Forma

The UK's Premiere Gymnastic Fitness Gym - bodyweight training, calisthenics, flexibility, mobility, handstands and more. Fitness classes at their best!
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With our Professional Osteopathy & Massage Clinic also, we have your physical health covered. We were the first to offer Gymnastic Fitness classes in the UK and Europe back in 2013 and have since helped hundreds of members to achieve excellent levels of health and fitness. Tried, tested and proven on thousands of everyday people from across the globe from everyday Mums and Dads to Elite Professional level athletes. Be a part of a true revolution in fitness and join us.

24/03/2026

Week one complete of a 6 week strength cycle specifically geared towards the Single Arm Pull Up - SAPU by coach 😅💪🏽

Slides show:
1. Single arm scap pulls- these target the very bottom position, the hardest/heaviest part of the pull. Other hand is simply stabilising body rotation. Really targets teres major, lats and rhomboids from their lengthened state.

2. Weighted pull ups 5x3 . First time in 2 years doing any weighted pulls and they felt good - consistent basics carry over. Aiming for 60% bodyweight by end of week 6 for 1 rep (approx 40kg).

Slides 3, 4 & 5 single arm assisted pulls - using the rings as these allow for a closer to true function movement, specifically supination of the hand during the upward phase.

2 finger assisted, archer pull ups and rope assisted. All offer slight variations in the assisting arm and make training more fun (if you like variety? 🙋🏽‍♂️)

6. Top position lock offs. Isometric for the closed elbow angle and only 5 secs to begin with. Mid position and low position will be attempted further into the programme (s**t, those will be tough) as welll as single arm negatives and some rope climbs.

And as a side note, the lower back felt amazing the next day!!

19/03/2026

Flexibility Thursdays 😅
It’s not just relaxing passive stretches.

This drill is a great one for targeting both the short (bent knee leg) and long adductors (straight leg) simultaneously, focusing on improving end range under load - where the stick can be used as much or as little to grade the load placed on the adductors - eccentric lengthening phase. Followed by the concentric contraction phase - pulling the legs into adduction to return to the start.

16/03/2026

Stalder Press handstands are built through layers.

Shoulder positioning → compression → patterning → strength.

There are many drills to help you get there and refine the skill but here are a few of the drills we’ve been working on recently.

We’ll explore these ideas in more depth at the Handstand Workshop on Saturday 28th.

08/03/2026

Snippets from last weeks foundations class 😊💪🏽
It feels so good working with our community of dedicated members, to be of service sharing what we love to do each week. Looking after yourself and taking care of yourself is ultimately of service to others, you feel better, function better and interact with the environment and beings all around you in a more wholesome way.

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03/03/2026

Related positions - different movements, different planes of resistance, but related all the same.

How’s your straddle? We’ve found having good hip mobility has definitely helped starting with bouldering… as well as the general mobility and alls round strength from gymnastic fitness 😅💪🏽

24/02/2026

Upcoming Handstand Workshops
Saturday 28th March

Beginners Workshop 10am-1pm
Improvers | Intermediates 2pm-5pm

The Beginners workshop is suitable for complete beginners who may have never done handstands before as well as those who are still at the early stages of handstand practice.

We’ll focus on all the basics of joint preparation, correct handstand shape/alingement, how to get into a handstand against a the wall, how to exit and much more. All the tools for safe amd efficient practice.

The Improvers | Intermediate workshop is for those who have an established practice. We will focus on noticing free balance, press handstand progressions, various entries and then laying with shapes and the foundations for single arm handstands.

Booking available via our schedule, regulars can DM us for discounted rate.

23/02/2026

Snippets from Foundations classes last week. Typical gymnastic shapes and movements such as the pike fold and back arch, explored in various ways from basic to more dynamic.

We use fundamental principles of progression to develop the body and challenge our students. Understanding of basic shapes, building the necessary awareness and strength first before adding more complex patterns of dynamic movements and/or increased resistance by altering the planes, leverage etc.

Build strength, flexibility, control, balance and increased levels of function and health for resilient health in your future.

