GirlCode was founded by Ashley Birss, Katy Maddock and Lucie Maddocks, 3 female Personal Trainers who decided to merge their businesses together to create something special.

“We all worked in a large commercial gym that was predominantly run by men, with most of the members in the weights area also being men. We were tired of hearing that so many women did not feel comfortable in the gym and that they felt far too intimidated to even learn what to do.

We wanted to make a change and introduce more women to lifting weights and get them actual, long lasting results. We made the decision to start running our GirlCode Fitness Bootcamps on the gym floor.

Before we knew it, we had a tribe of confident, strong women who were lifting weights in the “scariest part of the gym”.

Due to the success of our bootcamps, we realised that we were limited on just how many women we could help, which is why we opened our private, women’s only studio in 2019! In 2021, we opened our first class studio which has ran alongside our Private Training Studio. In January 2023, we took on our challenge of all. We are finally made our dream a reality by opening our first women only Gym. GirlCode Gym is a safe space for women to learn, connect, be supported and become the best version of themselves.

Our ultimate goal is to educate, empower and transform each and every woman that walks through our doors.”