No before and after photos
Progress looks like moving better, lifting more, recovering faster, and showing up on the days you don’t feel like it.
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About Barbelle
More than just a gym, since 2017.
Nine years ago we opened our doors in Scarborough with 10 to 15 clients. Today we’re a community of over 200 members, and we’ve helped thousands of locals.
Secure your place Small groups, so places go quickly.
Abi Durrant, founder
A coached strength gym for busy adults.
Abi opened Barbelle in autumn 2017. Lucy, who joined in the early days, says: “There was nothing like it in Scarborough.” It’s a gym where every session is planned for you, someone shows you how to do each exercise properly, and someone notices if you don’t turn up.
That’s still the whole idea. Most people don’t join us to run a 10k or enter a competition. They want to feel stronger and build a habit that sticks. Some go on to do HYROX, the Great North Run or the Yorkshire Three Peaks, and Fiona just wants to be able to lift her 25kg working dog over a fence. Both are fine by us.
Strength. Community. Support. 🖤
What we believe
A few things we do differently.
No diets
You should never be on a diet. Your coach helps you dial how you eat up or down, around your life.
A coach who knows you
A coach who knows your name, a programme with real thought behind it, and a community that notices when you’re not there.
A dimmer, not an on/off switch
Some weeks your training is all the way up. Some weeks life happens and it comes down. That’s normal.
One mirror
It’s not a posing gym. The focus is strength and health, and how you feel.
People who stay
We’ve still got members who’ve been training with us for six, seven, eight and nine years.
Strength. Community. Support.
Walks, quizzes, a Lake District weekend, spring and winter games, and a men’s community that walked the Cleveland Way to Filey.
The community
You come for one reason, and stay for the people.
“you come for one reason and you almost always stay for the community” (Claire D., Google)
You’ll be partnered up in sessions, which takes the awkwardness away, and you’ll meet people you’d probably never have met otherwise.
The 6 Week Programme
Your first step: a quick chat
Pop your details in, answer three quick questions and pick a time. One of our coaches will give you a ring. No hard sell. Just a conversation.
Small groups, so places go quickly. Don’t miss out.
- Step 1 Your details
- Step 2 Three quick taps
- Step 3 A quick call
Thanks. Pick a time for a quick call
One of our coaches will ring you. About 15 minutes: we’ll hear what you’d like from your six weeks and answer your questions. No hard sell.
Preview: the calendar goes live once it’s connected. Picking a time here doesn’t book anything yet.
Rather talk now? Ring 07859 760738 or email info@barbellescarborough.co.uk