The DenAbout
Ten years of the pack
The Den opened in January 2016 at Equinox Business Park in Deakin with one idea: high-intensity training anybody can do and nobody gets hurt doing. Ten years on, the flagship 20/10 session, 20 seconds of work and 10 seconds of rest, still fills the 5am slots, and some of the members from that first month are still on the floor.
Sessions run in pairs and small groups. Coaches adjust for injury, illness and fitness level. The pack notices when you don't show up. That is not a slogan, it is how the room works.
Stability. Mobility. Conditioning. Since 2016.
Meet Mick and Nicole
Mick and Nicole, in their own words.
Arrived in Canberra yesterday and had a look around for gym and found this diamond in the rough. Part of the wolf pack now.
The pack today. Same room, same 5am, ten years on.
The scrapbook
Ordinary mornings, ten years of them
Packed floors and the people who keep turning up. All of it shot at The Den, by The Den's own photographers.
What we are not
Not a 24-hour swipe-card floor with nobody on it. Not a franchise running someone else's program off a screen. Not a place where the coach learns your name in month four.
There is no pool and no sauna. There is a gym, a lot of equipment, and a coach in every session.
you work in teams which are inclusive and encouraging
The 'pack' of Den-goers are the friendliest most approachable people
Seven days. Every class. Free.
No card, no contract, no sign-up fee. Train with the pack for a week and see if it fits. The trial is for Canberra locals genuinely looking for a gym home.