Motion Lab

Cadence Club / Arch 9

Six lifts. Eight people. One coach who knows your name.

A barbell gym under a railway arch. No machines, no mirrors on three walls, and no contract longer than a month.

8 people per session, capped / 4 lifting platforms / 320kg calibrated plates / 28 sessions a week / 1 month minimum, then rolling / 0 joining fee

Book a first sessionConcept work — fictional brand, built to demonstrate technique. Nothing is for sale.

Monday · 06:30 – 07:45 · Strength — squat focusMonday · 18:30 – 19:45 · Barbell fundamentalsTuesday · 06:30 – 07:45 · Strength — pull focusWednesday · 07:00 – 09:00 · Open floor, coachedThursday · 06:30 – 07:45 · Strength — press focusThursday · 18:30 – 19:45 · Barbell fundamentalsSaturday · 09:00 – 11:00 · Long session

Nobody here is watching you.

Chalk, a bar, and somebody counting your reps out loud. The footage only exists inside the letters — everything around it is the page.

The floor, before anyone gets here

Empty on purpose — an action shot of somebody stronger than you argues the wrong way.

  • A loaded barbell on a gym floor with haze behind it.
    Platforms
  • A dark gym interior with weights and equipment racked.
    Racks
  • Stacked barbells against an industrial wall.
    Bars
  • A barbell loaded with heavy plates on a dark floor.
    Plates

The timetable

The single most-visited page on any gym website, and the one most often shipped as a JPEG. Here it is text: readable by a screen reader, findable in a search for a 6:30am strength class, and correct on a phone.

  • Strength — squat focusMonday 06:30 – 07:453 left9/12
  • Barbell fundamentalsMonday 18:30 – 19:45Full12/12
  • Strength — pull focusTuesday 06:30 – 07:455 left7/12
  • Open floor, coachedWednesday 07:00 – 09:002 left14/16
  • Strength — press focusThursday 06:30 – 07:456 left6/12
  • Barbell fundamentalsThursday 18:30 – 19:451 left11/12
  • Long sessionSaturday 09:00 – 11:004 left8/12

Arch 9, under the line

The first session is free and you will be coached through it whether or not you have lifted before. Bring shoes you can stand flat in.

Book a first sessionConcept work — fictional brand, built to demonstrate technique. Nothing is for sale.