Questions about Patch Fitness

The trial is a single payment with no contract and no tie-in, and it includes your 1-1 evaluation, 12 small group sessions, nutrition and lifestyle coaching and every class on the timetable. A coach will confirm the current price when they call you about a start date.

If you'd like to carry on, your coach will suggest a membership that suits how often you want to train. If Patch isn't for you, that's fine too. There's nothing to cancel and no hard feelings.

We only take on a set number of new trial members each month, so each one gets proper attention from the coaches in their first weeks. If this month is full, we'll talk to you about the next start date.

Most members train two or three times a week. During the trial you have 12 sessions to use across the 30 days, which works out at about three a week, plus any classes you'd like on top.

Members can invite a friend to try a session with them. Ask the team when you get in touch.

Yes. Plenty of our members had never picked up a dumbbell before their trial, including Bev, who started at 55. Your first session is a 1-1 with a coach, every movement is shown to you, and the weights are set for you, not for the person next to you.

No. Everyone starts where they are and the coach adjusts each exercise to your level. In any group you'll find people who have trained for years next to people in their first month.

Not at all. Lifting at any age helps keep your bones and muscles strong, and many of our members started in their 50s. Sam is 55 and says she's probably stronger than she's ever been.

Yes. Many of our members are women in their 40s and 50s, and several came to us during the perimenopause or menopause because they knew they needed strength training. Avril, Liz and Sam talk about it in their films.

Usually, yes. Our coaches adapt sessions around knees, backs, shoulders, diabetes, arthritis and recovery from surgery or illness. We aren't physios, so if you need one we'll refer you to people we trust, including the osteopath and physio clinic in our building.

Members have trained through pregnancy and come back after having a baby, with coaches adapting their sessions. Speak to us first, and check with your midwife or GP.

That's normal. Everyone in a session follows the same plan with their own weights and versions of each movement, so a beginner and someone who has trained for years can work side by side.

It's a personal training session shared with up to five other people. A coach writes the programme, runs the session and watches every rep, so you get a PT's eye on your lifts and a group to train with. At Patch each session lasts just under an hour and the groups are never bigger than six.

For most people it's the better fit. You still get a coach watching your technique and a programme written for you, it costs less than training 1-1, and you have people to train with. As our member Adrian G put it, it's "more affordable, flexible, and varied than what you'd get from an individual personal trainer, and it's more tailored, structured and social than a regular gym." We also run 1-1 sessions for anyone who needs them.

Yes. Nutrition and lifestyle coaching is part of the trial and of membership. It starts with a conversation about how you eat, sleep and live now, and your coach checks in with you regularly. There's an InBody scanner in reception if you'd like to measure body composition.

Members book in the app, which shows the timetable, books your place and keeps a record of your progress and PBs. Every session is by appointment, so the coach knows who's coming.

Clothes you can move in easily: a t-shirt or vest, shorts or leggings, and trainers. Bring a water bottle. We have changing rooms and showers if you're heading to work afterwards.

Unit 4, Heyworth Business Park, Old Portsmouth Road, Peasmarsh, Guildford GU3 1AF. We're on the Old Portsmouth Road between Guildford and Godalming, and the business park entrance is between the Shell garage and the Skoda garage. There's free parking on site.

Monday to Friday we start at 6am, and the last session starts at 7:30pm. On Saturdays sessions run from 8am until late morning. We're closed on Sundays. See the timetable for this week's sessions.