STORY AND ETHOS
HENCH is a pioneering gym in Belfast City centre that’s dedicated to helping members become stronger from the inside out. We build bodies and minds that are primed to meet the demands of modern life. Your physical and mental wellbeing is as important to us as your ability to squat or bench press.
Our expert coaching team, lead by Founder Rory Girvan former Irish No. 1 ranked Powerlifter, helps build your strength, wellbeing and resilience. We get to know you as a person, understand your goals and support you every step of the way. Our inclusive community of like-minded people is a fun environment to get results and build a long-term sustainable relationship with your health and fitness.
Stronger From The Inside Out.
HENCH develops your physical strength and prepares you for the challenges of the real world. The stuff that really matters to you and your life - playing with your kids, helping out around the house and being active. Strength is about moving well and moving often with progressive resistance. We improve your strength and wellbeing with detailed programmes of loaded movements, designed to improve maximum strength, flexibility, mobility and stability. We combine this with metabolic conditioning methods, which improve your cardiovascular health and fitness. We work with you to define your individual strength goals. Our team of coaches are always on hand to guide you based on your goals and needs.
Strong Body. Strong Mind.
Mental health is at the core of everything we do at HENCH. Not only do our coaches help you to develop a lifestyle that supports your physical and mental goals, but we’re also heavily involved with a number of local mental health charities and corporate partners with Inspire, Northern Ireland’s largest mental health charity. At HENCH we aren’t interested in quick fixes or fad diets. We work as hard as you do on your training, nutrition and habits to help create a sustainable lifestyle that supports your mental and physical wellbeing. Health and fitness doesn’t begin and end at our doors. Focusing on movement, nutrition and recovery in and outside of the gym, we make longlasting positive impacts on your health for the rest of your life.
Fit for life.
Life is stressful. We mostly consider stress as being negative, but positive stress like exercise, sauna use and cold water therapy, help us deal with stress better. Positive stress is a short term effect on the body that helps us to deal with all forms of stress, from work deadlines to exam pressure and general daily life. This process is known as The Net Resilience Effect. By dealing with stress in a controlled environment we build resilience, the ability to adapt to stress and even slow the effects ageing. Our coaches help you to understand the role of stress, the different types of stress and how to manage your own stress levels by using our state of the art recovery therapies.Hench Community
Testimonial: Joel
"I woke up unable to walk. Terrifying..." Joel's powerful, honest and inspirational journey whilst at HENCH: from regaining the ability to move again after an accident whilst parachuting – to event...
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“Like pretty much everybody else every year, you make a resolution – and in this case, the resolution took me to HENCH, and it worked out rather better than my previous attempts… This seemed to rep...
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“I’ve been to a lot of different gyms…. I should have picked HENCH sooner. I feel that training at HENCH is so well rounded that it has made me stronger, and have that abi...
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What’s more impressive than carrying almost 500lbs for 100 feet? More impressive than rowing and skiing within 15% of the world record? More impressive than losing 22lbs of body fat and packing on ...
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His early twenties, Peter was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Upon learning this, he was proactive in his efforts to seek ways to help manage his new condition in addition to the medical care he...
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City Centre Location
The best equipped private training facility in Northern Ireland, just a two-minute walk from Belfast City Hall, with plenty of parking and artisan establishments nearby for a pre-session cup of joe.
COVID Secure
We utilise industrial-grade disinfectants and best equipment, facilities and experience available whilst maintaining an almost clinically clean environment.
Body Comp Analysis
We utilise medical-grade body composition analysis, to both evaluate and review out member's progress in terms of muscle gain and body fat loss as well as a range of other useful metrics for assessing strength, resilience and wellbeing.
Private Changing
Private changing and private showing facilities are provided for our members, who commonly train with us before, during or after their working day.
Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy activates the body’s natural healing powers that can relieve the symptoms of many conditions and promote wellbeing. It has been reported to reduce muscle and joint pain and inflammation, as well as a number of ailments, including skin conditions, insomnia, rheumatism, and stress.
Infrared Sauna
A traditional sauna heats the air around you to extreme temperatures. An infrared sauna uses infrared light to penetrate your skin and warm you directly. Infrared light has the ability to provide healing benefits to the epidermis and dermis layers of the skin. Infrared sauna use has been reported to enhance recovery, provide pain relief, and improve circulation.Featured In
