The 6-week small-group strength block starts the first Monday of next month — four spaces left.
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Private & small-group coaching
Brio Dapple is a two-room studio for people who want to lift well, move without nagging aches and keep it going past week three. Sessions are planned around your schedule, not an app's idea of it.
The method
Nothing here is a mystery. You will see your plan written down, know which lifts you are progressing, and know what happens when a week goes sideways.
01
A short conversation about what you want, what you have tried, and the realistic number of sessions you can protect each week.
02
We screen squat, hinge, push, pull and carry, note any history worth working around, and set honest starting loads.
03
A written plan with two or three coached sessions a week, plus one simple thing to do on your own if you want it.
04
We compare notes against the block, decide what to keep progressing, and rewrite the parts that did not suit your week.
Programs
Most people start with one and move between them as work, travel or training goals change. Switching between programs mid-block is fine and does not restart anything.
Program 01
Full attention on your lifts, with loads and cues adjusted inside the session rather than next week.
Program 02 · most booked
Four people, one coach, one shared plan with individual loads. The reason most members stay past the first block.
Program 03
For people who travel, train at another gym, or already know their way around a rack.
This week
Group slots run in six-week blocks, so spaces open at the start of each one. One-to-one times outside these hours can usually be arranged.
MondayGroup block
TuesdayOne to one
WednesdayGroup block
ThursdayOne to one
FridayMixed · technique focus
SaturdayOpen studio & outdoor
Sundays are kept for plan writing and reviews. If none of these times work, say so in your enquiry and we will look at the week before the next block is set.
The coach
I started Brio Dapple after years of watching people get handed programs written for someone else's body and someone else's calendar. Most of my work is unglamorous — tidying up a hinge, finding a load you can repeat, and making the plan survive a bad week at work.
Before you book
No. Roughly half the people training here had never touched a bar before their first block. Your first two sessions are mostly learning positions with light loads, and nothing gets added until the movement looks repeatable.
Usually yes, with adjustments. Bring any guidance you have from a physio or clinician and we will work inside it — swapping movement patterns, changing range, or loading differently. If something needs clinical input first, I will say so rather than guess.
Let me know at least twelve hours ahead and we will move it to another slot in the same week where one exists. Group blocks include two catch-up credits so an unavoidable week does not cost you the block.
Not for studio sessions — bars, dumbbells, kettlebells, benches, mats and chalk are all here. Bring trainers you can stand flat in, something you can move in, and a water bottle. Remote plans are written around whatever equipment you actually have.
Technique and confidence usually shift within two or three weeks. Strength on the main lifts tends to show across a full six-week block. I would rather set that expectation than promise a transformation on a schedule nobody can guarantee.
Yes. Pairs work well in the one-to-one slots and cost less per person than two separate sessions. If you want a group of three or four from the same workplace or family, that can be set up as its own block.
Book a consult
The consult is a conversation, not a sales pitch. If what you need is a physio, a different gym or simply a walking habit, I will say that.