The Grind

We’re back with another 8 week challenge team! 👏Focused on building strength, power, fitness, and overall performance. Perfect time to lock in as winter rolls in! No better chance to reset, build momentum, and commit to your training.

If you’ve been wanting to get stronger, fitter, and sharpen up your olympic lifting and crossfit movements, this is your sign! We’ve got some pretty cool stuff lined up, with some awesome prizes up for grabs🎁

Step outside your comfort zone, learn new skills, and challenge yourself!

📅 Starts: 25th May
💲 $100 per person
💳 After pay available

Over the 8 weeks we’ll be dialling in:
- Strength across key lifts
- Power and explosiveness
- Olympic lifting technique and efficiency
- Gymnastics skills and control
- Conditioning that supports performance
- Proper structure and progression
- Weekly leaderboard to track progress
- Good people, good energy, and some friendly competition

We will be kicking off with some strength and fitness testing, with other mini challenges and challenge days popping up throughout the 8 weeks 🤩Each week we’ll also be running a workout that feeds into a leaderboard, so you can track your progress, see where you stack up, and have a bit of fun with it along the way.

If this sounds like you, get yourself signed up! All fitness levels are welcome.👏

Spots are limited! link below

thegrind.nz/store/p/8-week-summer-challenge-68ey5

We’re incredibly excited to announce our Beginner Fundamentals Course! A premium foundation program designed to set you up for success, not just at The Grind, but for your entire fitness journey.

Walking into a gym for the first time can feel overwhelming. Not knowing where to start or whether you’re doing things right can stop people before they even begin. We’re removing the guesswork and giving you the chance to finally put your 2026 goals into action.

This is where confidence is built.
This is where understanding replaces uncertainty.
This is where your journey starts.

Across six structured, coach-led sessions, you’ll learn the movements we use daily at The Grind, from compound lifts and functional training to the class movements that form the backbone of our programming. Every movement is broken down, coached, and scaled, so you can train with purpose, lift with confidence, and go home to your whānau feeling strong, safe, and proud.

You’ll receive two dedicated Olympic lifting sessions with our Olympic coach Matt, learning not just how to lift, but why — giving you skills that fast-track progress and unlock performance.

🗓 Starts 19 January
⏱ 2 Weeks | 6 Sessions
New Members: 100% FREE
Non-Members: $60

New and non-members receive exclusive first access to registrations for 5 days before this course opens to current members.

Don’t let your goals collect dust.
Start strong. Train with confidence.

🎉NEW YEAR GIVEAWAY 🎉

This is your sign to start the year strong!

To celebrate the new year, we are giving away TWO awesome prizes!

You could be in the draw to win:

1️⃣ A 12 month free membership at The Grind plus a $100 LSKD Voucher

2️⃣ A 6 month free membership at The Grind plus a $100 LSKD Voucher

Details on how to sign up are below 👇

The Grind isn’t just a gym. It’s a place where everyday people show up, work hard, and support each other. A space built on encouragement, accountability, and showing up as you are.

Our members are parents, students, shift workers, tradies, athletes, and people who have never stepped foot in a gym before, but what they all have in common is the willingness to try, to learn and to back each other.

We believe in consistency over perfection, training for real life, fuelling for performance and creating a space where everyone feels welcome and supported. We’re here to build confidence, strength and habits that last.

If you’ve been thinking of starting, this is your sign!
Entries close January 15. Winners drawn January 16.

Tag a mate you’d love to train with at The Grind 👊

🦌⚡️PRANCER POWER ⚡️🦌
WOD 2 brings double the fun as you will be scored on two parts!

1️⃣ Buy-In Time
How fast can you and your buddy knock it out? Your first score is all about speed and teamwork

2️⃣ Heavy 1RM Complex
In the remaining time, build to your heaviest combined weight complex:
- 1 power clean
- 1 hang clean
- 1 STOH (any style: push press, push jerk, split jerk)

Share the buy-in smartly so you’re shoulders aren’t too smoked before the heavy lifting 😜

⏱️16:00 time cap

notes:
*scaled athletes may perform a hang power clean + front squat for the hang clean portion
*scaled athltes will also be performing sync Hand release push ups instead of wall walks

Bring the heat, bring the power - Prancer is ready for lift-off 🦌🔥💪llll

🎁🎅welcome to Santa’s Sweatshop! 🎅🎁

Your first “gift” of the day… a spicy little wod to warm those festive spirits and get the sleigh wheels turning🔥

Share the load with your buddy however you like and get through it before the 16:00 time cap hits!

🎄Division Weights:
RX: 60/40
INT: 50/30
SCALED: 40/25

*Please note scaled division are able to step over box

Let’s kick off this Christmas comp with a bang 💪

The Grind - Christmas In House Comp 🌲🏋️‍♀️🎁

Date: Saturday 13th December

Come down and have some fun! Get involved, bring the kids and test your limits! Open to all Grind members - we have different levels so everyone has the opportunity to compete!

See information below

Registration link:
https://form.jotform.com/16haurakit/the-grind---in-house-christmas-comp

Registrations close Friday 5th Dec