed by a British Cheerleading Coach.

Pom routines to up to date music that burns calories. What more could you ask for.

These classes are so much fun and you get to be a Dallas Cowboy’s Cheerleader for an hour.

Classes are Thursday at 7pm at Velocity Fitness Studio. Jody Hamilton is your instructor. Send us a message if you want to book on.

TDEE Calculator

My new TDEE calculator can be found here. Click the image and you will be taken straight to it. If you are unsure what your body burns every day then this will be a good guide. Please bare in mind this is a guide and does not take into account any muscle mass or fat percentage that you are. But it will help assist you with how many calories you should be eating every day.

Enter your details into the calculator and it will tell you how many calories your body burns, including your Basal Metabolic Rate.

My new website will be live soon with meal plans, workout plans and you will be able to book 1 2 1 Personal Training online.

https://www.angiewoodfitness.co.uk/tdee-calculator

New bikes

The new bikes have arrived at Velocity Disco Spin. We have 12 new bikes for your spin class.
These are belt driven proving a smoother ride. The seats have been selected for your comfort, they are gel seats and provide the adequate padding. They are rear flywheel driven which means the front of the bikes are less rigid meaning the bike responds to your movement.

The bikes are unique in the fact that they have selector gears, 1-8. This provides the rider with the adequate gear for each stage of the class. You can still chose the gear that is most comfortable for you. There is no pressure for you to be in the same gear as anyone else. This is your class and your workout.

The new bikes have statistic monitors attached which show you are speed, cadence, heart rate and distance. This will help you gage the intensity of your class. The computers are a guide only and not completely accurate.

Book on now for our classes and give them a go.

Welcome to Disco Spin!

Fancy something different when you exercise?  Well we’ve got just the venue for you, with great people, amazing music and lights!

Velocity Disco Spin is a indoor cycling with a twist, our venue and instructors create an electric work-out and the great thing is that you can work as hard as you like or to your own ability its your choice, each instructor brings their own style and flavour to the class, add the music and lights and you’ve got Disco Spin!

Classes run every week Monday through to Friday and we have the Early Bird Classes that run from 6am and suit those of us that like to get our exercise done in the morning to make us feel good for the rest of the day. Our Evening Classes are at 7pm and run for approximately 45 minutes. All Classes are £6.00

Booking is advised but not nessacary unless you want to guarantee your place in the class, the best time to book is after your class.

Most of the information you need to know is contained in this website, which we have kept as simple as we can to help you.