Stiff hips. Achy low back. Strength that used to come easy.

That ends here.

I’m Robin, a Functional Movement Coach and Steel Mace Strength Coach.

Coaching online worldwide, based in Ashland, Oregon

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Robin Penney Functional Movement Coach

Get strong without wrecking your nervous system.

Maybe you’ve spent years on a yoga mat. Maybe you haven’t stepped on one at all. Either way, the gym never felt like your place, and you’re ready for real strength.

I’ve coached movement for 15 years, and I keep meeting the same woman. She’s flexible, but not strong. Her hips and low back ache more than they used to. She knows building strength matters right now, in midlife, and she has no idea where to actually start.

I’m Robin, a Movement Coach and Steel Mace Strength Coach, plus a certified yoga teacher. I help midlife women build functional strength in a way that meets you where you are. No mat experience required.

What I Do:

  • Build real, functional strength using steel mace, bodyweight, and yoga, programmed with your recovery in mind, not against it
  • Start every client with a Functional Movement Screen, so your program is built around your actual body, not a generic template
  • Coach 1:1 and in small groups, online worldwide from my home base in Ashland, Oregon
  • Train your nervous system alongside your muscles, so recovery is part of the plan, not an afterthought
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“Working with Robin has been so great for my motivation, strength, balance, focus, and stress release. All the things! Adding the steel mace to my yoga practice is a fun way to get out of my mind and into my body, and Robin is a fantastic teacher. She’s playful, incredibly knowledgeable and has a keen sense of body mechanics and verbal cueing. I love that I’m getting stronger by doing something more fun and more profound than just “fitness.” It feels good to be both challenged and inspired by a movement practice!”

Oriana Nolan

Robin Penney, a Movement Coach specializing in strength and mobility for midlife women

Hi, I’m Robin.

In 2017, my back went out the day I finished teaching a yoga retreat in Santorini. Eleven hours home on a flight, trying not to move, and I knew something had to change.

I’d taught yoga for over a decade by then. I thought a strong practice was all my body needed. My hips and low back said otherwise.

Now I coach midlife women through Steel Mace Vinyasa, blending strength, yoga, and recovery into one practice. Stronger, not smaller.

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What clients say

“Don’t ignore things until you bulge a disc like I did. Every time I moved with pain I felt like I was a step closer to surgery. Chiropractic made it worse. Needed a cortisone shot in the nerve just to exist. Then I did one-on-one coaching with Robin and learned where I was over/under-developed and how to fix it. Today I pulled weeds for three hours!”
Leslie Krzeczowski
“As a 43yo breast cancer survivor, I had 2 years of physical and mental trauma to overcome. Working with Robin has significantly improved my range of motion, increased my strength in load bearing exercises, and settled fears of feeling unaccomplished or inner doubt that I would never be the same. This form of self care is priceless and absolutely worth the commitment.”
Malaka Thompson
“I have regained confidence in movement, confidence in self and with that, the ability to not just regain my former abilities but to move and live comfortably, safely, and beyond past limitations!”
Denise Allen
“I did your first class and, to no surprise, it was amazing! I could follow along easily as your explanations are always thorough and on point. You know how to break down movement, always engaging the right muscles focusing on strength and minimizing strain. I look to repeating this class and doing all the rest!”
Monique Campeau-Leblanc

Build strength with purpose. Move with flow.

Find your rhythm today.

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