
View towards the former Marks & Spencer on Mill Lane in Solihull, looking ppast The Shredquarters gym which has taken on the old HMV store in between Caffè Nero and TK Maxx (Image: Martin O'Callaghan / BirminghamLive) "We've now got some 14 sites, with the originals all down south, but we are looking at opening three more sites in Birmingham - in the city centre, Edgbaston and Sutton Coldfield." But whatever challenge people want to take on, we can help them to meet it.

Our Saturday morning favourite workout is called Tornado Training which combines more than 40 different exercises from around the room. "We've already had a lot of interest on Saturday mornings from people coming back from the local Park Run. We've also installed two showers for men and two for women. "But Solihull is now our flagship because we've really upgraded the equipment here with high-end stuff for results-based group training. "It's been a tight turnaround to open the site," he said. And with the amount of residential units set to increase in the locality and the weight-gain days of winter giving way to Spring, Anthony hopes that they have just arrived in the nick of time. To make sure that everyone can fine the time to attend, the classes start as early as 6am so that clients can shape-up before work. And we are also signing a female trainer with an interest in self-defence." "We will have everything covered from yoga to kickboxing, weight lifting, circuit training and rehabilitation.

We are not the kind of gym that people get bored of. "We are not an open gym, you have to sign up and then we run a group-based training system.

New gym Shredquarters in Mell Square, Solihull is next to Caffè Nero and TK Maxx and yards from the Vita cafe, formerly Costa (Image: Martin O'Callaghan / BirminghamLive) The aim is to make training fun and the company finds that people who train with us tend to be like-minded and all end up going on days out together. Solihull launch manager Anthony Brown told BirminghamLive that the company was looking to find 250 regular clients in the opening months in Solihull and to then kick on from there.Ī father of two teenage girls from Walsall who ran his own training studios, Anthony said: "Our personal trainers who can grow their own businesses without us charging them rent. The Shredquarters was founded in Reading in 2016, but has proved to be fast growing since lockdown using a self-funded franchise model with no loans or shareholders. The record store returned to Mell Square at a new address of 40-42 Drury Lane in July 2021, as part of the company's 100th birthday celebrations - by then the neighbouring M&S had moved out to the Sears Retail park. Read more: I spent the day with ultra-realistic mannequins at BCU's revamped medical department and they freaked me out The old shop unit was formerly the home of HMV until 2019. The site is in between Caffè Nero and TK Maxx. Showers have been installed on the first floor and the top floor is set to be used for private studio sessions. The Shredquarters has taken on HMV's first site in Mell Square.Īnd the first thing to note is that the unit is now across three floors. A personal training company is set to open a new gym in a former Solihull record store.
