Bendy&STRONG

 

Hypermobile Strength Training 101 EDUCATIONAL MEMBERSHIP

 
Ongoing educational membership teaching the basics of safe & effective training with hypermobility & Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

with your instructor - Annie Short: Strength Coach & Exercise Scientist with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

 

Join the Waitlist

Alejandra

This course stands out because of the quality, care, and dedication you bring as an instructor

Krystina

Bendy & Strong and Annie's content has given me hope for living with hEDS

Jane

This is the best sports programme in years, it has revolutionised my understanding of exercise

Training doesn’t have to hurt or flare you up. If what you’re doing isn’t working, it doesn’t mean you’re broken. You just need the right approach. 

This is the space for you.

WHAT'S INCLUDED?

15+ HRS OF RECORDED CONTENT

Training, Anatomy, Stability Exercises

WATCH AT YOUR PACE

WEEKLY LIVE CALLS

Focussed on deepening understanding & putting the theory into practice

DIFFERENT TIME SLOTS TO ACCOMMODATE INTERNATIONAL TIME ZONES

ONLINE FORUM TO ASK QUESTIONS

Ask training & course related questions, build community, & share your story

LET'S GET STRONGER TOGETHER 

WHAT YOU'LL GET

Your membership grants you access to...

Base 1 Course

 ~8 weeks worth of lessons

Build a stable body: an intro to strength for hypermobility, stability/warmup exercises, anatomy of movement

Base 2 Course

~8 weeks worth of lessons

Build a strong body: programming, exercise technique & modification, training around flares, proprioception training, & more

Exercise Tutorials

100+ video tutorials

Including warmup/stability exercises, proprioception exercises, common strength exercises

Tailored to hypermobility & comorbidities

Live Calls

Weekly; International Time-Zone Accessible

Weekly live calls where you can ask questions, recap content, & brainstorm ideas

Community Forum

Get strong together

A community of like-minded members - where you can ask questions, meet people, seek feedback, & share your story

Alumni Content

Ongoing extra education

Short, stand-alone courses, e.g. Powerlifting, Biomechanics, Anatomy, Hypertrophy for Hypermobility, Book Club, & more

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

To make learning easy, the course is broken into 2 levels:

Base 1

 

Build a stable base
  • How strength training helps hypermobile bodies
  • How to warm up effectively
  • Adapting warmup exercises to your hypermobile body & comorbidities 
  • Fix "tight" muscles with strength
  • Movements of the joints (upper & lower body)
    • Which muscles do what
    • Anatomy of good technique
  • Using the gym to build tolerance for everyday tasks, like: washing dishes, walking, & maintaining good posture
  • How an effective stability routine can improve:
    • Sports performance
    • Pain levels
    • Muscle building
    • Everyday capacity
    • & more
  • 50+ stability/warmup exercise tutorials: including hypermobility & co. friendly adaptations 

Base 2 

 

Build a strong body
  • Building a program for a hypermobile body
    • In-depth look at programming variables like reps, sets, intensity, effort, rest, frequency
    • How heavy you should go 
    • How many reps/sets you should do 
    • How to choose & adapt exercises 
  • Programming for different goals (+ how to adapt this for hypermobility)
  • How to progress & regress exercises so they are exactly what your body needs
  • Planes of movement, anatomy of movement, & different roles that muscles play
  • How to use isometrics 
  • What is proprioception & how we can train it
  • Maintaining consistency around flare-ups
  • Neurodivergent-friendly training tips
  • Training w/ fatigue & positional intolerance (POTS, head pressure, etc.)
  • 50+ additional exercise technique tutorials including adaptations

PLUS...

Access to Alumni Content/Ongoing Education

Alumni Content

 

Ongoing Short Courses:
  • Powerlifting for Hypermobile Bodies
    • In-depth analysis of squat, bench press, & deadlift (not just for powerlifters!)
  • Biomechanics
  • In-depth Anatomy
  • Hypertrophy for Hypermobile Bodies
  • Advanced Exercise Progression/Regression
  • & more ongoing lessons (live & recorded)

Alumni Book Club

 

Optional (Free) Enrolment
  • Monthly Book Club Sessions (live & recorded)
  • Don't worry, we don't read a whole book a month - we break books into chapters and set achievable targets
  • Books, journal articles, podcasts: all focussed around improving our health
  • Guest appearances from authors (when possible)
  • Separate forum to discuss ideas (& comment input if you're unable to make lives)
  • Access to prior book club recordings

Join the Waitlist

 

If you’re sick of your body not responding how it “should” to exercise, please understand…

You’re not behind.
You’re not broken.
You’ve just needed someone who understands your hypermobile body.

Bendy & Strong is built with you in mind.

 

It’s education-first support that helps you understand what’s happening in your body.

Learn the basics of strength training so you can train yourself, or to give you the knowledge to work WITH your physiotherapist/coach.

 

Next cohort runs: February 2026

Please note, joining the waitlist does NOT automatically enrol you in the course. When the enrolments are live you will be emailed (via the email you put on the waitlist).

Your email will not be spammed. You will only get signed up for a newsletter if you consent to that, so please use an email you regularly check.

Put Your Name on the February Waitlist

What People Are Saying

This course has been amazing so far. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and also making it accessible financially! This is so rare.
 
 I've never managed to go this long at the gym without hurting myself and I already feel a lot stronger and safer!
Honestly I couldn't walk for like 2 years, more than about 500m without being in agony and having to rest on people's front fences. Since taking this course I've been able to walk several kilometres most nights now with my dog.

Who This Course is For 

 

This is for you, if...

  • Your training approaches haven’t worked in the past
  • You’ve been diagnosed with a hypermobile condition and are unsure how to proceed with strength training
  • You want to exercise, but can’t find a modality that your body lets you do
  • You are an athlete, or you train like an athlete, but you hypermobile body is holding you back
  • You’re a beginner that doesn’t know how to train with your hypermobile body
  • You’re an everyday person who wants to learn how to get a handle on your body
  • You want to join a community of like-minded hypermobile people
  • You’re a Coach, or Clinician and you want to learn more about training a hypermobile body

 

For a body that’s limited by its connective tissue, building muscle can be life changing.

Course FAQ

Hi! I’m Annie.

I’m a Strength Coach & Exercise Scientist who specialises in strength training for people with hypermobility & Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. I’ve been training since I was 13, and was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and ADHD in my early 20s. Over the years I’ve realised just how much strength training has helped my EDS body, and I now consider it as my most valuable tool to manage pain, dislocations, and other symptoms. But not only that, it is an opportunity for me to expand my capacity to do everyday tasks, and to strive for goals that uncover some of the positive things my body CAN achieve. Strength training might not be a miracle cure for EDS, but for me, it’s the closest thing I’ve found.