Functional training, in every form

Yes. The load, reps and complexity of the movements adapt to you, not the other way around. If you've never trained before, you start in the Beginner class; if you already have experience, there's still plenty of room to grow in technique or intensity.

No. You train at your own level from day one, even if you haven't trained in years, are overweight, or are coming back from an injury. As your fitness improves, what we ask of you in class changes too.

Yes, if you use the right technique. In every class a coach watches the movements in real time and corrects them before a mistake becomes a habit or an injury.

To take you from a simple movement to a complex one without skipping steps. At Woodwork 1.0 the classes are Beginner and Intermediate, at Woodwork 2.0 Beginner and Advanced: in Beginner you work on basic movement patterns like the squat or the deadlift, in the higher levels you tackle olympic lifts and gymnastic movements with heavier loads. Mixed classes bring both levels of a location together in the same slot, each on a WOD scaled to their own difficulty. Moving up a level depends on how much you train, not on how long you've been a member.

We train several capacities together — endurance, strength, power, speed, flexibility, coordination, agility, balance — instead of one at a time. After a few months the difference shows outside the gym too: climbing stairs, carrying groceries or chasing after a kid gets easier.

No. Training with weights tones and defines, it doesn't bulk you up: building the kind of mass you see on bodybuilders takes years of targeted training and a specific calorie surplus, not two or three classes a week. Our classes are mixed, and the women who've trained with us for years are the best proof of that.

Yes, a non-competitive sports fitness certificate. You can get it directly at either location: Dr. Ranieri Bettini sees patients by appointment and issues the certificate on-site. Ask at the front desk or write to us to book.

Nothing, other than the will to run. Hyrox alternates running and functional stations — rower, sled, wall ball, farmer's carry — and the Wednesday class at Woodwork 2.0 works on exactly this alternation, ninety minutes a week. No prior experience needed: you start with the technique of each station, then build the endurance to get you to a real race.

Woodwork 2.0's Kids classes (Monday and Thursday at 4:45pm, Saturday at 11am) are designed for school-age children — ask on-site for the exact age range of the class you're interested in. The World Health Organization recommends at least 60 minutes a day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity for every child aged 5 to 17, and highlights its benefits for fitness, cardiometabolic health, bones, cognitive ability and mood. Our classes are built around that with an age-appropriate format: movement, play and coordination, not a scaled-down adult workout.