Member Spotlight: Rai A True Function Fitness Legend
If you’ve been around Function Fitness long enough, you’ll know Rai.
She’s one of those members who lifts the whole room just by being in it. Friendly, welcoming, and always up for the work. If Rai’s in your class, you say hello. It’s automatic.
She joined in 2015, back when Function Fitness was a very different place, and she has grown with the gym every step of the way. Her journey reflects exactly what we stand for: consistency, community, and the belief that fitness evolves with you over time.
After moving back to Torrington from London and trying big chain gyms that felt cold and intimidating, she came to us on the recommendation of her brother. And from her very first LBT class, she knew she’d found her place.
“I loved that it was small and friendly. The LBT and 30-minute HIIT classes were my favourites.”
She wanted to feel confident again, and she dove into strength training, especially Body Pump.
(With Steve later helping tidy up the squat technique. We’ll let them both tell that one.)
Rai is a grafter.
Through job changes, life changes, and even a global pandemic, she never lost her sense of routine. Online workouts, cold car park sessions. She was there.
“It was so good to exercise together and maintain some normality. It made such a difference.”
She has built incredible strength over the years.
She has taken on Level Method.
She has trained for Hyrox with Andrea.
She has competed in the Function Fitness Games and even came first female in her age group.
That does not happen by accident.
It is years of effort, consistency, and choosing to keep going.
In November 2024, Hyrox training led to a prolapsed disc. The kind of injury that most people do not come back from quickly.
“The pain was so bad I passed out and ended up in A&E. It was a huge lesson in listening to my body.”
But Rai rebuilt.
Slowly. Patiently. With Steve guiding her through SPC sessions and Lou bringing her confidence back with reformer Pilates.
“Steve has been amazing, pushing me but letting me work at my pace. And we’ve had so many laughs along the way.”
Sometimes the strongest thing you can do is start again, and Rai proved exactly that.
Today she’s back in classes, enjoying familiar faces, rebuilding her running, and proving that fitness is not static. It grows with you, through every season of life.
Ask her why someone should join, and she’ll tell you:
“Just do it. It’ll change your life. You’ll get stronger, fitter, gain confidence, make friends, and have a laugh along the way. Everyone is so welcoming, it really feels like a community. Function Fitness is so much more than a gym!”
Because people like Rai shape the atmosphere of Function Fitness.
They are the ones who show what is possible when you stay open, stay willing, and keep turning up.
Her warmth.
Her engine.
Her consistency.
Her growth.
All of it makes her a core part of the Function Fitness story.
And with the new Legends Wall coming soon,
Rai absolutely deserves the very first space.
Book a free No Sweat Intro with the simple click of a button above and take the first step towards becoming the fittest, strongest version of yourself at Function Fitness.
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