Primal Gym

Fantastic experience: Jenny and the team at a Primal are amazing. Unfortunately we live too far away for it to be our home gym, but we have attended two Spartan DEKA events here. Everything runs smoothly, and everyone is super friendly and encouraging. It is a really welcoming, inclusive environment! Can't wait for the next event!

Fantastic experience: Primal Gym gave me the best experience for my DEKA strong initiation. So welcoming and encouraging!

Fantastic experience: Attended the Deka Strong event. Jenny & the team were superb. So welcoming, friendly and very well organised. Looking forward to returning for the next one.

Fantastic experience: We've had two great kids' parties here.

Fantastic experience: Excellent facility and amazing staff. Had some amazing times holding classes there over the last 5 years. Would thoroughly recommend

Fantastic experience: This is the gym for people, such as myself, who hate gyms. Instead of rows of soulless exercise machines, you get a nice sprung floor area, gymnastic equipment, obstacles, and a free weights section. It's like the difference between a friendly neighbourhood coffee shop and a faceless caffeine factory. All of the instructors are welcoming and encouraging, regardless of your standard, and whether you are there for group classes or personal training. I've gone down the latter route. The exercises are specifically chosen to match your abilities, so you make safe progress towards your goals. They also pay careful attention to your current physical and mental state: if you are feeling good then you are pushed harder (in the nicest possible way!) than you would think possible; if you are having an off-day, or have an injury, then things are dialed down as required to keep it manageable. The whole process is tailored to you. If you are looking for the fastest way to improve, I highly recommend it!

Fantastic experience: I have so much fun with Jenny, the difference physically and mentally since joining has been massive. She's a brilliant PT. I'm 2 stone lighter and so much stronger. Jenny has worked on my nutrition and worked around my injuries, I wish I could come in every day!

Fantastic experience: I’ve been training with Fabio, one of the PT’s, for almost a year now, and I couldn’t be happier. The gym and the training sessions have everything you need, whether you’re into strength training, calisthenics, mobility work etc!. It’s perfect if you’re looking for something more dynamic and exciting than the usual gym routine. Highly recommend for anyone who wants to mix things up and keep their workouts interesting.

Fantastic experience: We recently celebrated my daughter's birthday at Primal Gym, and it was an absolutely fantastic experience! The coaches were amazing—engaging, energetic, and great with the kids. They kept the party lively and fun, ensuring every child had a wonderful time. The activities were well-organised and tailored perfectly for the age group. The kids couldn't stop talking about how much fun they had! Thank you, Primal Gym, for making my daughter's birthday so special. We will definitely be coming back for future celebrations!

Fantastic experience: My daughter and her friends had a brilliant party at Primal Gym. The coaches were friendly and the activities were high energy and lots of fun. Thank you.

Negative experience: UNFIT FOR KIDS PARTIES. Organised my son's birthday party there a couple years ago. One of the kids got pushed and hit his head on one of the unprotected gym equipment and cut his head, bleeding profusely. The person there, a teenager, had no first aid kit and was in no way prepared to deal with the situation so I took over. When I asked for some wipes he handed me the ones you clean toilets with. I had to mop up the blood with some toilet roll with no antiseptic. After raising this to the site owner you would think they would do something about these equipments left unprotected. I went again today for another birthday party and nothing has been done at all. Kids were actually encouraged to jump off a wall from which if they fell backwards would fall into more unprotected metal gun equipment. I don't understand how these places are allowed to host parties for kids.

Fantastic experience: If you are looking for a different fitness experience, Primal is a fantastic option. Highly recommend their Foundations Course, as it gives you an overview of every discipline they offer. The trainers are incredibly knowledgeable, motivating and most importantly, you have a good time! Communication with Jenny and Fabio is always swift and straightforward. As total beginners, my wife and I have been attending personal training sessions with Fabio and we couldn't be happier with our experience. He's able to adapt exercises to our individual level whilst building confidence and strength. The facility is very well equipped and always clean. Highly recommend this gym and their trainers!

Fantastic experience: This gym is so much more than a gym. I joined wanting to achieve my first handstand, but felt pretty silly starting gymnastics in my late 30s with zero experience, but everyone I've met at the classes is so supportive, regardless of if they're also new or extremely experienced. It is the absolute best atmosphere where everyone believes in you and cheers you on for every tiny victory. I've tried more skills out than I ever thought I would, and I don't even mind that I'm not instantly good at them because the journey at Primal is so much fun!

Fantastic experience: We had our twins 7th Birthday party at Primal Gym this last week and we’re so happy with the whole party. The kids loved learning new skills and showing off their ninja moves to the parents! Thank you for the great time! xx

Fantastic experience: The event was ran smoothly. Great atmosphere. Volunteers were fab

Fantastic experience: Great programs, great people, I’ve been going here regularly for a few years now and it’s been absolutely fantastic.

