Muscle Bound gym, Bradford celebrates one-year anniversary

Last April, teenager Rob Stoves opened Muscle Bound in Beckside Business Park, off Beckside Road.

Compared to many commercial gyms, Muscle Bound is like a different world.

The huge 16,000-square-foot site gives customers access to not only a range of equipment but services.

The total cost of all the equipment is around £800k (Image: Newsquest)Although it specialises as a weightlifting gym; a barbers, physiotherapy room, and supplement shop can also be enjoyed.

There are around 30 machines per body part at Muscle Bound and we tried out several of them.

We tested the gym's unique powerlifting bench press (Image: Newsquest)Stoves and his team splashed out around £800,000 on the equipment which ranges from old-school apparatus to elite bodybuilding kit.

Targeting chest, the T&A tested the specially-made powerlifting bench press and the Cybex Eagle.

Both provided great range of motion and the ability to pile on the Rouge cast iron plates - especially if you are looking to execute some heavy one-rep maxes.

Muscle Bound has several chest press machine (Image: Newsquest)Machine brands such as Prime, Atlantis, and Cybex are featured throughout the gym.

The free weights were next on the agenda where customers can choose from dumbbells going all the way up to 100kg.

T&A reporter Rowan Newman visited Muscle Bound gym (Image: Newsquest)Keen not to forget the lower body, we were finally taken on the leg press - a machine used by the likes of six-time Mr Olympia Dorian Yates back in the day.

If purely building muscle is your goal, look no further than this Bradford gym.

The gym offers around 30 machines per body part (Image: Newsquest)Asked how the first year has been, Mr Stoves, 20, said: "It has been a process. We have had some ups and downs, that's for sure.

"It is going really well now and is picking up a lot.

"It has been a steady growth for the last 12 months. And it is still growing today."

Stoves and his team have had a successful first 12 months (Image: Newsquest)He added: "We have kept reinvesting for the members. We have got every machine imaginable.

"We have invested heavily in brands from America, Italy, and the rest of Europe.

"Certain brands you can't get any more or only in America.

"We have spoken a lot about getting those rare pieces in here so we can cater for everyone. It is a unique selling point."

Membership prices for Muscle Bound are £329.99 for a year pass, £34.99 monthly, £18 weekly, and a day pass is £7.