You are probably reading this because you work in the CBD, you have walked past a dozen gyms on the way to lunch, and you want to know whether this one is worth a visit.
So here is the honest version, including exactly how to find us, because our building is not the easiest to navigate the first time.
Where is JG Fit Clarke Quay?
We are at SOHO 1, Clarke Quay Central, 6 Eu Tong Sen Street, unit 05-01, on level 5.
If you are coming from Raffles Place, it is about a ten minute walk along the river. From Clarke Quay MRT it is indoors the whole way, which matters in June and December alike.
Getting here in four steps
- Take Clarke Quay MRT and use Exit E. Go up the two escalators.
- Turn right after the escalator and look for SOHO 1. Burger King is your landmark.
- At the SOHO 1 door, press 0501 and the red bell. Wait for us to pick up, then take the lift to level 5.
- Out of the lift, turn right, walk straight, turn right again. We are the first unit.
That last stretch is where most first timers second guess themselves. You are in the right place.
If you are driving
Park at Clarke Quay Central and use the yellow zone, which puts you closest to the SOHO 1 lift lobby. The clip below is the walk from the carpark to our door, filmed at normal walking pace, so you know what to look for before you arrive.
What is the studio actually like?
One studio, one team, one room where the work happens. Not a warehouse floor with a hundred people in headphones.
Our training room is called JG Kampung. The name is deliberate. Kampung is the old word for village, and it is how we think about the people who train here: a small group who know each other's names, their injuries, and what they are working towards.
There is one shower and a changing cubicle, so a lunchtime session does not have to become a rest of the day problem.
What does the $80 trial involve?
It runs about an hour and it has three parts.
First, a conversation. What you want, what has got in the way before, and what you have already tried.
Second, an assessment. How you squat, hinge, push, pull, carry and balance. That tells us more than any questionnaire, and it is usually where people discover the real problem is not the one they walked in with.
Third, training. If your body is ready for it on the day, you train, with a coach correcting you, so you leave knowing what good actually feels like instead of only hearing about it.
We also touch on food, briefly. Enough to tell you whether your eating is the main thing holding you back. What we do not do in an hour is a full nutrition consultation, because changing how you eat takes time and weekly accountability rather than a single conversation.
At the end we walk you through what we found, what we would work on first, and what a programme with us looks like and costs. There is no hard sell. You take it home, think it over, and decide when you are ready.
Who trains here?
Most of our clients are working professionals in the CBD who train before work, at lunch, or on the way home. Some have trained for years and want a programme that actually progresses. Others are coming back after a long break and want to be told exactly what to do on day one.
We also coach a number of seniors whose goals are walking better, travelling with family, and staying independent. Every client is paired with one primary coach and supported by the rest of our certified coaches, so the programme holds together even when your week does not.
What we do, and what we do not do
We are a strength and conditioning and fitness coaching studio. We do not do bodybuilding programming, and we are not the place for a stage prep or a meal replacement challenge sold as a lifestyle.
If you want the longer version of how we coach, it is on the personal training page: one primary coach, a structured plan, and adjustments based on your progress rather than a template.
We do run time bound programmes. If you have a wedding, a photoshoot, a reunion or a holiday with a date on it, we will build a faster phase around that date rather than pretend the date is not there. We will also tell you plainly what a faster phase will and will not deliver, and what happens in the weeks afterwards, because that is the part most people are not told.
Speeding up for an event is fine. Pretending the speed is permanent is how people end up back where they started. That is why we coach habits alongside training, and it is how we coach food too.
What does it cost?
The trial is $80, first time clients only. After that, sessions start from $120. We do not sell long term packages, so you are never paying for something you have not decided you want yet.
Questions we get asked before a first visit
Do I need to be fit before I start?
No. Being unfit is the reason to start, not the reason to wait. We scale everything to where you are on day one.
How long is a session?
Sessions run under an hour and every minute has a purpose. You will not be left wandering between machines.
Can I shower and go straight back to the office?
Yes. There is one shower and a changing cubicle on site.
Is it private?
Yes. One coach, one client, your own time slot. You are not training in a crowd.
What if I have an injury or a medical condition?
Tell us when you enquire. We coach around a lot of them, and if your situation needs a doctor or a physiotherapist first, we will say so rather than guess.
If you want the eating side too
Most people who train here also want to know what to do with food, so we wrote a whole guide for eating in Singapore without giving up the food you grew up on. It is free, and it is the same material we use with clients.
https://jgfitsg.com/blog/guide
One last thing
If you have been putting this off until a quieter month, the quieter month is not coming. The version of this that works is the one where you book a trial, turn up slightly unsure, and let a coach take it from there.
You can book through the consult page and we will reply with the times we have open.
