Your Neighborhood Gym, Designed for Real Life
We believe fitness should feel friendly. From our spacious workout zones to our knowledgeable coaches on the floor, everything here is set up to make moving your body simple and enjoyable.
Whether you’re a first-timer or returning to your routine, we’re here to help you reach your goals at your own pace. Together, we’ll celebrate every win, big or small, and keep things fun along the way.
Founders
Gary linnie
Co Founder - Head of ProgrammingGary brings over 20 years of athletic experience to his role at Base Lisboa. Beginning his sporting career in county-level Gaelic football before transitioning into strength and conditioning, he has developed into a true hybrid athlete with a comprehensive understanding of human performance across multiple disciplines.
Alongside his professional sporting career, Gary built a successful personal training business working with clients at the highest level, including a PGA Americas Tour golfer and professional footballers in the Irish league. His coaching philosophy is rooted in adaptability, precision, and a genuine commitment to results.
Conversational in Portuguese and experienced across international training environments, Gary leads Base Lisboa's programming with a global perspective and an uncompromising standard of excellence.
Co Founder - Head of OperationsOlivia Leigh
Olivia brings a unique combination of elite athletic background and high-end membership experience to Base Lisboa. A competitive athlete across gymnastics, golf, and netball, she developed a deep understanding of performance environments from an early age.
Her professional career took her to Sydney, where she served as Head of Membership Experience at a leading fitness facility, overseeing member engagement, retention, and operational excellence across a high-volume, results-driven environment.
Olivia applies that same standard to Base Lisboa, ensuring an exceptional experience for every member from the moment they arrive.
Our mission
Base Lisboa was created with a single purpose, to build the wellness destination that Lisbon deserves.
We saw a city growing rapidly, attracting ambitious professionals, world-class athletes, and a generation of health-conscious individuals who demand more from their fitness experience. Yet the options available were falling short. Budget gyms offering little more than equipment. Luxury clubs focused on aesthetics over substance. Nothing that truly combined the highest standards of training, recovery, nutrition, and community into one cohesive, accessible experience.
So we built it.
Base Lisboa exists to raise the standard of what a gym can be. We believe that fitness is not a isolated habit — it is a lifestyle, and it deserves a home that reflects that. A space designed with the same precision as a luxury brand showroom. A training environment built for serious performance. A recovery suite rooted in science. A nutrition offering sourced with care. And above all, a community that makes every member feel they belong to something meaningful.
Our mission is not simply to open a gym. It is to create a place where people come to perform at their best, recover properly, eat well, and connect with others who share the same values.
A place that becomes a genuine part of your daily life.
That is Base Lisboa.
Ready to Get Started?
Have a question or want to see the club for yourself? Drop us a note and we’ll set up a quick visit—no pressure, just friendly faces eager to help.