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Strength & conditioning · Fishponds, Bristol

Ten lines a class. Take one.

Every class at Ashgrove Barbell Club is a fixed number of ruled lines, filled in booking order. Write your name and the spot is yours.

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Drop in for £16. One session, either room, no commitment.

14 classes a week · 3 coaches · 2 rooms · Est. 2019

Tuesday 06:00 · Platform Room

01R. Okafor05:54
02D. Marsh05:58
03L. Ferreira05:49
04S. Whitfield05:57
05J. Osei05:52
06M. Pryce05:59
07T. Bracewell06:04
08open
09open
10open

7 booked, 3 lines left.

A lifter pulling a loaded barbell from the platform in the club's converted tram depot, silhouetted against the depot's high windows

Certifications held

British Weight Lifting L2USAPL coaching certificateFirst aid at workCrossFit Level 2Military fitness instructor cadreChartered physiotherapist (Sweden)Yoga Alliance RYT-200

What we coach

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A loaded barbell racked on a steel squat rack over a chalked plywood lifting platform

Strength

Platform Room · Priya Desai

Barbell platforms, competition plates, and the club's only squat racks.

7 sessions a week

A weighted push sled on the turf lane, with a rower and an air bike lined up along the depot wall

Conditioning

Studio Floor · Owen Vance

Sleds, rowers, assault bikes, built around the club's own fleet.

4 sessions a week

Rolled mats on a wall rack beside foam rollers and blocks, one mat unrolled on the floor

Mobility

Studio Floor · Mara Lindqvist

Active recovery for the lifters on the platform, and a class in its own right.

3 sessions a week

Membership

2 rooms, Platform Room and Studio Floor. Which of them a tier can book is the only thing the tiers differ on.

The depot floor at first light: lifting platforms and racks along one side, the turf conditioning lane along the other

Drop-in

One session, either room, no commitment.

£16/visit

Foundation

Unlimited Studio Floor. Platform Room is not included at this tier.

£92/mo

Full Access

Both rooms, unlimited, including the platforms Foundation does not reach.

£136/mo

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Priya Desai, portrait

Founder

Priya Desai

Opened Ashgrove in 2019 after eight years coaching powerlifting at a Bristol university club. Runs every Platform Room session on the timetable and writes the club's programming.

Meet the full team

Find us

Unit 4, The Old Tram Depot, Fishponds Road, Bristol BS16 3TQ

  • Mon–Fri 05:45–21:00
  • Sat–Sun 07:00–13:00
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Come try a session

Drop in for £16, or join Foundation or Full Access for unlimited sessions.

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