Synergy began in Bentleigh. Our first studio was a smaller space serving that community, and a good number of the people training with us today started there — they simply came with us when we built the bigger, purpose-built studio a few minutes up the road on McKinnon Rd.
The pitch hasn't changed since the Bentleigh days: one coach, one client, one bay. You're not waiting for a rack, you're not sharing your trainer's attention with someone on the next bench, and nobody's watching. For people who find big gyms loud and impersonal, that's the entire point.
Every new client starts with a trial week — two 45-minute training sessions and a 45-minute goal-setting session, so you finish the week knowing exactly what a program written for you would look like. There's nothing to pay for it and no obligation to continue afterwards.
Every program starts with a detailed movement assessment. Whether you're new to training, coming back after injury or time away, managing back pain, or want to feel stronger through your 40s, 50s and beyond, the plan is written for your body and the week you actually have — not pulled off a shelf.
We're at 189 McKinnon Rd in McKinnon, the next suburb along. Most of our Bentleigh clients drive or take the train — McKinnon and Bentleigh are consecutive stops on the Frankston line.
Yes. Vinay ran Synergy from a smaller studio serving the Bentleigh community for several years before opening the purpose-built McKinnon studio in 2025.
No. Most people here started unsure they belonged in a gym at all. The assessment exists precisely so the program starts where you actually are.
Two 45-minute training sessions and a 45-minute goal-setting session, so you finish the week knowing exactly what a program written for you would look like. Nothing to pay, and no obligation to continue.
