Introduction to Soho Academy
Our Ethos
Our emphasis is on helping our students to achieve professional excellence. To do this, we pride ourselves on creating a positive, friendly atmosphere and an energetic, engaging learning environment.
What makes us different
We provide training in our own gyms, we offer you the unique opportunity to train alongside real personal trainers and experts in a working gym environment. You will train and practice all your fitness practical on site within the Soho Gyms portfolio. Joining the Soho Academy gives you access to our state-of-the-art gyms in London.
Our Space
All courses take part in large, working gyms, equipped with the latest gym equipment and technology. Our two locations in Waterloo and Borough are both newly fitted and easily accessible with tube and rail services nearby.
Our Courses
We mainly offer both Gym Fitness Instructing and Personal Trainer courses and a number of short courses to compliment fitness. We employ the best UK tutors who have considerable hands-on experience as trainers themselves, keeping the courses fresh and inspiring. In addition to your tutor, all students have a course mentor who will provide one-to-one support and advice. Our courses mainly run over weekends, perfect for students who wish to study on a flexible schedule.
Career Opportunities
The Soho Academy will encourage all students in their new fitness career and we welcome the opportunity for our students to apply to join us at Soho Gyms as a member of our personal trainer team.
Mission statement
Soho Gyms Academy sets a new standard in training for the fitness industry. Adopting a unique experience-based approach to learning, Soho Gyms Academy offers more than a qualification: we offer our students a head start.
History
From the day the doors to our first gym opened in Covent Garden in 1994, Soho Gyms has been a thriving enterprise. Since then our current Chairman, Jeremy Norman, and his fellow directors Derek Frost and Richard Taylor, have established gyms at Earls Court, Camden Town and Clapham Common, as well as Waterloo in January 2006 and Borough in 2008. The Managing Director, Michael Crockett joined the business in January 2003, and as one of his earliest initiatives, introduced a structured programme of staff training. The opening of the Academy marks the realisation of a long held ambition of the Soho Gyms team, enabling us to deliver professional personal training courses at the highest level in a real gym environment.