East Kilbride Fitness And Performance

15/09/2026

Last Saturday, someone came in undecided — legs still sore from Thursday, but wanting to train anyway. Ten minutes later she was mid-set on an upper body Strong45, no plan needed beyond showing up and listening to her own body.

That’s the point of Strong45, now running alongside Jabs n Abs every Saturday at 9am. Upper or lower, decided on the day, built around whatever the rest of your week’s already asked of you.

If Saturday’s a morning your schedule can actually give you, this is worth using it for. Members, get yourself booked in through the app. If you’re not training with us yet and this sounds like something you’d want in your week, send us a message and we’ll sort you out.

08/09/2026

Walk into The Training Room and there’s space to actually move — 10 metres of sled track down the middle, racks either side.

Squat racks, cable pulleys, GHD, leg press, sled, dumbbells to 30kg, kettlebells, med balls — and it’s coaches only, no members. No fighting through a busy commercial gym floor, no music blaring over you while you’re trying to coach a client through a set.

Just you, your client, and quiet enough to actually hear each other.

A couple of spaces still open. Message to see it in person.

03/09/2026

A few years back coaches kept messaging me asking if I had space to rent. I didn't — our group sessions had the good hours locked up, and I felt bad turning people away. Then the unit next door came up, right when I had coaches already asking for exactly that. It wasn't a hard decision.

So that's what The Training Room became: a space where a coach gets their own rack and their own kit, not competing with a class or another PT for floor space. No servicing hours to cover the rent either — just their time, back in their hands, to actually run their business. It was full within three months, which told me I wasn't the only one who'd felt that gap.

One of the first coaches through the door had just finished her Level 3 and asked if she could start training clients there. Three years on, she's still fully booked. Watching her build that, in a space that was always hers, is still the best reason I can give for why this exists.

There's room for one or two more coaches now. If that sounds like something you need, DM us and we'll show you round.

31/08/2026

Ten years ago the EK Fitness charity bootcamp was one session with a handful of members and a bucket for donations. It’s grown every year since, and along the way we’ve raised more than £30,000 as a gym — money that’s gone to different causes each year, chosen because they mattered to someone in this gym.

This year it’s the Brave Positive Strong Foundation, supporting children with cancer. Their message is simple: making the hard days brighter.

Saturday 5th September, 08:30. £5 a head, every penny to the Brave Positive Strong Foundation. If you’ve never come to one of these, this is the year to start.

28/08/2026

I became a trustee of the Brave Positive Strong Foundation this year. It's a new foundation — set up in 2026 — and it's close to me, which is why this year's charity bootcamp is going to them and not somewhere else.

Ten years of this bootcamp have taught me something: the charity changes, but the reason people turn up doesn't. They come because someone they know has been touched by whatever the cause is that year, and they want to do something with their Saturday morning to help make a difference.

This year, that's Brave Positive Strong. New foundation, and every pound from this bootcamp goes straight to them.

Saturday 5th September, 08:30. £5 on the door. Come and be part of the start of something.

21/08/2026

Our July 2026 member of the month is:

Danny Gemmell

Danny tackles his training head on and with no fuss.

He joined the gym to improve his overall health and fitness. He runs his own business, so mornings matter - getting his session in early, before the day gets hold of him, sets him up for whatever it throws at him. He enjoys his running too, and you’ll often see him after the 5.30am class going out for a run.

Danny’s strength has gone through the roof. His PB week numbers show a 100kg bench press, 140kg deadlift, 55kg overhead press and a 105kg squat.

He is a dream to coach. “Can you go heavier?” “Yeah I’ll give it a go.” As a coach, what is not to love about that 💪

We love having you as part of the gym!

Well done mate 🤝

08/08/2026

Nothing in this gym has ever matched. It never has.

When I started, half the equipment came from Argos. The rest was whatever I could find second hand, wherever I could find it.

That bench in the picture, the one with the rips in it, my dad helped me buy it back when this was just an idea I was chasing. It’s been dropped on, sat on, stood on thousands of times since. These days the coaches use it to demonstrate exercises before every session.

It’s torn to bits. I could replace it in five minutes. I won’t.

None of this happened on its own. Every person who’s walked in and put the work in built this with me, whether they know it or not. I’m proud of what’s here. I’m prouder of who’s in it.

22/07/2026

21/07/2026

I don’t think motivation is real, at least not in the way people talk about it. Nobody wakes up buzzing to train on a cold Tuesday in November. What actually happens is people who train consistently have stopped waiting to feel like it.

That’s not a discipline thing either. It’s just a decision that’s already been made, so there’s nothing left to negotiate with yourself about. The people who ask me how to “stay motivated” are usually looking for a feeling that was never going to show up on its own.