previously posted under thread watford, which may not have been correct title




the gym will have 1 power rack and 2 squat racks

over 700kg of olympic weights

d bells up to 70kg

k bells up to 40kg.......48kg soon

various thick bars and grip strength equipment

a full range of bags, speed, topand bottom, 6', 5', etc

there will be a small matted area for practice of grappling work etc..though we do not plan on holding any classes....certainley not in first few months

membership will be open for trial though once you have been tested it will be by invitation, this is along the lines of the defranco/underground style gyms now popular in the USA

we also have three platform areas ideal for power and olympic style lifting and some tyres and sledge hammers for dynamic and strongman training

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now why couldnt that open up in wycombe instead of watford? may make a trip over once in a while as most of the gyms round here are doggy shizzle.

Alright mate, any idea when you are opening up and where abouts will it be in Watford?

Nice one.

not yet

i have looked online at a couple of warehouses that i like................it certainly wont be in the centre

maybe towards ricky a little

still just looking at sites

i plan on moving near bushey to live.......so easish acces from there, i dont want to be sompeting directly with david lloyd and other gyms close to there

whilst i was over this week i tried to train at a pay and train and couldnt find anything..........specially during sales and rush hour trying to get in

I am open to other areas around that way..............st albans or even a little further north


but as it would be a brand new gym would need a decent base of interested people in there at the start


aim for basic gym would be to be open for training as soon as end feb or begining march.....very much on the lines of defranco/underground gym in US...limited ameneties...........just train hard then off home to clean up etc


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Being bias, St Albans would be good. Purely for lifting there is one good, primarily bodybuilding gym in St A, and you have to go to Luton (or obviously London) for oly lifting facilites (as far as I know).

As for MMA and lifting, again correct me if I'm wrong, than Cheshunt is the nearest thing in Herts.

Post when you sort things out more, would be interested in coming down if it gets sorted.

Good luck with it all.

will post up info as soon as

the feedbacks been quite good so far

one there will sort out some decent bumper plates to make the Oly lifting a little easier, here we have metal discs so a litte more caution is needed, though it does teach respect for the equipment


is a 6metre x 6 metre enough space for basic mat work...........at the moment i have thinner mats for a 12 x 6 area, but could double them up to make a more absorbant matted area


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really happy about this. I think it will be a rarity in the watford area as there isnt much about like this. I lift a little weight and enjoy the odd judo session so would love somwhere to train.

Will you have the mat area set up so we can drop with a fee and have a grappling sesh with 1 on 1 or in a small group? That would be great as could get loads of extra practice in with training partners.

I fully support this.

Great stuff!

Long live reverse grip Judo!

my origional idea with the matted and punch bag area was exactly for that....somwhere 1 or 2 people can come and train..........on their own

when i had finished a class, everything gets put away and theres nowhere to practice strikes or combos learned...............so by having a small matted area people can come and either train with a colluege or maybe meet up with other similar minded people wanting to practice and learn...........maybe a judo guy and a bjj or sombo guy learning from each other


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The equipment for gym will be in uk by the end of march, by that time i should have found right premesis so should be sorted by end of april at latest

will update as things go forward

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made it over and have started looking at spaces

i like the look of a few places round watford business park area

equipment is due over around early to mid march which gives me time to get things moving

smaller than portugal, but with same equipment.....



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