Wednesday 08 Feb 13:17hrs
Oomph challenge and Learn to swim start dates postponed due to feedback we have received about being difficult around the long weekends. More info later |
Saturday 28 Jan
All details now confirmed for next Oomph Challenge starting 13 Feb. See here for details |
Wednesday 25 Jan 2012 1400hrs
Next Oomph challenge looking like a 7 Feb start. Watch this space if you're interested in trimming down and building fitness fast! |
Wednesday 25 Jan 2012 1400hrs
Opening hours over next 2 short weeks; see here |
Wednesday 25 Jan 2012 1400hrs
Next Adult Learn to Swim Group Sessions announced. See here |
Wednesday 04 Jan 13:24
151 has just been notified that the Wilson Carpark will be closed until the 9th of Jan for an extensive re-painting programme. We suggest the pay and display spaces on Wyndhma St or parking at Tournament Parking Albert St for alternative parking options. Thank you |
Monday 05 Dec 1700
151 Wins industry awards for third time in 3 attempts.
The Fitness Industry Awards have been running since 2005, and are designed to recognise those making a contribution to the health and wellness of New Zealanders through exercise and fitness.
The awards ceremony itself is an annual event, and has had prestigious guest speakers including MPs and Ministers Hon John Key, Hon Rodney Hide, Hon Murray McCull, Sue Kedgeley and Auckland Mayor Len Brown. The ceremony’s MC is media and fitness personality Suzie Clarkson.
The awards were last held in 2011, on Saturday 26th November 2010 at the Langham Hotel, Auckland.
Finalist, Supreme Club of the Year, 2011 Fitness Industry Awards
Winner, Club of the Year (501 - 1000 members), 2011 Fitness Industry Awards
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Tuesday 29 Nov 1447 hrs
151 welcomes Mantra Touch Massage to the club! Gaston and Lou (female) bring a wealth of experience to offer from Deep Tissue massage to 4 Hands massage! Welcome
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Sunday 13 Nov 0923 hrs
Around 27 degrees this morning. |
Saturday 12 Nov 0615
A lovely 27 degrees this morning! Come on in! |
Friday 11 Nov 1441 hrs
29.5 degrees. Where is a cold day when you need one! It looks like we'll have to keep the hot water off all night. Will review first thing in the morning but expect a possible cool pool, possibly. |
Friday 11 Nov 1042 hrs
30 degrees |
Friday 11 Nov 0907 hrs
31 degrees |
Friday 11 Nov 0626 hrs
Anyone for a big spa! Our apologies but the pool has climbed to 32 degrees over night!! We are reducing the temperature as quickly as possible. At this temperature, it will be quite uncomfortable to perform hard laps; nice for slow swimming that's about it. Should take until about late morning early lunch to drop 3-4 degrees |
Thursday 10 Nov 2140 hrs
28 degrees |
Thursday 10 Nov 0937 hrs
Pool dropped to 28 degrees now. About 27.5 is ideal for winter for us. Will keep you posted if temperature varies more |
Thursday 10 Nov 0614 hrs
Pool now 29 degrees! A little too warm as we left the thermostat up slightly to ensure it warmed over night adequately. Will be adjusting today to get back to optimum temperature. |
Wednesday 09 Nov 1743 hrs
Pool is heating up again. If no further issues, should be back to normal by lunchtime tomorrow. Not a building heating problem, possibly just a faulty automatic valve that controls the flow of hot water into the pool. Still 24 degrees at this time. |
Wednesday 09 Nov 1447 hrs
I have just been informed that our pool is cooling! Currenlty 24 degrees Arghhh! I have placed an urgent request with our building managers to send a technician out to assess and rectify the problem. Many apologies for this inconvinience, regards, Mike Baker, Director 151 |
Monday 07 Nov 1901 hrs
Congratulations to our Dave and also to Brad Burnett (a 151 pool user) for both placing in the top 50 in the world for their age groups in the recent 2011 Henderson ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Champs in Las Vegas recently. The poor participants had to overcome the major mental hurdle of having the entire swim section withdrawn due to water quality issues. Real shame. We're really proud of you guys! At least now it's holiday time in the wild city og Las Vegas - have fun :)
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Monday 07 Nov 1901 hrs
Our pre Summer learn to swim group is now full. Really looking forward to seeing those participants improving their basic water skills and abilities over the next few weeks
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Monday 07 Nov 1901 hrs
Thank you to those who participated in our first Boxing Fitness Class. It certainly seemed like you had a great workout! Looking forward to seeing Paul's group grow by the week. Happy hitting! |
Saturday 05 Nov 1927 hrs
Latest news from Dave only hours out from his race
Hi everyone,
Just a final update to the race prep over here in LV.
