Coaches
Four coaches, one approach: learn the basics properly, progress steadily, and enjoy it enough to come back on Thursday.
Head of strength
Danny competed in powerlifting for six years before deciding the best part was teaching other people to lift. He wrote our six week strength blocks and runs Barbell Basics, where most members take their first ever squat.
He is famously patient with nervous beginners and famously strict about bracing.
“Strong is a skill. Anyone can learn it if you give them good reps.”
Yoga lead
Priya has taught yoga in Manchester for nine years, from church halls in Levenshulme to our studio upstairs. Her classes are strong, unfussy and full of options for people who cannot touch their toes yet.
She leads Vinyasa Flow, Slow Flow and Yin & Restore, and runs our four week Yoga for Lifters course every spring.
“You do not need to be flexible to start. That is what the practice is for.”
Mobility coach
Tom played rugby league until a knee injury sent him into a long rehab, which is where he fell for mobility work. He spent the next decade helping desk workers, runners and ex players get their range back.
Mobility Lab is his class. Expect slow, controlled work and an unreasonable amount of enthusiasm for ankles.
“Range you can control is range you get to keep.”
PT and conditioning
Megan coaches our Engine and Kettlebell Strong classes and has the busiest personal training diary in the building. She works with complete beginners, busy parents and people training for their first fitness race.
She also leads our return to exercise sessions for new mums, built around strength rather than shrinking.
“Turn up, do the work, go home feeling better than you arrived.”
From £47One to one
Personal training is available with all four coaches, any time between 6am and 9pm.
Your first session is a full assessment: movement screen, training history and goals. After that you get a written programme you can follow in class, in Open Gym or on holiday.
Pick any class on the timetable, turn up ten minutes early and a coach will look after you. No card details, no sales pitch afterwards.