There are a number of more common questions that people ask us from time to time. Hopefully you can find the answer to yours here. If not, contact us.
Benchmark Canterbury is a small group training gym located in the Inner West of Sydney in Canterbury. Benchmark focuses on bringing athletic development to the general population. This means learning to move correctly, correcting dysfunction, deconstructing imbalances, decreasing injury risk, building strength and improving performance.
Everyone has athletic potential - it is just about learning to develop it.
This is not a 45 min HIIT class or a CrossFit session - this is a totally different approach to looking at health and fitness.
Benchmark Canterbury is changing the game by bringing strength and conditioning methods to group training, Never has group training featured an individualised sports science approach to training for the general population.
Benchmark Canterbury has a layered training system, meaning that there are sessions for all fitness levels. Every session is programmed to achieve the best movement, strength and postural changes.
This is like receiving unlimited personal training sessions in small group training. Personal training and access to our facilities, all included in your weekly membership.
No. If you're used to turning up to a gym and trying to take yourself through an average program of exercises, you'll soon be pleasantly surprised by our approach. Joining our small group training classes, where you are part of a community and train at your individual level is ridiculously more encouraging and importantly gets much better results than trying to motivate and guide yourself through a program. Our members love the way in which they feel like every class is tailored to them, whilst somehow also being suited to the people training alongside them in the small group. There is a great sense of belonging and community amongst our members.
We have a great app which allows you to easily book from your phone (or desktop computer) for all of your classes, seeing how many slots are available and even who else will be in your class.
This is the starting point at Benchmark Canterbury. This is an assessment to understand how your body moves, its strengths, its weaknesses and related compensation patterns and injuries. This helps us provide an accurate starting point with your training prescription and identify the session types that will bring you the most benefit. We don't employ a cookie-cutter approach, rather we think it is integral to identify the intricacies of every member. We are all unique!
Immediately! Learning to move correctly, correcting your posture and building strength will all start to take place in your first couple of sessions. We recommended that you re-screen in 8-12 weeks to compare your initial functional movement screen results and see the improvement.
Check out the website under the membership option or just come down to the gym and have a chat to Mitch or James at Suite 5, 1-3 Charles Street, Canterbury. We're situated along the river (you'll walk off the street and turn behind the Korean chicken restaurant). Canterbury train station is just around the corner and there is plenty of parking nearby. Give us a call and we can discuss if you need help.
The initial commitment period is three months, after which the membership goes to a month-to-month contract with just four weeks' notice to cancel. You also have an option to put the membership on hold for up to three months a year.
Monday to Friday from 5:30am to 8:30pm
Saturday to Sunday from 7:00am to 4:00pm
Book an appointment with us to check out Benchmark and talk about your goals and needs.