London Weightlifting

Fantastic experience: Great equipment, space and coaches

Fantastic experience: A great gym with an incredible community. The staff and members are all very welcoming, and would highly recommend paying a visit to LOWA!

Fantastic experience: An excellent gym for Olympic weightlifting with all of the equipment needed to pursue that and other strength forms. One of the best gyms I have been to with knowledgeable and friendly owners and clients. Need to book ahead to secure a training spot.

Fantastic experience: Excellent training for Olympic weightlifting. Coaches are experienced and friendly.

Fantastic experience: Went to a competition with my husband, he seemed to love it. Only downside is there is only one toilet and its' behind the staging area, which means during a competition you don't feel like you can go backstage.

Fantastic experience: Coaching from real experts. Whether you're a serious lifter or want to learn specific lifts for a sport or are even just a beginner who wants to cut through all the noise out there - you can learn a lot from Mike and his guys and progress very quickly. Highly recommended.

Negative experience: Paid for the group class. Turned out it was only for tenured lifters and not for beginners. Was sent off. The website should make it clear that the group sessions are not for beginners and the pricing is not really beginner friendly.

Positive experience: I enjoyed my session here but unfortunately never heard back following an enquiry for PT sessions!

Negative experience: I've had quite a negative experience at this gym. Basically my main problem was that when I signed up it was not clear enough for me that I had entered a recurring membership with them, and that I had not been getting regular invoices which kept the problem under the radar. Unbeknownst to me at the time, I was in a contract with this gym and they kept charging me for 5 months before I realised the problem. It's unfortunate and I will definitely take some or a lot of responsibility for some of this since I should have been more careful when making my initial payment. There is some indication on the website and in our emails that we were entering a contract with an automatic and recurring payment structure, which is why I have to take some responsibility. I can definitely see how they would think I shouldn't get confused, and indeed I think most people wouldn't. I do however still feel bitter and cheated by this gym because a good business simply just shouldn't be in a position where their customers are surprised about getting billed. Everything around payment should be super clear and there shouldn't be any room for doubt - especially when it comes at a high cost to the customer. At the end of the day I paid £85 for using this gym 4 times, and then wasted £375 for no good reason before I realised I still had access and was on the hook. That's a lot of wasted money.

Fantastic experience: Love it.

Fantastic experience: A safe place, home away from home and therapy! A wise Chief once told me "Don't think...just move" and now, I move. ️

Fantastic experience: Great place.

Fantastic experience: Amazing gym, excellent coaches and a really welcoming and inclusive environment. Classes are great and the beginners courses are the best introduction to the sport you could ask for.

Fantastic experience: Best gym in London!

Fantastic experience: Amazing gym, great staff, and quality equipment.

Fantastic experience: Superbe salle ;)

Fantastic experience: The real Olympic weightlifting

Fantastic experience: Really well equiped gym. One of the top training facilities in London

Positive experience: Nice Olympic weightlifting classes. Some instructors are friendly and supportive, while some are not and they only talk to the regular attendants.

Fantastic experience: Awesome gym, great coaches with a fun team atmosphere

Fantastic experience: Mike's place. Best in the business. But should be closer to where I live

Fantastic experience: My gym of choice. Love the coaching and classes

Fantastic experience: Great place to learn and develop your lifts. It a great place to train with great people.

Fantastic experience: Awesome facility, great staff, atmosphere and equipment

Fantastic experience: Excellent facility with very friendly atmosphere. The gym is open 24/7. The times on Google are just the times for the classes.

Positive experience: Friendly staff and members. Top-notch equipment too!

Fantastic experience: Excellent weightlifting​ coaching with knowledgeable and experienced coaches.