Forma Stroud, Gymnastic Fitness

Forma is a wonderfully inclusive, supportive and knowledgeable environment. The workouts are challenging and the people are lovely. I started at Forma just as an off season workout but it's fixed my long term back issues, corrected my office job posture and has increased my self confidence.

Excellent way to improve flexibility, mobility and strength.It's a very friendly atmosphere and run well. Claire and Wes ensure people do the exercises correctly to prevent injuries.First class all round

Forma is great! Claire and Wesley run it, and they, and all their other teachers, are excellent. My particular favourite is Stretch and Core, but they have a variety of classes, all of which combine to develop your abilities and keep you fit and happy. They have also managed to build a lovely community, so when you go along as a newbie, you feel included and supported. I thoroughly recommend these classes.

Top class tuition and holistic approach to strength and flexibility. The classes are both fun and challenging.

Excellent physical training for high level musculoskeletal fitness at any age and very welcoming of relatively fit older age participants - in my case 63 years.

I’ve been training with Forma for about 2 years now. I was quite into my ninja warrior training but due to injuries I was looking for something to supplement my training and assist with all round body conditioning.At first glance I was immediately impressed by the knowledge and skills of the coach so I signed up for my trial membership and gave it a go.There are a good range of classes which benefits your whole body. Each class is very carefully planned and coaches put a lot of effort into gearing your body up before each drill/exercise. You may find there are aspects of the class that come easy but no doubt you will come across something that exposes a particular flaw in your mobility and challenges you to improve it.Each coach has their different style and I think they are all great. I do treasure the classes with Wes mainly for his words of Wes-Dom and his famous Thursday night foundation classes.Claire is as graceful as a swan when she takes you through stretch & core and beginners handstands. The pre warmups to those classes really help provide a good foundation for advance movements such as handstands, pulling/pushing work.The environment in Stroud is nice and Wes/Claire have done a great job adapting the space for the classes.I am a believer that the Forma style of gymnastics strength training should be adopted by everyone and anyone. Overall mobility is a must for a healthy body and the methods will provide you with some strong habits to battle the issues associated with our current lifestyles where that involves a lot of sitting down, hunched over phones, lack of movements.Outside of classes I’ve made it a habit to incorporate the exercises I have been taught on a daily basis. It has helped shape my understanding of maintaining peak physical preparedness.Due to lockdown I have switched my membership to online and kept it that way when the restrictions have relaxed mainly because it suits my lifestyle and I can continue the class at a time that suits me. I am quite happy with the online classes as I can quite easily pause the class for a breather which I couldn’t do at the live sessions.I would recommend Forma gymnastic strength training to anyone. It will teach you how to get the best out of your body so you can exceed your own physical limitations. Forma has helped me to exceed my own limitations and I have certainly benefited from the wonderful and insightful lessons. Plus Wes, Claire, Hannah, Ian, Ollie and Tom are great coaches and overall really nice.

I cannot recommend Forma highly enough. The classes are not only fun and very friendly, but so varied and flexible that they truly are suitable for all ages and abilities. I joined about 4 years ago and still absolutely love the classes. The lovely environment that Wes, Claire and all the other instructors foster ensure that whatever state of mind you turn up in, you will always feel better afterwards. Great for strength, mobility, flexibility and confidence.

I came across Forma by accident more than 6 years ago - and what a fortunate accident that was - have never looked back! Wes and Claire offer the most informative and inspiring fitness, strength and flexibility classes I have ever had the fortune to attend. We are always learning and having fun with the growing community at Forma, inspiring and supporting each other and celebrating personal accomplishments - it feels so good to feel good! The other instructors (I am now part of the team) love what they do - and are passionate to share in this.

Amazing, these guys have been literally life changing for me after my back injury.

The classes run by Wes and Claire are fantastic. They are so supportive helpful and friendly. I have been going for many years and their knowledge of how the body works have helped me tremendously.