Fantastic experience: Fantastic day taking part in the dekastrong competition at primal gym. Very well organised, great atmosphere and lots of fun. Thanks

Fantastic experience: Everyone was welcoming and supportive to us during our visit to Primal Gym for the DEKA Strong competition. Thoroughly enjoyed it

Fantastic experience: Spartan Deka Strength Top quality event held by Primal gym in Edinburgh, I have used their facility in the past and enjoy their classes, I'll be returning for any future events held here. It was well organised and the staff were super helpful.

Fantastic experience: Great gym and staff! Plenty of classes to choose from (gymnastics, calisthenics, Deka, obstacles course, stretching etc). Plus, there's an option to train with weights too. Recommended!

Fantastic experience: A fantastic place to train for OCR, callisthenics, gymnastic or just for fun! A super inclusive space, great kit and loads of classes on offer.

Fantastic experience: Having been a member for a few years, I've seen the gym and classes evolve, and the heart and what it stands for have stayed strong. Enthusiastic and motivated trainers create an environment that leaves you on a high and focused on what's right for you, whether that's training for an event, staying/getting fit, or ensuring you can justify eating cake (I'm hoping I'm not the only one on the last...). Small classes mean you can get to know your gym buddies and there's camaraderie and support that makes me want to cross town to get to. Thanks Team Primal!

Fantastic experience: I've been coming to Primal since late 2022 to help with my cross training for aerials. They have a great range of equipment for calisthenics that is impossible to find in traditional gyms, including (but not limited to!) a rubber pole, rings, ropes to climb, trapeze, swedish bars, sprung flooring, crash mats, gymnastics bars and ninja warrior walls. They also have standard weightlifting equipment like an Olympic rack, dumbbells, kettlebells etc. To come to train by yourself you need to book open training sessions in off peak hours, but the gym is usually free in the mornings and weekends so theres always space. The early evenings are reserved for classes (with late off peak times for open training). I also like the community and encouraging atmosphere of the classes, in particular the calisthenics, gymnastics and flexibility classes. All the coaches are really knowledgeable and happy to help you out. It would be great if there were more morning classes and drop-in classes for non-members so people can come and try the gym without committing to a membership e.g bringing a friend! Overall would really recommend joining Primal, and training here has really helped my aerial and handstand journey

Fantastic experience: Really lovely community of people! The gymnastics classes with Jena are a lot of fun, and small class sizes mean you get a good amount of individual help - particularly useful if you want to learn new tumbles and flips. Despite the space, they have all the equipment, including parallel bars! Also the stretching class with Liliia on Sat morning is my favorite way to start my wknd. Great class if you want to actually improve flexibility and be pushed.

Fantastic experience: Brilliant party venue - very much recommend this place.

Fantastic experience: Getting fit can be boring, especially as you enter your 40s. Vanity muscles no longer motivate like they used to. You wish you could just be a kid again and jump and flip and do all those crazy things you did as a child but you know you are too old for that! But what if you aren’t? What if you could experience the joy and wonder of a child on a playground as an adult and build strength in a smart and healthy way??? That’s where Primal is different from anything I’ve ever experienced. It’s a community of fun people who are encouraging each other to defy gravity and develop crazy strength. Everyone is so encouraging and willing to share advice and tips when needed. The coaches are so down to earth but also amazing at their craft. I love that the coaches know how to help me start small to go big and that I end a session feeling like all I did was play and socialise but then I look at my Fitbit and see I had a crazy hard workout and didn’t even realise it!

Fantastic experience: Primal is an incredible gym. It has awoken within me a hunger to get back to a high level of functional fitness. It is the combination of the incredible coaches who are exceptionally capable, fully supportive and highly encouraging to meet my goals, and the community spirit that is carefully fostered within the gym. Everyone supports and encourages each other and creates an wonderfully welcoming feeling regardless of how fit one is. My wife and I did the Primal Foundations course which gave us a 2:1 introduction and baseline knowledge to each of Primals training areas (strength and conditioning, calisthenics, gymnastics, yoga and targeted stretching, ninja warrior and obstacle course) and introduced us to the instructors. This allowed us to choose the right classes for us to achieve our fitness goals and to attend without fear as we knew what to expect and had met the instructors. We now attend multiple times a week and feel fully part of the Primal family. I have never had so much fun getting fit and have seen myself progress quickly. I cannot recommend Primal enough!

