25 Reasons to Join MyGym in 2025!
You might be looking for a new gym in Stockport in 2025. With a lot of choice across the market, you’re looking for something that offers what you need. Here’s 25 reasons why you should make MyGym your gym of choice!
#1 - World Class Facilities
MyGym has truly world class equipment. The barbells, kettlebells, plates, cardio equipment and cable machines are all superb quality. We only ever buy commercial grade equipment, and we use the same suppliers that provide equipment to professional sports clubs. Put simply, the equipment you use at MyGym is the same equipment that is used by professional athletes.
#2 - Equipment That Works!
At MyGym we have a policy - as soon as any piece of equipment is broken, or ceases to work as smoothly as it should, we report it for repair. Sometimes there’ll be a few days whilst we wait for a part of repair, but one thing we can assure you is the equipment maintenance is right up at the top of our priority list.
#3 - Great Pricing
You can join MyGym for as little as £23.99. That’s less than 77p per day to access great equipment, warm showers, free WiFi and an amazing fitness community. There’s no better value gym in Stockport!
#4 - Never Too Busy
If you train in a huge commercial gym like Pure Gym, you’ll know how frustrating it is trying to access equipment. With thousands of members, gyms become crowded. At MyGym we are more than well-enough equipped. Even at our peak times you’ll have access to lots of equipment, allowing you to enjoy an effective workout whatever time of day.
#5 - Superb Fitness Community
We’ve always wanted MyGym to have a small-gym feel. A real community where people can feel at home, a place where they have friends and see familiar faces. We do a great job of that, and it’s something we’re going to build on in 2025.
#6 - Member Events Across the Year
At MyGym we run several events throughout the year. Some of these are charity events, some are community events, and all of them have a purpose - to bring the MyGym community together. We raise money, we improve fitness and health, and we introduce people to one another, so more of our members get to know each other.
#7 - The Best Personal Trainers in Stockport
At MyGym we have a policy when it comes to selecting our personal trainers. They have to be well-established and have a good business before they join us. It means we have a broad base of expertise amongst our personal trainers, so can point you in the right direction regardless of your fitness goals. We can honestly say we have some of the best personal trainers in Stockport.
#8 - Unique Equipment
If you’re used to training in an identikit commercial gym, you’ll be amazed at what MyGym has to offer in terms of equipment! You’re only limited here by your creativity, not by the equipment we have! Where else can you use a yoke, prowlers, sleds, Swiss bars, maces, tyres, monkey bars etc, as well as all of the standard equipment you’d find everywhere else?!
#9 - Warm Showers
We don’t just have great equipment at MyGym - we can also offer you a warm shower after your workout! No need to go to work sweaty, if you want to shower here, feel free too!
#10 - Free WiFi in Reception
At MyGym we have free WiFi for all members. If you’d like to pop by simply for a coffee and a chance to do some work, you’re more than welcome to! No need to spend all day working from home - why not break up your day with a workout and a change of scenery? It gets you out of the house and helps you to move!
#11 - Friendly, Helpful Staff
Have a question about your training, how to do an exercise or general equipment usage? The MyGym team are happy to help you! Everyone at MyGym is a fully-qualified personal trainer who is happy to help you get the most from your time at the gym.
#12 - Guidance in Different Strength Sports
At MyGym we host Stockport Spartans Weightlifting Club, we have world-class HYROX competitors and Alan Wilson, a British record holder in powerlifting. If you want to be coached or guided in strength sports, there’s no better gym in Stockport to help you out!
#13 - Different Types of Barbells
Most people (even lots of ‘personal trainers’) think that barbells are all the same. That couldn’t be further from the truth - it’s like saying all cars are the same! At MyGym we’re a proper strength and conditioning facility, and our equipment reflects that! We have weightlifting barbells, powerlifting barbells, Swiss bars, EZ bars, tricep bars, axels, women’s bars, 6ft barbells, trap bars, bow bars and a log! If you know, you know!
