5th Element Wellness Gym - Fitzroy North (VIC)

5 /5 Aroha Harawira: I joined 5ew just over a year ago and it’s the best decision I’ve made. I was struggling with a hip injury and despite previously being pretty motivated to train prior to the injury, I was scared to go back to my old way of training only to have to spend another year recovery. The team at 5EW developed me a personal plan to help me regain my strength whilst working around my injury. The addition of yoga classes and saunas has helped me to regain my health. And even during lockdown my PT kept me on track with online PT sessions. A really great team, amazing facilities and I love that their focus is about health, not solely aesthetics.

5 /5 Enzo Nazario: A fantastic and superbly friendly gym. From the minute you walk in, it is very evident that it is not your typical commercial gym with intimidating vibes and big scary gym bros. The atmosphere is encouraging with all kinds of people, from injury recovering people to middle aged moms. Everyone works hard and no one is grunting like a hungry hog. The gym is equipped with amazing facilities, including an ice bath, a top range infrared sauna with various customisable options for sounds and lighting, and the ultimate trump card: a comprehensive water filtration system thats equipped across both the showers and the drinking tap. For people with sensitive guts and skin, this is a huge win. The staff are all great and the PTs are all very friendly and knowledgeble and seem to have an edge in specialisation in their own way. Their head trainer Sam is a wealth of experience and knowledge and I trained under him and his younger padawan Ethan, both who helped me take huge leaps into a more integrated and stronger body. I highly recommend this gym to anyone who doesnt know where to start, or anyone looking for a safe and friendly environment to work out in.

5 /5 Tess Emmerson: I did a Six Week Fitness Challenge at 5EW and it was great. The two semi PT sessions per week were fun, snappy, well considered and I loved training with Woody and Tim (who I did most of my classes with). The clientele are really varied and not intimidating, the gym has a great vibe and it’s never too busy. Would highly recommend!

5 /5 Ray Chen: This place is the real deal! Having trained and spoken to the PTs at this gym, I can attest that they have some of the deepest understanding of fitness, health and wellness in the industry. The results I got from training is a testament to this as I went from not being able to perform a SINGLE proper squat to box squatting 120kg (I was 58kg at the time). I regularly drop in for sauna and ice bath sessions for recovery, and their equipment selection is the definition of FUNCTIONAL. Thanks for creating such a nice space & community, Matt. I highly recommend 5EW.