Boulder Shack
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Gym membership in Southampton: A gym without the contract.

Free weights, racks, a cable machine, a rower and a bike, in a room of their own at Southampton’s not-for-profit climbing wall. No joining fee, and it stops when you say so.

The training area, dumbbells and racks along the wall
A month
£9.95
Joining fee
None
Contract
None
Open
7 days a week

Why train here

Simple on purpose.

  • One price

    A flat price each month, with no joining fee and no contract. Stop whenever you like.

  • Early and late

    Open from 7am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, until 10.15pm every weekday, and on Saturdays and Sundays too.

  • Park and shower

    Free parking outside, as long as you register your car at the desk, and showers for afterwards.

What is in it

A proper free weights room.

Dumbbells, kettlebells, barbells and plates, with racks and benches to use them on. A cable machine, a rowing machine and a bike for everything else, and gymnastic rings hanging from the ceiling.

It is a room of its own, away from the walls, with space to warm up properly.

  • Dumbbells and kettlebells
  • Barbells, plates, racks and benches
  • A cable machine
  • A rowing machine and an exercise bike
  • Gymnastic rings
The squat rack and free weights in the training area
  • Someone doing an overhead press in the training area
  • A row of kettlebells lined up in front of the pallet wall
  • Someone bench pressing a barbell in the rack

Is it for you?

A small gym, and happy to be.

If you want a pool, a sauna and forty machines, the big gyms do that and we will not pretend otherwise.

If you want weights, a rack, a bench and somewhere friendly to use them, without signing a contract, this is for you.

Rings and straps hanging in the pallet-walled training area, racks and weights behind

Ways to use it

Just the gym, or the wall as well.

  • Gym only

    £9.95a month

    The gym, any time we are open.

    • No joining fee
    • No contract
    • Showers and free parking
  • Unlimited Climbing

    £55a month

    The whole wall, and the gym comes with it. Every climbing membership includes the gym.

  • Classes

    Yoga, Pilates and strength classes run through the week, for climbers and non-climbers alike.

Worth knowing

  • Gym only does not include climbing. A climbing membership covers both.
  • Members get a free tea or coffee on the mornings we open early, and 10% off in the café and the shop.
  • Gym only membership is for adults.
  • The café is open whenever we are.

FAQs

Questions people ask.

Anything else, ring us on 02380 171 808.

  • Am I too old or unfit for this?

    No. Bouldering is problem solving as much as it is strength, and you climb at whatever height you are happy at. We have regulars in their seventies and people who came in having done no exercise for a decade. Older and Boulder on Tuesday and Thursday mornings is a gentle way in.

  • Can I come on my own?

    Most people do. You do not need a partner for bouldering, and it is normal to end up chatting to whoever is working the same problem. If you would rather arrive with a plan, come to a social.

  • Is there a training area?

    Yes. Weights, racks, rings, a board and space to warm up properly, all next to the walls. It is included with climbing memberships, and there is a gym only membership at £9.95 a month if that is all you want.

  • Are classes included in my membership?

    They are on Climbing and Classes, £63 a month. On a climbing only membership you can add classes for £8 a month. Classes without climbing are £25 a month.

  • Are the classes for climbers only?

    No. Yoga, Pilates and the strength classes are open to anybody, and plenty of people come for those and never touch the wall. They are aimed at climbers, which mostly means shoulders, hips and grip get some attention.

  • Do I need to book a class?

    Yes, spaces are limited. Book through the same system you book climbing with. Classes are 45 minutes to an hour, mostly on weekday evenings and Saturday mornings.

Come and see the room first.

Call in whenever we are open and have a look round, or join online now.