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One road in Chalong with more than twenty gyms on it. You do not need to be a fighter to walk in.
Soi Ta-iad
Muay Thai, MMA, Brazilian jiu jitsu, boxing, crossfit and strength work, one after another down a single road in Chalong, with the health-food cafés, recovery rooms and supplement shops that grew up around them. Tiger Muay Thai is the name everyone knows, but the street itself is the thing — and drop-ins are completely normal.
The reason most people come. Turn up, pay for the session, train. The bigger gyms run beginner classes several times a day and are used to people who have never done it — you are not going to be thrown in with fighters unless you ask to be.
Several of the gyms run full MMA programmes and dedicated BJJ mats, with gi and no-gi classes through the day. Open mats are common and visitors are expected.
Western boxing, conditioning classes, crossfit boxes and proper weight rooms — several of them better equipped than most gyms at home. Useful if you want to keep training rather than start a new sport.
The reason people come to Phuket for a month rather than a week. Weekly and monthly passes are much better value than paying per session, and most of the gyms have accommodation attached or nearby.
Smoothie bars, protein cafés, physio and recovery rooms, a couple of good coffee places. Even if you never put gloves on it is an interesting hour, and it is the least touristy part of the island that tourists actually go to.
Soi Ta-iad is not on the Smart Bus route and a song thaew means changing in Phuket Town, so it is a Grab or a scooter. The Chalong roundabout right next to it is a known police checkpoint — you need a motorcycle licence to ride past it legally, and your insurance depends on it. Want to watch a fight rather than train? That is on the nightlife page.
For anyone thinking about a session or a month.
Yes, and most people on Fitness Street are. The bigger gyms run beginner classes several times a day and are used to people who have never done it — you are not going to be put in with fighters. Turn up, pay for the session, train.
Soi Ta-iad in Chalong, in the south of the island. Twenty-odd gyms along one road, including Tiger Muay Thai, plus the cafés, physio rooms and recovery places that have grown up around them.
No. Several gyms run full MMA programmes and dedicated BJJ mats with gi and no-gi classes through the day, and there is western boxing, conditioning, crossfit and proper weight rooms — several better equipped than most gyms at home.
Not to start. Gloves are usually available to borrow or hire at the gyms, though anyone staying more than a few days tends to buy their own locally.
That is the reason people come to Phuket rather than train at home. Weekly and monthly passes are much better value than paying per session, and most of the gyms have accommodation attached or nearby.
