BASALT
BASALT
LoadingA 26,000 square foot facility on the Jersey City waterfront, built for people who treat training as a practice rather than a phase.
BASALT was built around a single objection: that a member serious about hypertrophy and a member serious about capacity should not have to accept a weaker standard of coaching because they walked through the wrong door.
So the strength hall and the conditioning floor share one assessment protocol, one set of measurements and one bar for who is allowed to coach on them. Which floor you spend your week on is a preference. The standard is not.
Photographed as they run — platforms, the rig, recovery, and the people who work there.
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Neither is a class calendar. Both are programmes with a stated target, a written week and a number at the end of it.
Read the methodologyStructured hypertrophy, measured in years rather than weeks.
Members who want to change how their body looks and how it holds load. That includes people in their first year under a barbell and athletes preparing for a stage; roughly half the members on this track have never competed and have no intention of doing so.
Bodybuilding in full
Capacity built on positions that still hold under fatigue.
Members who want to be measurably fitter across strength, skill and endurance rather than in one of the three. Everything scales, so a first session and a tenth year can run side by side on the same floor without either being an afterthought.
CrossFit in full
Every plan includes unlimited access to both floors. What changes is how much coaching sits on top of it, and when the doors are open to you.
Compare in detail$89/mo
For members who run their own training and want full access to both floors, plus assessments often enough to keep the numbers honest.
Choose Basic$169/mo
For members who want a coach in the room twice a week and a facility that is open whenever their schedule allows.
Choose Premium$249/mo
For members working to an individual plan with a specialist who knows their history, their limits and their next twelve weeks.
Choose UltraEach coach has a stated focus. Working with one is optional — you are never required to book a person in order to train.
All ten coaches
Hypertrophy blocks, Contest preparation, Stalled lifts
Olympic lifting, Barbell cycling, Competition prep
Powerbuilding, Joint and tendon resilience, Lifters over 40
Gymnastic progressions, Ring and bar work, Scaling for beginners
Attendance is recorded at every visit, which means these are counts rather than claims.
Roughly an even split across the two tracks
Recorded attendance, not estimated footfall
Each with a stated focus, not a general certification
Open since 2016