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Krakow, Prądnik Biały

Personal trainingstudio in Krakow

One hour, one trainer, and nobody else competing for their attention. We build the plan around your body, your schedule and whatever currently hurts.

Entrance to the Active Zone studio: illuminated logo on the wall, green armchairs and a rack of medicine balls and kettlebells

Our studio on Konecznego 4

  • 5.0from 33 Google reviews
  • 12+years of experience
  • 1:1always with a trainer
  • Konecznego 4, northern Krakow

What brings you here

Two directions, one format

We only run one-to-one sessions. What changes is the starting point - and that decides what your plan looks like.

You want to get stronger and change how you look

Personal training

Strength, conditioning and body composition, with a trainer who watches you for the whole session. The plan is built for your level, your schedule and your limits, not copied from a template.

  • The full session with a trainer, not shared with other clients
  • A plan written from scratch and adjusted as you progress
  • Technique corrected as you go, from the first session
  • A small studio, no crowds and no queues for equipment
See how a session works

Your back hurts or you are coming back after a break

Training for back and joint pain

Movement chosen around what actually bothers you: lower back pain from sitting, a stiff neck, knees, or getting back to activity after a long gap. We start with what you can do safely and add load from there.

  • Load matched to your current limits, not to your ambitions
  • Movement patterns and control first, weight second
  • Pace adjusted to how you feel on the day

This is training, not physiotherapy or rehabilitation. If you have a fresh injury or a diagnosis that needs treatment, see a doctor or a physiotherapist first. We work with you at the stage of getting back to full function.

See who this is for

Not sure which one applies to you? Call and we will work it out in five minutes.

501 719 252

The studio

See where you will be training

Free weights, machines, an artificial turf lane and plenty of daylight. The floor runs by appointment, so the equipment waits for you, not the other way round.

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The Active Zone floor from the entrance: illuminated logo, a rack of balls and kettlebells, an artificial turf lane and the machine area
View from the entrance
The area by the windows with a dumbbell rack, adjustable benches, cable machines and a treadmill
By the windows
The main part of the floor with cable machines, benches and mirrors
Main floor
  • Free weights

    Dumbbells, kettlebells and bumper plates

  • Machines and cables

    Cable stations, adjustable benches, treadmill and bikes

  • Turf lane

    For warm-ups and functional work

  • Daylight

    A row of large windows along the floor

Why us

Training is not only the hour on the floor

You are with a trainer for an hour a week, sometimes three. The rest of the week decides whether anything changes, and we do not leave that part to you alone.

12+

years working with clients

7

trainers on the team

  1. We match the trainer to you

    Seven trainers, different specialisations and different personalities. You are not handed to whoever is free, but to someone who works with goals and bodies like yours. If after a few sessions it does not click, we change the trainer and you owe nobody an explanation.

  2. TODO-CLIENT

    TODO-CLIENT: support between sessions

    TODO-CLIENT: przystanek czeka na tę samą odpowiedź co w wersji polskiej - co dokładnie dostaje podopieczny poza salą. Jeśli przystanek zniknie w PL, znika też tutaj.

  3. Small studio means nobody is watching you

    We work by appointment only, so there is no crowd, no queue for equipment and no audience. For some people that is the single reason they start training at all, and we take it seriously rather than treating it as a slogan.

  4. Twelve years is a lot of cases

    Lower back pain from desk work, comebacks after long breaks, people who have never set foot in a gym. We do not run an experiment on you - we start from what has worked many times and adjust it to what we see on the floor.

Team

The people you will train with

Each of them works a little differently. That is why we ask what you are coming for before we decide who you train with.

More about the studio
Piotr ŻakOwner

Piotr Żak

Krzysztof Żuchowski

Krzysztof Żuchowski

Kamila Śledziowska

Kamila Śledziowska

Daniel Zwoliński

Daniel Zwoliński

Tomasz Łakomiec

Tomasz Łakomiec

Damian Żemło

Damian Żemło

Grzegorz Fliśnik

Grzegorz Fliśnik

Not sure who to pick?

501 719 252

Results

Real stories, not promises

A few of our clients: what they came for, what they achieved and what they wrote about it. All the stories are on a separate page.

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Shape and strength

Patrycja K.

6 months and counting

CoachKrzysztof Żuchowski

off the waist
−10 cm
off the thighs
−4 cm
on the hips
+4 cm
Goal
Lose some weight and build a more athletic, feminine shape.
Result
Only 2 kg lighter on the scale, but a clearly different shape: a narrower waist, slimmer thighs and more defined hips. Plus a lot more strength and confidence.
“A great studio with a really good atmosphere and a professional approach. I especially recommend trainer Krzysztof Żuchowski - competent, committed and great at motivating. The sessions are effective, safe and enjoyable.”
Patrycja K. · Google reviewTranslated from Polish

Knee and back pain

Aleksandra S. and her mum

CoachPiotr Żak

Goal
Aleksandra's mum works as a nurse: she wanted to get rid of knee and back pain, learn to lift safely and improve her fitness. Aleksandra had never trained before and wanted to get stronger.
Result
The pain eased after the first few sessions. Aleksandra's mum now turns a patient onto their side on her own - she used to need a second person for that. Aleksandra, who works at a desk, no longer has back trouble.
“Active Zone is a place where the sweat pours and the laughter drowns out the music. Trainer Piotrek is a real wizard - you walk in tired of life and walk out tired from training... but with a huge grin on your face.”
Aleksandra S. · Google reviewTranslated from Polish

Sport

Denisa M.

CoachKamila Śledziowska

Goal
Better performance as a futsal goalkeeper.
Result
Faster, more confident saves, and injury-prevention work carried her through the whole season without an injury.
“I am a futsal goalkeeper, so the sessions combine strength, speed and coordination work with reflex drills. Kamila knows a huge amount, can explain every exercise and corrects my technique, so training is not only effective but safe too.”
Denisa M. · Google reviewTranslated from Polish

Reviews

5.0 from 33 reviews on Google

We do not chase ratings and we do not filter what people write. Below are excerpts - the full reviews are on our Google profile.

The personal trainers here are great and they really focus on teaching you how to train properly from the very beginning.
Juan Esteban Posada CarvajalGoogle review
There are too many upsides to list, and the trainers are specialists in their fields. You walk in with back pain and walk out needing a new wardrobe.
Przemysław CiosekGoogle reviewTranslated from Polish
I wanted to lose weight before the summer and ended up staying much longer. As a complete beginner I could feel that nobody here judges anyone, which matters a lot.
AnnaGoogle reviewTranslated from Polish
A really good, small place with excellent trainers. Sessions can be planned around your own goals, safely and matched to what you are actually able to do.
Katarzyna CiborGoogle reviewTranslated from Polish
Professional care adjusted to each person's needs. I planned to come for three months, stayed for ten and I am still training.
Anna KasprzykiewiczGoogle reviewTranslated from Polish
Full of committed trainers, with a small scale atmosphere that makes it easy to adapt the training to very different needs. I have been coming for over a year.
Katarzyna StrzelczykGoogle reviewTranslated from Polish

All reviews are collected on our Google profile, where you can check who wrote them.

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First step

Start with one phone call

Tell us what hurts or what you want to change, and we will tell you how we work and which trainer fits. No commitment up front.