the chapel
The Chapel is a luxury private club dedicated to top level personal training. Access is by appointment only and the club always operates with 1-3 trainers at anyone time providing 11-55sqm of space per person - in essence a full commercial club with no more than 6 individuals in. Each guest is required to utilise anti-bacterial hand-gel, complete a temperature check and change into indoor shoes. The gym is cleaned hourly with anti-bacterial products and no guest utilises any equipment previously touched without a full anti-bacterial wipe down by your trainer.
LUXURY PERSONAL TRAINING
Founded in 2005, The Chapel is a luxury private club dedicated to personal training, health & nutrition.
Nestled in the heart of Berkhamsted's conservation area, The Chapel provides a luxury and discreet environment for training. Our friendly and welcoming team of professional personal trainers are on-hand to ensure each guest's requirements are met at their convenience.
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For many of our guests, The Chapel is part of their Lifestyle, providing expert personal training that is appropriate to their specific needs.
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Founder of The Chapel, Alex Minors, brings 20 years of advanced knowledge and expertise, overseeing each case to ensure training is inspiring, progressional and measurable.
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Start your Journey in Style
A Light, Clean and Spacious Gym
with just a handful of guests.
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Our Personal Training Sessions are conducted in our luxury private gym. The Chapel's Gym is exclusively for personal training and houses a full suite of the latest, top of the range commercial equipment together with some more unusual pieces. This enables the team to cater for each guest no matter what their requirement is or their ability. Everything is by appointment only, so the gym maintains a spacious and exclusive atmosphere.
Guests range from 8 to over 80yrs old.
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By Appointment Only with Private Parking & Secure Access.
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Enter the walled garden via the heavy cast-iron gate and follow the path as it meanders through bay trees and English lavender to the main entrance of The Chapel.
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The imposing oversized bronze doors open up in to our welcoming guest reception with its elegant chandelier, panelled walls and vintage oak lockers.
Glance to the right and you'll find the main hallway to The Chapel with its large galleried oak staircase and grand piano playing gently in the background; home to our consultation suite.
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Ahead, a pair of display cabinets - adorned with Molton Brown - frame the entrance way to our Luxury Private Gym; the heart of The Chapel.
Friendly and Welcoming
Each guest begins their journey with a free informal chat with Head Trainer Alex Minors.
Following on, your first Consultation helps to establish the extent of support, motivation and technical knowledge required to achieve any objectives you may set out.
This often includes a medical body composition analysis, metabolic testing, postural assessment, core strength analysis and more.
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The Place to Change your Life
Measurable Expertise
100,000 Sessions and 20 Years Experience
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Our open, honest and genuine interest in each guest provides the foundation to their programme, ensuring training is bespoke, considerate and thoughtful.
Many of our guests begin their journey wishing to reduce weight, tone up and raise their general fitness. The aim, t0 take back control with a distinct desire to be a better version of their own self. As a result, we have a number of proven programmes to address this specific need.
Everyone is Welcome
Whether it is your child you are looking to help or you are the Chief Executive of a large firm juggling work with family life, we adapt and learn continually to ensure each individual is genuinely cared for to the utmost of our ability.
As well as general exercise and diet prescription we also specialise in a number of areas including: British Association of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation, Exercising with or post Cancer, Lower Back Injury Prevention and many more complex and challenging conditions.
We further specialise on core-strength, providing assessment, education and prescription.
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8 years with English National Ballet
Our expertise includes 8 years working with the English National Ballet, providing precision exercise rehabilitation and dietary guidance for weight-loss and performance. Consultation was also commissioned by the Royal Ballet Upper School.
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"The most well-educated, concerned, effective advice and training anyone could ask for.. which should say a lot coming from a professional ballerina!
Transformed not only my physicality but also my personal mentality on all things body, nutrition, exercise, health and longevity.
Thank you Alex, you are beyond a treasure"
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Angela Wood, English National Ballet
Expert Personal Training
Elegance and function in perfect harmony
An entire Team of Personal Trainers working for you.
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Enjoy training in our luxury private gym with one of our expert personal trainers. Be inspired, motivated and supported throughout every component of your training.
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From simple machine based exercise to the most advanced functional movements, our Team will ensure your programme is achievable, fun and tailored to you.
Almost 75% of our guests have been with us between 5 and 15 years; The Chapel is part of their Lifestyle.
Life Changing, Sustainable Results
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Our Programmes are designed to address specific changes in body-composition and health. Each guest receives an in-depth medical grade body composition Analysis together with metabolic test and bespoke healthy eating guide.
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Guests can expect to lose a stone every 4-5 weeks together with significant improvements in muscle tone and cardiovascular fitness. Our schedules need to fit around families, corporate entertaining and travel.
Healthy Eating that Works
Practical, Realistic Eating Plans
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Our Guests tend to lead busy lives with little time or desire for food preparation; our Programmes include guidance that is practical and sustainable.
We can provide 'best choices' from many of the leading supermarkets and coffee chains if required and even help select menu items from your chosen restaurants.
The key is to work with each guest so that their programme is achievable. If you do wish to food prep or explore a particular diet in advance detail then we are more than happy to provide more in-depth levels of detail and advice; everyone is different.
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Above all, the most important aspect of any healthy eating programme is to understand its basis, the short term objective and the long term consideration of nutrient intake upon all aspects of health.
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Our Team can even help with Menu Selections from Restaurants, Coffee Chains and Supermarkets.
Guest Privileges
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Our Guests enjoy exclusive access and rates to a number of our Partners
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A selection of Molton Brown gifts are available for purchase in our reception area.
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New Enquiry
Free Informal Chat
Make an informed decision
Book an informal free chat with founder and head trainer Alex Minors. The Chat is simply to listen, understand your personal objectives and explain how best we may help.
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Any package can be created to suit your needs, timescale and budget.
Opening Hours
Monday to Thursday 6am to 9pm
Friday 6am to 7pm
Saturday 6.30am to 2.30pm
Sunday - Closed