About Me

Sido Adamson is a personal trainer and coach to those who crave a creative, compassionate relationship with exercise, health and their body.

Applying a wide angle, holistic lens to exercise, Sido’s coaching blends nourishing nervous system work and restorative exercise with more classic strength, aerobic, and performance oriented training. She believes performance and pain exist along the same spectrum and that our best is achieved through balance, not sacrifice,

Plagued with injuries early in her career as a circus artist, Sido was always certain that there was a safer way to push the boundaries of human possibility without sacrificing long term health. This frustration, blended with curiosity has informed her process as a coach and lead to her focus on restorative, sustainable training practices. Over the years she has amassed additional education in functional neurology, corrective exercise, chronic pain and somatics.

Since establishing her coaching practice in 2012, she has coached with numerous gyms and circus schools across Canada, working with stunt athletes, performing artists, folks across all life stages and those with a considerations such as EDS, degenerative bone diseases, and neuropathy. Her clients become resilient, resourceful movers who are no longer derailed by change and instead continue to thrive and surpass their perceived limitations regardless of circumstance.

My Process

I have always been a lover of bad ideas and making the impossible, possible. Right from my beginnings as a child athlete, I had this stubborn belief that the way I loved to move couldn't possibly be “bad” for me.

That stubborn streak has stayed, grown and helped me create a unique lens to approaching strength, conditioning and movement coaching. Our movement goals do not have to come at the expense of our health, in fact, with the right tools, our big, bad ideas can be the key to us becoming resilient, healthy and more powerful than we ever thought possible. Supporting our health is the foundation on which every thing else stands.

I take a whole systems approach to movement and exercise. Everything is connected, from the pain you feel, and the big skills you crave, to biomechanics, strength, nervous system health, and the time off you probably avoid. This lens allows me to approach each client with an open mind, to not project my "shoulds" onto their experience and instead, to help them develop the skills, strengths and relationship with moving they crave, in THEIR way.

I work with people who crave a creative, positive relationship with their bodies, exercise and their goals, no matter how physically ambitious they may be. My coaching containers offer a creative, compassionate and safety oriented space to push boundaries and redefine what is possible for YOU.

I have a soft spot for the hypermobile and those who have complex bodies. Exercise is one of the most evidence based interventions we have for managing pain and long term health but so many are left behind due to needing a slightly different approach or a kinder on ramp. My 20 years as a creative athlete and coach makes me uniquely suited to coaching those who have been told to "just get stronger" but find that advice alienating, tone deaf and unhelpful.

I am a glutton for education and am constantly curious, over the years I have sought out additional training in exercise for chronic pain, functional neurology, osteopathic based biomechanics and somatic stress relief to broaden my base of aerial, acrobatic and personal training expertise.

I do not hold space for discrimination or judgement.

All bodies are welcome.

I do hold space for mess, grey zones, failure, and growth.