Women-only strength and coaching in Upper Wortley, Leeds
Get strong in a room full of women in your corner.
EmpoweredLS12 is a female-led strength studio in LS12. Small group sessions, personal coaching and a community that turns up for you, whether you have lifted for years or never picked up a barbell.
Membership
What you get when you join
Everything we do has one aim: helping you fit strength, health and confidence into the life you already have.
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About Ladies That Lift
Small group strength sessions
Ladies That Lift, our signature small group personal training. Coached sessions in a small group, on a programme built around you.
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About personal coaching
Personal coaching
Coaching from Marni that goes beyond the gym floor: your training, your relationship with food and the habits that make it stick, with weekly check-ins to keep you on track.
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About mindset calls
Monthly mindset calls
Once a month we get together to talk about the side of getting strong that isn’t lifting: confidence, food, making time for yourself and the voice in your head.
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Meet the community
A supportive community
A women-only space where every age and body type is welcome, and where your first deadlift gets cheered as loudly as anyone’s personal best.
Meet your coach
Hi, I’m Marni
Founder of EmpoweredLS12 and small group personal training coach
EmpoweredLS12 is a female-only space I built for women in Leeds: somewhere safe and supportive to build confidence, improve your relationship with food and put your own wellbeing first.
My job is to help you make health and fitness part of your life in 90 days or less, and to make strength training something you look forward to rather than something you keep putting off.
- Small group personal training
- Strength and weightlifting
- Personal coaching
- Monthly mindset calls
Starting is easy
Your first three steps
No pressure and no fitness test. Come and see whether it feels right for you.
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Book a tester session
Pick a time online. It takes a minute, and you don’t need to have lifted before.
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Come and try it
Meet Marni, see the studio, try a coached session at your own pace and ask anything you like.
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Join as a member
If it feels right, join our monthly membership and pay by card. Then we get to work.
Member stories
In their words
What EmpoweredLS12 members have said in their Google reviews.
★★★★★
“I’ve been coached here for two months and it’s a really encouraging and supportive group. The weekly check-ins keep me accountable and motivated.”
★★★★★
“In over three years with the team I’ve gone from never having lifted any weights to entering competitions regularly. A supportive community of women, with something for everyone’s health and fitness goals.”
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“A comfortable place to learn to lift weights safely, where different ages and body types are accepted.”
Come and try a session
Book a tester session and find out what training at EmpoweredLS12 feels like. Complete beginners are very welcome.
Advice
Straight answers before you start
The questions women ask us most, answered properly.
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Why train in a women-only gym? What changes when the room is on your side
Lots of women feel uncomfortable in a busy mixed gym. Here is what is different about training in a women-only space, and who it suits.
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How often should you strength train when you are starting out?
Twice a week? Every day? How many sessions a beginner really needs, why rest days matter and how to fit training into a busy week.
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Will lifting weights make me bulky? What strength training does for women
It is the question we hear most. The short answer is no, and the longer answer explains what lifting does do for you, in the gym and outside it.