Starting assessment
A relaxed 45-minute tour, goal chat and movement screen with a senior coach.
Strength gym & personal training · Philadelphia
Structured strength training, built for real progress.
One-to-one coaching, four-person semi-private pods or a members’ floor with a capped head count: whichever you choose, Alder Forty gives you a written plan and a clear measure of progress every week.
Three-step start
Assess. Plan. Train.
Every new client starts with a movement and goal assessment, never a sales pitch.
Your written plan
A tailored 4-week phase built around your schedule, equipment preferences and recovery.
Train and review
Log the wins week by week, then review strength and body-composition milestones every four weeks.
Why big gyms stall you
Random workouts stall real progress.
Big-box gyms sell memberships by the thousand and leave you guessing what to do next. Alder Forty caps its membership, pairs every coaching client with a credentialed coach and logs every training block.
- Queues for benches and racks
- A new workout every visit
- Commissioned sales pressure
- Twelve-month contracts
- No record of what you lifted
- Crash diets sold as a plan
Post-rehab strength
Finished physio? Get back to real lifting.
Our corrective exercise specialist works from your physical therapy discharge notes to rebuild symmetry, tendon capacity and confident full-range loading for knees, lower backs, hips and shoulders.
See post-rehab trainingTraining & memberships
Pick the level of coaching you need.
Transparent per-session and monthly prices, from 1-on-1 coaching to independent programming.
Programming
Conditioning & hypertrophy programming
$195 / month · 12-week programme
Rolling 4-week blocks written by an NSCA-CSCS coach, plus one 60-minute in-person session each month.
Read about programmingOne to one
1-on-1 personal training
$85 / session · 60 minutes
Individual coaching built around your strength, fat-loss or longevity goals, with full custom programming.
Read about 1-on-1 trainingPost-rehab
Post-rehab & corrective strength
$90 / session · 60 minutes
Bridge the gap between physical therapy discharge and confident, full-strength training.
Read about post-rehab training
The floor
Space to train, not a queue to join.
Alder Forty caps active memberships, so benches, cable stations and dumbbells stay free even at 6 AM and 5:30 PM. Equipment is cleaned, maintained and racked in order throughout the day.
Tour the gym floorThe coaching team
Meet the coaches on your floor.
Renata Ferraro
Head coach & studio director
NSCA-CSCS and Precision Nutrition Level 2 coach with 13 years guiding strength and body-composition change.
Read Renata’s profile
Desmond Whitaker
Strength & post-rehab specialist
Corrective exercise specialist with 10 years helping adults lift strong again after back, knee and shoulder setbacks.
Read Desmond’s profile“Walking in at 5:45 PM on a Tuesday and getting straight onto the equipment still feels unreal after years at commercial gyms.”
What happens at the starting assessment?
A relaxed 45-minute visit with a senior coach: a tour, a talk about your goals, schedule and injury history, and a brief movement check in everyday gym clothes. No exhausting fitness test.
Are there contracts or joining fees?
No. Every membership and monthly coaching plan is month to month, with no initiation fee and 14 days’ notice to pause or cancel.
I haven’t trained in years. Will I feel out of place?
Not here. Over half of our coaching clients started with little or no free-weight experience, and coaches teach every set-up step by step.
Your first step
Start with a 45-minute assessment.
Tell us your goal and the times you can train; a coach confirms your visit within one business day.