about us

A Gym Built Around Your Goal

Train at your own pace, get real results, and never feel like you have to justify why you are there.

The Problem We Solve

Most Gyms Are Built For One Type Of Person

Weightlifting gyms are built for lifters. Bodybuilding gyms are built for bodybuilders. Budget gyms give you equipment and nothing else. Wherever you land, you are expected to fit the mould.

That can leave you unsure whether you belong, hesitant to walk in, or worried you will be judged for being a beginner or for not looking like everyone else already there.

You should not have to change who you are, or wait until you feel fit enough, just to feel comfortable training somewhere.

Why Members Trust Us

A Community Built On Real Results

We know what it is like to feel like every gym expects you to already have it figured out. Since opening in December 2018, The Pride Gym has grown to over 1,100 members and been named Gym of the Year in the North two years running, National Fitness Awards 2024 and 2025.

The Founding Story

Why Terry Holt Built The Pride Gym

Terry Holt spent years in the military, where discipline and community were second nature, and struggled to find a gym that gave him both once he left. So he built one. In under eight weeks he transformed a derelict former window factory into The Pride Gym, a place where you never have to specialise in one style of training to belong.

How To Start

Getting started is simple

step 01

Apply for a trial

and tell us whether you are interested in the gym, Project You, or both

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We get you started

a £5 trial week for the gym, or a quick call and your first free session for Project You

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Come in and see for yourself

with a full walkthrough at the front desk

The Difference

What Changes When You Train Here

Stop feeling like gyms are not built for people like you, and start training somewhere built around every kind of goal.

Stop training alone without direction, and get coaching and community whenever you want it.

Stop worrying about being judged, and train under a strictly enforced No Knobheads standard.

The Team

The People Behind The Pride Gym

Terry Holt founded The Pride Gym on the belief that discipline and community, not specialising in one style of training, are what get you real results. That belief still shapes every part of how the gym runs today, from the standards at the front desk to how sessions are coached.

Ready To Start

See If The Pride Gym Is Right For You

Apply for a trial and find out for yourself.

Apply for a Trial