Training
Programming, technique, training to failure and making the most of the 5am session.
Insights · Launching soon
Training, recovery
and health, for lifters.
Written by the coaches on our floor, with every health article reviewed by our on-site private GP. We’re writing the first pieces now — here’s what’s coming.
Our editorial promise
- GP-reviewed health content
- Coaches who train here
- Plain English, no fluff
No gym-blog filler. Health and recovery articles are checked by a real GP before they go up, and everything else is written by people who are on the floor every day. When the first pieces land, they’ll land here.
What we’ll cover
Five things worth reading about.
Recovery
Cold plunge, infrared sauna, sleep and deloads — how we actually use the suite.
Nutrition
Meal prep from the in-house kitchen, protein, creatine and supplement-bar picks.
Health & bloodwork
The GP-authored pillar: blood markers, hormone panels and preventative health for lifters.
Inside Swole
Challenges, events, the run club and the Ripley & Woking training scene.
The flagship series
Bloodwork for Lifters.
A plain-English series by our on-site GP — what to test, what the numbers mean, and how to read a result without panicking. It publishes alongside the GP service.
- Part 1The six markers every serious lifter should trackSoon
- Part 2Hormone panels explained — what a result actually meansSoon
- Part 3When to test, how to prep, what it costsSoon
- Part 4Reading your results without panickingSoon
Publishing when the GP service goes live · About the GP →
In the meantime
Start on the floor.
The articles are on their way. Until then, the pages below cover the essentials — and Instagram has the day-to-day.
Health & GP
What the on-site private GP offers.
Recovery
The infrared sauna and cold plunge.
The gym
The kit, the floor, the member cap.
Classes
The timetable and the run club.
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Read enough?
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