Fantastic experience: Primal Gym is a great space, offering individual use of facilities as well as a multitude of classes from calesthenics, obstacle courses, adult gymnastics and loads of kids classes too. They have a sprung floor, weights area, A Symetric and Parallel bars, as well as many other equipment and facilities options. They also offer Personal Training with coaches. The coaches are friendly, supportive and very approachable. All the people I've met attending the gym are really friendly, giving it a less intimidating and more social aspect than many other gyms.

Fantastic experience: Bounced around more than a few gyms in my time and Primal is easily the pick of the lot. OCR training, Calisthenics, gymnastics or just a regular work-out, it covers everything. More than that though its a fun place where the focus is on people and enjoyment, you'll hit any goals you have (the amazing PTs and instructors will make sure of that!) but you'll have fun doing it, and keep wanting to come back for more. Been going for over 3 years now and don't think I will ever need or want another gym.

Fantastic experience: Easily the best gym I've ever been to, the classes (lots of options from calisthenics to obstacle racing to adult gymnastics) really cater to every level, the coaches really know what they're doing and are so supportive. It's also a great way to meet new people as it's a pretty sociable place while pushing yourself and trying out something new at the same time!

Fantastic experience: Been coming here for a couple years now and so glad I found this gym. It's a fitness playground and the space enables you to work on your functional fitness goals rather than being stuck on machines like at your standard gyms. I like that the membership is flexible and you're not tied into a contract which is great for someone like me who travels and works away. Staff are friendly and knowledgeable too.

Fantastic experience: I love this gym SO much. Coaches are lovely and everyone’s so nice and encouraging… all levels beginner to advanced. The classes are all about fun! ❤️

Fantastic experience: Put on a great party for my 5 year old and his pals!

Fantastic experience: My daughter loves her time training with Tony and finds it highly beneficial to getting to her goal of cheer tumbling.

Fantastic experience: It is a very good place, a lot of class and the coaches are amazing. Maybe it is a bit expensive , but is a little family keeping the place alive.

Fantastic experience: I highly recommend this for a child’s (to be honest any age!!) birthday party. The facility is brilliant, the team are so responsive, great with the kids and it’s just an all round great set up. Thanks to Dougie, Adam and the rest of the team.

Fantastic experience: We had our daughter's 4th birthday party here yesterday and Fabio was fantastic! Everything was extremely well organised and the kids had a ball! Great structure and discipline. Next time I've to book a slot for the dads!! Thank you for a memorable birthday party.

Fantastic experience: I have moved to Edinburgh in the month of May and found Primal attractive as I was looking for Calisthenics classes. I must confess every single trainer is perfect in his/her own way and give their support to all considering the beginner , intermediate level. I would like to appreciate all of their efforts and dedication towards their work.

Fantastic experience: My son had his 7th birthday party here and it was absolutely amazing. Massive thanks to Fabio and Jason for keeping the kids entertained and on the go the whole time, I was so impressed and so were the kids! Would definitely recommend.

Fantastic experience: Primal hosted a terrific 4th birthday party for my daughter and her friends yesterday - massive hit with both kids and parents. Tony set up lots of different things to climb, swing and jump from and explained everything really well. If you’re looking for a venue to let kids burn off some energy, eat cake and leave happy without huge amounts of organising then this is the answer! Can’t recommend enough :)

Fantastic experience: Checking the place out on an open day offer. Excellent place. The instructors are friendly and welcoming. They took the time to go round everyone during the classes to talk about goals and fitness etc and give pointers on what to do specific to yourself at a station. Really helpful. I would recommend giving it a try. Hopefully I can make it back in the near future

Fantastic experience: My son had his 6th birthday party at Primal gym and it was his best birthday party yet. All of the kids had a fab day and so did all of the grownups. The gym is very well set out and had an ample amount of activities. Thanks to Adam for managing all of the kids and making it a great day!!

Fantastic experience: Kids Birthday Party - So good we did it twice! This has been my daughter’s choice of party venue for the past two birthdays (8th and 9th) It’s the ultimate upgrade for kids who have outgrown soft-play. Loads of fun challenges with real gymnastics equipment- ropes, rings, parallel bars, pommel horse etc etc and plenty of thick matting for soft landings. The staff are just lovely, getting involved to just the right amount, setting up obstacle courses, but mostly just making sure everyone is safe and having fun. There’s parking round the back and while you can’t do catering there’s a space for the cake and we brought juice boxes and crisps to keep the energy levels up after an hour of running around.

Fantastic experience: I found Primal Gym after looking for a place in Edinburgh offering fitness training in groups indoors. And without all the gadgets and gimmicks of some places. In Primal Gym I discovered calisthenics in a friendly community-like environment.

