Prime Performance Gym on Stanley Street in Levin is a 24/7 fitness club that its team describes as New Zealand's first longevity and biohacking centre. It pairs a full gym floor, free weights and a busy class timetable with an uncommon line-up of recovery technology: an 80°C sauna, a 5°C ice bath, a floating pod, a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, infra-red light and Bio Charger sessions.
Training is self-service and runs around the clock — members scan a QR code at the front door at any hour, while staff are on site Monday to Friday from 8am to 8pm. The club offers memberships, casual gym passes and class passes, plus personal training. Classes span group fitness, HIIT Fit, kickbox fitness, dance, conditioning and the Prime Fit Arena, with pilates classes and a full studio Pilates reformer for low-impact strength work.
Beyond the gym floor, the wet area is dedicated to hot and cold therapy — sauna, ice bath, hot spa, massage bath and a jets-and-steam shower room — available on day or weekly passes. Biohacking treatments (infra-red light therapy, floating pod, lymphatic suit massage, Bio Charger and hyperbaric oxygen therapy) can be booked individually or bundled through the Longevity Membership, which also includes unlimited wet-area use and unlimited classes.
A beauty and body menu completes the picture, with fat freezing, laser hair removal, HIFU face and body lifting, carbon spectra laser peel, radio frequency tightening, LED light therapy, hydradermabrasion and microneedling, and free consultations for anyone unsure where to start.
Step inside Prime Performance Gym on Stanley Street and you quickly realise this is not a standard small-city gym. The Levin club combines a full 24-hour fitness floor with what its team calls New Zealand's first longevity and biohacking centre — recovery technology and wellness treatments you would normally expect in a big-city clinic, all a few steps from the squat racks.
At its heart, Prime Performance is built for people whose schedules don't fit a nine-to-five. It is a self-service facility: members scan the QR code at the front door and let themselves in at any hour, day or night. Staff are on site Monday to Friday from 8am to 8pm to run tours, answer questions and help new members get started — a quick text to 0225121523 is all it takes to book a look around.
The floor itself covers the essentials well. Free weights and conditioning zones sit alongside the Prime Fit Arena, the club's dedicated space for functional training. Around them runs a busy class timetable: group fitness sessions, HIIT Fit for a fast, sweaty burn, kickbox fitness for cardio with an edge, and dance classes when you'd rather move to music. Pilates fans are well catered for, with pilates classes on the timetable and a full studio Pilates reformer setup. Personal trainers are on hand for one-on-one coaching, and casual gym passes and class passes mean you can try it all before committing to a membership.
The club frames its 'why join' case simply: exercise boosts energy, lowers stress, strengthens the heart and supports weight goals. What makes Prime Performance different is how seriously it takes the other half of that equation — recovery.
The wet area is built for contrast therapy. A hot sauna runs at 80 degrees Celsius, the ice bath sits at a bracing 5 degrees, and there's a 40-degree hot spa for gentler soaking, plus a massage bath and a jets-and-steam shower room. Day and weekly passes are available if you just want the sauna-and-ice-bath experience, and the Longevity Membership includes unlimited use of the whole wet area.
This is where the club really sets itself apart. Five bookable biohacking treatments anchor the longevity programme. Infra-red light therapy uses 20-minute sessions to improve skin tone and complexion and reduce acne, with claimed benefits for wrinkles and athletic performance. The floating pod offers 30 minutes of weightless quiet to reduce stress, ease muscle and joint pain and sharpen focus. Lymphatic suit massage is a 30-minute compression treatment aimed at slimming, detox support and immune stimulation. The Bio Charger delivers 10 to 20 minutes of energy-frequency sessions for revitalisation and muscle recovery, and the hyperbaric oxygen chamber offers hour-long sessions for deeper repair.
The Longevity Membership ties it all together: unlimited hot and cold therapy, five biohacking treatments of your choice each week, plus 24/7 gym access and unlimited fitness classes.
There is a third string to the bow. The beauty and body menu includes fat freezing for non-invasive body contouring, long-term laser hair removal, HIFU ultrasound lifting for the face, chin, neck and body, the carbon spectra laser peel known as the 'Hollywood Peel', radio frequency skin tightening, LED light therapy in red, blue and green, hydradermabrasion facials and microneedling. New treatments are regularly added to the list. Not sure where to start? Call or text Nicola on 0225645771 or book a free consultation and the team will talk you through the options.
Because the club is self-service by design, a little planning goes a long way. Book treatments through the online portal, text ahead during staffed hours for a tour, and save your QR code once you join. Whether you're a Levin local after a 5am session, a shift worker chasing a midnight lift, or a visitor keen on a sauna-and-ice-bath reset, Prime Performance runs on one idea: train hard, recover harder — any hour you like.