Phil Hendrick
Company Director
Best personal training I've ever had. Ed tailors programs and dietary advice to your personal goals. He helped me drop 3 and a half stone and get into the best shape of my life.
Get Back to Feeling Like You Again Solihull’s Private Coaching Facility for Over 40s
Drop 10–16lbs, move without aching, and actually enjoy training again. You used to be fit. You know what to do. You just stopped doing it. We built this gym for people exactly like you. 200+ members | 70+ sessions per week | 7-day money back guarantee
This Is What We Built
Small Groups. Real Coaching.
- You train in small groups where your coach knows your name, your injuries, and your goals. Every session is structured. Every exercise is scaled to where you are right now.
Built for People With Actual Lives
- 70+ sessions per week. 6:15am before work. 10:30am after the school run. 5pm after the office. Saturdays. 45-55 minutes, in and out. Built around real life.
More Than a Gym
- Full access to Solihull Arden Club — sauna, steam room, fully equipped gym floor, changing rooms, bar area. A proper members club, not a warehouse with dumbbells.
People Who Actually Want to Be There
- Everyone here is in the same boat. 40s, 50s, 60s. Used to be fit. Want it back. No egos. No posers. Just real people getting after it together.
Two Ways to Start. Both Guaranteed.
Not a commercial gym. Not a bootcamp in a car park. Two programmes, both guaranteed, built for people in their 40s, 50s and 60s.
Teams Programme
Your body. Your programme. Your coach. Small group coaching built around how you move, your injuries, and your goals.
£220.00 /28 days
Learn moreWhat's included
- 2x coached sessions per week — your programme built around your body, your injuries, your goals
- 1x group session per week for energy, fitness and conditioning
- 1-2-1 nutrition appointment with our in-house nutritionist
- Weekly check-ins with your coach — what's working, what's next
- Full access to the Optimal app — 1,000+ recipes and progress tracking
- Full Solihull Arden Club membership — sauna, steam room, gym floor, changing rooms
- 7-day Love It or Leave It Guarantee — full refund if it's not for you, no questions
Transformation Plan
Drop 7-14lbs in 28 days. Unlimited group training, proven nutrition, and a room full of people who make showing up easy. Results guaranteed.
£120.00 /28 days
Learn moreWhat's included
- Drop 7-14lbs in 28 days — proven results, 7-day money back guarantee
- Unlimited sessions — BURN (fat loss), STRONG (strength) and HYBRID formats, 20+ classes per week
- 4-week structured journey — Foundations, Build, Push, Finish Strong — you'll know exactly where you are every week
- Simple nutrition plan — no calorie counting, no cutting out food groups, built around real life
- Weekly weigh-ins and measurements — you'll see exactly what's changing every single week
- Full Solihull Arden Club access — sauna, steam room, gym floor, changing rooms
- Train alongside people all at the same stage — energy and accountability that makes showing up easy
- Progress review in week 4 — photos, measurements, and a conversation about what's next
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What our clients say
Real feedback from people we’ve helped reach their goals.
Keith Tarren
Manager
Not just helping me drop just under 2 stone but I feel more flexible, leaner, fitter, stronger and healthier. My golf game has also been transformed. I would 100% recommend Optimal.
Andy Powell
Account Manager
He was the key motivation for my 50lbs weight loss. I actually now understand lots more about what I eat and resistance work.
Lucy Lunt.
Teacher
If anyone had told me I'd last a year training twice a week before work I'd never have believed them. The results have been great and I now really enjoy the gym.
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The People Behind It
20+ years experience across the team. We built Optimal because we wanted a place where over 40s could train properly — without the nonsense. Solihull Arden Club
Edward Hull
Optimal Director
Husband. Dad of three. Former sports obsessive who turned that energy into helping other people get fit. 20+ years in the industry. Built Optimal because he wanted a place where over 40s could train properly without the nonsense.
Dan Truepenny
Head Trainer
7,000+ hours of PT under his belt. Studies the latest training methods like other people study Netflix. Expert in motivation, weight loss, and strength and conditioning.
Jodie Hodgkins
Trainer & Nutritionist
MSc in Nutritional Sciences. Passionate about helping people eat in a way that actually works with their life. Loves the gym, squash, and finding recipes that don't taste like cardboard.
Vicky Ratcliffe
Personal Trainer
Mobility and joint specialist. Competes in HYROX. Knows how to get bodies that don't move like they used to moving properly again. Unwinds in the garden.
Where are we based?
Solihull Arden Club
In the heart of Solihull by the fire station. Address is Solihull Arden Club, Sharman's Cross Road, B91 1RG. Car parking if free and plentily