ABOUT US
A SIMPLE GOAL
Our goal is simple: to offer the local community a welcoming and inspiring gym for all fitness abilities.
We believe that not only should we have market-leading equipment on offer but, just as importantly, we should ensure a friendly and inclusive atmosphere; our members couldn’t agree more.
Helping the local community since 2012, we have over 450 reviews averaging 4.9/5 stars. We are Cambridge’s highest rated gym (Google & Facebook combined).
RP Fitness is the largest and only 24-hour independent gym in Cambridge. We offer free parking, free coffee, changing rooms, air con, we have personal trainers, an onsite injury clinic and all the equipment you need, whatever your fitness goal.
A SIMPLE GOAL
Our goal is simple: to offer the local community a welcoming and inspiring gym for all fitness abilities.
We believe that not only should we have market-leading equipment on offer but, just as importantly, we should ensure a friendly and inclusive atmosphere; our members couldn’t agree more.
Helping the local community since 2012, we have over 450 reviews averaging 4.9/5 stars. We are Cambridge’s highest rated gym (Google & Facebook combined).
RP Fitness is the largest and only 24-hour independent gym in Cambridge. We offer free parking, free coffee, changing rooms, air con, we have personal trainers, an onsite injury clinic and all the equipment you need, whatever your fitness goal.
OUR ROOTS
Richard and James Patman first began lifting weights in their parents’ shed with a few of their friends. Equipment was crude and it was often too hot or too cold but we loved every minute of it. Word quickly spread, more and more friends would come as well as a growing client base.
By 2003, Richard had won British and world titles in powerlifting and it became clear that we were going to need a bigger place!
Richard opened up a gym in Arbury and RP Fitness was born.
Originally fitted out for powerlifting and body builders, the first people to join were all the familiar faces, and then their friends, and their friends’ friends….
Our growing community was like a little family but the only way we could cater for so many different people’s goals was to get more and more kit. Once again, the hunt for a bigger premises was on!
OUR ROOTS
Richard and James Patman first began lifting weights in their parents’ shed with a few of their friends. Equipment was crude and it was often too hot or too cold but we loved every minute of it. Word quickly spread, more and more friends would come as well as a growing client base.
By 2003, Richard had won British and world titles in powerlifting and it became clear that we were going to need a bigger place!
Richard opened up a gym in Arbury and RP Fitness was born.
Originally fitted out for powerlifting and body builders, the first people to join were all the familiar faces, and then their friends, and their friends’ friends….
Our growing community was like a little family but the only way we could cater for so many different people’s goals was to get more and more kit. Once again, the hunt for a bigger premises was on!
THE EVOLUTION
In 2015, a large warehouse with its own carpark became available. It was a big, ambitious move, it needed a lot of work and was a big risk.
Richard persuaded his brother James to quit his day job and help create the kind of gym we always spoke about: the kind of place that puts atmosphere and the members above profit; the kind of place that gives people the same feeling we had when we used to work out in that old shed.
THE EVOLUTION
In 2015, a large warehouse with its own carpark became available. It was a big, ambitious move, it needed a lot of work and was a big risk.
Richard persuaded his brother James to quit his day job and help create the kind of gym we always spoke about: the kind of place that puts atmosphere and the members above profit; the kind of place that gives people the same feeling we had when we used to work out in that old shed.
We researched every piece of equipment, spoke to our members and listened to what they wanted.
We then made a scale model of the gym and, using little cardboard cutouts, we ensured the equipment was going to be exactly where a lifter would want it (we had been to enough gyms to see how important this is and how often such a basic thing is overlooked).
About us: We researched every piece of equipment, spoke to our members and listened to what they wanted.
We then made a scale model of the gym and, using little cardboard cutouts, we ensured the equipment was going to be exactly where a lifter would want it (we had been to enough gyms to see how important this is and how often such a basic thing is overlooked).
Nothing was left to chance. Even to this day, we are still acting on member feedback, fine tuning things and constantly trying to improve.
Nothing was left to chance. Even to this day, we are still acting on member feedback, fine tuning things and constantly trying to improve.
A DREAM COME TRUE
RP Fitness has grown from two brothers working out at the bottom of a garden into a 7,000+ sqft gym.
We are a truly independent, passionate, family-run business that has already welcomed thousands of members through our doors and we will always continue to keep learning, listening and always strive to give our members the best gym we can; they really are the beating heart of RP Fitness and that is what it is all about!
So, what are you waiting for? Join the RP Fitness family today!
A DREAM COME TRUE
RP Fitness has grown from two brothers working out at the bottom of a garden into a 7,000+ sqft gym.
We are a truly independent, passionate, family-run business that has already welcomed thousands of members through our doors and we will always continue to keep learning, listening and always strive to give our members the best gym we can; they really are the beating heart of RP Fitness and that is what it is all about!