Ministry of Muscle...

Run by a champion, has equipment for making champions, home

of the champions and available for everyone from 16 to a 80 years old!!!

...You dam right! What you get instead is a medieval man meets metal
and machine... No posing machines, no luxury showers and no steam room.
Ok we'll let the tanning machine slide. ha-ha

Seriously, why did you join your gym in the first place? to pamper yourselves
or to workout? If the answer is "workout" and train like a champion,
then nothing can compare to here.

This 'No-frills' gym is what you really need. If you want to get fit, gain muscle,
strength or want to get really serious about bodybuilding or strongman,
then look no further than the 'Ministry of Muscle Gym'.

Don't forget to say hello and be very polite to the receptionist ...you'd be a fool not to!
He doesn't wear high heels and he probably could bench you with one hand.
Now if you don't know, you better get to know. He's Steve Winter!

...It's his name above the door and he's no lightweight.
This man-mountain was a former Britain's Strongest Man and world No.2.

Just being near him, you can feel his genuine passion for the
game and the work that's put in at his establishment and quite rightly so!

With some of the top people in the country training here, including IFBB James Llewellin
(one of the UK's top bodybuilders) & Bobby Khan, not to mention Strongman Jay Hughes
and Mick Holding! The training list at 'Ministry' reads like a who's who of the Strongman, Powerlighting & Bodybuilding worlds. They really do train champions here!

"We have about 12 British Champion Powerlifters of which about 6 including two girls
are World Champions and we have some of the top strongman competitors in the
country, two of which have just come back from the states having competed over there!"

Now I'm not exactly a small bloke at 6ft 2in, i'm just under 12 stone of pure muscle and those that have trained with me, know that I'm a dedicated animal in the gym, but next to
"The Steve's" and the rest of the boys and girls there, I'm "but a drop in a rather large pond"!

Steve's knowledge of the industries is formidable, people joke about "Forgetting more that you can remember", but Steve really has! Steve is a really down to earth bloke, but he'll speak his mind and tell you what he thinks. I spent most of my time listening to Steve and absorbing what
he had to say. To be honest, i'd keep going back there just to listen to his advice,
let alone train in that awesome gym!

Steve Winters isn't the only 'Steve' that deserves your respect should you travel down there
for the pleasure of training in this legendary gym. Steve Wilcox is another man-meets-beast,
that If you're up for the challenge, then he'll put you through your paces and crumble your
limits to pieces. I only spoke to Steve very briefly, but I could tell he definitely means business!

Steve Wilcox is the resident MMA trainer with a background in Kick Boxing, Maui Thai Boxing, Filipino Stick fighting & JKD to say the least. The question is, are you up for his challenge?

This is more than definitely " The Big Boys Playground" and god I'm feeling at home. Where has this gym been all my bodybuilding life!!! Just before leaving the premises, I let Steve Winter
know that "I'd be training at the gym at least 1's a month" ...it really is that good!

On the day i met Alex Hunter (Strongman) and he is definitely no slacker. Just speaking to him is inspiring & his martial arts background is longer than my arm. Head doorman at 'Tiger Tiger'
and allround nice bloke. Alex absolutely destroyed a set on the Atlas Stones, starting off on single rep/sets and finishing with a 3 reps/set. He was a pleasure to be around, he's was also abit of a Wing Chun man (we have something great in common) and i'm sure i'll be able to learn a
massive amount of knowledge and skill from him on 'Combative Martial Arts'.

"The Ministry of Muscle Gym is built on a site of an ancient pagan temple around
which many great battles were fought. In our quest to reawaken the Gods and
utilise the strength of our ancestors by bringing the fitness strength and honour
and dictated lifestyle to the world, Steve Winter has created the perfect place
for anyone to achieve their potential with an abundance of knowledge and
the necessary tools for the job"

The 'Ministry' provides specialist training in several different areas including
bodybuilding, powerlifting, martial arts, strongman and boxing.

In a couple of weeks I'm going back, firstly for some more punishment and secondly
to bring you the insight into Strongman training at this legendary gym.

They are going to be moving premises to a bigger plot around the corner shortly,
but with these boys it shouldn't take them more than 2hrs!!!

Perhaps a Strongman competition could be put together to mark the occasion
and get the equipment moved abit quicker!

I was training 'Back' today, so lots of heavy lifting and pulling, with a little bit of Calisthenics (explosive double chin-ups on the smith machine) for good measure. It's rare i can walk away
from somewhere and feel so inspire (and sore)! My final notes would have to be: "They have
made a member for life out of me, I'm that impressed! ...I just wish it wasn't 1hr 30mins away!

...The 'Big Boyz' playground!