About Rachel

A stronger body changes more than looks.

Rachel Brookes-Bent

Rachel Brookes-Bent

Founder, B.Balanced Coaching Ltd

I help high-performers build the strength, self-trust, and physical capacity their lives and work demand — through progressive strength coaching designed for real life.

Rachel is the founder of B.Balanced, a premium movement and strength company for people who want a body that can support the life they are building.

Her work is rooted in a simple belief: too many capable, ambitious people are trying to do important things while overlooking the body that makes it all possible.

B.Balanced exists to change that through structured, progressive strength coaching that builds physical capacity, self-trust and energy in real working lives.

The Journey

From dancer to movement & strength coach

The Beginning

Dance taught me discipline and expression

My relationship with movement began in dance: a world of artistry, precision and physical discipline.

Dance taught me discipline and expression
The Turning Point

Strength gave me a way back to self-trust

Anorexia and burnout taught me what happens when discipline becomes disconnected from the body it is meant to serve. Strength training gave me a way back — not just physically, but in how I related to effort, to challenge, and to myself.

Strength gave me a way back to self-trust
The Mission

Building B.Balanced is my way of giving back

B.Balanced is for people carrying meaningful work, high standards and real responsibility — people who are starting to realise that pushing through is not a long-term strategy. The body is not the obstacle. It is what makes everything else possible.

Building B.Balanced is my way of giving back

The Foundations

  • Founder, B.Balanced
  • Progressive strength coach
  • Corporate workshop facilitator and speaker
  • Former professional dancer
  • Competitive powerlifter
  • Qualified PT and pre/postnatal coach
  • Developed the Ladder Method through premium 1:1 coaching
  • SW London and virtual coaching

Ready to build a body that can better support the way you work, lead and live?

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