Anytime Fitness Golden Sands is Papamoa's 24/7 health, fitness and coaching club, located in the Excelsa Centre on Golden Sands Drive in Tauranga. Built on the promise that 'you've got this, and we've got you', it is open to members around the clock, every day of the week, with 24-hour security, an air-conditioned facility, free parking, and private restrooms and showers on site.
The floor covers everything a full training week needs. Cardio options include treadmills with TVs, elliptical cross-trainers, exercise cycles, stair climbers, rowing machines, spin bikes, assault bikes and a ski erg. The strength zone offers squat racks, barbells, dumbbells, plate-loaded and pin-loaded machines and a free-weight area, while the functional space runs from a multi-functional rack to TRX, kettlebells, battle ropes, medicine balls, slam balls, plyometric boxes, BOSU, jump ropes and resistance bands. A virtual tour lets you walk the gym before you visit.
What sets the club apart is its coaching focus. The team offers personalised fitness plans, fitness assessments, personal training, small group training and virtual coaching, backed by a caring staff and a supportive member community. Club manager Skylah Wills leads a team that includes membership consultants Georgia Brake and Jack Fullerton, trainer Catriona Jobe, and coach Brooke Adams, who brings more than 14 years in the fitness industry.
Members also enjoy free Evolt 360 body scans, the member-exclusive Anytime Fitness and Anytime Workouts apps with over 1,100 workouts, and worldwide access to 5,000+ Anytime Fitness clubs. Gold Card holders can join the Golden Lifestyle membership, which includes free golden group classes plus 24/7 use of the full facility. Memberships are customised, and a free trial is available.
On Golden Sands Drive in Papamoa, tucked into the Excelsa Centre, Anytime Fitness Golden Sands operates on a simple promise: you've got this, and they've got you. It's a 24/7 health, fitness and coaching club built around the idea that real life doesn't always fit inside nine-to-five opening hours — so the gym shouldn't either. Members train before sunrise, on lunch breaks, after the kids are in bed, or in the small hours if that's what their week looks like.
The club describes itself as welcoming first, but the setup is nothing to overlook: an air-conditioned facility with free parking at the door and private restrooms and showers inside.
The headline feature is right there in the name. Anytime Fitness Golden Sands is open to members 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with 24-hour security for anyone training off-peak.
Because it's a genuine members-anytime model, the club keeps separate office hours for anyone who wants to talk memberships face to face: Monday to Thursday from 10am to 7pm, Friday from 10am to 2pm, and Saturday from 10am to 1pm. Sundays are unstaffed, and the club is non-staffed on public holidays. Outside those windows, the doors, cameras and alarms do the work.
The cardio zone covers treadmills with built-in TVs, elliptical cross-trainers, exercise cycles, stair climbers, rowing machines, spin bikes, assault bikes and a ski erg — enough variety that a boring warm-up is a choice, not a given.
Strength trainers get squat racks, barbells, dumbbells, plate-loaded and pin-loaded machines and a free-weight area, whether the goal is a first unassisted push-up or a new personal best. The functional corner adds a multi-functional rack plus TRX, kettlebells, battle ropes, medicine balls, slam balls, plyometric boxes, BOSU, jump ropes, and both resistance and strength bands.
Not sure where to start? The club publishes a virtual tour, so you can walk the floor from your couch before you visit.
Where this club tries to separate itself is coaching. The team builds personalised fitness plans — whether the goal is hiking Kilimanjaro or running a local 5K — and backs them with fitness assessments, personal training, small group training and virtual coaching.
The staff bios read like a proper support crew. Club manager Skylah Wills, who describes fitness as a lifestyle, joined from a retail background and is already known for telling people to come say hi. Membership consultant Georgia Brake credits weightlifting with building her own confidence and resilience. Jack Fullerton found fitness through his own weight-loss journey and now helps others build the same habits. Trainer Catriona Jobe competed internationally in volleyball and holds a sport and recreation degree from AUT. And Brooke Adams brings over 14 years in the industry, including more than a decade owning and running her own fitness studio, with a coaching philosophy built on accountability, encouragement and making people feel comfortable in the gym.
The message across all of them is consistent: coaching here meets you where you are, whether you're a first-timer or a long-time lifter.
Membership comes with extras. All members can book a free Evolt 360 body scan, with the team showing you how it's done and talking you through the results. The member-exclusive Anytime Fitness and Anytime Workouts apps add training tracking and access to over 1,100 workouts, in the club or out of it.
Gold Card holders have a dedicated Golden Lifestyle membership, which bundles free golden group classes with full 24/7 access to the club's facilities. And for anyone who travels, one membership works at more than 5,000 Anytime Fitness clubs worldwide, so holidays and work trips don't break the routine.
Memberships are built individually — stop in during office hours or reach out online, and the team will put together a customised plan, with a free trial available if you want to test the floor first. Whether you're touching a barbell for the first time or returning to training after years away, the pitch is the same: a supportive community, caring staff, and a door that's never locked.