About Madeleine Marie
A women-only strength space built for peri & menopausal women
Strong bodies. Safe spaces. Online and In-Person.
My Story
I'm Madeleine Marie, but everyone calls me Maddie.
After my son was born in 2019, my hormones fell off a cliff.
I felt exhausted, foggy, anxious, inflamed, and completely unlike myself.
And even though I’d worked in women’s health and strength for years… there was no help. No guidance. No roadmap for what was happening to my body.
That experience changed everything for me.
It made me realise what so many women already knew:
perimenopausal women are completely abandoned by the fitness industry.
No one was teaching coaches how to support women through hormonal shifts, joint pain, anxiety spikes, fatigue, hypermobility, weight changes, or feeling “not like yourself anymore.”
So I decided to build the solution myself.
I opened my first women’s strength space, a small studio with no mirrors, no judgement, no diet culture, and coaches who actually understood midlife bodies.
Women came in anxious, overwhelmed, or feeling “too old” or “too unfit”… and left feeling powerful.
From there, we have expanded into a women-only gyms, a strength studio, a large class space, a treatment room, hobby clubs, outings, therapy spaces, talking groups and a huge online community, along with a full team trained specifically to support peri & menopausal women, in person and online.
Strength training should be available to every woman, in every season of life.
Whether you train with us in the gym or from your living room, you’re guided, supported, and never alone.
What started as a single studio has become a full ecosystem of women-only strength, coaching, community and education.
Our mission is simple:
To give peri & menopausal women the support we should have had all along, and to help you feel strong, capable and at home in your body again.
You belong here.
Meet the Team
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
Our coaching team is made up of women who specialise in supporting peri & menopausal clients with patience, expertise and zero judgement.
Every coach is trained in strength for midlife bodies, joint-friendly progressions, nervous system safety, and confidence-building coaching.
Photos coming soon!
What We Stand For
We believe every woman deserves a space where she feels safe, supported and capable, without mirrors, judgement or pressure.
Our values guide everything we do:
Strength Over Shrinking
We don’t teach women to take up less space.
We teach you to take up more.
Menopause-Aware Coaching
Training that respects your changing hormones, joints, energy and recovery.
Safety First
Joint-friendly, pain-aware, form-focused coaching, at every level.
No Diet Culture
No weigh-ins. No punishment workouts.
Just strength, confidence, and feeling good in your body.
Community Matters
This is a place where women support women.
You’re never training alone.
Confidence, Not Comparison
No mirrors.
No intimidation.
No feeling watched.
Just you, becoming stronger.
Our Mission
To create the safest, strongest and most supportive women-only strength ecosystem in the UK, in person and online.
A space where peri & menopausal women are:
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understood,
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coached with care,
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never judged,
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and always supported.
A space where strength is for every woman,
no matter your age, confidence level, body, experience, or starting point.