A trainer on the gym floor at Fit This, with the squat racks behind

Our Gym

Look around

The equipment gets people through the door. The people are why they stay.

Fit This has been part of Hackney since 2008

In that time, we’ve welcomed first-time gym-goers, experienced lifters, marathon runners, shift workers, new parents, teenagers finding their confidence and people who simply want an hour to themselves after work.

Some train for performance. Some train for their mental health. Plenty just want to be a little stronger, fitter or more comfortable in themselves than they were before.

Whatever brings you here, you’ll find good equipment, experienced coaches and a friendly team who will get to know you, but won’t hover when you’d rather be left to it.

Come and have a look around. We think you’ll feel the difference.

Training

Our gym floor is set up to work however you train.

A row of treadmills facing the windows in the cardio zone

Cardio

Warm up. Chase a PB. Clear your head after a long day.

Our cardio area has plenty of equipment and enough space to use it without feeling as though somebody is counting down the seconds behind you.

Train hard, take your time or put your headphones on and disappear into your own world for a while. It’s entirely up to you.

A member deadlifting from the floor in the free weights area

Free Weights

Strength looks different on everyone. It might be your first squat, another personal best or simply lifting something today that felt impossible a few months ago.

Our free weights area gives you the room and equipment to train properly, whatever point you’re starting from. You can get on with your workout independently, with advice close by whenever you want it.

Nobody arrives knowing everything. Asking for help is always encouraged.

Members training with resistance bands in a class at Fit This

Functional Training

This is the part of the gym where things tend to get lively.

There’s room for circuits, conditioning, sled pushes, kettlebells and the occasional exercise that looked much easier when somebody else was doing it.

You might be preparing for HYROX, improving the way you move day to day or looking for a change from your usual workout. However seriously you take your training, you don’t have to take yourself too seriously.

Members pushing a weighted sled along the turf track at Fit This

Strength Training

If lifting is your thing, you’ll feel at home here.

You’ll find power racks, dedicated platforms, good bars and enough room to train without squeezing yourself, and your programme, into whatever corner happens to be free.

It’s a proper strength area, used by beginners and experienced lifters alike.

And yes, chalk is welcome.

Recovery

Training is only half the picture. Recovery, mobility and wellbeing live here too.

Man sitting on a bench in a steamy sauna

Sauna

Sometimes the best part of a workout is the moment you stop.

Every membership includes access to our sauna, so you can recover, unwind and give yourself a little time before heading back into the rest of your day.

A physiotherapist treating a client on a couch at the in-house LDN Physio clinic

LDN Physio

LDN Physio also operates from inside the gym. Whether you’re managing an injury, dealing with a persistent niggle or trying to prevent one, treatment is available without another journey across London.

Shelves of BCAA and protein drinks on the supplement rack at Fit This

Supplements

We keep a small, carefully chosen range of supplements at reception. They’re products we know and believe are useful, not shelves of things we’re trying to persuade you that you need.

If you’re not sure what’s right for you, ask us. If we don’t think you need something, we’ll tell you that too.

More than the equipment

A gym needs good equipment. It needs enough space, clean changing rooms and somewhere to fill your water bottle. Those things matter, and we’ve put a lot of care into them.

But they’re rarely what members mention once they’ve been here for a while.

They talk about the coach who remembers their name. The person who noticed they’d added more weight to the bar. The familiar faces they didn’t expect to start looking forward to seeing. Or the confidence that appeared quietly, somewhere between their first visit and their fiftieth.

You can’t capture all of that in a photograph or an equipment list. It comes from turning up, being recognised and gradually feeling that you belong.

That’s what we’ve been building in Hackney since 2008.

The equipment gets people through the door. The people are why they stay.

All classes included

Every membership nearly 40 classes a week. HIIT, yoga, boxing, barre, conditioning and strength sessions, all led by our own coaches. Drop in or sign up in advance, no extras to pay.

Members lifting dumbbells together in a class at Fit This