The record
2011 — today
15yrs
Coaching since 2011
800+
Women trained
30 Under 30 Africa
Brand ambassador
Fifteen years of women showing up — for themselves, and for each other.
iTrain isn't built on quick fixes. Guided training, honest coaching and a community that makes consistency feel possible — whatever your starting point. Women-first, always: most of our members are women, and everyone who shows up belongs.
Our story
Saturday Sessions & Wednesday, 6am.
Seven ways to train(07)
All programsPlus Personal Coaching, Hybrid HIIT and outdoor Saturday Sessions — see all seven.
Not another gym.
A studio that knows you.
Mass gyms sell access. iTrain coaches people — small groups, women-first, with a community that notices when you don't show up.
The big-box gym
#iTrain
Walking in
A card swipe
A coach who knows your name
The floor
Crowded and anonymous
Small groups, women-first
The plan
Figure it out yourself
Coached and progressive — seven programs
Showing up
Paid for, hoped for
Rewarded — 200 #IP every session
Community
Headphones in
Run club, Saturday Sessions, coffee after
The record
A tag on a keyring
15 years, 800+ women, Forbes-listed
Stronger togetherGroup training, always.
Ease into the weekend with the whole iTrain community — Saturday Sessions end with coffee and conversation.
Channel your inner warriorBoxing at iTrain.
Run clubPart of every membership.
time is
precious.
health is
wealth.
Strong at every ageWhy women need strength training.
#IP pointsEvery rep earns. Literally.
30 Under 30 AfricaTop 100 Influencer SAIt started in a
living room.
2011. Mariam Manack — BSc Sports Science, UKZN — converts her living room into a studio and starts coaching three clients. Fifteen years later: two premium studios, more than 800 women trained, a PUMA ambassadorship and Forbes 30 Under 30 Africa.
The scale changed. The coaching didn't.
Read the storyMariam Manack
Founder · Head Coach
Every rep earns.
Literally.
200 points for every session — the only fitness currency in Durban. Spend it on coffee, merch, and a shot at Dubai.
How rewards workFree · The iTrain Assessment
3 minutes
Eight questions. Your training profile, scored.
Movement readiness, recovery capacity, drive, coaching leverage — the same read a coach takes in your first session, free before you ever walk in.
Start the assessmentSample profile
87 / 100
Movement readiness
72
Recovery capacity
58
Drive & focus
91
Coaching leverage
84
Member perks, across Durban
In partnership with
PUMA
Royal Travel
Humble Coffee
Osman's Taj Mahal
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