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Personal Trainers in City of London at Roar Fitness
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Est. 2016
City of London
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One to One Personal Training in the City of London

Rich Phillipps, Roar Fitness co-founder, watching a male client’s form during a one-to-one session

Your Own Coach, Every Session

You train with the same personal trainer from your first session to your last. They learn how you move, how your week runs and when to push, so no session is spent starting over with someone new.

Sessions Planned Around Your Working Week

Sessions are booked with your personal trainer before work, at lunchtime or in the evening, a short walk from Monument and Bank. When travel or a late meeting changes your week, your programme is adjusted so your progress continues.

Coaches Trained in the ROAR Method

Every trainer at Roar City of London is selected and trained by three-time Olympian Sarah Lindsay and body transformation specialist Rich Phillipps, and coaches the method they have refined at this gym since 2016.

Dedicated Nutrition Coaching

Your dedicated nutrition coach calculates your calorie and macronutrient requirements from the same assessment that shapes your training, then builds a structured plan that works with your working day, business lunches and client dinners included.

Strength That Supports Metabolic Health

Muscle is metabolically active tissue. Building it through progressive resistance training improves insulin sensitivity, blood sugar regulation and resting energy expenditure, with benefits for body composition, joint health and long-term health that go well beyond appearance.

Results You Can Measure

Seca body composition scans and logged sessions show exactly what has changed, from body fat to the weight on the bar, so every adjustment your trainer and nutrition coach make is based on evidence.

Gym Tour

Inside Our City of London Gym

Roar Fitness City of London is a private gym on Eastcheap, EC3, kept for one to one personal training. Every client on the floor is training with a coach, so the equipment your session needs is free when you need it. It is one of two Roar gyms offering personal training in London, alongside our Kensington gym.

The floor has plate-loaded resistance machines, power racks, free weights from light dumbbells to heavy barbells, and an indoor sprint track for sled work. Between sessions, the reception lounge is the place to sit down, and its walls are lined with transformations from clients who trained here.

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Squat racks, weight plates and dumbbells on the gym floor at Roar Fitness City of London
ROAR Fitness City of London gym with rows of plate-loaded resistance machines and a sprint track
ROAR Fitness City of London gym floor with adjustable benches, chrome dumbbells and weight plates
Weight bench, dumbbells and EZ bar on the gym floor at Roar Fitness City of London
Reception and client lounge at ROAR Fitness City of London with a marble front desk, leather armchairs and a client transformation photo wall

“The UK’s leading expert in
body transformations”

Olympic-Standard Coaching in the City of London

Sarah Lindsay competed at three Olympic Games, with every session she trained planned around a single result. Rich Phillipps spent those years building the body transformation process Roar is known for today. Together they wrote the ROAR Method, and every personal trainer at our City of London gym is selected and trained in it by them.

Olympic preparation gives every session a defined purpose, and so does your programme. Your personal trainer uses your assessment to plan exercise selection, technique and training load in structured phases, with progress measured against specific targets. Every repetition is supervised, every load is recorded, and the demands increase only when your body is ready to adapt. Complete beginners and experienced lifters are coached to the same standard.

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Roar Fitness founders Sarah Lindsay and Rich Phillipps

Personal Training Programmes at Roar City of London

Every goal needs a different approach. Tell us yours at your first assessment, and your training, nutrition and progress reviews are set up to reach it.

Sarah Lindsay coaching a client through a fat loss training session at Roar Fitness City of London

Lose body fat while keeping your strength. Training and nutrition are planned as one programme, with regular seca body composition scans measuring your fat loss and the definition you build as you progress.

Rich Phillipps providing personal training to a client performing a chest press exercise.

Muscle growth requires a progressive training stimulus. Targeted exercise selection, controlled technique and carefully managed training volume drive hypertrophy, while your nutrition is planned to support it.

Post-training recovery and relaxation, woman sitting on a mat breathing in warm natural light

Improve how your body moves, performs and withstands physical demands. Strength and conditioning, mobility work and recovery strategies combine to build physical capacity and long-term resilience. Recovery memberships launch at ROAR City of London in December.

Woman performing a seated lat pulldown with a Roar Fitness personal trainer correcting her back and shoulder form

Strength is a skill as well as a capacity, and your programme develops both. Technique on the squat, deadlift and press comes first, then progressive overload, with intensity, volume and rest managed phase by phase. Recorded performance data shows exactly how your strength is developing.

Sarah Lindsay coaching a client through a fat loss training session at Roar Fitness City of LondonRich Phillipps providing personal training to a client performing a chest press exercise.Post-training recovery and relaxation, woman sitting on a mat breathing in warm natural lightWoman performing a seated lat pulldown with a Roar Fitness personal trainer correcting her back and shoulder form

Before & After

Real Results, Coached One to One

Every one of these clients started with an assessment, a written plan and a personal trainer beside them for each session. Their starting points were different. The method was the same.

Expert Nutrition Coaching in Every Programme

Nutrition determines how much of your training shows in your body composition. That is why every programme at ROAR City of London includes a dedicated nutrition coach, working from the same assessment and towards the same goal as your personal trainer.

Your nutrition coach sets your calorie and macronutrient targets from your body composition scan, builds meals around food you enjoy and reviews the plan against every seca scan. Drawing on thousands of client transformations, our nutrition coaches identify what is working for your body, what needs to change and how to adjust your plan.

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Balanced high-protein meal of chicken, quinoa and vegetables from the Roar Fitness nutrition system

Client Stories

Why Craig Chose Roar City of London

Craig raced triathlon for years and it left its mark: sore legs, a bad neck and poor posture. He had never done proper strength training before he walked into our City of London gym.

