Ross Kinnaird
Head coach · here since 2019
UKSCA accredited. British Weightlifting Level 2. First aid, renewed annually.
- Deadlift set-up
- People who have hurt their back before
- Anyone training for the West Highland Way
Tradeston, Glasgow
Lift properly. Eight at a time.
A railway arch with four platforms, three coaches and a register that closes at eight. A six week course if you have never touched a barbell, a rolling month if you have, and nothing to sign either way.
- Class cap
- Eight, and the register closes at eight
- Coaches
- Three, all on the floor, none behind a desk
- Contract
- Rolling month. One month notice by email
- Joining fee
- There is not one
The week
Everything we run, in one place
Nineteen coached sessions and twenty hours of open gym. Red marks a Foundations slot, which is the one to look at if you have never lifted.
Mon
- 12:10Conditioning
- 13:00Open gym
- 17:30Foundations
Tue
- 07:15Conditioning
- 13:00Open gym
- 19:30Conditioning
Wed
- 12:10Conditioning
- 13:00Open gym
Thu
- 07:15Conditioning
- 13:00Open gym
- 17:30Foundations
- 19:30Conditioning
Fri
- 12:10Conditioning
- 13:00Open gym
- 18:30Open gym
Sat
- 10:15Foundations
- 11:30Conditioning
Sun
- 09:00Open gym
The full timetable
Four platforms, four racks, one coach on the floor. Eight is not a marketing number, it is how many people that coach can actually watch. If a session shows full it is full, and we will put you on the waitlist rather than run a ninth person off the same bar.
Four kinds of session
What you are actually booking
- 01
Foundations
The beginner course. Six weeks, same eight people, same coach, no class you can turn up late to.
- 02
Barbell
Squat, deadlift, press, row. A written programme on a card, a coach who moves between four platforms.
- 03
Conditioning
Kettlebells, carries, sled and four minutes on a rower at the end. Hard, short, and it is not a dance class.
- 04
Open gym
Members only, no coach on the floor, your own programme. The door code changes monthly.
If you have never done this
The first six weeks, written down
Week one is an empty bar and a box, and you go home before you are tired. By week six you walk into an ordinary class with your own numbers on a card. Nobody is asked to get fit first.
- 01
The bar, and nothing on it
The empty bar, 20 kg
- 02
Deadlift, from blocks
Pulling 40 to 60 kg
- 03
Under the bar
Bar plus 10 to 20 kg a side
- 04
Press and row
Press 20 to 30 kg, row 30 to 45
- 05
A real session, at your weights
Deadlift 60 to 90 kg
- 06
Your first Barbell class
Six numbers on a card
What happens in each of the six
£95 for the course, and it comes off your first month if you join.
We took sixty-one people through Foundations in January 2026. Thirty-eight of them were still training in March, which is the only number on this site worth arguing about.
On the floor
Three coaches, and all three coach
Erin Sutherland
Coach, Foundations lead · here since 2020
British Weightlifting Level 2. UKSCA accredited, 2024. First aid, renewed annually.
- First six weeks
- Squat depth
- Getting back after a year off
Marcus Boateng
Coach, conditioning · here since 2023
British Weightlifting Level 2. First aid, renewed annually. Hyrox coach, 2025.
- Conditioning
- Kettlebells
- Hyrox, and telling you whether you need it
Read this before you book
Who this is not for
- You want a treadmill, a stepper or a bike. We have two rowers and they are for the last four minutes of a conditioning class.
- You want to be left alone. In a Barbell class a coach will change something about your set-up in the first ten minutes and keep changing it.
- You want mirrors. There are none, and that is on purpose.
- You want to train at 22:00. The roller door is down, the lights are off and the last session finished at 20:30.
- You are preparing for a bodybuilding stage. We will do the strength part honestly and then send you to somebody who does the rest properly.
- You are under 16, or you want a twelve month contract at a lower monthly price. Neither is something we can do.
If none of that put you off, the next Foundations course starts on a Monday at 17:30 and on a Saturday at 10:15.
Come and stand in it first
Twenty minutes, no lifting, no sales conversation. Most people do this on a weekday lunchtime and join that week.