St Albans

Reformer Pilates

Reformer Pilates classes at St Albans run in the club’s dedicated studio, in three formats developed with PILAT3S: Align, Tone and Power. They range from slower mobility work to strength-led sessions with added equipment.

Align focuses on mobility, rotation, posture and flexibility. Tone is built around endurance and pulse work for muscular conditioning. Power adds strength-based movements to the reformer, using equipment such as dumbbells. Instructors offer options at every level, so the classes suit newcomers to the reformer as well as regulars.

At St Albans, Reformer Pilates classes are paid per class, or included in membership with the Reformer Pilates upgrade.

HYROX

HYROX training at St Albans is based in a dedicated area run in partnership with Centr, with a sled track for pushes and pulls and kettlebells and dumbbells for the station work.

Use it for your own race preparation, or join HYROX classes. The HYROX class works through the race stations, from sled work to wall balls, and HYROX Engine builds the aerobic base. Both are coached, with attention to pacing and technique as well as effort.

A HYROX race alternates running with eight workout stations, so the Technogym treadmills on the cardio floor cover the running half of the training.

Recovery

The recovery area at St Albans has JetBoots Pro Plus compression boots and Theragun Prime Plus massage guns, on the gym floor alongside the training kit.

The JetBoots are wireless pneumatic compression boots with no pump or hoses, working through timed pressure cycles on the legs. The Theragun is a percussive massage gun with a heat setting. Foam rollers cover mobility work before and after training, and two recliner armchairs give somewhere to sit while using the boots.

The Brass Monkey cold plunge is part of the same area and the sauna and steam room are next door, so heat, cold and compression can be combined in one visit.

Sauna and Steam

The sauna and steam room at St Albans sit next door to the recovery area and are available to members throughout the club’s opening hours.

The sauna provides dry heat and the steam room moist heat. Members use them after a session or as a visit in their own right.

With the Brass Monkey cold plunge in the recovery area next door, hot and cold can be alternated in a single visit, alongside the compression boots and massage guns.

Cold Plunge

The cold plunge at St Albans is a Brass Monkey, often called an ice bath, in the recovery area on the gym floor.

Members use it for short immersions after training, on its own or alternated with the sauna and steam room next door. Its place in the recovery area means it sits alongside the JetBoots compression boots and Theragun massage guns, so cold water and compression can be used in the same visit.

Anyone new to cold water immersion can ask the team on the gym floor how to use it before their first plunge.

able

BioAge assessments at St Albans run through able, which combines smart fitness technology with the club’s personal trainers.

Your BioAge, or biological age, shows how your body is performing against your actual age, across four measures: strength, flexibility, metabolic and cardio. New members can book an able session when they join, and the results set the starting point for training on the gym floor.

Retesting shows how each score moves, so progress on the strength floor, the cardio floor or in the Reformer studio is measured rather than guessed.

Strength

Free weights, squat racks and lifting platforms with Olympic plates make up the strength area at St Albans, alongside pin-loaded and plate-loaded machines and Life Fitness adjustable benches.

For group strength training, body pump classes run as Les Mills BodyPump, and Legs Glutes Core focuses on the lower body and core.

For a structured programme, a personal trainer can plan sessions around your goals, coach lifting technique on the platforms and track the numbers over time.

Classes

Fitness classes at St Albans cover strength, conditioning, spin and mind and body, with HYROX training and Reformer Pilates in their own dedicated spaces.

Body pump classes run as Les Mills BodyPump, circuit training as Conditioning Club, and Legs Glutes Core works the lower body and core. Spin classes are Cycle Performance, built around power and output, and Les Mills BodyAttack is a high-energy cardio class. For mind and body, there are yoga classes and mat Pilates classes.

HYROX training runs as HYROX and HYROX Engine, and Reformer Pilates as Align, Tone and Power. Full class times and booking are in the St Albans class timetable.

Cardio

Technogym treadmills, cross trainers, stair climbers and bikes from the Excite Live range make up the cardio floor at St Albans. Each machine has a Technogym Live console for coach-led sessions and outdoor route videos.

Freemotion Coach Bikes add coach-led workouts and virtual rides, with resistance that adjusts automatically to the terrain. The Wattbike Atom X is a smart bike with electromagnetic resistance and an Ergo mode that holds a target power, and it records power output, pedal technique and left-right balance.

Both give members a structured cycling option outside spin classes, with the data to compare sessions over time.