Louisville Has Been Getting Stronger Here Since 1996
Two coached studios, Frankfort Avenue and St. Matthews. Sessions cap at twelve, every one of them programmed and coached, and six of our seven coaches started here as members.
- Two studios
- 1301 Frankfort Avenue
161 St. Matthews Avenue, Suite 11 - Hours
- Mon – Fri 5:00 am – 8:30 pm
Sat – Sun 7:00 am – 6:00 pm - One number for both
- (502) 893-4024
This week’s class times
The method, in one sentence
We don’t train for the gym. We train for the rest of your life.
Squats, pushes, pulls, carries: the movements you already make hauling groceries up the stairs and lifting a grandchild off the floor. We coach them until they’re safe, then we load them. Core strength, balance, body stabilization. That is the whole method, and it hasn’t changed in thirty years.
How we trainWhichever option you pick
- Both studios
- Frankfort Avenue and St. Matthews on one membership. No per-location upcharge.
- Every session coached
- Programmed and run by a coach. There is no unsupervised floor time.
- Twelve, max
- The cap on every coached group session, in either room.
- Two scans a month
- Fit3D body scans included with any active monthly membership.
- No joining fee
- Nothing to pay up front beyond the plan itself.
How people start
One method, seven ways in
Every option runs the same method. What changes is how many people are in the room with you. Not sure which is yours? Most people start with Kickstart.
The on-ramp · 30 days
Kickstart
$330for 30 days
Eight private half-hour sessions across four weeks, one-on-one with a coach who is assigned to you. You learn the movements our programs are built on before you ever step into a class.
For anyone who hasn’t trained in a while, or ever.
The core membership
Get Fit & Stay Fit
$198per month, unlimited
Total-body strength work that challenges you without crushing you: squats, pushes, pulls, carries, and the mobility work that keeps you doing them. Twenty-plus sessions a week across both studios.
For people who want to show up, be coached, and get on with the day.
Semi-private · three to six people
Premiere Coaching
From $291per person, per month
A small group, a shared goal, and programming written for that group rather than for a room. Three to six people, so the coach can watch every rep.
For people who want a coach who knows their name and their knee.
One-on-one
Executive Coaching
From $858per month
Just you and a coach for 55 minutes: a warm-up, a strength or cardio block, and a proper cool-down. The programme is written around your goals and your limitations, with your nutrition tracked alongside.
For people whose schedule and goals need a program built only for them.
Seasonal · Saturdays, January to April
Running Club
$100for the season
Every Saturday morning from January through late April, training toward the Kentucky Derby Festival mini marathon. Walkers to elite runners: the group has room for both.
For everyone from walkers to elite runners.
Add-on · free for members
Fit3D Body Scanning
$55per scan for non-members
A contactless 3D scan that takes under sixty seconds. Within five minutes you and your coach have a report covering body composition, measurements, posture and balance.
The difference between thinking something is working and knowing it is.
With our founder
Nutrition Coaching
$100for a one-hour consult
An hour with Dale Benedict, our founder and a Precision Nutrition Level 1 coach, covering your questions and producing a Precision Nutrition work-up you can actually follow. He has coached this floor since 1996, so the person advising you on food has watched you train.
For anyone whose training is outpacing their eating.
Start here
Two ways to start. Both free.
Try a class first, or talk to a coach first. Either way you leave knowing whether this is the right room for you, and it costs nothing.
Talk first
A free thirty-minute consultation
Sit down with a coach at either studio and tell them what you’re after. They’ll recommend a first session, or four weeks of Kickstart, and you decide from there.
- Length
- Thirty minutes, in person
- After
- A recommendation. No obligation.
Try a class
Your first class is free
One full Get Fit & Stay Fit session with a coach in the room. Come to whichever studio is closer, at a morning time or the 5:30 pm class at Frankfort Avenue.
- Card
- Not needed. Nothing to cancel.
- Studios
- Frankfort Avenue or St. Matthews
Why the coaching is different here
Six of our seven coaches started out as members
Each of them trained here first, saw what it did, and went and got certified so they could do it for someone else. It is the reason nobody on this floor talks to you like you’re new. They remember being new.
- Dale BenedictFounder · Frankfort Avenue
Cindy GeerCoach · Frankfort AvenueMember first
Stacey HardinCoach · St. MatthewsMember first
Susan HikenCoach · Both studiosMember first
Catherine ArnoldCoach & Dietitian · Frankfort AvenueMember first
Maggie FaurestCoach · Both studiosMember first
Kate FreyCoach · Frankfort AvenueMember first
In their own words
What changed for our members
“I helped my daughter move into her new apartment in Chicago. We carried furniture and heavy boxes up three flights of stairs, 40 or more trips. If it weren’t for Dale and The Training Studio, I couldn’t have done it.”
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“Their nutrition program coupled with regular workouts resulted in me losing 32 pounds at the start. I feel as though I’m 25 years younger.”
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“I’ve lost 20 pounds and my cholesterol medicine dosage has been positively adjusted because of my greatly improved numbers. It is adding life to my calendar.”
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“I’ve been running with The Training Studio for about 20 years. With their guidance and training, I’ve run 15 marathons and 30 half marathons.”
Where to find us
Two studios, one membership
Come to whichever is closer. Your membership covers both, and the class times differ, so plenty of members use one on weekdays and the other on Saturdays.
Frankfort Avenue
Downtown
1301 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206
Get Fit & Stay Fit at 6:00 am and 12:00 pm
St. Matthews Avenue
St. Matthews
161 St. Matthews Avenue, Suite #11, Louisville, KY 40207
Get Fit & Stay Fit at 7:30 am and 8:30 am
Strongerstartshere
Book a free thirty-minute consultation. If it feels right, we map out your first four weeks together. No pressure either way.
How it starts
- Reach out. Book a free thirty-minute consultation at whichever studio is closer.
- We map it. A coach asks what you’re after and recommends a first session, or four weeks of Kickstart.
- Train for real. Coached, capped at twelve, scaled to you. Then you decide.