Coaching by Women, for Women
Stronger together.
For over a decade, ChickBox has empowered women in Eastbourne with award-winning small group coaching and a 360° approach to wellbeing. We believe women deserve more than just a workout. Here, women build strong foundations and lifelong strength, inside and out.
Our expert all-female coaching team supports women at every stage of life through strength training, nutrition, menopause support, and pre/postnatal coaching. Every coach began as a ChickBox member, so they truly understand our supportive, community-driven approach.
We’re passionate about helping women in Eastbourne move well, feel strong, and thrive for life, with guidance that’s friendly, knowledgeable and rooted in real experience.
The space she needs.
We provide the skills, and accountability, for sustainable change
Meet the team
Jo
Founder & Head Coach
Jo is the powerhouse behind ChickBox, a space she created to help women recognise their own strength and embrace the belief that “This Chick Really Can.” With a background in competitive Kung Fu and Kickboxing, plus advanced PT and kettlebell training through the London School of Kettlebells, she brings over 15 years of expertise in women’s strength training. Her passion for learning has led her to pursue continual learning in science-backed mindset coaching, pelvic health and female-specific training.
She began by coaching women 1:1 and running kettlebell and women-only boxing sessions in local halls, long before strength training was widely accessible or welcoming to women. What started small grew into ChickBox, a supportive, confidence-building home where women could train safely, lift with intention and feel truly empowered.
Today, Jo continues to lead a thriving community where women build resilience, navigate life’s stages, from pregnancy to menopause, and discover just how capable they really are. As she looks to the future, Jo’s vision is clear: to help even more women thrive not just in the gym, but in everyday life, by blending fitness, nutrition, mindset and lifestyle coaching into a holistic approach that supports women at every stage.
Heidi
Senior Coach
With a BSc in Exercise Science and years of personal training experience, Heidi brings an expert, evidence-led approach to helping women move well and feel strong. She’s passionate about building confidence through quality movement, focusing on technique, functional strength and training with real purpose, drawing upon the latest evidenced backed research.
Whether she’s coaching kettlebells (her absolute favourite) or guiding women through foundational and functional strength work, Heidi helps every client understand their body and feel empowered in their training. Outside the gym, she loves competitive volleyball, netball, long walks and family time, always balancing fitness with joy and connection.
Her mantra, “What is the benefit?”, guides her coaching style: intentional, intelligent and always designed to support women in everyday life.
Leeanne
Coach
A former ChickBox member turned coach, Leeanne brings warmth, relatability and a deep passion for supporting women to believe in themselves. She’s a Level 3 qualified personal trainer, holds qualifications in in pre-and postnatal fitness, nutrition accredited by EIQ and is currently expanding her expertise in women’s pelvic health, helping clients feel confident and supported through life’s major transitions.
She loves guiding women to build strength, confidence and self-belief through the ChickBox’s training methodology, blending mobility and core exercises, strength, and cardio in every session. With a long-standing love of fitness, she brings energy and empathy to everything she does.
Outside the gym, Leeanne enjoys family time, long forest walks with her dog Archie, travelling and cooking up new recipes. Her guiding belief? “Everything happens for a reason”.
Rachel
Marketing & Nutrition Coach
Rachel is the creative voice behind ChickBox, bringing over 15 years of experience in luxury hospitality and lifestyle branding to help tell the stories of the women in our community and educate and empower women through the brand. Alongside her marketing role, she’s a qualified life coach and Level 4 AFN-qualified nutrition coach and currently completing her Level 5 certification, with further specialisation in women’s health, hormones and behaviour change.
She leads our Member Accelerator programmes, supporting women to navigate nutrition in a sustainable and empowering way. Passionate about food, well-being and the power of lifestyle change, Rachel believes that a healthy, happy life starts with understanding how to nourish your body and mind, with clarity and without restriction.
When she’s not coaching or creating content, she’s likely in the kitchen, on the side of a football pitch watching her boys, training at the gym or diving into her nutrition studies, always driven by her mission to help women thrive at every stage of life.
Fiona
Coach
Fiona is one of our original Chicks, joining ChickBox almost a decade ago, and now a qualified Level 3 Personal Trainer alongside her career as a Specialist Stroke Nurse in the NHS. With a lifelong love of sport, from playing cricket for Sussex to competing in functional fitness events, she brings a wealth of experience, compassion and resilience to her coaching.
In her 40’s she decided to pursue PT training, and it became one of the most rewarding decisions of her life. Fiona loves coaching women because of the shared experiences, the community bond and the incredible strength that grows when women support each other. And yes… she’s our resident burpee enthusiast and on hand for blood pressure tests too.
When she’s not coaching or working in the NHS, she’s spending time with her husband, daughters and large extended family, or planning her next holiday. Her motto: “Nothing worth having comes easy.” Her top tip: consistency always wins!