The Forest Gym was established in 1970 by Ron Ball and Pete Vickery - the latter a successful competitor in Cycling, Bodybuilding and Power Lifting, with a string of trophies to his name. Ron Ball has now retired and having moved to the North of England has completely severed his links with the gym. Ownership now rests with Peter and Big H.
Harold Marillier was the Manager for twelve years prior to his joint ownership of the gym and has really built up the reputation of the Gym via his own and his wife, Karen Marillier's, contest results. In addition, he has encouraged and given help and guidance to a string of successful competitors from the Gym in both Bodybuilding and Power Lifting. We now have more and more competition bodybuilders visiting us and travelling 200 miles or more for guidance on diet and contest preparation.
The Forest Gym has been providing a service for Bodybuilders and Power Lifters in the Crawley area since our founding year and we intend to continue our efforts to improve the facilities available at the right price.
