Lift Lab: Six-Month Anniversary Weekend, Day 2 Celebrating Female Health, Female Strength: Muscles & Strength
Want the full weekend experience and curious about Saturday? Check out our Saturday page and get the bundled weekend ticket there: https://luma.com/mkfia7uq.
About the event
When I started lifting, I was intimidated, lost, and nowhere near consistent. I kept copying things from youtube and instagram without really understanding the movements, and falling off after few tries.
The thing is, most classes just tell you what to do for 45 minutes, but rarely go into the details such as the why. A personal trainer can teach you the how and why, but that's a big commitment, and finding the right one is hard. And even then, a session is only an hour, and most of it has to go on getting the workout in, so the theory rarely gets the time it deserves.
So we went looking for an event that actually taught the theory behind strength training, in a room full of women. We couldn't find one, so we built it.
That's Lift Lab, understand what you're doing and why, then put it into practice, together.
What is Lift Lab
Lift Lab is our brand new educational strength experience for women+. It's a premium three-hour event that combines a focused lecture on the principles of strength training, a coached group session, and a curated social atmosphere. You'll leave understanding exactly what you're doing, and why, so training on your own no longer feels like guesswork, all in a room full of women figuring it out alongside you.
One evening, three parts:
Learn the what, how and why, the theory behind your lifts
Practice, a fully coached strength session
Connect, time with other women getting into lifting
This edition: Day 2, Female Health and Female Strength, Muscle & Strength
Day two of our six-month anniversary weekend stays with the theme, a celebration of female health and female strength, and gets into something most of us were never really taught: how your muscles actually work, and what that means for the way you train.
This isn't about women versus men, or who's better, that's the wrong game. It's about understanding your own body, so no one gets to tell you what you're capable of. Because so much of what women are handed about training (don't lift heavy, you'll get bulky, stick to light weights and high reps) is myth, not fact, and knowing the difference changes how you train.
With our lead coach, Jo, we'll look at what the science actually says:
What: what the real physiological differences between female and male bodies are when it comes to muscle and strength, what actually makes muscle grow and get stronger, and the difference between strength and hypertrophy
Why: why so many of the "rules" women are handed are myths, and what the evidence actually says instead
How: how to train with your body rather than against it, including lifting heavy without fear of "bulk," and trusting that you can build real strength
Everything we cover is based on averages, which describe groups, not you. Your own body, history and goals always matter more, so take what's useful and hold the rest lightly.
You'll leave understanding your body better, and with a clearer, more confident way to train it.
Want both days? The Lift Lab Weekend ticket (Saturday and Sunday) is on the Saturday page: https://luma.com/mkfia7uq
What's included
Expert-led theory lecture
A fully coached strength session with free weights, led by three instructors on the floor
Free weight equipment provided on site (dumbbells, kettlebells, mats, bands, by sidea), just bring yourself
Barista coffee and drinks on site by 19grams, from espresso, flat whites and lattes to matcha, chai and hot chocolate
Daily Fibre drinks from mybacs
A goodie bag and surprises from our partners
Time to connect with other women who are getting into lifting
In your goodie bag
Lovely Day (lovelyday.de), Berlin-made, female-founded clean beauty, 100% natural and vegan, made locally in small batches and packaged in glass. You'll get two of their handmade products to try (think toner, serum and more).
bettr-food (bettr-food.com), high-protein, organic real-food snacks. In your bag: their protein fruit balls and a protein soup, made from simple plant-based ingredients, plus a 10% code.
mybacs (mybacs.com), a Munich-based microbiome brand making science-led pro-, pre- and postbiotic supplements for gut health, with a dedicated women's line too. Today's bag features their Active Debloat, a digestive-enzyme and botanical complex made to ease bloating after a meal.
ZOHI / Nature Addicts (zohi.co.uk), collagen bars and gummies, plus ZOHI chewing gums, a tasty little boost for skin, hair and nails that eats more like a treat than a supplement.
Yoni (yoni.care), period care made from 100% certified-organic cotton, no synthetics or fragrances, from a certified B Corp. (Also stocked in the bathrooms on the day.)
nucao (thenucompany.com), organic, vegan chocolate sweetened with coconut-blossom sugar and wrapped in home-compostable packaging, from a climate-positive B Corp that plants a tree for every bar sold.
YES (yesyesyes.org), certified-organic, plant-based intimate care, founded by two women in 2003. Your bag includes a water-based lubricant and a vaginal-moisturiser sachet, pH-matched and free from glycerine and hormones.
Nutri-Plus (nutri-plus.de), German vegan sports nutrition, plant-based, low in sugar and palm-oil-free. In your bag: their nutri+ Wafer bars and a sample of their Vanilla Protein Pudding.
The goodie bag alone is worth way more than your ticket 👀
Giveaways
Win GOODEN activewear. Part of our weekend activewear giveaway, run on our Instagram. The GOODEN prize pool: 3 Crop Top "Williams" in Ocean Blue, 3 Gym Tote Bags, and a €50 voucher, worth over €300 together. GOODEN (gooden.de) is a female-founded brand making plant-based sportswear from TENCEL and SeaCell, designed for circularity and made in Europe.The raffle runs on our Instagram (@womensliftclub), so keep an eye out in the next few days. Winners get their set in time to wear it on the day.
