It is going to be hard. That is the product.

Coaching

One coach, twelve people, no mirrors

You get corrected out loud, in front of everyone, because that is the fastest way to stop doing it wrong. Nobody here is watching you. They are all busy being corrected too.

The sessions

Forty-five minutes, written on the board

You walk in knowing exactly what you are doing and roughly how much it will hurt. The programme runs in six-week blocks, so the thing you were bad at in week one comes back in week five.

Starting out

Nobody starts fit

Every movement has a version you can do today, and the coach picks it rather than you guessing. The first month is mostly learning to load things properly, which is slower and less impressive than it looks online.

The room

Barbells, rings, and a rowing machine

No screens, no class playlists you did not choose, no machine that isolates one muscle for a reason nobody can explain. Chalk, a clock, and enough space to drop something safely.

Membership

Month to month, cancel whenever

No twelve-month contract. If it stops being worth it, leaving should be easy, and you should not have to phone anyone to do it.

First session is free

Come and do the actual class, not a tour. If it is not for you, that is a useful thing to find out in forty-five minutes rather than six weeks.