We have been luck to have fine weather and good temps for the last 5 days..... but today the weather has decided to turn on us. Luckly my coach has taken no prisoners over the NZ winter, and we have had plenty of bad weather training.
Forecast for tomorrow is about 15-16 degrees and 10mph winds.
Bike is all checked in, everything is layed out ready for the morning and dinner is booked for 6pm tonight.
The lake we swim in tomorrow is a lovely brown colour, great surroundings.
Bike is a good mix of hills, nothing to step and hard so far that I have seen, and the roads over here are super smooth.
Run is a lovely climb for half and down hills for the other half, no flat.
Again just a big thanks to all of you who have helped me get here! It is very much appreciated.
Will keep you updated after the race with a race report.
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Friday 04 Nov 1021
We'd like to start rewarding those of you who refer new members to the club who end up joining. See here to find out how you could receive an easy $50 credited into your account. In addition the person (or people) you refer also receive each a $50 credit off their 12 month membership. Everyone wins. Not applicable to past referrals sorry.
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Friday 04 Nov 0908 hrs
We are very pleased to announce that our work to reduce the parking rates has been successful!!
In addition to this, please note that as of today we have a new interim parking system in place due to the decision not to continue to use the pre paid card system until Wilson Parking install up to date hardware and software, which we have been told has just arrived in the country. See here to read more about the latest parking system change. |
02 Nov 1210 hrs
For our members still to purchase their pre paid parking cards, please purchase your card from the gym reception, not the Wilson office on level 12 of our building, as we believe picking them up from the gym will save you time and hassle. Thank you |
02 Nov 1048 hrs
Latest news summary |
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01 Nov 1123 hrs
Shin pain, hip pain, back pain, knee pain and foot pain are some of the things that you may be suffering from after a marathon. Our advice to you is don't wait for it to settle down by itself...it may not!
What starts as a mild tendon pain, if left untreated may become a chronic tendinosis and take months to resolve...So better be safe than sorry and get those little post marathon niggles checked out!
Contact PhysioOne, 151's in house physio for assistance.
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01 Nov 0828
OOMPH boot camp starting in under 2 weeks. If you're looking to get in shape quickly, act now
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01 Nov 0809 hrs
Only 2 places left in the Adult Learn to Swim Programme. Get in fast.
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30 Oct 1052 hrs
151 has been announced as a "Finalist, Club of the Year, 2011 Fitness Industry Awards. Winners announced late November
Also, in a first for the club, we have one of our team, Raenee Wilson, who also has been announced as a finalist in that category; "Finalist, Gym Instructor of the Year, 2011 Fitness Industry Awards. Good luck Raenee!
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28 Oct 1732 hrs
Gas still on.
Get ready for action this November! We have a heap of options for you to consider. From Adult learn to swim to our new boxing fitness class. Read more
Soccer tournament
Adult Learn to Swim Programme
Oomph Boot Camp
NEW Boxing Fitness Classes
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28 Oct 1025 hrs
Today is David's last day at work before leaving for the Las Vegas ITU world long distance champs 2011. Click here to read David's latest journal entry. We are so proud of David qualifying for this and he has used his great work ethic to get through another year of many hours of training. All the best Dave, we know you will give it your all!! |
27 Oct 1049 hrs
Gas STILL on!! |
26 Oct 1805 hrs
Gas still ON!! Very strange, as businesses around us like Burger King a few doors down have no gas. Here's hoping this building is on a different gas line. |
26 Oct 1443
Gas still ON |
26 Oct 1200 hrs
We have just been told by our swim coach Mark Mathieson that a public pool in Panmure has already started cooling, so not sure if Auckland's CBD will feel the cuts soon, but certainly getting closer to turning off as expected. Get in fast if you need to fit in your swim!! |
26 October 1031 Hours
Keep in mind that if you do elect to have a cold shower, the saunas are still operational, and these are a great place to dry off quickly and warm back up! Can easily exit within a minute or 2 before you start sweating. |
26 October 1029 hours (Gas still on, for now....)
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After further investigation into how we will DRY all towels at the club during the upcoming gas |
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stoppage, which we usually do off site, we have NOT found any suitable laundry facilities that |
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use ELECTRICITY to launder the volume of towels we use each day. |
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For this reason we ask that once the gas runs out (this day and time is still unknown for SAP |
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Tower), that our members BRING IN THEIR OWN TOWELS to use in the gym and for drying |
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off after a COLD shower if taken. |
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There is a small chance that we may have enough towels to see us through, but will most |
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definitely run out quite quickly in reality. |
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We thank you for your patience during this time and hope like many others that the gas |
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company rectifies this problem asap |
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25 October 1907 hours
You may have read or heard in the media today/tonight of a serious problem with a main gas pipeline from the Maui gas field feeding North of Taranaki including Auckland.
