About Us

We are Falkirk 's longest established health club and pride ourselves in our commitment to our members.

Shipshape first opened in January 1987. Back then it was called Omega Sportplex, which incorporated both the health club and Kobe-Osaka Karate Club. It was a family run business, with Tommy and Steven Morris teaching the karate, while Gillian with some help from Kenny looked after the Health Club.

In 1991, Kenny was working full time in various Glasgow health clubs as a coach and personnel trainer. He decided to focus all his energy on developing and improving Shipshape, so major changes were implemented in order to keep up with the fast moving health industry. All the heavy barbells and loose weights were removed and replaced with state of the art, American designed Polaris machines. With the karate making way for the expanding health club, we decided to change the name to Ship Shape Fitness Studio. Kenny was now solely in charge of running Shipshape and has over seen many changes since then. The most recent being a purpose built room on the upper floor for holding various types of circuit classes. With over 20 years experience in the health club market in Falkirk, Kenny works closely with his manager Barry who has been a valuable member of the team for over 10 years since completing his sport science qualifications.

His brother Steven still teaches under the Kobe-Osaka name in Falkirk and Glasgow areas, while father Tommy has expanded internationally to 40+ countries.