Senior Strength & Conditioning

Looking for something for your mum or dad?

Most people who enquire about this programme are not the person who will be training. They are an adult child who has noticed a parent getting a little more careful on the stairs, or a doctor has mentioned bone density, and a commercial gym feels like entirely the wrong place to send them.

This session exists for exactly that. It is a small, coached group of older adults, in a room where nobody is rushing them and a coach is beside them for the whole hour. There is no contract to sign before they try it.

Why strength, specifically

After about the age of fifty, muscle mass and bone density decline steadily unless something asks them not to. Resistance training is the most reliable thing we know of that does that asking. The goal here is not a big squat - it is being able to carry groceries, get off the floor unaided, and recover a stumble instead of falling.

• Balance and coordination work, to reduce the risk of a fall
• Progressive loading for bone density and muscle mass
• Everyday strength - stairs, standing up, carrying, reaching overhead
• Confidence, which is often the thing that has quietly been lost

What actually happens in a session

Each 60-minute class is held in a supportive, small-group setting, with a coach present every step of the way.

• Tailored to every level - movements are customised to each individual, ranging from bodyweight movements and resistance bands to dumbbells or light barbells.
• Zero pressure - nothing is compulsory. Every exercise can be modified to a lighter or simpler variation whenever needed.
• Injury and condition aware - joint replacements, past injuries and chronic conditions are carefully accommodated.

Please mention any of these when you get in touch, so the coach can plan for them.

When it runs

Three mornings a week, deliberately outside the busy evening hours, so the gym is quiet and unintimidating.