Heart Pounds SF was built from a passion for helping women become stronger — physically and mentally.

It wasn’t created from a perfect plan, but grew organically over years of working closely with women and seeing the impact strength training can have on confidence and self-perception.

Heart Pounds is more than a gym. It’s a space shaped by community, intention, and a different vision of what gym culture can be. This space is for women — not from a place of exclusion, but because of how powerful it is when women come together to train. There’s a level of comfort, energy, and honesty that allows people to show up fully as themselves.

That’s what Heart Pounds is built on.

/ Hannah