F45 Training Whakatane

ITS OFFICIAL!! Sign ups for our next F45 Challenge: Locked In are now LIVE!!

Guys this challenge is so huge — where to begin! Thanks to our organisers and sponsors you guys will have the chance to enter the draw for a Major Cash Prize of $5000 at the end!!!

Each week a lucky winner will be randomly drawn from all studios in Australia and New Zealand with some amazing prizes up for grabs - including a GreenHer package, Vitalize Recovery supplements AND a ticket for you and your mate to any upcoming HYROX Event!! PLUS MORE?!!

How do you enter the weekly draws? Simple. First sign up to become a member through our website (in our social media bios), then come see us at the front desk to pay your $50 entry fee BEFORE THE 20th OF JULY!!!

Once you've completed the steps start booking in and showing up to class! Your weekly attendance will increase your chances of entering the draws. Our coaches will track your sign-ins and push you through the next 6 weeks.

We want to get as many people from our studio signed up - the more the merrier, and the higher the chance for one of our awesome members to take home some wicked prizes! But don't worry- we will still have some mini challenges and exciting things planned for your 6 weeks!

If you want some more info on how to enter send us a message on FB, Instagram or an email.

Time to Lock In Team!! We start on the 20th Of July and go till the 30th of August 💪🏽

C50 Resolutions Challenge – Winners

Ka mau te wehi to everyone who took part in our C50 Resolutions Challenge. The dedication, consistency and whānau support shown across the studio has been awesome to watch!

🏆 Weight Loss
🥇 Timmy Kohunui – 7.9kg
🥈 Ash Clements – 7.1kg
🥉 Selena Ngaheu – 5.9kg

💪 Muscle Gain
🥇 Cameron Lambert – 1.8kg
🥈 Stacy Pryor – 1.7kg
🥉 Angela Kershaw – 1.5kg

❤️ Challenge Community Prize – Outstanding Support
Kimi Heathcote

👟 Daily Steps Award
Dara Byford

Team Trainer’s Choice Awards
🔵 Blue – Helen Dobbin
🔴 Red – Dee-Danya Hale-Riddiford
🟡 Yellow – Kahukura Epiha
🟢 Green – Josh Te Aomarere

Big congratulations to all our winners and to everyone who showed up, worked hard, and supported each other along the way. The team challenges were definitely a highlight. Proud of our f45 community! 🙌🏽

Introducing our SATURDAY + SUNDAY racers🔥 Let’s go team!! Final couple of days for our F45 members competing over the weekend.

Below are their whys:

• Bridget & Anne-Tonia - To challenge ourselves and try something new!

• Erin - I’m entering hyrox AKL for the 2nd time and it’s a personal fitness challenge to myself to beat my time & see how my fitness journey in endurance sport has evolved. It’s not just a physical race but a mentally strong one as well to keep pushing through when you’re extremely fatigued! Bring on AKL 2026 Let’s Go!

• Tammy - I fell in love with this sport last year so and wanted to push again this year! This sport, community and environment is next to none⚡️

• Cam & Kiahli - Hyrox 2026 Mixed Doubles is about inspiring our kids to dream big while we ‘quietly’ compete to see who’s actually fitter (spoiler alert it’s Cam 💀). What could be more fun than stress testing our marriage in a controlled environment? 🤪

Introducing our FRIDAY racers🔥 Let’s go team!!

Below is their “why”:

•Greg - Tracy and I were training hard to smash the mixed doubles but unfortunately Tracy got ill and has struggled to fully recover so I’m doing the race for her, and there’s a sense of representing Whakatane F45 which is super cool so I want to see how I go in the single category. I certainly want to give it a good nudge to test my fitness ability for my age group … I love the event, it was a real blast last year so bring it on like Donky Kong 🦍💪🏽🤙🏽✨️

• Sol - The first time I witnessed Hyrox, I said I’m gonna give Hyrox a go 😁👌 with the help of F45 Whakatane team I am excited and a little nervous to compete in my first Hyrox solo 😁🥵👌

• Johnny - The main reason I entered is wanted something to push my training along and try get me living a healthier life style even if it’s just for a while. So entered last year. Got hindered by injury and “bad life style🤣” so entered again this year to try beat my time and motivate better choices. The secondary reason I entered is because the people that entered, trained together and supported each other at the event were amazing and pretty inspirational. It’s a great group to be apart of so I wanted in again this year. I’m looking forward to seeing everybody’s results.

• Kristie - My why is very simple. I like to live on the edge of trauma so I feel alive 🎶 ✨️ And push myself with everything I do.

• Toby - Because Kristie said I had too so I said yes💀

It’s Official … HYROX AUCKLAND 2026 is finally here🔥 And F45 Whakatāne has some amazing individuals taking part so we wanted to give them a shoutout! We are all so incredibly of everyone who stepped up and wanted to challenge themselves by competing🙏🏽 LESSHGGOOOO!!

First up is our Thursday Racers!!! Below is also their “why” as to why they have decided to do Hyrox this year:

• 3 G3n3rations - Better lead by example; can’t run a gym and not take part 🤣🤣 And we’ve been training and competing in things together for years, even generations! 3 generations of us in the Jan touch tourney, national surf comp, national Maori touch and now Hyrox!

• Rach - This year is all about intention. I’m so ready to get out there and give it everything with my amazing teammate, Bethan. 🙌 Mahi tahi in action!

• Bethan - I’m taking on HYROX Wāhine Doubles Aotearoa 2026 because I’m always up for a challenge. I live by the idea of getting 1% better every day, and honestly, HYROX felt like the perfect way to bank the year 😅 The training, the goals, the hype, the vibe, and the friendships you build along the way are all pretty awesome side effects too. Karawhiua e hoa mā—come give it a go!

• Dani & Kiki - Our reasons for doing hyrox is, just to tick it off our bucket lists and to be amongst the atmosphere 😅

• Tai - My ‘why’ is my family - I want my babies (current and unborn 🤰) to look back later and think that if their Mumma can achieve HYROX, they can do anything they put their minds to ❤️

• Kimi - I wanted to push myself a bit more from doing relays last year! Hyrox is a vibe! And even better when doing with the best people! ❤️

• Char - To prove to ourselves that we can do ALL things by just believing in ourselves 😊

• Penni - Love the hyrox community, vibe, all shapes, sizes and ages. Hyrox will humbly test my own taniwha/mental strength 💪 and endurance. Totally gonna smash my time next year 2027💪

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT ACTUALLY STICKING TO YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS THIS YEAR? Then we can help with that 🤩

F45 Whakatane's first challenge for 2026 starts on FEB 2nd and ends on MAR 19th -with BIG Prizes to be won and loads of fun challenges to keep you committed, this one is all about picking a goal for you to stick with the entire challenge, and maybe continuing it outside the challenge 👀

Make this year YOUR year - and let's start it with a BANG!

Sign up through the link HERE https://forms.gle/bsFWRTXpGZgYobns5

DM us or come see us in studio for more information

A heads up for our F45 whanau - as we head into the holiday period our hours will be shortened to morning classes from the 22nd till the 4th of Jan (plus our closed days over Xmas and New Years).

This means classes will be limited so make sure to book in quick and COMMIT! The last thing we want is people missing out on classes at the last second 👀

If you’re heading off on a holiday then travel safe! Have an awesome and well deserved break and we will see you back in studio for 2026 🎉