Fantastic experience: My son and his pals had a fantastic time at Primal Gym. Brilliant space to play and challenge their various skills and abilities across the different elements like monkey bars, rope swings, climbing wall, spring box etc. The coach facilitated with great ease and the kids all engaged with his guidance, motivation, and championing. Juice, ice lollies and cake at the break was a hit and easy for me! It's a warehouse, but doesn't feel claustrophobic like some centres do because it's bright, air coming from open back door, no loud music and nurturing environment. Thanks so much, one very happy birthday boy!!!

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff very welcoming atmosphere :)

Fantastic experience: Amazing classes cant wait to learn more calisthenics

Fantastic experience: Awesome facilities and great coaching. Tony is very knowledgeable and experienced. Would highly recommend to anyone wanting to get fit and learn some gymnastics.

Fantastic experience: We attended the pre school class with our almost 2 year old and thought it was a great way for the wee ones to let off some steam. Will definitely be back!

Fantastic experience: Primal preschool is a great class for under 5s, lots of unusual equipment, a great space, well run classes.

Fantastic experience: I have been taking my sons to the primal school class and they absolutely love it! The instructor is really welcoming and the kids are allowed to be creative and have the freedom to move and play as they want. Definitely recommend to any mini ninja warriors out there!

Fantastic experience: Had daughters 8th bday party here, outstanding! Fabio was really friendly and great with the kids. He did some awesome triple flips to show us his skills. All the kids loved it, very interactive and some parents had a go too. Love love love!

Fantastic experience: Great gym here! Really helped me step up my calisthenics!

Fantastic experience: My grandson really enjoyed himself. Thanks for looking after him

Fantastic experience: The best gym in Edinburgh. Great atmosphere!

Fantastic experience: Took our son to the kids class. Fantastic friendly tuition and attention. Great, clean and well equipped facility. Cannot recommend highly enough

Fantastic experience: We went to the primal preschool on a Tueaday AM with Acrobat Kate and it was fantastic! She was brilliant at brining my son out of his shell and participating in interesting, different movement activities which he loved! Highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: Great atmosphere and very welcoming. Has all of the equipment you need for any kind of strength training, and plenty of space for gymnastics/calisthenics/tumbling.

Fantastic experience: The setup is not a typical bodybuilding gym but all kinds of free weights are available and a choice of classes including some very interesting acrobatic themes. The owner is outstanding at customer service and very professional. Love having this opportunity despite the difficult times!

Fantastic experience: Awesome staff. Great facility. We booked a children's party there after as few months of our son going to their superhero class. Great party, everyone happy, children exhausted and went to bed early. Couldn't ask for more.

Fantastic experience: Playground for adults! What a wonderful place - loved it!

Fantastic experience: Big fan of Primal. I've been coming to classes here for the last year but have only recently joined as a full-time member and its left me wondering why I waited so long. There is plenty of awesome equipment for use in this gym, and they are currently going the extra mile for overall cleanliness and social distancing in classes. Every time I leave here I have that great feeling of having completed a tough workout. And also, everyone is so friendly and welcoming! I'd recommend Primal Gym to anybody.

Fantastic experience: Great facilities and classes

Fantastic experience: Excellent gym to workout in. The OCR sessions are varied and they’ll be sure to make you break out in sweat.

Fantastic experience: I went for a gymnastics class as a total beginner and the instructor did really well to give every level something to work on. He was good at enouraging everyone and really helpful. I ended up staying for a stretch class too which was a really nice way to relax and end the day.

Fantastic experience: Such a friendly welcoming gym

Fantastic experience: Great experience, I felt like the training was tough but such a good overall workout. I felt muscles I never thought existed the next day :-)

Fantastic experience: Great gym, especially if you like Ninja warrior and obstacle course type workouts

Fantastic experience: Great ninja warrior gym, awesome to sweat in!

Fantastic experience: I love the place! Great fun classes! I love the Army Boxing Fitness, it's a great combination of HiiT and boxing drills and the Ninja Warrior class is a great challenge!

Fantastic experience: If you're training for ocr or are bored with the usual gyms there is no better place in Edinburgh to try something new and get fit in a fun welcoming environment.

Fantastic experience: Great gym. Tom and Peter make the Obstacle course classes super fun. The atmosphere is fantastic!

Fantastic experience: I love it! It is a different kind of gym. I had registered for an OCR and with their obstacle circuit training it seems easier to get ready. You can find monkey bars, climbing rope and walls to climb among other things. Instructors are the best though. Patient, friendly, they make you feel that you are in good hands.

Fantastic experience: This is the best gym I've ever been to! Great classes with great instructors, facilities and a super friendly and supportive environment. If you want to get fit and have fun at the same time, this is definitely a place for you!