Alliance Barbell Club

Fantastic experience: Best gym and coaching around

Fantastic experience: I have been training with Alliance Strength and Conditioning for over 18 months and I cannot recommend them highly enough! Lifting weights is such an effective and enjoyable exercise. During my time at the gym, I have become a lot stronger, more toned, and more defined, with more muscle in all the right places; having gained 10lbs in weight, but no extra inches on my waist! Ewan comes with years of experience, and it shows. His passion and dedication, as well as the high from smashing your goals, are what keep you coming back. I’ve never been so committed to fitness as I am at Alliance.

Fantastic experience: Training with Ewan and Tilly for the last 12+ months has changed my life for the better. The passion, drive and dedication that they both share and show is nothing short of amazing. I have learnt so much, from going from to an overweight person not having trained in over two years to a competitive powerlifter shows the knowledge and passion they have for their clients. The gym has a community feel and you are always made to feel welcome. Absolutely love training at Alliance and look forward to what’s to come, couldn’t recommend it enough!

Fantastic experience: I have been training at Alliance for years and I still look forward to every session. Since working with Ewan we have addressed and rectified technical inefficiencies in my lifts and worked on gaining strength and overcoming weaknesses, making me a stronger and more confident person and powerlifter. Ewan has been a competitive powerlifter for years and has a wealth of knowledge that has been invaluable to me. Alliance is a private gym so is ideal for anyone who wants a friendly, non-judgemental atmosphere or more advanced athletes who don't want to be waiting for kit in a busy commercial gym. I would highly recommend Alliance to anyone looking to make positive lifestyle changes and join a community of likeminded people.

Fantastic experience: I have been coached by Ewan for a few months now and have already seen huge gains in strength. He has helped correct some technical issues I had with the power lifts and has me on track to set a new pb total when I get back on the platform in competition. The gym is a great facility with top of the range equipment and a great atmosphere to train in.

Fantastic experience: Been training with Ewan for a number of months now on a busy shift schedule. He's always been very accommodating and is a fantastic coach. Going in I knew absolutely nothing about it but he has started from the very beginning. He is very good at explaining how stuff works, and I have never felt silly asking a question. Very highly recommended.

Fantastic experience: I started working with Ewan initially just for a strength programme because of his powerlifting history but because I was so impressed with the results he is now my online coach with weekly check ins and handles my nutrition. Have a trial session and you may be suprised at his vast knowledge of everything from nutrition, strength and endurance as well as being super friendly and easy to get on with. Can't reccomend enough. This man will change your life.

Fantastic experience: Can't recommend team Alliance and Tilly for her efforts in circuit training, I am feeling so much stronger and fitter already. Each week Tilly has a great set up working my whole body, she is always supporting and teaching me the best techniques every step of the way! I actually look forward to working out now! Thank you!

Fantastic experience: I reached out to Alliance in November 2021 after having back surgery and finding myself after recovery unfit, carrying extra weight and being told I have high cholesterol. I've never stuck to any plan long term. Slimming groups, conventional gym, exercise classes they all become monotonous and mind numbingly tedious. I've never lifted weights, I've never thought about how and why I actually would. Until I met Ewan. The benefits were explained to me. I'm a 43 year old female, I have a job which sees me driving a vehicle or sitting in a chair most of the day. My initial aim was to become fitter, faster, stronger and generally feel better about myself. Ewan established my natural strength level and we started training. Light, steady and just one session a week. I didn't think I was doing too much, until the next day when the aches reminded me how unfit I actually was. I needed to stick to this. And I did. Eighteen months later and I now have two training days a week and a bootcamp. I'm not going to say I enjoy every day. It's tough. Life and work get in the way but every excuse I previously gave so I didn't have to attend a class disappeared. My strength and fitness levels have never been better, cholesterol issues have gone, I don't feel as sluggish and I can state this is the only thing I've stuck to. Following this, I also attend a bootcamp session with Ewan's partner Tilly. Tilly puts me through the paces for up to an hour. Again, the exercises look simple and quite tame. Burning 700 to 1000 calories each bootcamp, I feel great afterwards, my face doesn't say that but I really do! The attention to detail, personal motivation, postive attitude of Alliance, 'come one, come all welcome' is something money cannot buy. Whether new or a novice, young or older Alliance fits everyone. Finally, the last member of Alliance who is a little potato shaped ball of happiness is Alfie the dog. Alfie's happy little face and ability to brighten your day is flawless. I now have a new set of excuses; this time to go.

Fantastic experience: Amazing training with Ewan at Alliance. In 6 months I have lost all my baby weight and have gained muscle. Ewan is professional, knowledgeable, and fun to be with. Definitely wouldn't train anywhere else.

Fantastic experience: Been training with Ewan for about 2 months and can definitely see and feel the results. He has an in-depth understand and knowledge of everything he does and his welcoming manner makes it easy for people of all levels to feel comfortable.

Fantastic experience: Followed the 8 week peak program and now deadlifting 2.5x my bodyweight. Best training I've had and a beast of a coach.

Fantastic experience: I’ve been working with alliance now for 9 months now and to say Ewan has changed my life would be an understatement. From starting out not being able to gain control of my pain management with my osteoarthritis to doing a 180•. I look forward to going every week and seeing the changes my body has made through Ewan’s training programmes have been astounding! If you want to change your life, feel more positive and gain control of your body and want to be excited about where you can progress and feel empowered then Alliance is the place to be. There aren’t enough thank yous to both Ewan and Tilly for changing my life!

Fantastic experience: I've been training with Ewan for 6 months now and I've enjoyed every minute. He's knowledgeable and makes me train smarter, not harder. I've trimmed down and more importantly, my mental health has improved a huge amount. I don't think I will ever stop training with Ewan, I've gained so much from it and it's so much fun, it never feels like hard work, I never feel like I can't be bothered to go! And that's Ewan and how he makes the sessions varied and fun.