Strength & Power

Including strength and power work in your training is crucial to achieving many fitness goals. It has a huge impact on building muscle, losing fat, and improving your ability to train for longer. Our CrossFit, Stronger, Delta ∆,  and Athletica classes include a variation of strength and power movements every week to keep your training balanced.

Speed & Endurance

Our classes are designed to develop our athletes ability through varied lengths of workouts. Short hard sprints in our Interval Weight Training programme help athletes develop capacity across short bursts. Classes like The Thread, use variable intensities and pacing to build capacity across longer time periods. With measured outputs included throughout our cycles, you can track your progress and see how much you have improved.

Mobility & Balance

Mobility and balance are often the most overlooked aspect of an Athletes training. Everyone wants to lift heavy and get sweaty. But we help you improve your movement and mechanics too. From our specific Motion classes, to the functional body building included in all our programming we help you move better. This directly translates to the other pillars of fitness

JACK | COACHING DIRECTOR | GYM LEAD BRIXTON

Jack is a former national league basketball player who opened IN2CROSSFIT Clapham in 2014 and IN2CROSSFIT Farnham in 2016. He was also the driving force behind renowned UK CrossFit competition; The Athlete Games. His passion is taking athletes who do not count themselves as remotely fit and showing them what they are really capable of.

PETE 'BIG RED' | ATHLETICA PROGRAMME MASTER | GYM LEAD WANDSWORTH

Pete leads our Athletica program. He was born in Cape Town, South Africa and has been coaching since 2007. He represented his Province in rowing and played high level rugby until 2011. As a coach he has worked with Hollywood actors, stunt crews, sports teams and specialises in building female specific conditioning & strength programs.

• Crossfit Level 1
• Gym Jones Level 1

TIM | CROSSFIT PROGRAMME MASTER | GYM LEAD CLAPHAM

Tim leads our Compete program. Tim has played competitive Football his whole life. He represented his NZ province at under 21, and at the Milk Cup in Northern Ireland in 2008. He captained his team to 3rd place in the NZ Premier League. He has a Graduate Diploma in Applied Science specialising in Physical Conditioning, and has worked with and alongside top conditioning coaches and National Representative Scholarship athletes.

• CrossFit Level 3
• Crossfit Kids
• Graduate Diploma in Applied Science Specialising in Physical Conditioning (Level 7)
• Diploma in Applied Sport and Exercise Leadership Specialising in Personal Training (Level 5)

SAM | GYM LEAD | WANDSWORTH (MATERNITY LEAVE)

Sam joined Gymnasium as a member, starting out in Athletica and then adding CrossFit. She fell in love with Gymnasium and wanted to make it a more permanent fixture in her life and so 18 months later joined as a full-time coach.

Sam was a former swimmer, representing her county and competing at the Nationals. Although she no longer competes, she still very much enjoys the odd splash about and even started up the Gymnasium Swim Club.

• CrossFit Level 1
• PT Level 3
• Swim coach Level 1

SOPHIA | COACH

After working in marketing for years, Sophia trained and qualified as a fitness instructor around her 9 to 5 – running classes before and after work (sometimes taking a cheeky nap at lunchtime!). She realised that fitness was her passion, decided to pursue it full time and hasn’t looked back since.

Sophia is a qualified yoga instructor and loves helping people out with their mobility. In her spare time you can usually find her on her bike or running around SW London – so she’s super excited about Gymnasium’s Run Club and Cycle Club, and hopes to see you there too!

• CrossFit Level 1
• Level 3 personal trainer
• Yoga instructor

NIC | COACH

Nic, was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He played professional rugby, as well as district level waterpolo and bouldering. Nic then moved to Cape Town where his coaching career began.

In the eight + years since, he has trained private clients with individual needs, celebrity clients with specific goals for film, and most especially, group classes with mixed level participants.

Nic is passionate about functional fitness and the combination of both strength and mobility. He takes pride in being a part of his clients’ personal health & fitness journeys and believes that it also plays a major roll in ones mental health.

