Flex Fitness Mt Maunganui is a 24/7 gym on MacDonald Street in Mount Maunganui, built on a simple promise: premium gear, round-the-clock access, and a supportive team. The floor is kitted out with Life Fitness and Hammer Strength equipment, and members can add personal training, group fitness, or onsite physiotherapy to their routine.
The club goes beyond the weights room. An onsite sauna offers improved circulation, faster muscle recovery, detoxification and stress relief; a body scanner delivers accurate body-composition data so you can track progress properly; and an in-club smoothie bar serves healthy options for refuelling after a session. Supplements are stocked, and the MyFlex app ties it together — book and pay for personal training, record biometrics, connect other fitness apps, and pick up daily workouts and exclusive offers.
The Mt Maunganui club is owned by Adam Pawlak and Margie Pienaar-Pawlak and managed day-to-day by Peta Elliott, with personal trainers Depp Bolingford and Kenny O'Malley and membership consultant Jada Grayling completing the team. Staffed hours run Monday to Thursday 10am–7pm and Friday 10am–2pm, with weekends unstaffed. New to Flex? Grab a free trial pass from the website and see the club for yourself.
Flex Fitness Mt Maunganui sits at 36a MacDonald Street in one of New Zealand's most fitness-minded seaside towns. It's part of the Flex Fitness network, which runs clubs from Auckland down to Queenstown, but this club has its own team, its own floor, and a clear pitch: 24/7 access, premium gear, and a supportive team behind you. Whether you're chasing strength numbers, building a first-ever training habit, or simply want a gym that fits around real life, the club is set up to meet you where you are.
The headline feature is round-the-clock access. Members train when life allows — before sunrise, after work, late — without waiting for someone to open the doors. Staffed hours still give you the human touch: Monday to Thursday from 10am to 7pm, and Friday from 10am to 2pm. That's when the team is on the floor to walk you through membership, show you around, or talk training. Weekends run unstaffed, so plan any sign-up or questions for a weekday. For shift workers, early birds and anyone whose schedule doesn't fit nine-to-five, that flexibility is often the difference between training consistently and not training at all.
The floor is built around Life Fitness and Hammer Strength equipment — brand names that carry weight with anyone serious about lifting — alongside the premium gear the club promises. If you'd rather see it before you step inside, the club offers a virtual tour on its website. And if you want a programme built around you, personal training is available onsite with the club's own trainers, aiming to suit first-timers and long-time lifters alike.
That's the club's own tagline, and the facilities back it up. A stint in the onsite sauna brings what the club describes as improved circulation, faster muscle recovery, detoxification and stress relief — a smart way to finish a session. The body scanner gives you the full picture of your body composition, so progress becomes data you can track rather than a feeling you have to guess at.
Refuelling is covered too: the in-club smoothie bar pours a variety of healthy options for post-workout recovery, and supplements are stocked for members chasing specific goals. Physiotherapy operates onsite as well — handy for managing a niggle before it becomes a setback. Group fitness runs at the club, with the timetable listed as coming soon at the time of writing, so it's worth asking the team what's landing next.
Flex Mt Maunganui is owned by Adam Pawlak and Margie Pienaar-Pawlak, with Peta Elliott managing the club day to day. Personal trainers Depp Bolingford and Kenny O'Malley lead the coaching, and Jada Grayling looks after membership sales. It's a locally anchored team backed by a national network — the kind of setup that gives you big-gym resources with a familiar face at the desk.
Curious? Grab a free pass from the Flex Fitness website and try the club before you commit to anything. Once you join, download the MyFlex app: it lets you book and pay for personal training, build a personal profile, record biometrics, connect to other fitness apps, and access daily workouts and exclusive promotional offers. The team can also fill you in on the group fitness timetable as it rolls out.
You'll find the club at 36a MacDonald Street, Mount Maunganui, 3116. Call 07 575 9693, email mount@flexfitnessgym.co.nz, or drop in during staffed hours to meet the team and see whether this is your training home.