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About Instinct

Rooted in Tarporley. Built for the community that loves it!

Supporting you,
to become your best.

Tarporley is a village with a genuine community spirit, and Instinct was built from within it. From the beginning, this was a place where people didn’t just train, they belonged. That connection proved something. It showed that the right environment, with the right people, can become something worth investing in.

Instinct began on a local industrial estate, a modest space that became something much greater than its surroundings suggested. People came for the training and stayed for everything else. The atmosphere, the coaches, the sense that this place understood them. Word spread the way it only does in a close-knit community, through genuine recommendation, honest conversation, and the kind of loyalty that can’t be manufactured.

That loyalty caught the attention of someone who recognised what Instinct had already become. The investment that followed wasn’t about changing it; it was about giving it room to grow. Instinct moved into a purpose-built space on Tarporley High Street, extending the back of a former pub into a modern, clean health hub at the heart of the village. The same spirit, the same coaches, the same community. Just more space to share it.

Meet the team

Chris Norris

Chris Norris

Gym Manager/Head Coach

As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Dom Maltby

Dom Maltby

Coach

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. And that is why it’s called the present.

James Wild

James Wild

Coach

Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out alive.

Jonny Lea

Jonny Lea

Coach

One must suffer emotional pain to develop greater emotional resilience, a stronger sense of self, increased compassion and a generally happier life.

Vic Price

Vic Price

Coach

If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got.

Upcoming Events

OddBall’s Workshop & Mens Training Session

OddBall’s Workshop & Mens Training Session

7th June 2026 9:15AM - 10:45AM
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