★★★★★ 5.0 on Google, 266+ reviews · UKSCA-accredited coaches · HCPC-registered physios on site · Based in Leith, Edinburgh
Real coaching. Real progress. £100 a month.
Semi-private PT at a 1-to-4 ratio, with each lifter on their own programme. One fixed weekly slot, £100 per month, in our private gym in Leith. Start with a free Strength Lab Intro Session and find out if you’re ready.
📍 Private gym in Leith, Edinburgh (98 Giles Street, EH6 6BZ)
For people who want the quality of personal training without the one-to-one price tag, and the accountability of training with others who actually show up.
✔ No obligation · Screened for fit. 60 minutes in Leith.
Sound Familiar?
You’re putting in the gym time but your strength hasn’t really moved in months.
You’ve tried group classes that promised strength and delivered disguised cardio.
You want a coach watching your lifts but can’t justify the cost of going one-to-one consistently enough to see real change.
Your motivation holds up fine at the start of a training block, then quietly falls apart by week three when there’s no one keeping you honest.
If any of that sounds familiar, Strength Lab is built for you.
Coached. Programmed. Progressed.
Three things every Strength Lab member gets, every week.
Semi-private PT, not small group PT. Here’s the difference.
Small group PT typically follows a shared plan. Strength Lab is different. The structure is shared, but the programme, the progression and the coaching attention are individual.
For a committed lifter, small group PT tends to fall short in predictable ways. Less individualisation, because one plan has to cover the room. Less coaching attention per person, because the coach is running the session, not coaching the lifter. Plateaus that go uncoached, because no one is tracking your specific numbers across blocks. And progressions that drift, because the room moves at the pace of the room, not the pace of the lifter.
That’s the gap Strength Lab is built to close. Same energy as a small group, with the coaching depth of one-to-one. Want to see where you currently sit? Start with a free Strength Lab intro session.
What £100 per month actually gets you
- One 60-minute coached session a week in our private Leith gym.
- Your personalised programme in the app, updated every four to six weeks.
- A coach who knows your name, your lifts, and what you were doing last week.
- And a small group of people who show up consistently and make the whole thing easier to stick to.
For context – a single one-to-one PT session in Edinburgh typically costs £50 to £70. Strength Lab gives you weekly coached sessions, a running programme, and ongoing support for £100 a month.
Real People. Clear Progress.
Here’s what happens when you start with clarity — and structure.
What to expect from your intro session
Before you join a group you come in for a one-to-one intro session. We look at how you move, chat through your training history and goals, and make sure Strength Lab is the right fit. If it is, we’ll match you to a group and a slot that works for you. If it isn’t, we’ll tell you honestly and point you somewhere that is.
Six movement patterns, trained well, for the rest of your life
Every Strength Lab programme is built around six movement patterns. They cover the way the body actually moves, in training and out of it. We coach them in this order of priority because long-term strength, not Instagram novelty, is the point.
Measured on Levels 1–5
Levels 1 to 5 Every member is scored at intake and progressed block by block through our Levels 1 to 5 system. Level 1 is foundational competency in each pattern. Level 5 is the floor of serious training. You can see your level for every pattern at any time, which means you always know what you’re working towards next.
Coaches and physios, working side by side
Strength Lab is delivered by a blend of UKSCA-accredited strength coaches and HCPC-registered chartered physiotherapists who work in the same building, every day. If something flares up mid-block, the physio is next door. If a physio client is ready to load, they walk down to a coach. That feedback loop is rare in a city full of standalone PT studios and standalone clinics.
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Strength Lab Coach
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This Is for You If…
- You’ve trained before and you’re either plateauing or drifting
- You want a coach watching your form, not a trainer counting your reps
- You’re happy to commit to one fixed weekly slot, every week, for at least the first 5-week block
- You’d rather pay £100 per month for coached, programmed training than £60 a pop for ad-hoc 1-to-1
- You like the idea of training in a private studio with 3 other adults who take it as seriously as you do
- You’re comfortable using an app on your phone to follow your programme
- You can demonstrate, or are close to, a goblet squat at 10% of your bodyweight (we’ll check this in your Intro Session)
- You want to be coached, not just counted. If you’re looking for a drop-in class or a pure bootcamp vibe, this is not it.
Trusted by universities and healthcare partners across Edinburgh
We don’t just follow best practice, we help develop it. Through our partnerships with local universities and NHS-aligned healthcare providers, we bring the latest rehabilitation research directly into our clinic.
Why we screen for movement before we take your money
Every Strength Lab member needs to demonstrate Level 3 squat competency at intake, which we define as a clean goblet squat at 10% of your bodyweight. That’s not a barrier to keep people out. It’s a sign of respect. Loading a programme onto someone whose squat pattern isn’t ready is a fast route to a sore back and a wasted month.
The Strength Lab Intro Session exists for exactly this. In 60 minutes in Lab 1, your coach screens your squat, hinge, push, pull, single-leg and carry patterns, and tells you honestly whether Strength Lab is the right next step. If it is, you leave with a programme already in your app and a class slot booked. If it isn’t, you leave with a personalised pathway: usually a short block of 1-to-1 Personal Training or a referral to one of our chartered Physiotherapists. Either way, you don’t sign up for something that won’t work for you.
Not sure if your body is ready? If you have an old injury, a niggle, or anything you’d want a clinical opinion on before starting strength work, we offer a free online physio assessment. 15 minutes with a chartered physio, no obligation, and a clear answer on the right next step.
From booking to first lift, in three steps
If you’re already training, we’ll show you how to slot the class work into your current programme — not ask you to scrap it.
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Mon – Fri: 6:00AM – 10:00PM
Sat – Sun: 8:00AM – 8:00PM