Helping busy professionals near Mt Airy, Philadelphia stay strong, energized & confident with 45-min expert-led workouts.
No guesswork, no stress—just results that fit your life.
07/01/2026
We are modifying our hours in observance of the July 4th Holiday.
Friday, July 3rd:
AM - Normal Schedule
PM - Closed
Saturday, July 4th:
Closed
We hope you enjoy your holiday weekend! We'll resume our regular schedule on Monday.
06/20/2026
One of our goals is for everyone who works out with us to feel strong. This is the catch, we want you to feel strong for you. Not for your coach, not for the person next to you, not because of something you’ve seen/read, and certainly not because a piece of data somewhere states it.
If you want to do a pull up, we will support you.
If you want to sit on the floor pain free, we will support you.
If you want to get your movement mojo back, we will support you.
Real strength, like the type you want and need for every day life, isn’t about the number, whichever number you’re looking at.
Real strength is being able to do what you want to do, when you want to do it, simply because you can, and typically with a smile.
When you walk through the door at Urban Athlete, we want you to feel strong for you. It’s not too simple or vague. This hour of your day is for you. When the weights feel light, pick up heavier ones. When the weights feel heavy, put them down. We’ll always support you along the way!
06/09/2026
One thing I think gets overlooked in strength training is how much of your actual strength is isometric. Isometric is when your muscles are working hard but nothing is moving. It looks like this in real life…
-Standing upright
-Carrying grocery bags without swaying
-Holding your kid on your hip
-Bracing before you pick something up off the floor
This is exactly what IsoPhit trains, and it's why we use it at Urban Athlete.
You push and pull against a fixed bar on a platform, generating as much force as you're capable of, while a coach guides every position. 30 exercises, 30 minutes, full body. The bar doesn't move, you just get stronger in the positions that matter.
For someone just getting into strength training, this is a genuinely great place to start. There's no external load to manage, no intimidation factor, and your body learns how to produce force in a controlled way before anything else gets layered on.
For someone who's been at it for years, IsoPhit shows you things you didn't know were there including asymmetries between sides, positions where you're leaking force, patterns that might be limiting your progress with traditional lifts.
It's not a replacement for anything. It's the piece a lot of people didn't know was missing.
We offer IsoPhit as standalone personal training or paired with traditional strength work. Every session is coached, every session is intentional.
Send us a DM or hit the link in bio.
05/19/2026
We are closed this Monday, May 25th in honor of Memorial Day 🇺🇲.
We hope you are able to take this day to spend time with family and enjoy the long weekend.
We’ll be back at it and ready to roll on Tuesday. Enjoy the holiday and stay safe ❤️💙
05/17/2026
Fun 3 mile hike (well just shy of 3) today in the Wissahickon with and
Beautiful morning!!!
You don’t need 5 days a week.
You don’t need 90-minute workouts.
You probably don’t even need more motivation.
You need:
→ 3 sessions a week
→ 45 minutes
→ A coach telling you what to do
That’s the whole recipe.
It’s not flashy.
It just works.
Want help getting started?
DM us or grab a free consultation through the link in our bio.
Built for Real Life
Fitness should fit into your life, not compete with it. Semi-private training offers the structure of personal coaching with the flexibility of a small group format. You get meaningful attention without needing a full private session every time.
Each workout is efficient, purposeful, and coached from start to finish. The group energy keeps you engaged, even on busy days.
It’s a sustainable way to train that respects your time and your priorities.
Not sure if Semi-Private Training is for you? DM us or click the link in bio for a free consultation.
Listen… if your schedule is packed, adding a complicated fitness plan isn’t the move.
Here’s the thing:
You don’t need more to manage.
You need less to think about.
That’s why everything we do is simple:
Show up
Get coached
Leave feeling better
That’s it.
If you’ve been stuck in “I’ll start when things calm down” mode…
they’re probably not calming down anytime soon.
DM us “START” or hit the link in our bio.
We’ll walk you through it. Free consultation, no pressure.
Fitness should feel like something you get to do, not something you have to do.
Recently, we shuffled things up a bit ♠️♥️♣️♦️
Each card pulled = a new challenge for the whole class. No one knew what was coming next… and that was the point.
Every flip brought a mix of laughs, groans, and “alright, let’s go.”
And the Jokers? Yeah… those belonged to the coaches 😈 (you can imagine how that went).
What you don’t see in these pictures is just as important as what you do -
the encouragement between reps, the shared struggle, the energy that builds when everyone’s in it together.
We train hard, but we don’t forget to enjoy it.
Because when fitness is fun, it sticks.
If you’ve been looking for a place where you can work hard and actually enjoy the process… this is it.
Come join us for the next one.
There’s something different about the people who show up on the weekend.
No pressure.
No audience.
Just intention.
You didn’t “have to” be here… you chose to be.
And that choice? That’s where the magic lives.
| Monday | 6am - 10am |
| 4:30pm - 9pm | |
| Tuesday | 6am - 11am |
| 4:30pm - 8pm | |
| Wednesday | 6am - 12pm |
| 4:30pm - 8pm | |
| Thursday | 6am - 11am |
| 4:30pm - 8pm | |
| Friday | 6am - 12pm |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm | |
| Saturday | 8am - 11am |
| Sunday | 8am - 11am |