Personal training, strength and conditioning, youth performance and athlete testing under one roof. A planned programme for every client, and the numbers to prove it is working.
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Get stronger and fitter, move with confidence, or come back after time off. One-to-one or in a small group, with a plan written for your body and your diary.
Build the athlete before the sport. Safe, coached, age-appropriate strength, speed and movement training, with progress reports parents can actually read.
Next 6 weeksClose the 9% left/right gap with single-leg strength work. Keep sprint exposure twice a week. Retest in 6 weeks.
Illustrative example. Real reports arrive within 2–3 days of testing.
Performance testing
Professional kit. Plain-English answers.
The same VALD ForceDecks used in professional academies, plus timing gates accurate to a thousandth of a second. You get the numbers, what they mean, and what to train next.
You should never have to wonder whether training is working. We measure at the start, and we measure again.
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Free consultation
A short conversation about your goals, sport, training history, schedule and any injuries. No cost and no pressure.
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Test
Movement screen plus objective testing where it helps: sprint times, jump power and left/right balance.
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Plan
A programme written from your results, around your diary and the kit you have. Ready within days.
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Train and retest
Coached sessions, regular reviews and a retest so you can see what has changed, in numbers.
Your coach
Rob Rankin
Strength and conditioning coach and personal trainer with a BSc in Sports and Exercise Science. A background in rugby, swimming, boxing, weightlifting and CrossFit, and years of coaching adults, teams and young athletes.
His rule is simple: earn the right to load. Move well first, then get strong, then get fast. Every client gets a programme built for them, and every programme is checked against the numbers.
Real people in our Cobham studio, all working to become the best version of themselves. More on Instagram @the_workshop_fitness.
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The studio · Cobham, Surrey
A private studio, built for coaching.
Timber, daylight and a garden outside the doors. Competition racks, Rogue plates, a full dumbbell and kettlebell wall, bikes, a ski erg and plyo boxes. Just you, your coach and your session.
The studioFull dumbbell wallRacks with a viewStrength and conditioningBuilt for lifting
Rather talk it through?
Get a call back from Rob.
Leave your number and the best time to call. A straight, friendly conversation about what you want.
Start with a free consultation.
Tell Rob what you are training for. He will tell you honestly whether he can help, and what it would look like. No commitment.