• CrossFit Level 1

SOSIE | COACH

Whilst studying at Loughborough University, Sósie was a keen hockey player and represented the University. After graduating with a BSc in Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, she left her home in the Isle of Man for a career in sports events. During the CV19 pandemic she qualified as a Level 3 personal trainer and embarked on a new adventure as a PT. Sósie has been with Gymnasium since our Wandsworth gym opened it’s doors in April 2021.

If you haven’t come across Sós as a coach yet you’ll certainly have seen her sweating away in a class!

• • BSc Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

RYAN | COACH

Ryan is a sports-loving South African. He was a decorated International Rower as well as an experienced elite-level Powerlifter. As soon as competing in Rowing ended, his primary goal then turned to transferring his skills and time towards helping people achieve their fitness goals. With a degree in Psychology and Sport Psychology, Ryan not only understands the importance of physical development, but also mental development. This provides the base for his person-centered coaching style, ensuring that members are guaranteed to leave feeling encouraged about their fitness journey.

• • BSc Psychology and Sport Psychology
  • Crossfit Level 1
  • ISSA Exercise Therapy Specialist

TOM | COACH

Tom joined the Gymnasium coaching team in 2021 shortly after he switched careers from marketing to become a full-time fitness professional – a passion that had long been a ‘side hustle’.

Tom holds a degree in Exercise & Sports Science and played semi-professional rugby for 10+ years, so has plenty of practical experience in a strength & conditioning setting. He is also our in-house TRX Specialist and comes with an infectious, glass-half-full attitude to life, so will be sure to put a smile on your face when you step through the doors of whichever Gymnasium site you happen to find him at!

• • BSc Exercise & Sports Science (1st Class Hons)
  • REPS Level 3 Personal Trainer
  • TRX Certified Trainer
  • CrossFit Level 1

JAMES | COACH

James has been coaching in the sport and fitness industry for over 18 years. He has a degree in Strength & Conditioning Science from St Mary’s University. He has elite level coaching experience working with some of the UK’s top student athletes with a specific focus within Rugby league, Football, Futsal, Netball, Hockey and Rugby Union.

James played Rugby and Hockey to a county  standard and to a high level of semiprofessional Football.James has a great passion for Olympic lifting and Athlete economy with a focus on running mechanics.

• • Gym Instructor level 2
  • Active IQ Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training
  • Certificate in Studio Cycling
  • Certificate in Circuit Training
  • Certificate in Sports Nutrition
  • Certificate in Gym Based Boxing
  • CrossFit Level 1
  • Level 2 in Sports Coaching
  • Level 2 Kettlebell Trainer
  • Level 1 Strength and Conditioning
  • Bs Strength and Conditioning Science

RAFFI

Fitness and sports have always been a big part of Raffi’s life, playing rugby at county level as a youth and adult. Brought up in Bristol, Raffi moved to London to pursue a career in the fitness industry, working in group fitness to start and PT’ing individual clients. Raffi joined the Gymnasium team in 2021 as part of the Academy and is now a full time coach at Clapham.

• • Level 3 personal trainer
  • CrossFit Level 1

ALEX | COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR

Coach Alex first joined us as a member in 2015, after a few years learning about the Gymnasium experience as a member, Alex joined our part time coaching team.

In 2018 Alex left the corporate consulting world to join our permanent team and has vowed never to wear a suit to work again! Alex oversees everything to do with our strategy, processes and finance.

Alex is a CrossFit Level 2 Coach with a sports background in swimming, water polo and rugby.

• • CrossFit Level 2

KAREN | MEMBER & TEAM SUPPORT

After 25 years in corporate environments providing project management, administration, and business support services Karen started working with Gymnasium in 2017 and joined the team full-time in 2020.

Karen looks after all things non-coaching related including member services, business support and HR – if you have the red bar of shame, cannot book a class, want to change your membership or pass on some feedback Karen is the one to contact!

A former Nationals level competitive swimmer and Western Counties champion she now mainly swims open water and occasionally competes.  Owner of 14 year old twin girls Karen is well equipped for anything the members or the coaching team throw at her!