The training floor, seen from the far end of the room

340 m², one room

The gym

A converted works on Alma Street with the racks along the long wall. Here is everything in it, by brand and quantity, plus the practical things — parking, showers, and how you actually get in.

A look round

Unit 6. The normal door is to the left of the roller shutter.
Six racks along the long wall, plates stored on the uprights.
Kettlebells, 8 kg to 48 kg, two of every size.
Dumbbells run 2.5 kg to 50 kg in 2.5 kg steps. No gaps.
Everything has a home, because everybody puts their own away.
Two changing rooms, two showers, two toilets. All lockable.

Everything in the room

The equipment list

Brands and quantities, because "fully equipped" means nothing. If something you need is not on this list, it is not in the building, and a coach will tell you that rather than finding out when you get here.

Platforms and racks

Four
Eleiko competition lifting platforms
Wood centre, rubber wings, 3m × 3m
Six
Rogue RML-390F power racks
Two with a fixed pull-up bar, four with rings
Two
Rogue Abram GHD 2.0
Three
Rogue Monster Utility benches
One
Rogue reverse hyper

Bars

Six
Eleiko Sport Training bars, 20 kg
Four
Eleiko Sport Training bars, 15 kg
Two
Rogue Ohio deadlift bars
Two
Technique bars, 10 kg
Aluminium, full-diameter sleeves so they take real plates
One
Rogue safety squat bar
One
Rogue TB-2 trap bar
Two
Rogue Ohio axle bars

Plates and weight

1,840 kg
Eleiko and Rogue bumper plates
5 kg to 25 kg, four of every size per platform
620 kg
Rogue calibrated steel plates
For the days when the bar needs to be exact
2.5 kg to 50 kg
Rogue urethane dumbbells
In 2.5 kg steps — no gaps, which is rarer than it should be
8 kg to 48 kg
Kettlebells
Two of every size
0.25 kg to 2 kg
Fractional plates
The reason people here keep adding weight for years

Conditioning

Four
Concept2 RowErg
Two
Concept2 BikeErg
One
Concept2 SkiErg
Two
TrueForm Runner treadmills
Curved, non-motorised
Two
Sleds
Push and drag handles, 18 m of turf to run them on
One pair
Farmer’s handles
20 kg to 60 kg
Sandbags

The room itself

340 m²
One room
Not zones, not studios. One room with the racks along the long wall
40 mm
Rubber flooring throughout
Loose
Chalk
Real chalk in a bowl by the platforms. We sweep. It is allowed
None
Mirrors on the platform wall
Deliberate. You learn to lift by feel and by being told, not by watching yourself
Two
Showers
Plus two toilets and two lockable changing rooms
Twelve
Parking spaces
Two of them painted FORGE, nearest the door, kept for first sessions

Practical

Getting in
and getting on

Unit 6, Anvil Works, Alma Street
Kelham Island
Sheffield S3 8SA

Open in a map

Parking: Twelve spaces on the yard, free, and two of them painted FORGE nearest the door for first sessions. The yard fills up around 17:30 on weekdays; on-street parking on Alma Street is free after 18:00 and all day Sunday.
Getting here: Shalesmoor tram stop is a six-minute walk — turn right out of the stop and follow the road down. The 7 and 8 buses stop on Infirmary Road. There is a covered bike rack inside the unit, not on the street.
Showers and changing: Two showers, two toilets and two lockable changing rooms, cleaned every morning. There are towels if you forget one. There are no lockers — bags go on an open shelf, which we would rather say than not.
Accessibility: Level access from the yard through the side door, no steps anywhere in the unit, and a ground-floor accessible toilet. The training floor is one open room. If there is something specific you need to know, ring and ask for Divya.

The most common question we get is which door. It is the normal one to the left of the big roller shutter, and it is unlocked from fifteen minutes before every session. There is a photograph of it onthe first session page.