Who are we and what do we do?

16th Nov 2025

𝗪𝐡𝐨 𝐀𝐦 𝐈?

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I’m Polly, owner and founder of Polly Turnill Fitness. I’m originally from Cumbria and lived in Newcaslte upon Tyne then Edinburgh (plus a year in China!) before moving to Bristol in 2007

I have a degree in International Health Studies and a Diploma in Breastfeeding Counselling (which has a surprising amount of transferable skills!)

I’ve always loved sports and unlike a lot of my clients (!) PE was my favourite subject at school!

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚

She Joined the team in May this year and coaches the early morning sessions, as well as some evenings and day time sessions

Trail running used to be her thing, however, her focus has shifted and is now training to be a pole instructor! (you should see how muscly her arms are!)

Liv has had her own health challenges during the past few years and recently re trained to work with neuro diverse people and those who have chronic illnesses

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡?

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We work with those who:

are more interested in working hard on developing their ‘old age ready’ body than their ‘beach ready’ body

Are committed to make positive changes to their health and fitness.

May never have been in a gym before, and would rather keep it that way

Value the privacy and accountability of a smaller group

Struggle to motivate themselves to do it on their own

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞?

We work from a private studio space at 22 Kellaway Avenue, BS6 7XR Bristol

We work with men and women.

We help the young and the old.

We work with people who have medical conditions

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𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐃𝐨 𝐖𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦?⁣

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By providing an all over resistance based training programme

Creating a safe environment for everyone no matter what their level of fitness is

Providing regular 1-1 check ins

Inviting them to be part of a community of like minded individuals also on their own similar journey

Regular social get togethers

Providing access to my online resources including workouts; postural exercises, stretches, recipe packs, nutritional advice and anything else to help support them between sessions

Providing accountability, support and encouragement in a friendly atmosphere

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𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐔𝐬?⁣

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“𝐿𝑖𝑣 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛…! Oliver, 42 yrs

𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒; 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡.

Colin, 74 yrs

𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝, 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙, 𝑤𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 1-1….𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑔𝑦𝑚 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑒!” Jane, 62yrs

If you’d like to have a chat about working together, we’re taking on new clients at the moment