Old-school strongman/bodybuilding/lifting gyms in UK

Ok guys, can you list down here any Old-school hardcore strongman/bodybuilding/weightlifting gyms in UK. Think about what you have in each of your areas.

Be good to have a list here, and maybe a website if they have one.

I'll pin this if it has a good list, and then it'll help all who want to find a gym on your travels.
Cheers.

Balbirnie Gym
Alburne Park
Glenrothes
Fife
Scotland
KY7 5RB
01592 751 437

Very hardcore lifters here when I first went many years ago but they now have a cardio section as well a room for machines and a (heavy) free weight area. Relatively small so it can get crowded when busy. PAYG or annual membership. It's been a couple of years since I've been so things may have changed a wee bit.

Cheadle modern Health Gym

The full address is:
2nd Floor,
Vernon Mill,
Mersey Street,
Stockport.
07767 248 499




Other pics
http://www.cheadlemodernhealthgym.com/photos.htm

Hmmm... according to google that gym's 0.9 miles from my current place of work...

Dave's gym in Northwich is pretty good, has a lot of machines and cardio equipment, but also has a 'power room'

It's about £40 a year to join then £1 each time you go, or £3 for non-members, pretty reasonable these days.

http://www.davesgym.co.uk
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PRIMAL FITNESS
32 Viaduct Street, M3 7AW
Manchester

Phone Simon on 07828 604013

Email on info@primalfitness.co.uk

Website www.primalfitness.co.uk

Never been but have heard good things, looks great.
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In Warrington I used to train at Hard Labour which was pretty good, think it was only £2 a pop:

www.hardlabourgym.co.uk

25 Grange Av
Warrington, WA4 1PN
01925 445728

Also trained at O'Malleys in Warrington with Paul Savage, again fairly basic and hardcore, in fact so basic it was missing such exotic equipment as weight collars! However this did lead to the hilarious sight of Paul sellotaping the bar to the power rack then trying to lift it, so it wasn't all bad.

Great info guys. Will have to visit O'Malley's myself one day.
Keep it coming!

Neil,
Get along and have a go.

'THE FRIDGE'
228 Torquay Rd Paignton Devon TQ3 2HN.
Co owned by Myself and Under 105kg strongman competitor Will Newland.

KIT WE HAVE
power rack
squat rack
olympic bench press
2 oly bars
3 axles
2.5'' axle
3'' axle
loadable olympic dumbells
7 loadable fat DB handles (2''-3'')
various solid dumbells up to 60kg
71kg solid thick handled dumbells
2 x inch dumbell replicas (1 Holle inch, 1 heavygrip tools inch)
17.5kg and 25kg legacy york blobs
700kg-800kg ish of olympic plates (soon to add more)
Official euro pinch
whole set of ironwoody bands
2 x ironmind rolling thunder, loading pins etc..
Olympic platform (soon to add bumper plates)
Loads of grippers.
Vulcan gripper.
IFSA log 65kg empty
log trainer
super yoke
2 sets of farmers walks / fram carry (optional thick handles)
8 atlas stones (100kg, 110kg, 115kg, 130kg, 140kg, 145kg, 155kg, 175kg) and platform (5 heights)
sled for dragging and rope/chain
70kg sandbag
80kg tyre for medleys/carries etc...
one hand lift kit with 1'' handle and chain (like the setup used at the british champs 07 and 08)
32kg LKB kettlebell (soon to add more)

We charge £3 a session to train or £10 a month for unlimited use. All the cash goes back into the gym to buy more kit, no profit is made by any of us.


THE TOWER OF LOVE 2 (photo courtesy of Will Newland)


POWER RACK, BANDS (photo courtesy of WIll Newland)

Nice set-up that Sam!

I can't remember the name of the gym but there is a fantastic uber oldschool gym in Norwich city centre. Its so good it made me want to move there! Its run almost as a charity by the local church of England. It had tons of old fabricated equipment, Iron everywhere, and entrance was about a quid if I remember right! Anyway, if you are ever there, ask about and I am sure someone will have heard of it.

Is this it:
BodyRush
2 St. Mary's Works
Norwich
NR3 3AF

http://www.body-rush.co.uk/bodybuilding.html

David Horne wrote:Is this it:
BodyRush
2 St. Mary's Works
Norwich
NR3 3AF

http://www.body-rush.co.uk/bodybuilding.html

decent membership and good equipment................nice feeling from the pics


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Looks good David, but think even more old school! This place I am talking about is full of old weights that arent made anymore along with roman chairs, it looks like the sort of place Arnie was training in in his early days, like the land that time forgot. i've just googled it but no luck, I think my mate still goes there so next time I chat to him I'll ask.

sounds like a beast gym mate we need more places like that!!

Trust me, its well worth the visit. One of the things that impressed me the most is that they served food after your workout- beans on toast 50p if I remember right!

Oh yeah get the address Andy.
Could be good for a forum meet-up!