What won him over was his coach, Luke, taking the time to hear about every injury before deciding how to train around them. Craig now says he has never felt physically stronger, and he even finds himself craving vegetables.

Client Testimonials

Best Rated Personal Trainers in the City of London

Real transformations. In their own words.

Arjun Malhotra
Fantastic experience training with Kyrun. Every session is focused and a push. I always see some progression and get great coaching advice. Fully recommend
Francis Osei Bonsu
I have seen that this place is just different from the normal gym. They target the right muscle so improvements is so fast and the personal trainers are very professional and know exactly what they are doing especially James who happens to be my PT. It really worth the money paid.
M Ford
I recently started personal training program at ROAR fitness with Kareem. From the outset he has been approachable and made my return to the gym easy. He assessed my baseline fitness level and quickly set me a challenging program that has enhanced my strength, while factoring in a pre-existing injury. Kareem is a knowledgeable trainer who listens - he is willing to quickly develop new, diverse workouts based on client feedback while maintaining the key goals of the training program. He has a consistently positive approach and he knows how to push you without resorting to the shouting you see in some gyms. For people looking to start personal training I would have no hesitation in recommending Kareem's services.
Elli Loizou
James has been such an amazing PT! I was completely new to weight training a year ago and have battled with neck issues for years, so I approached it with caution and worry. With James’ method, I haven’t got injured at all and my neck (and body) feels stronger than ever.
Simos Schizas
Karim has been an excellent personal trainer. Very professional, motivating, and knowledgeable. Every session is well-structured and tailored to my goals. I’ve noticed a real improvement in my strength and fitness. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a great trainer!
Hedeer Jawad
I’ve been training with Kareem for the past two months and have already noticed a real difference in my strength and overall training. What I appreciate most is how purposeful every session feels. Kareem pushes me properly, often taking the exercises to failure, while always paying close attention to my form and making sure I’m actually activating the muscles we’re targeting. He’s also taken the time to make sure I understand my programme, the reasoning behind what we’re doing, and the trajectory we’re working towards. I never feel like I’m just going through the motions — there’s a clear plan and progression. The sessions are challenging, but I always leave feeling stronger, accomplished and genuinely good. Kareem is knowledgeable, attentive and knows exactly when to push you. I’d highly recommend him to anyone serious about getting stronger and training properly. I genuinely enjoy the sessions.
DIFCDancer
I love ROAR. Being new to Dubai I needed a base for PT with like minded people where I could progress my strength work and feel at home. I really love the space, the team and the music!! It’s a true community. Todd, my PT, is excellent and I’d really recommend him. He has made me stronger than I’ve ever been and people notice. I notice. I’m really pleased with the progress and can’t wait to see it continue. He pushes me. He listens and encourages me to bring my best everyday. His nutritional advice is strong, consistent and realistic for me with my lifestyle. I appreciate the personalised approach he’s taken to both my training and nutrition.
Brt Dgn
I've been training with Kareem at Roar and I am really happy with my progress. Kareem is an amazing PT - professional, knowledgable, and amicable and knows how to push you. Highly recommend training with him.
Yousif Abdulla
Signed up to RoaR back in July and I’d highly recommend it. From the welcoming initial consultation onwards, an individualised training and diet plan is set for you, which essentially guarantees results if you follow it. The sessions with Alfie have been awesome and I’ve built strength / muscle rapidly, James is a walking encyclopaedia on nutrition who knows his stuff. Both trainers have taught me lots of useful things around training and nutrition that I’ll take in to practice beyond my time at RoaR.
Rachel Lee
I have been training for 12 weeks with Todd who has been excellent at guiding me through exercises and has pushed and motivated me to achieve more than I thought possible. Todd is also very knowledgable about nutrition and has given me many tips to help with my diet. I would thoroughly recommend training with Todd!

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City of London Personal Training FAQs

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Our one to one programmes are built precisely around your goals. Your personal trainer plans your training and your dedicated nutrition coach plans your nutrition, using science-backed methods to help you achieve, or even exceed, what you set out to do. With a huge portfolio of transformations, the results speak for themselves.

We offer a variety of personalised training and body transformation programmes designed around your needs. Whether your focus is fat loss, muscle building, strength, sports performance or post-injury rehabilitation, your plan will be fully customised and supported by our experienced coaching team. See what clients have achieved in our body transformations.

The gym is at 30-40 Eastcheap, EC3M 1HD, a 3 minute walk from Monument station and 6 minutes from Bank. Fenchurch Street is 8 minutes away and London Bridge 12, so it is easy to reach from anywhere in the Square Mile.

Our expert team is headed by three-time Olympian and celebrity trainer Sarah Lindsay, alongside body transformation specialist Rich Phillipps. Every coach is highly qualified and trained in ROAR’s proven methodology, so you get expert guidance and results-driven personal training in every session. You can meet our trainers here.

The gym is open Monday to Friday from 6am to 8:30pm and on Saturday from 7am to 4pm, and closed on Sunday. You book each session with your coach, so you can train before work, at lunchtime or in the evening.

Absolutely. ROAR’s ethos is to help every client build confidence and competence in the gym. We focus on strength, endurance and excellent technique, so even complete beginners see major improvements, with the support of caring, highly attentive trainers.

You’re never too old to start. Our trainers work with clients of every age and fitness level, and your programme will be designed to suit your starting point. Strength training is essential for healthy ageing, mobility and injury prevention, and working with a supportive coach means you progress safely and effectively.

Life-changing results are worth investing in. Prices vary depending on the package you choose, and we offer a range of flexible options so you can select a plan that fits both your fitness goals and your budget.

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