Mind and Muscle Fitness in Folkestone will soon be tripling in size, after seeing great success with its welcoming gym set-up

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With an aim to combat gym-anxiety and help more get into fitness, Mind and Muscle Fitness has capped member numbers.    Chloe Brewster reports.

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00:00Do you go to the gym?

00:01I've got a gym membership, put it like that.

00:04For many people, going to the gym can be easier said than done.

00:07I think it's a crazy situation that you go to a gym and you're kind of stressed.

00:10The only thing that could be easier is when you can't always get on the equipment you need.

00:15A lot of people, maybe there's a barrier in your head rather than actually in the gym.

00:20And if you go and you show up and you get busy,

00:23then I think they're much less intimidating when you first think.

00:27At this gym, they want to make it easier for people to get fit.

00:32Mind and Muscle Gym in Folkestone opened two years ago

00:35after owner Steve Brenner decided he wanted to create a safe space

00:38for people who may feel intimidated by the normal commercial gyms.

00:41Geared towards health and wellness, the gym, just off Folkestone's seafront,

00:45has seen such demand that it'll soon be expanding into the building next door,

00:49tripling in size.

00:50Most people, especially starting out, haven't got a clue what they're doing.

00:54So they're going into a gym, seeing all this equipment,

00:56they haven't got a clue how it works, how to set it up.

00:59And by coming here, because we're a small member base

01:02and it's relatively empty all the time, we've always got staff on board.

01:06So we're here to do inductions, to do PT sessions,

01:09and just to help people in general figure out the machines.

01:13We've got a great app as well where we give all of our members

01:15a basic training plan to follow from start.

01:18So they're not coming in sort of trying to figure out

01:20what they're supposed to be doing.

01:21There's always something there for them to follow.

01:23Most gyms the size of the new building offer over 1,000 memberships.

01:27But here, Steve says keeping numbers down to 250 is paramount

01:31to keep the values of the business.

01:32So the area we're in at the moment is going to be the upstairs gym area.

01:38It's going to be predominantly resistance machines.

01:40As you can see, we've already had big delivery over in the corner.

01:43This is our downstairs area, which is going to be more resistance machines,

01:48more plate-loaded equipment.

01:49Steve says he hopes the new space will remain a judgment-free zone

01:53for local people wanting to get fit.

01:55I mean, going from my own sort of story, if you like,

01:59I was very overweight and very unhealthy, as I mentioned.

02:03It completely changed my life.

02:05And being able to do that for other people,

02:09as far as job satisfaction, it's fantastic.

02:11Getting more people moving can never be a bad thing.

02:13So let's hope the expansion here helps others

02:16take that first rep towards self-improvement.

02:18Chloe Brewster for KMTV in Folkestone.

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