A few snaps from our successful powerlifting day with the one any only @train.withtim 🥰💪 Thank you to those who joined! And hopefully see you at the next workshop 😍 With careful support, technical advice and plenty of snacks, we were trying for our personal bests at squats, deadlifts and bench press. It felt great […]
Powerlifting day 2025 Read More »
We have some spots available for small group personal training with coach Dec! 🏋️♀️ Run with the same ethos and inclusivity as our group classes, small group PT gives people more personalised coaching and programming. This can be based on what you enjoy, or what you want to get out of training. Small group PT
Small group personal training Read More »
We are running a programme of free, accessible community sessions at Bristol Cooperative Gym over May and June 2023. These free sessions can help you discover new ways to move, feel better and meet others who are doing the same.
Free community sessions from May Read More »
We are proud and excited for our first ever coach-in-residence, Justice Roe Williams to join Bristol Co-operative Gym from 21 to 23 October 2022. Justice is a Boston-based activist, poet, fitness coach, educator, and Black man of trans experience. We can’t wait to train and learn together. We’d love it if you could join us
Coach in residence: Justice Roe Williams Read More »
One member shares their experience of BCG and why they decided to become a member of the co-op.
Being a co-op member Read More »
We are so excited to present this rare opportunity to learn to use one of the most ancient fitness tools – Indian clubs.
Introduction to Indian Clubs Workshop Read More »
When you arrive at Bristol Co-operative Gym (BCG), you enter a Grade II listed building and stand in front of a stage. A vast plyboard floor and a series of old sofas and chairs lies between you and it. For the last 5 years we’ve been training here at All Hallows Hall, but what the
Ode to the strength circuit Read More »
Last year we hosted a Pelvic Floor Health Café with Helen Hodder, a physiotherapist specialising in pelvic floor function. Our coach Guy has written up his notes from the workshop, with an introduction to the pelvic floor, how to develop control of these muscles, and how to apply this knowledge in your strength training.
Training and Your Pelvic Floor Read More »
Our member Steph shares some thoughts about going to a normal gym after attending our Strength Circuit sessions.
Going to a Normal Gym as Someone Who Has Never Gone to the Gym Before Read More »
Our coach Guy presents the anthropologist Gordon W. Hewes’s pioneering work from the 1950s that explored resting postures across the world, and relates it back to our working lives and an exciting workshop we’re hosting in a couple of weeks:
If You Can’t Sit Less, Sit Differently Read More »
