Franco Smith's squad have spent the past fortnight training at West of Scotland in Milngavie, with Scotstoun unavailable following the Commonwealth Games.
The players will return to their home base from August 31 following a week off, initially using the grass pitches while work continues on the new surface at Scotstoun.
Speaking to Scotland Rugby News, Warriors coach Scott Forrest said the temporary move has caused minimal disruption.
"Yeah, listen, I think you don't want to be out of your home, really. Scotstoun is home for us, but at the same time, the disruption has been very minimal.
"The set-up here at West of Scotland's been excellent for us. We've got everything we need, we've got the run of the place, so there's been no complaints.
"I think from the Ops team, the S&C team, everyone around that side, they've done a great job getting things set up and transferring a lot of the gym equipment from Scotstoun over here. The boys have got everything they need.
"The pitch is great and, actually, the clubhouse, the way we set it up, has a nice balance to it. The boys are working really hard, but actually it's helping keep things quite relaxed, so we are able to switch on and off. So, to be honest, there's no real complaints."
The new Scotstoun pitch is expected to be ready for training by mid-September.
"It's obviously been ripped up now," he added. "I think there were a couple of minor repairs on the shock pad or whatever it is underneath, but nothing major. So, as far as we know, everything's on track, which I know the boys are looking forward to - a new track to run out on."
Glasgow have also taken a shorter pre-season than Edinburgh, but Forrest says that reflects both the Warriors' longer 2025/26 campaign and Smith's philosophy.
"Listen, I think there are differences," added Forrest. "Obviously, Edinburgh didn't make the play-offs, so they finished a little bit earlier.
"I think teams that don't make the play-offs or don't go as far into the season will naturally finish earlier and start earlier. There's that element to it. But then the biggest part is Franco, the way he looks at it, and he said this to the players: he doesn't look at it as this is pre-season, going into the season.
"It's just a season. What he means by that is, if you came to watch our session today in our second week of pre-season and you came to watch it going into the second-to-last week of the season, it's no different. We're not doing anything different.
"I think a lot of teams that come back early build themselves up and have skill blocks and do lots of various team-building things. I think the way we train and the way our culture is, we don't need to do that.
"The flip of it is, there's a lot of trust being built between coaches, S&C and the players, so that the players, getting eight weeks away from here, nearly all of them have come back and hit PBs in the gym and hit PBs on the pitch.
"You build trust. I just think the intensity that we look to train at day in, day out, you couldn't come in and do a long pre-season. You're going to burn boys out by the time you get to probably the most important weeks at the end of the season."











