One Mission:

Fitter - Stronger - Pain-free

From early morning bootcamps, seminars on nutrition, breathwork, sports massage and 1 on 1 personal training. Muscle Ape has one goal.

The best version of you possible. No shortcuts, no gimmicks, just hard work and expert coaching.

Muscle Ape has been helping people for the last decade and has collectively 25 years of coaching experience between the two of us.

Meet your coaches.

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Jarrod Speed - Founder & Coach

With over 40 years in sport, including professional MMA, rugby and powerlifting, Jarrod brings a wealth of experience to his coaching.

After coaching professional fighters in his own gym, he brought that same focused approach to everyday clients: clear goals, structured training and a timeframe to work towards.

He is also a sports massage therapist, nutrition coach and sleep coach.

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Cathy Pearce - Head coach and head of programming.

Cathy plans our training programmes and coaches clients towards their goals. Thorough and hands-on, she leads by example—often joining in alongside the class.

She is also a sports massage therapist, Personal trainer and menopause specialist.