about the HIIT locker
Built for BEGINNERS & people who feel too intimidated to start
The HIIT Locker is a coached fitness facility in Castlereagh, East Belfast. Not a commercial gym. A structured environment built specifically for everyday people who want results and need proper support to get there.
Origin Story
Why The HIIT Locker exists
Phil grew up as a self-described hard gainer. A skinny footballer who was too light so he started lifting. He fell in love with training, learned everything he could about how the body works and realised that most people who wanted to change never got the support they actually needed to do it.
After ten years in corporate office jobs, staring at spreadsheets and waiting for something to give, he changed careers and took a PT job at a gym, started taking group personal training sessions and was asked to leave by the owner because his groups were taking up too much space on the gym floor! He took that as a sign. He found a small space in Knocknagoney, did it up himself and founded The HIIT Locker.
What began in a space that could barely hold 8 people has grown into a purpose-built facility in Castlereagh, East Belfast. Thirteen times the size of where it started in Knocknagoney. Over 350 active members. But the goal has not changed once: to give people who feel too nervous, too unfit, or too unsure to start somewhere that actually helps them succeed.
A coaching environment, Not a gym
When you join The HIIT Locker, you are not paying for access to equipment. You are investing in a coaching system that gives you everything you need to make real progress and keep making it.
Every HIIT session is run by a qualified personal trainer who knows your name, your ability level, and your goals. Every session is adapted for every person in it, which means a complete beginner and someone with two years of training can work in the same room, both being coached at their own level, neither holding the other back. After the session, your nutrition coach checks in on your week, reviews your nutrition, reviews your results and makes the small adjustments that add up to big results over time.
This is what coaching looks like when it is done properly. Not a programme handed to you and left to figure out. Not a class where everyone goes at the same pace. A system where someone is genuinely paying attention to your progress every single week.
Meet the Team
The people behind The HIIT Locker
Phil - Owner & Founder
Hugh - coach
Adam - coach
Toby - coach
David- coach
What We Stand For
How we work and why it matters
Results first
Every decision we make is tested against one question: does this help the member get a better result? If the answer is yes, we do it. If someone needs an extra check-in, they get one. If they miss sessions, we add time onto their programme so they can complete them. We bend the process to fit the person, not the other way around.
Welcoming from day one
Every new member who walks through the door is greeted by name. Our coaches are straight over to say hello. This culture here has been built deliberately and every member who has been with us for more than a few months plays a part in it. You will not walk in feeling like a stranger. Most people tell us they felt at home within the first session.
Sustainable by design
Crash diets and extreme programmes produce short-term results and long-term frustration. We teach people how nutrition actually works. How to hit their targets while still eating foods they enjoy, going out for meals, and having a glass of wine at the weekend. Because if it is not sustainable, the results will not be either.
ready to start?
If you have ever felt too nervous to start, this is the place
Hundreds of people in East Belfast felt exactly the same before they walked through our doors. They are still here. Book a free consultation call and find out whether The HIIT Locker is the right fit for you.
3 Ballygowan Road, Belfast, UK
+44 7481 487077
phil.edgar@thehiitlocker.net
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