Honegumi is a personal gym by appointment only, beside Utsubo Park in Osaka. Standing, squatting, lifting something off the floor. We take the movements you repeat every day and put them back in order, one person at a time.
What to expect
We begin by asking you to stand and walk. We photograph the height of your shoulders and hips and the way your feet land, then tell you on the spot which part to start with so that everyday movement gets easier.
With the time left, you try two or three exercises you can start that day. We do not take a sign-up there and then. You can go home and think about it.
Why Honegumi
Strength and joint range differ from person to person. At Honegumi we measure posture and movement on your first visit and set the weight and the number of repetitions to the range you actually have. However many years you have been away from exercise, it is our side that adjusts.
The length of one session. With changing and measuring, a visit runs to about 70 minutes.
Trainers on the staff. Your trainer is set when you join and does not change partway through.
Training
There are only three at Honegumi: time spent moving, time spent measuring how you move, and time spent looking back over what you ate. The same trainer handles all three.
Fifty minutes, one to one. The weight comes from the record of your last session. We stop for the day at the point where your form breaks. Repeating the same movement in the same shape counts for more than the number of reps.
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On your first visit and every three months, we measure how you stand, how you squat and how far your shoulders and hips travel, and keep the photographs. Progress is read from the previous photograph and the numbers, not from how it feels.
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You send photographs of what you ate and we reply once a week in one go. We do not prescribe menus. Send the weeks with meals out and drinks in them too, exactly as they were.
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Has it been a while?
If you would rather see the place before deciding, come and look round without training. Everyday clothes are fine. It takes about fifteen minutes, and going straight home afterwards is perfectly all right.
First visit
Here is what happens on the day of a trial session, in order. There is nothing to bring. Clothes, shoes and a towel are ready for you.
We ask about past injuries, how you live now, and which movements hurt. Then we measure how you stand and how far your shoulders and hips travel.
Working from what we measured, you try two or three exercises. We start light and stop while the shape still holds.
We tell you the order to work through and how many times a week is realistic. We do not take a sign-up there and then.
Trainers
The three have coached different people, but the way they measure on a first visit and the way they keep records follow the same steps. Your trainer is set when you join and does not change partway through.
Weight training / building general fitness
Posture and movement assessment / training after childbirth
Food log / planning weight loss
Prices
Every frequency includes the posture and movement assessment, replies to your food log, and the loan of shoes and a towel. Nothing else is charged later. All figures include tax.
Fifty minutes, one to one. Nothing to bring.
Free the first time
About once a week. Bookings can be moved until the day before.
26,400 yen a month
About twice a week. Food-log replies come twice a week.
48,400 yen a month
Valid for six months. It can be shared with family.
63,800 yen
FAQ
A gym you have never been to is hard to walk into. Here are the things people want settled before they come. Anything not covered here is fine by phone or email.
Most people arrive after several years away from exercise. The first session starts without weights, watching how you stand and walk.
Nothing for a trial session. Clothes, shoes and a towel are lent to you. There are lockers and a shower.
Most people start once a week and some move to twice a week later. The fee for each frequency is listed under prices.
The joining fee is 11,000 yen including tax. It is waived if you sign up on the day of your trial session.
Tell us by 8 p.m. the day before and the session carries over to the next month. A cancellation on the day counts as one session.
There is no car park of our own. There are coin car parks on the south side of Utsubo Park. Bicycles can be left in front of the building.