Boxing Laboratory

Andy is a great coach, he has improved me as a boxer so much in only a few months. I'm getting better each week and using what he's taught me in sparring. I highly recommend him and he's overall a great guy and very respectable.

On top of just boxing skills, the club has helped me mentally and overall happier since starting, its a great place to take out any anger in a positive way.

Fantastic club. Top drawer knowledge and coaching skills at this club, as well as good range of equipment, but the best thing is that it helped me instantly settle in to St Albans after moving here.
I have struggled to find a path to competition in boxing over the years, and since starting at the Boxing Laboratory I have been very excited about the prospect of competing though the club. To add to this, the club is a really nice, friendly, social environment.
It’s a great club, and also has had a big impact on my overall feeling about moving to the area, and I’m looking forward to keeping up training here while I look to compete.

Terrific for all ages. I love it that Andy makes people welcome whatever decade they're in. (It's not necessarily easy to turn up at a boxing gym if you're a woman in your late sixties like I am, but he never turned a hair, took care to set the program at the right level for me - safe but still challenging - took me seriously, made it seem the most natural thing in the world for me to be there.) I took up boxing when I was in the doldrums after I retired from psychiatric nursing – and it’s really a fantastic sport for older people! I’m never going to fight a round, never going to risk the headshots, but, no kidding, the training has got me fitter than I was in my thirties. I love that. And even more, I love the mental health workout. Makes me feel great, confident, calm, sharp, full of energy. (I wish I’d understood this when I was working – I’d have been campaigning for my patients to go to a boxing gym rather than taking pills.) Andy is hugely encouraging as a coach, and I’d love it if we had a whole class full of people my age all encouraging each other, keeping ourselves young. Highly recommended.

Having reached pension age and never interested in going to the gym I decided I wanted to get fit while learning a skill. Boxing seemed to fit the bill.
After approaching some local clubs I settled on the Boxing Laboratory, London Colney. Andy Hojdys the owner, is very particular and the equipment and premises kept spotless.
I was hesitant about starting at my age but BL has members from children through to OAP’s and Andy plans each lesson accordingly.
Andy has been boxing over 30 years and clearly knows what he is talking about. He is an absolute gentleman and every lesson is hard work, but great fun.
In my experience a club like St Albans Boxing Laboratory definitely makes a difference to its members health and well-being, both physical and mental.

I train with Ian at Boxing Laboratory and I couldn’t have had a better experience - going from a complete newbie having never put a pair of boxing gloves on to now feeling completely confident when training. Very understanding and patient coach who can also push your limit higher and higher.

Andy is an excellent boxing coach that provides great fitness/boxing sessions. Highly recommend you check out his gym. His gym is well kept and clean and the equipment is all relatively new which is big plus point.

Superb gym with wide range of bags and equipment. Andy is welcoming and patient with a good method of explaining technique.
Very much looking forward to future sessions here. Well worth checking out if you're serious about boxing.

My 13yo son has been training with Andy for a few weeks now and really enjoys the sessions. Andy is a great instructor, very knowledgeable and keeps the sessions varied and fun! Highly recommend if you are thinking of getting into boxing 🥊