Weekly classes 4 days per week alongside the Forma Sauna and our Massage & Osteopathy services - we got your health covered 🙌🏽💪🏽

07/02/2026

Beware of so called quick-fixes, plans and programmes that claim to change you in weeks - unless it’s 31 week programme at minimum 😊

A few of the drills we regularly use to promote better mobility in the lower limb.
We strive to not only increase usable ranges of motion in the joints, but to highlight each individuals self awareness and control of their own bodies and movement patterns.

The process s very gradual and takes sustained input and effort over considerable amounts of time - months and years. It’s not hard work once you show up, the hour flies by and it’s a lot of fun. That’s what it means to have a healthy lifestyle.

31/01/2026

Our wood-fired sauna is now open for weekly sessions and private hire 🪵🔥

Built to traditional Finnish specialties; aspen internal timber, travertine stone wet floor and Narvi wood burner combine to create a deeply relaxing space.

Perfect for recovery and promoting deep sleep, or simply warming during the cold months. How do you like to sauna?

30/01/2026

One from the archives 📽️

Time passes, change is inevitable, how will you change with time?

How well you care for your body, by nourishing it with movement, will have a huge impact on well you age with grace and independence.

Doing the splits is not the goal, the goal is to move, to increase your daily vocabulary of movement. This stimulates the cells and tissues in every corner and crevice of your being. The best advice from the world of nutrition that science currently has to offer is: a wider variety of whole foods is the best way to nourish your micro-biome and yourself… eat all the colours of the rainbow they say.

Physical movement is the same, move in a myriad of ways, not the same way over and over again.

Don’t know where to start? We do 😊 and we can guide you progressively, in a fun, stimulating and very therapeutic way… it’s just feels good!

Available in Stroud:
Weekly classes
Massage & Osteopathy
Finnish sauna

Available Beyond Stroud:
Wellbeing Retreats
Online Videos

02/09/2025

Press Handstand Workshop
Saturday 20th September 10am-1pm
DM for bookings Cost £60

All things gymnastic come together in a Press Handstand… you have one body capable of more than you may think, but it only goes where the mind directs 🙃

01/08/2025

Tuscany Wellness Retreat July 2025
Dates for 2026 July 20th-27th - put it in your calendar!!! 📅

We had such an amazing time, we went for a reset, a digital detox, for inspiration, relaxation, movement, handstands, sunshine, community and fun… we got all of it and some 🙏🏽❤️

We stretched, swam, moved, massaged, ate, communed, laughed, had joy, inverted, watsu-ed, had a beach day, learned, shared, listened, relaxed, sunbathed, reset, got close to nature, practiced presence and slept 😴

We’ll be back next year for more 🌅

Address

Griffin Mill, 14 London Road, Thrupp
Stroud
GL52AZ

Telephone

+447792510682

Website

https://formagym.co.uk/

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Spearheading a fitness revolution

We are the UK’s premiere Gymnastic Fitness facility based in Gloucester and Stroud.

We teach and promote a totally new approach to fitness and training that simply gets you fitter, stronger and more flexible than you will have ever been before. Utilising methods of flexibility and strength training from the world of elite level gymnastics but reformulated for everyday normal adults, our eclectic community of average adults are fast becoming bonafide high level athletes!

Led by a team of highly experienced Osteopaths in Wesley Tan and Claire Berthier, our team of expert instructors are themselves a testimony to the results of the training methods we use. Each one of us has been a student of the system ourselves for at at least 3 years and we continue to progress and refine our understanding day by day.

The emphasis of Gymnastic Fitness is on restoring our natural joint ranges of motion and balanced muscular strength, that most adults have lost since childhood. Flexibility and strength are trained in equal measure and quality of movement is always paramount. In all of our classes students will receive expert guidance and coaching in all of the exercises. We have an extensive library of exercises that start form beginner level all the way to advanced, and we move forward step by step building resilience in the bodies joints, tendons, ligaments and muscles methodically and in line with our bodies natural physiological time frame.