The Gym Group Manchester Portland Street
The Gym Group Manchester Portland Street is on the second floor of Bank Chambers on Faulkner Street, in the middle of the city centre close to Chinatown and Piccadilly Gardens. It is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This is one of the better equipped city-centre sites for lifting, with eight plate-loaded stations, 12 Olympic rigs and squat racks, dumbbells from 2kg to 50kg, 25 adjustable benches, two Smith press stations and 15 resistance machines. The cardio floor holds more than 50 machines, including 19 bikes, 19 treadmills, six cross trainers, five Concept II rowers and two climbmills. There is a HIIT zone and a glutes area with a Booty Builder V8 and hip thrust bench. Free Wi-Fi, lockers and showers are provided, classes are included in membership and personal trainers work on site. There is no parking or bike storage at this location, so plan to arrive on foot or by public transport.
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Links & Socials
- The Gym Group Manchester Portland Street Website
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Contact Info
- Floor 2, Bank Chambers, Faulkner Street, Manchester, M1 4EH
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Other Useful Info
- Induction required? Unknown
- Open to the general public? Yes
- Offers Pay as go / day passes? Yes
- Open 24/7? Yes
- Offers Classes? Yes
- This gym is part of The Gym Group group
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Opening Hours
Open now -
- Every day
- Open 24 hours
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Sports that The Gym Group Manchester Portland Street is great for
- General Gym Training - Find more gyms that are great for General Gym Training
- Cardio - Find more gyms that are great for Cardio
- Bodybuilding - Find more gyms that are great for Bodybuilding
- Powerlifting - Find more gyms that are great for Powerlifting
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Equipment The Gym Group Manchester Portland Street is known to have
- Treadmill
- Recumbent Bike
- Dumbbells
- Barbells
- Smith Machine
- Battle ropes
- Elliptical Trainer
- Rowing Machine
- Leg Press Machine
- Cable Crossover Machine
- Kettlebells
- Stationary Bike
- Stepper
- Power Cages/Power Racks
- SkiErg
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Facilities The Gym Group Manchester Portland Street is known to have
- Showers
- Changing Rooms
- Lockers
- WiFi
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Training for HYROX here
- This gym has the equipment for 8 of 8 HYROX stations, counting kit that stands in for the real thing. 3 of those are the station's own equipment.
- 1. SkiErg 1000m
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2. Sled Push
4 x 12.5m
Not listed here, but this gym has kit that stands in. A heavy leg press builds the same drive, though it will not teach the body position.
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3. Sled Pull
4 x 12.5m
Not listed here, but this gym has kit that stands in. A heavy rope pull on a cable stack is the nearest thing most gyms have.
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4. Burpee Broad Jumps
80m
No equipment needed, so any gym with floor space can train it.
- 5. Row 1000m
- 6. Kettlebell Farmers Carry 200m
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7. Sandbag Lunges
100m
Not listed here, but this gym has kit that stands in. A barbell across the back, or dumbbells at the sides, loads the same lunge.
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8. Wall Balls
100 reps
Not listed here, but this gym has kit that stands in. A medicine ball against a solid wall, or dumbbell thrusters where no wall will take it.
- What HYROX is, and how to train for it
- Based on the equipment listed for this gym, compared against the published race stations. It is not a statement that this gym is a HYROX affiliate or runs HYROX classes. HYROX is a trademark of its owner and GymDirectory is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by HYROX. Equipment lists here are often incomplete, so check with the gym before you rely on it.
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