Strength & Conditioning
Strength training doesn’t all look the same but always will be an amazing investment to your long term health. Make this the year you smash your fitness goal and meet great people doing it.
ARC ATHLETICS CLUB
Arc recently celebrated their 5th birthday, in that time they’ve built a strong community: hosting picnics, pizza and beer socials, Corteiz sneaker pop-ups and Rad Global ice cream van drops. They’ve curated a really fresh and fun brand as seen through candid social content on their instagram.
Throughout the week they run coach led CrossFit, Weightlifting and Gymnastics classes. They even mix a bit of HYROX every Thursday.
Members note that their favourite thing about the gym is the accountability, the dogs, the friendliness and the people.
Check out their website for the membership options to get involved.
Kairos Ldn
Circuit training, but make it gamified. Kairos LDN is a fitness community with a fresh take on your typical traditional strength and conditioning session.
A warm, welcoming fitness community filled with motivated people is always a win—but it's even better when you add an element of friendly competition, gamesmanship, and team-versus-team challenges.
Head over to their TikTok for some hilarious content and a look at some of the games.
BODYBYLU
Bodybylu is a South London female only fitness community welcome to all ages and backgrounds to elevate their fitness.
The club is guided by the founder and fitness instructor Lucy Robinson who you’ll find step & HIT classes are as vibrant as her personality.
Their socials feature heart-warming film photography where you’ll find pictured a diverse group, showcasing a space where all generations of women come together and belong.
So feel free to bring your friend, mum, aunty, daughter cousin and niece.
Located in Vauxhall 📍SE1 7GR , Albert Embankment. (6 min walk from Vauxhall underground & overground)🚉
ACREPALM
Acrepalm is an active lifestyle community hosting hybrid fitness events in London. Come for a nice sweat at their track and crossfit sessions led by qualified personal trainers.
Their workouts have an amazing intensity and atmosphere, but they maintain being surrounded by people makes even the hardest sessions feel lighter.
They’ve already done collabs with Nike training and Birmingham’s Rocup run club so expect more good ones to come.
MIndxsole
Mindfulness meets movement, this community exists to help you improve your performance, build confidence and create meaningful connections along the way.
Join their high-energy Hyrox inspired training sessions which are free for Gymbox members.
Don’t stop there though, for more see their social, track and community runs designed for all abilities and levels and with fun post run game socials.
Track sessions run every Friday at 7pm at Tooting Bec Athletics Track – everyone of all ages and abilities are welcome!
And why not take it abroad with their upcoming race weekend event in Budapest in October.
APXFIT
APXFIT is a elite training and fitness movement powered by Nike whose motto is always pursue excellence. A diverse group of men and women who train like warriors.
Another club that you can be certain to train harder than you would solo, the beauty of community.
They’ve recently launched a new Thailand fitness and wellness retreat coming next year so now is as great a time as ever to get involved as the brand continues to soar.
Regulate
Regulate is a London calisthenics club that emphasises that no experience or skill is required to join just a willingness to learn and push yourself!
One thing that stands out is their goal to really encourage Dads to get involved too, and they are. Watch their make Dad bods great again vid here.
Croydon Calisthenics
This East Croydon club is a dedicated space for sharing calisthenics knowledge, progressing and having fun expressing yourself through calisthenics / bodyweight movement.
It should be noted how they’ve gone above and beyond to advocate for their local area working with the Mayor of Croydon to design and implement a new outdoor gym in Addiscombe Recreation Ground.
Built by Barz
Built by Barz is a free calisthenics community organising meet-ups & battles open to beginners to advanced across all of London to Watford for men and women of all ages.
Recent highlights includes when their members met up to do 30,000, yes 30,000 dips collectively for World Dip Day. The energy and commitment is unmatched when they all link up and the group keeps on growing.
You’ll occasionally find them doing Pilates session, hikes and walk and talks too.
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More on the way…
