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Group Classes – Join a community of amazing people working hard to build strong, resilient, and reliable bodies through many movement styles. Classes are 1 hour long and programmed in long-term blocks for effective training that makes life outside the gym better. And your coach will be there with you – demonstrating, coaching, and cheering you on!
Depending on the intent of the programming, you may lift heavy objects, develop locomotion skills, perform agility drills, train cardiovascular endurance, or practice juggling. 

We ask that you enter the gym with a  mind open to the process of learning. The goal is to improve over time. You won’t ever reach the summit because there isn’t one. There are numerous peaks and valleys to climb and descend, gaining experience and wisdom along the way. We will work hard, have fun, build community, and live better lives all for it. Also, let’s all try not to be jerks. 🙂

Private Training – Do you work better one-on-one or in small groups? Or maybe you have specific fitness goals? With 30- and 60-minute individual or small group (2-4 people) private training sessions, you get highly personalized attention and programming to fast-track your goals.

Open Gym – During these times the gym is open for you to study and train under your own command. There will be a Synapse staff present, but they are there to keep everyone safe, like a life-guard, not to coach.

Facility

Synapse Strength and Movement is outfitted with dumbbells, kettlebells, sandbags, barbells and bumper plates, medicine balls, and slam balls for all sorts of strength fun. We have two squat rigs with monkey bars, dip bars, and pull-up attachments.  There are resistance bands, gymnastics rings, and stall bars. And for that fire breathing endurance, we have stationary bikes, ski ergs, and rowers. 

We believe robustly strong and malleable feet are essential for living life fully. Synapse is a street shoeless gym. Get rid of all that foam dulling the senses of your feet, let your toes spread naturally, and feel the ground. 

For when you want to hang out we have wifi, coffee, and standing stations if you need to get some work accomplished.

Philosophy

We help people create more action in their lives.

A sustainable, effective movement practice is not a rote process that can be packaged in shiny marketing, administered by a drill sergeant, or motivated solely by competition. A healthy movement practice is a complex amalgam of skill, physiology, progression, and variations of intensity.

The gym is our laboratory. We use fitness as a tool in this pursuit, as well as many other approaches including movement’s opposite, stillness. 

We do the hard work of making this complexity accessible and fun. Over time, you will train all aspects that make up the breadth of human movement, learn and develop the skills needed to confidently interact with our wild world, and reap the benefits of training within a community of people trying to make the most of this amazing life

Our philosophy is inspired by many disciplines and many people. Below are some of the most impactful perspectives that shape Synapse Strength and Movement.

Our Philosophy

What we are and aren't

The gym can be intimidating. At Synapse we try to make it less so by actually teaching you how to use the gym and your body. Not only will you get a workout in each class, but you will walk away having learned something as well. If you want to show up, turn off your brain, and simply sweat, we are not the gym for you. But if you want to learn and deepen the connection with your mind and body, you’ll thrive at Synapse.

Consistency Reigns

We all tend to overestimate what we can achieve in the short term and underestimate what we can achieve in the long term. At Synapse we believe consistency is greater than intensity and variety is necessary for a healthy, resilient body. Our bias is strength, and we challenge the body in all the ways it can be challenged. Check your ego at the door, open your mind to change, and unlock new skills even if a skill takes a couple of years! 

Services

Services

Group Classes – Classes are 1 hour long and your coach will be there with you – demonstrating, coaching, and cheering you on!
Depending on the intent of the programming, you may lift heavy objects, develop locomotion skills, perform agility drills, train cardiovascular endurance, and maybe even practice juggling. The goal is to improve over time.

Private Training – Do you work better one-on-one or in small groups? Or maybe you have specific fitness goals? With 30 and 60 minute individual or small group (2-4 people) private training sessions, you get highly personalized attention and programming to fast-track your goals.

Open Gym – Open Gym is for members only and is open for you to study and train under your own command. There will be a Synapse staff present, but they are there to keep everyone safe, like a life-guard, not to coach.

Our History

Synapse Strength and Movement opened in 2019 as a much-needed alternative to the mostly toxic brands of competitive fitness, too-specialized boutique fitness, or so-cheap-you-will-never-use-it fitness. Our coaches are highly educated, from diverse backgrounds, and love helping our clients unlock new levels of physical skill. 

Synapse won 5280’s best Fitness gym in Denver in 2020.

Your Caring Team of Coaches

James Mills

Founder and Coach

Kelly Haley

Coach

Alani Carbullido

Coach

Conveniently located at Colfax and Fairfax in Mayfair/Parkhill

The First Step Is The Hardest

We are here to make it as easy as possible. 

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