Never crowded
Membership is capped and strictly 21+, so the floor stays calm and workable.
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Est. July 2024 · Ripley, Surrey
Swole Gym opened in July 2024 to be something the UK didn't have enough of: an American-style bodybuilding gym with a capped membership and a doctor down the hall.
Why we built it
Swole started as a clothing brand — Get Swole, Stay Swole — worn by the same lifters who kept saying the same thing: the UK didn’t have a gym worth the name. Crowded floors. Missing kit. No one paying attention to actual health.
So in July 2024, founder Max London built the answer. Membership is capped, because “never crowded” shouldn’t be a slogan. The kit is the sort people fly to America to train on. And there’s a private GP on site, because people who train this hard deserve blood work, not guesswork.
It’s a members’ club, strictly for over-21s, on a farm just off the A3 — and it’s run like somewhere that’s glad you came.
What we believe
Membership is capped and strictly 21+, so the floor stays calm and workable.
See membershipA private GP on site — consultations, blood work and hormone profiling, not guesswork.
Health & GPSerious plate-loaded and free-weight kit, chrome dumbbells, American-style everything.
The gymA Thursday run club, monthly challenges and staff who know your name.
The communityOur journey
Swole Gym opens at Valentines Farm in Ripley — and the white neon SG sign goes on the wall.
An infrared sauna and a cold plunge — recovery built into the membership, not sold back to you.
An on-site private doctor: consultations, blood work, hormone profiling and referrals.
A free-access day with food, music and the whole community in — one year in the books.
131 reviews and a perfect 5.0 — and the list is still growing.
The team
Founder
Built Swole Gym to be the gym he and the lifters he knew always wanted.
Front of house
Runs the walk-arounds — he’s who you’ll meet on a first visit.
Come see itMemberships
Sorts the paperwork so you don’t have to — from first visit to first session.
MembershipCoach
Leads Booty, Legs & Core and strength & conditioning on the timetable.
ClassesHealth first
Swole members can see an on-site private GP — consultations, blood work, hormone profiling and referrals — because training hard without knowing what’s happening inside is just guessing.
Explore Health & GPWhere it started
Swole began as activewear — Get Swole, Stay Swole — before it was ever a gym. Swole Gym is owned and operated by Swole Gym Clothing, and the range is still going. Looking for the old gym page on the clothing site? It moved — you’re in the right place.
Shop the rangeDon’t take our word for it — the reviews are public, and people mention our staff by name.
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Come see it
Tours are free and no-pressure. Come look around, or apply to join the list.