Flex Fitness Riccarton is Riccarton's premium training facility, located on Riccarton Road in Christchurch. The club combines weight training and functional gear — including Hammer Strength and Life Fitness equipment — to help members reach their goals fast, and styles itself as more than just a gym.
Members train with access to an onsite sauna for recovery, ensuite bathrooms, and free parking on site. Expert personal trainers are on hand to maximise workouts, speed up progress towards goals and support injury recovery, while the LevelUp group fitness programme brings the advantages of personal training into a structured group setting. An onsite body scanner tracks body composition, and the MyFlex app keeps bookings, biometrics and daily workouts in your pocket. Day passes, short-term memberships and a free trial pass make it easy to get started.
Step onto Riccarton Road and you will find one of Christchurch's most complete training setups. Flex Fitness Riccarton is the suburb's premium training facility, combining serious weight training equipment with functional gear to help members reach their goals fast. It is part of the Flex Fitness New Zealand network of clubs, operating here under club owner Chris Burrowes, with Taylor McKenzie as club manager and Jesse Wilson as assistant manager.
The club describes itself as more than just a gym, and the fit-out backs that up. The floor is stocked with Hammer Strength and Life Fitness equipment, two of the most trusted names in gym hardware, so whether your session calls for heavy iron, machines or functional movement, there is a station waiting. After training, ensuite bathrooms make it easy to shower and get on with your day, and free on-site parking removes the usual hassle of simply getting there.
Training hard is only half the equation at Flex Riccarton. The club has an onsite sauna and leans into it: a stint in the heat is pitched for its health benefits, including improved circulation, faster muscle recovery, detoxification and stress relief. It is a natural way to finish a session — or to give recovery a dedicated visit of its own.
For members who want expert eyes on their training, the personal training team runs deep. It includes Andrew Brown, Edward Hsing, Lachlan Gardner, Olivia Burrowes, Derek Albertsen and Tevita Nuku, with Romy Guichard working as both sales consultant and PT. Under their guidance, the club says, you can maximise your workout, reach your fitness goals faster and recover from injury — whether you are new to the gym floor or chasing a specific target.
Group training gets its own treatment through a programme called LevelUp. It is a structured group fitness programme purpose-built, in the club's words, to Level Up your training and confidence like never before. The idea is to bring the advantages of personal training into the group fitness environment, creating an exciting setting where you can work towards becoming the strongest, fittest and leanest version of yourself. Group fitness coach Logan Whiting leads the coaching on this side of the club, and the Riccarton timetable is listed as coming soon — worth asking the team in club about current session times.
Flex Riccarton leans on data as well as dumbbells. An onsite body scanner gives you the full picture of your body composition, with accurate measurements and data to track progress and pursue your goals more effectively — the club even runs body composition scan promotions from time to time. The MyFlex app extends that into daily life: members can book and pay for personal training, build personal profiles, record biometrics, connect to other fitness apps, and access daily workouts and exclusive promotional offers. The team in club can walk you through the download. And if you would like to see the space before committing, a virtual tour is available on the club's page.
There is a low-pressure way in, whichever kind of visitor you are. A free trial pass can be grabbed online to try Flex today, and for people just visiting Christchurch the club offers day passes and short-term memberships. The club is staffed 9am to 7pm Monday through Thursday, 9am to 2pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and unstaffed on Sundays. You will find it at 2/81 Riccarton Road with free parking on site — call 028 429 9548 or email [email protected].
Whether you are chasing a first unassisted push-up, a new personal best or simply a sustainable training habit, Flex Riccarton bundles the gear, the coaching and the recovery tools under one roof — with a team whose campaign asks a simple question: what is your reason for change?