GRIPT South Yarra - South Yarra (VIC)

5 /5 Rossco Karabelas: The Form, Energise and Shift classes are phenomenal, was able to restore an up my endurance and stamina within the first 4-6 weeks by following the BASE plan. Great environment, facilities are always clean, equipment is great, community warm and welcoming and special mention to the coaches are always encouraging and helpful.

5 /5 Nastya S: I’ve been to many gyms over the years, but I’ve never met a coach like John. His level of precision is on another level. He doesn’t just lead a class—he watches every single rep, every tiny movement, and corrects your form with incredible detail. You can tell he genuinely cares about helping you move better and train safely. Thanks to his guidance, I’ve realised how many things I was doing incorrectly for years. It’s been a total game-changer. And for the first time, I’ve stayed motivated well beyond the initial sign-up phase—something that’s never happened to me before. Gript isn’t just another gym. With coaches like John, it’s a place where you learn to train properly, build strength the right way, and actually look forward to going. Highly recommend.

5 /5 Jared K: Incredible. Everything is just as you’d want it: air conditioning and fans work beautifully, the equipment is kept in great shape, the circuits are well planned, and the instructor is always walking round giving tips and adjusting form. One of my most enjoyable gym experiences in Melbourne!

1 /5 Ashleigh Anderson: Really disappointing experience I attended the 7:30am Form class this morning at GRIPT with my partner and my friend. When we walked in, we were greeted by Olivia who was lovely and walked us through the gym and explained where everything was. After that, the experience went downhill from there. When the class started we moved into the centre of the room and the “coach” Josh (I think his name was) started running through the warm up and by running I mean he read out the exercises on the screen with no explanation provided. I called out to him and told him that we were new, and didn’t clearly understand how the session was to run. He introduced himself to me and my partner but completely ignored my friend until I also let him know it was her first time also. Very rude. After the warm up, we moved onto the main workout. The session was as follows: A1) Deadlifts B1) Front squats C1) Cable flys C2) DB bench press D1) DB pull overs D2) DB bent over row There was no explanation of how to properly execute a deadlift or a front squat, both exercises are challenging compound lifts that have quite a few moving parts to them. During the session, I was often asked to add a 3 second eccentric to the exercise, there was no tempo programmed in the session and I felt like he was just telling me to do this so it looked like he was actually “coaching”. There was also no indication of the rest breaks between exercises so the whole session felt really rushed as we didn’t know how much time we should be taking. There was also not enough space to run through the session as it was programmed so we ended up doing deadlifts at the end of the session when we were fatigued, this is not smart programming. After the session, no one acknowledged us or asked for any feedback and we just walked out without being welcome back for another session.