To confirm, due to a leak in that pipeline, NOVA GAS will be closing the pipeline for possibly 2-3 days which will eventually affect many businesses including
151 Health Club.
How will this affect you as a member of the club?
We do not know for sure when our gas supply will cease feeding into the club. We could lose the gas supply as early as tonight (Tuesday 25th of October) sometime for approximately “2 days”! With no gas feeding into the building, the club will not be able to;
1. Heat the pool
2. Offer ANY hot water for showers
3. Or dry towels on site
As we will be laundering towels off site we will have in a place a system where 1 towel per member will be handed to you upon your arrival from reception if you elect to swim in a cold pool or have a cold shower! If we do not use this system, we will not be able to keep up with supplying laundered towels over this time, even with using our emergency stock of towels.
So, quite a disruption, but manageable we believe.
As soon as we know more we will post another message here.
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21 Oct 0029 hours
Wilson Parking has informed the club that the revised date to start the new parking arrangement is from 6am, Wednesday the 26th of October. Please ensure you have your picked up your pre paid parking card from reception before this date. Also, please note that 151 will be asking for the rates given to us to be reviewed as soon as possible once the new system settles in. |
6 Oct 1218 hours
Keep a look our for our upcoming soccer tournament details. Starting recruiting! Teams of probably 4 a side |
5 Oct 1249 hours
Early announcement of Labour Weekend hours for our forward planners
Saturday 22 Oct 7-6pm
Sunday 23 Oct 8-2pm
Labour Day 24 Oct 8-2pm |
30 Sept 1645 hours
New pre-pay parking system rolls out next Wednesday at 6am |
30 Sept 1645 hours
Keep an eye out for our learn to swim class starting in the near future. Details announced shortly |
30 Sept 1645 hours
Spring OOMPH challenge start date to be announced shortly |
30 Sept - 1643 hours
Fantastic to see how popular the Friday lunch soccer is becoming. All members welcome, no bookings needed, 12noon - 12.30pm, we supply the sunscreen! |
13 Sept - 0947 hours
Pool back to normal temperature (28 degrees). Thank you very much for your patience while the pool reheated. |
12 Sept - 1523 hours
Pool at 24.2 degrees |
12 Sept - 1358 hours
Pool at 23.5 degrees |
12 September 2011 - 0946 hrs
Lap pool still cold after issues with building gas supply at the weekend. Current temperature is 23 degrees (normally 28). People have been swimming this morning already. Will take the rest of the day to heat up. Our apologies for this inconvenience. If you are an Associate member, please call us if you would like access to the pool after 5pm today to catch up with your training. Thank you, Mike |
09 September 2011
Ladies sauna finally up and running again. Our apologies for the delay in repairing that facility. |
09 September 2011
Out inaugural Fri soccer session was a great success. 8 people playing in the sun, having a great workout and a laugh. All abilities are welcome, just turn up and join in!!
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06 September 2011
Our latest new addition to the gym has arrived. Fantastic for all round core conditioning, especially hamstrings, buttocks and lower back. Ask a trainer for a demonstration on how to use safely
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05 September 2011
Basketball hoop repaired and ready to go!
Ladies sauna new elements due to arrive this Thursday the 8th. |
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02 Sept 11: How very nice to see one of our very lucky members in the gym recently, who, with his wife, managed to survive a plane crash in Fiji recently! Nice to see you back safe on the ground C.T.!! |
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Our friends at Stirling Sport Queen St would like 151 members to know that they have decided to drop their prices on RWC gear.
Now $149 for the standard All Black jersey, $179 for the RWC version, that's $40 off both.
As we are sure you are well aware, the media on this has been massive, making it very hard on the retailers in NZ.
We thank Nick, Anton and his team for doing all they can within their commercial boundaries to offer these prices.
Please note this will be for a limited time only.
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2011 Osteoporosis Screening Event at 151
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In the club from 10am Monday the 15th of August until around 5.30pm that same day
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15 minute bookings
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$45
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Assess your bone density and risk of fracture
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