Win a Daysy fertility monitor (worth over €200). We're also giving one away at the event. Daysy (daysy.me) is a cycle and fertility tracker made in Germany: you measure your temperature each morning and its colour system shows your fertile and infertile days, with no app subscription needed. A fitting prize for a weekend all about female health. We'll draw the winner in a raffle among attendees on the day, just be there.
Who's teaching
Joanna, lead coach
Certified trainer specialising in strength and functional movement with a background in dance, Joanna coaches hundreds of people across Berlin each month, particularly women, through studios such as Lifted, Beat81 and BECYCLE & BEYOND. She draws from track and calisthenics to further explore the connection between strength, athletic movement and body control. She believes training should be empowering, challenging yet sustainable, and built on a positive relationship with your body and yourself.
Alyssa, coach
Alyssa is a certified personal trainer specializing in strength training and building muscle. She is passionate about helping women learn and build strength, confidence, and consistency in the gym. Her goal is to make training feel less intimidating, more empowering, and something to enjoy for the long term.
Daria, coach
With a background in medical education, Daria works primarily with women through individual coaching, helping them build stronger, healthier and more confident bodies.
Her approach to strength training goes beyond aesthetics and performance - focusing on health, resilience, longevity, independence and confidence in your own body.
Jana, coach
As a HYROX athlete, runner and coach, Jana works across strength, functional fitness and endurance. She coaches indoor cycling at Ride.bln, as well as rowing, strength and HYROX at Achter. She also works as a Personal Trainer and HYROX Performance Coach at Fitness First. Her mission is simple: to help women feel strong, capable and confident in their bodies. Whether it’s preparing for a HYROX race, getting stronger in the gym or simply making time for themselves, she wants women to become stronger athletes — and stronger versions of themselves in everyday life.
Vera, coach
Vera brings together scientific expertise, hands-on experience and a real passion for female empowerment. Her academic research explored people's relationships with their bodies, and she spent several years in leadership development, coaching people through their personal and professional growth. Today she's turned that passion into her profession, working as a coach and personal trainer who helps women step into their strength, physically and personally. She is a certified Coach, Fitness Trainer and Female Health Coach, with a focus on cycle-aware strength training and nutrition.
Mira, coach
Movement specialist with 20 years in clinical rehabilitation and strength training. B.Ed. in Sports Education. Reading how your body moves and loads, asymmetries, compensations, what's working and what's not. The goal is help you move well, load safely, understand what your body is actually capable of with confidence.
Valeriya, coach
Valeriya is a Berlin-based strength coach offering 1:1 personal training in Berlin, online coaching and group classes. She believes strength is one of the best investments a woman can make in herself, not only to look and feel strong today, but to stay healthy, active and independent for decades to come.
Alex, coach
Alex is a PT at Queer Power Gym, specialising in weightlifting and nutrition. She helps women feel stronger by understanding their bodies, and brings the same energy to her own training, most recently taking on an obstacle race.
The details
📅 Sunday 25 October 2026, 10:00 to 13:30
📍 The Space Kudamm, Kurfürstendamm 229, 10719 Berlin
🎟️ Tickets:
Lift Lab Sunday: early bird €39, then €49
Early bird closes Friday 9th October 7PM, so grab yours early.
Already booked the Lift Lab Weekend ticket on the Saturday page? You're all set for today.
⏰ Please come early. Check-in closes at 10:15.
Our partners
Made possible by:
The Space Kudamm, venue. An urban experimentation space in the heart of Kurfürstendamm, built from shipping containers into a modular, open setting where brands, culture, community and wellbeing meet. They're hosting our anniversary weekend.
sidea, equipment. sidea is an Italian brand specialising in strength training equipment. They're providing the dumbbells, kettlebells, mats, and bands for the session.
19grams, onsite drinks. One of Berlin's original specialty coffee roasters, founded in 2002 and roasting from their lab at Alexanderplatz, sourcing directly and sustainably from farmers. A barista will be on site serving the full menu.
mybacs, onsite drinks. A Munich-based microbiome brand whose science-led supplements (developed with doctors and pharmacists) support your gut with good bacteria and fibre. They're sharing their Daily Fibre drink.
And supported by: Lovely Day, bettr-food, ZOHI / Nature Addicts, Yoni, nucao, YES, Nutri-Plus, and GOODEN
Good to know
This is a women+ space, open to women, trans, non-binary, and gender-non-conforming folks. Cis men, please sit this one out.
All ticket sales are final. We don't offer refunds or credits for future events.
By registering, you consent to having photographs and videos taken during the event that may be used in materials and social media for Women's Lift Club and its partners.
About Women's Lift Club
Women's Lift Club is a Berlin-based strength training community for women+. We are on the mission to empower women to get stronger, together.
Follow along: @womensliftclub