RAW Past & Present

RAW Performance is a Holistic gym in Omagh (Gortrush Industrial Estate) that prides itself of being one of the leading gyms in Northern Ireland!! 

The gym was established in September of 2016 and officially opened its doors on the 26th of said month. Since then the gym has went from strength to strength. 

Since opening our morals have never changed!!  

“Build strong and capable bodies for everyday life” 

“Strength through Movement”                                      

In short and sweet terms…..  

“Future Proofing!!” 

Our clientele ranges from to weight management members to field based athletes. Our program is tailored in a way that means it is applicable to all levels. Also our coaches are more than cable of producing regressions or progressions depending on where you are at with your fitness journey  

Declan Campbell was the original creator of RAW Performance. He built a top of the range facility that was initially aimed towards helping athletes and teams develop in their trade. RAW quickly got a name for itself and was then helping a lot of GAA teams with their pre & in-season training.

With the facility and the progress shown, the Tyrone senior GAA team started to train here, which also then helped massively with the progress of the social media. Having renowned people in the gym such as Peter Donnelly and the tyrone team would attract even more tyrone based teams

It did not take long for Declan to also target the everyday population and help them mould better and more capable bodies. But, the gym had developed a stigma of being only for athletes which did make it slightly more difficult to be approachable for all.  

Once the gym then made itself known as an everyday persons gym as well as an athlete based one, you could really see a growing community start to flourish.  

Myself and Louise then took the gym over in June 2020. Obviously, not the most ideal time to be taking on a business due to Covid, but with having worked in the gym for then the guts of 4 years, I was confident that the clientele were more than comfortable with myself and knew that the ethos of the gym would not change.

June 2020

 Having programmed the classes for 3 years pervious to taking over, the program was more than capable and meant that the members were instilled with confidence knowing that they were in safe hands.  

Since taking over me and Louise made the decision to add a few classes, such as Mobility & Skill and Olympic Lifting that really expressed the ethos of our gym (strength through movement). Also we added a more in-depth structure to our Engine (conditioning) class, that has recently been a real hit amongst our members! 

Here at RAW, we are constantly looking at ways to improve and better the experience for our current and future members. With that in mind I am really looking forward to the future, as if any of my bigger ideas come into play, it will be very exciting!! 

PS, I actually wrote this blog just when myself and Louise took over here, its been nearly 2 years now, and since then, even through the months of closing and re-opening we have done a lot!  

We expanded on our gym size by opening up an open gym area upstairs,  

We added a bit of new equipment (more to come) 

and more recently, we also added a Cafe in the gym!

With a few visions starting to come to light, it is clear that our ideas are definitely being put into action! Hopefully plenty more to come  

To finish, our staff and members are very welcoming, so if you want to give us a go, shoot myself or any of our staff a message and we will guide you to where you should be going.  

Lets keep Future Proofing!!