#14 - Kettlebells to 40kg
Just like barbells, people think that kettlebells are all the same. Again, they’re wrong! We have standard kettlebells and competition kettlebells. Competition bells are all standard size and shape, regardless of their weight. Standard bells vary in shape and size. We have kettlebells from 4 to 40kg, and many in pairs.
#15 - Dumbbells to 50kg
Lots of gyms only have dumbbells to 35 or 40kg. At MyGym we go up to 50kg. More importantly, we have doubles in all weights from 2.5-25kg, which are the most commonly-used weights.
#16 - 5000kg of Bumper Plates
We only have bumper plates at MyGym, and there’s good reason for that - versatility. When you lift with bumper plates, you can perform weightlifting, CrossFit, bodybuilding, general strength training and powerlifting. With standard plates, you can’t drop them, ruling out weightlifting and CrossFit. They also aren’t as safe, because you can’t bail on a lift as easily. Bumper plates allow you to drop a bar, making them safer.
#17 - 25m Turf Track
One of our more unique features at MyGym is our 25m turf track. This allows us to do sprints, prowler pushes and pulls, sled pushes and pulls, walking lunges, burpee broad jumps, tyre flips and the like. It sets us apart from every other gym in Stockport, because we offer true versatility that others can’t match.
#18 - Daily Dose Workouts
At MyGym we write a ‘daily dose’ workout, which is a general strength and conditioning workout designed to challenge you in different ways. Left to our own devices, we tend to do what we like to do, rather than what we need to do. If you follow the daily dose programming, you’ll experience different types of workout and challenge your fitness in all kinds of different ways! You don’t have to follow the programme, but it’s there if you want to!
#19 - Monthly Fitness Challenges
At MyGym we run different monthly fitness challenges. They’re a bit of fun if you’d like to see what you’re capable of! Previous challenges include ‘how fast can you row 100m’, or ‘how many burpees can you do in one minute’.
#20 - In-House Physiotherapist
If you’re suffering with injuries, don’t wait for the pain to go away - instead work with Paul Derrick at Derrick Physio. Paul is based at MyGym and sees patients with a huge range of musculoskeletal problems.
#21 - Annual Fitness Retreat in Fuerteventura
MyGym offers an annual fitness retreat in Lajares, Fuerteventura. Whilst on the week-long retreat we enjoy the sunshine, do a bike ride, sand dune sprints, gym workouts, yoga and a whole host of other adventures! Fancy getting fit in the sunshine? We can arrange that for you, no problem!
#22 - 12 Squat Racks!
Most gyms might have one or two squat racks - we’ve got 12! There’s plenty of places for you to do your squats, pull ups, cleans, jerks and anything else you’d like to at MyGym!
#23 - Tyres to Train With
At MyGym we pride ourselves on the variety of conditioning options we have. One of the best and most versatile items we have is our range of tractor tyres! We’ve got 4 tyres, ranging from 70 to 145kg. It means there’s a weight for everyone, and you can enjoy the huge range of exercise options you have with the tyres.
#24 - Plenty of Peripherals
We’re a fully-equipped gym in Stockport, but beyond that we have lost of additional items that help with your training. Forgotten your lifting belt? Don’t worry - we’ve got some! Need a resistance band? We’ve got them. Need a foam roller? We’ll sort you out! These little details set MyGym apart from other gyms in Stockport.
#25 - A New Way to Train
There’s no other gym in Stockport where for a small fee you can use tyres, a yoke, slam balls, prowlers, monkey bars, hurdles and all of the usual equipment you’d see in a gym. When you train at MyGym your workouts are only limited by your creativity, not your equipment. We’ve got everything you’d see in a commercial gym, but with a whole load of added extras!
We’re really proud of MyGym. It was built from scratch, for people who train, by people who train. It’s an amazing community and it’s run by people who care. MyGym doesn’t have a vanity culture or an ego culture - it’s a supportive environment that helps people feel welcome, whilst at the same time allows you to push on to higher levels of health and fitness.
If MyGym sounds like the kind of Stockport gym you’d like to join, you can do so here… Join MyGym!