Christchurch cityfitness gym to reopen

Two years after it was closed by the Christchurch earthquake of February 2011, cityfitness on Moorhouse Avenue is to re-open.

The Harvey Norman Centre, which houses cityfitness Moorhouse, has undergone extensive strengthening work and has met the requirements of the current building code. During the refurbishment, cityfitness has taken the opportunity to remodel the club, redesigning the changing rooms, including new showers, lockers, disabled bathrooms and a new hot water system. A new ceiling throughout the club will help the new air conditioning system take the winter chill away and also take the edge off the summer heat.

Along with these developments, an extra 200 metre2 of club floor space has been created to include a unique new boxing programme - Boxmaster; a 32 minute circuit programme and space for more weights.

Much fanfare is set to take place around the re-opening of the club with an open day planned to take place this Saturday (16th February when members of the public are invited to come in, take a tour and use the facilities for a free workout.

The club is offering an additional programme as part of its group exercise offering; R30, a 30 minute indoor cycle class, which will cater to the large corporate clientele at the club. The club will also be home to Frank Brothers Strength and Conditioning, which will offer crossfit-style training.

Introducing the programme, cityfitness Director of Programming, Allyson Donnelly explains "(Frank Brothers Strength and Conditioning) is an exciting addition to the Moorhouse Ave club given the high profile of Ben and Owen Franks, both professional rugby players and All Blacks, and the strong brand of programming they and their father have created in the Christchurch community."

Frank Brothers Strength and Conditioning programmes will incur an additional cost to members.

Immediately following the February 2011 earthquake the owner of the Harvey Norman Centre started the reinstatement process. This was closely followed with cityfitness committing to an improvement programme which had been planned prior to the earthquake.

cityfitness Managing Director Dominic Rogerson adds "progress towards opening has been a case of three steps forward and two back as insurance issues were sorted and Council requirements with regards to strengthening changed.

"At last, after a number of false hopes, the end is in sight as we plan towards reopening Moorhouse on 16th February.

"cityfitness moorhouse will also be one of the first clubs in New Zealand to feature Boxmaster, our revolutionary new boxing programme. It's unique to cityfitness and has been designed especially to create a highly motivating 30 minute boxing workout."

News of the reopening of cityfitness Moorhouse comes shortly after the family owned fitness chain was recognised at the recent 2012 New Zealand Fitness Awards winning the 'FitnessWorks Innovation' award, and REPs Award - for contribution to professionalism and standards, while cityfitness PT Manager Joe Laiman took out the Mentor of the Year award.

cityfitness were also finalists in the Large Club and Group Fitness - Pre-Choreography categories.

For more information, go to www.cityfitness.co.nz

Image: The Spinning room at cityfitness Moorhouse 

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