The Strong Room


Official Powerfabs facility catering for all styles of training particularly strength sports. The only gym on the Isle of Wight to host a wide range of powerlifting and strongman/women equipment including farmers, yokes, atlas stones and much more.

  • Contact Info

  • Unit 9 Hurstake Road Newport PO30 5UU

  • Other Useful Info

  • Induction required? No
  • Open to the general public? No
  • Offers Pay as go / day passes? Yes
  • Open 24/7? No
  • Offers Classes? Yes
  • Is Independent? Yes



  • Facilities The Strong Room is known to have

  • Limited Parking

  • Training for HYROX here

  • This gym has the equipment for 8 of 8 HYROX stations, counting kit that stands in for the real thing. 5 of those are the station's own equipment.
  • 1. SkiErg 1000m
    Not listed here, but this gym has kit that stands in. A rower trains the same pull and the same energy system, so it is the closest stand-in.
  • 2. Sled Push 4 x 12.5m
  • 3. Sled Pull 4 x 12.5m
  • 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
  • 7. Sandbag Lunges 100m
  • 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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