Towers and offices towards the Corniche end
Khalifa Street, officially Khalifa Bin Zayed The First Street, is lined with towers and offices towards its Corniche end. This page is for the people who work in them, whose weeks run on meetings and deadlines rather than on a timetable they set themselves.
RPM is one club, on Level 4 of AD HUB Sports Complex in Al Manhal, not on Khalifa Street. The mapped estimates put it a short drive from the street, but for an office worker that matters less than whether the week has room for training at all. For the broader way to judge a gym from where your day is spent, see the overview of RPM for anyone searching nearby.
Match each session to the kind of office day
| Kind of day | Session that fits | When |
|---|---|---|
| Back-to-back meetings | A short strength block: one main lift and a finisher | After work, once the last call ends |
| A deadline or a late finish | Skip it, or do easy cardio to switch off | Only if you still have the energy |
| A lighter day | Your longest session of the week, or a coached one | Straight after work |
| Working from home, if your job allows it | A session at a quieter hour | Mid-morning or early afternoon |
| Friday | Something short, planned around the midday prayers and the club's shorter hours | Morning or early evening |
| The weekend | A long session, with the recovery suite if your tier covers it | Saturday or Sunday morning |
If you use the sauna, steam room or ice bath in the recovery suite, check with your doctor first if you are pregnant or have a heart condition.
Plan the week on Sunday evening, when the meetings ahead are visible, and move sessions rather than drop them. Check the hours below before you place a session at either end of a day.
| Days | Opening hours |
|---|---|
| Saturday to Thursday | 06:00–23:00 |
| Friday | 09:00–22:00 |
Hours can change, for example during Ramadan. Confirm with the team before a late or early visit.
Training with colleagues
A colleague with the same finishing time is about the most dependable training partner an office worker can find. You leave together, and neither of you wants to be the one who cancels.
- Agree two fixed evenings and put them in both calendars as if they were meetings.
- Pick sessions you can share, such as a group class. Timetables change, so check with the team which classes fall after office hours.
- In a mixed team, men and women can train side by side in the Mixed section, and the Ladies section is there for women who would rather train only among women.
- If your levels differ, share the drive and the warm-up, then train separately.
When it is worth asking your employer
If enough people in your office would train, an arrangement through work may suit everyone better than separate memberships. RPM sets up corporate arrangements separately for each organisation, with the details confirmed on enquiry, so give your HR team something concrete to work from:
- How many colleagues are interested, and which hours suit them.
- Whether women on the team want access to the Ladies section.
- Whether coaching matters to people, or the training floor is enough.
- That prices are shared on enquiry and are not published online.
From your desk to Level 4
Khalifa Street is long enough that offices along it start from quite different places. The route box takes its figures from the stretch of the street lying nearest RPM, so an office at the far end means extra driving before the mapped part begins. At AD HUB, free on-site parking and the lift to Level 4 mean the session can start soon after you arrive.
If you are heading back to the office or on to dinner afterwards, there are hairdryers and products at the grooming hub's vanity area. Whether there are showers and towels is worth confirming with the team before you plan around them.
Questions, answered.
Is RPM in one of the towers on Khalifa Street?
No. RPM's single club is in AD HUB Sports Complex in Al Manhal, up on Level 4, rather than in an office tower. The route box above gives the mapped estimates from Khalifa Street.
My meetings often overrun. How do I stop missing sessions?
Book the session at a fixed time with a coach or a colleague, so that cancelling costs something. If late meetings are normal in your job, try an early session before work instead.
Can I train before the office rather than after?
Yes. The club opens early, as the hours above show. A morning session means leaving home earlier, so try it first on a day without an early meeting.
Does my company already have an arrangement with RPM?
Arrangements are set up with each organisation directly, so ask your HR team whether yours has one. If it does not, the points above make a useful brief for them.
Which tier suits a busy office week?
Think about how much planning you want to hand over. With the Floor tier you plan your own sessions on the training floor. Engine adds coached programming, and Atelier is built around one-to-one coaching. The team confirms inclusions and prices on enquiry.