This programme is now live for the 2024-25 academic year! Read on for information on how to register.
About the programme
TeamUCL are offering four free 1-2-1 fitness sessions to all UCL students who identify as disabled, in our on campus gym Bloomsbury Fitness. The 1-2-1 sessions are an extended induction, supporting students to build confidence using our facilities. You'll learn how to use a range of equipment and structure sessions from our knowledgeable Fitness Instructors!
This programme can be accessed at any point during Term 1, 2 and 3 by students with any disability, such as mental health conditions, physical disabilities, long term illness and neurodivergence. There are four key steps:
- Register your interest
- Have a 'check in' meeting to discuss access needs, goals of the programme and and adaptations to exercises.
- Undertake the four induction sessions with one of our Fitness Instructors.
- Provide feedback on the process and programme, which allows us to monitor and evaluate the service throughout the year.
Due to restraints on capacity, you may need to join a waiting list for a short period of time until an Instructor becomes available.
Our on campus gym
Sessions will take place in our campus gym Bloomsbury Fitness, a 90-piece gym with free-weights, cardio equipment and strength machines. Find out more in the video below.
Meet our Instructors
The sessions will be run by Natalia (she/her) and Joe (he/him), our permanent Fitness Instructors, who will directly support you to access the gym through an extended induction process.
Our Instructors have 'delivery windows' across the week, which aim to give flexibility for different student schedules, and provide consistency week to week.
Joe is a Certified level 3 CIMSPA Personal Trainer and group exercise instructor with a BSC Hons degree in Strength Conditioning & Sports Coaching. With 15 years fitness experience in helping people through their journeys, Joe is fully committed to helping every UCL gym goer to achieve their long term fitness.
Delivery windows
- Mondays, 15:00 – 17:30 (sessions start at 15:00 and 16:15)
- Every other Friday, 15:30 – 16:45
- Every other Sunday, 09:15 – 10:30
Natalia is a certified Level 3 Personal Trainer with a background in psychology. She is currently doing a PhD in adolescent mental health. Having worked in university sport and fitness for five years, Natalia enjoys supporting student wellbeing through exercise and empowering people to find an approach to fitness that works for them.
Delivery windows
- Mondays, 08:45 – 11:15 (sessions start at 08:45 and 10:00)
- Wednesdays, 09:00 – 10:15
Register your interest using this submission form!
Once you have completed the below form, you'll be contacted to arrange a check in meeting. We check submissions weekly, so you should hear from us in around 5 working days.
Want more information?
If you have any questions or would like to discuss access requirements, please email [email protected].
For any further support outside of gym access, please consult the UCL Student Support and Wellbeing page.
At Bloomsbury Fitness we have Quiet Hours, where we turn the music and screens off, and encourage members to train as quietly as possible. We hope that this will increase the accessibility of the Fitness Sessions programme during that time. You can read more about our Quiet Hours on the Bloomsbury Fitness FAQs page.