Plate Loaded Barbell Preacher Curl Pad
ArmsPlate-Loaded
A preacher curl bench paired with a barbell pad for strict, isolated bicep work. The preacher angle stops the elbows drifting and locks the contraction.
A fully equipped floor with machines you won't find elsewhere in Christchurch.
800m² of space, 71 machine variants, 92 pieces of equipment. Plate-loaded, pin-loaded, free-weight, cardio, plus pieces like the pendulum squat and lat pullover that most local gyms skip.
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Every machine on the floor, photographed and described.
Default order: plate-loaded first, then pin-loaded, then free weights, then cardio. Filter by machine type or muscle group. Items with multiple variants (e.g. dumbbells) carousel through the photos.
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Plate-Loaded
39 machines
Plate Loaded Decline Bench Barbell Bench Press
ChestPlate-Loaded
Decline barbell bench press for the lower chest. Plate-loaded and stable enough for heavy press work as a triceps and lower-pec finisher.
Plate Loaded Flat Bench Press 2
ChestPlate-Loaded
A standard flat barbell bench press station. Plates loaded, fixed safeties, the bread-and-butter station for upper-body pressing strength.
Plate Loaded Front Lat Pull Down
BackPlate-Loaded
Plate-loaded front lat pull-down. Progressive overload isn't capped by the top of a weight stack. Useful for building back width.
Plate Loaded Horizontal Flat Bench Barbell Bench Press
ChestPlate-Loaded
A horizontal-track flat barbell bench setup that supports the bar through the press for a guided lift. Useful for high-volume chest pressing without a spotter.
Plate Loaded Incline Bench Barbell Bench Press
ChestPlate-Loaded
Incline barbell bench press that targets upper chest and front delts. Plate-loaded with a fixed angle that keeps shoulders in a strong position throughout.
Plate Loaded Lat Pull Down
BackPlate-Loaded
A standard plate-loaded lat pull-down for back width and mid-back strength. Different grips shift the emphasis from outer lats to mid-back.
Plate Loaded Machine Barbell Press
ShouldersPlate-Loaded
A guided overhead barbell press machine. Locks the bar path, so you can train heavy shoulder pressing without losing position under fatigue.
Plate Loaded Rear Delt Fly
ChestPlate-Loaded
A rear delt fly machine that targets the back of the shoulder, which most lifters undertrain. Useful for posture, shoulder health, and finishing a back or pull day.
Plate Loaded Seated Chest Press
ChestPlate-Loaded
An upright seated chest press loaded by plates. Easier on the shoulders than a free-weight bench for many lifters, and useful for chasing volume without a spotter.
Plate Loaded Seated Converging Chest Press
ChestPlate-Loaded
A converging-arm chest press where the handles drive together at lockout. Fires the inner-pec contraction harder than a parallel-track press.
Plate Loaded T-Bar Row
BackPlate-Loaded
A landmine-style T-bar row for thick mid-back development. Hits the lats, traps, and rhomboids, and takes loads close to deadlift weights.
Plate-Loaded Angled Seated Leg Press
LegsPlate-Loaded
An angled seated leg press with a deeper range of motion than the vertical-back version. A staple of leg day for intermediate lifters and anyone training around lower-back issues.
Plate-Loaded Barbell Bicep Curl
ArmsPlate-Loaded
A guided barbell bicep curl station. Removes momentum and forces strict form. Useful for chasing arm hypertrophy without a partner calling form cues.
Plate-Loaded Belt Squat
LegsPlate-Loaded
Loads the legs through a hip belt instead of the upper back, so the lower back stays neutral. Useful for high-volume leg days, returning to training after a back niggle, or quad and glute work without bar compression.
Plate-Loaded Bent Over Row
BackPlate-Loaded
A guided bent-over row that gives you the back-thickness benefit of a barbell row without the lower-back fatigue of holding the position free-weight.
Plate-Loaded Calf Raise Machine
LegsPlate-Loaded
Standing calf raise loaded by plates with a deep stretch at the bottom and a hard contraction at the top. For calves that have stopped responding to bodyweight or smith-machine work.
Plate-Loaded Chest Fly Machine
ChestPlate-Loaded
A pec deck with a long stretch and a clean contraction. Use it for hypertrophy work, supersets after pressing, or a warm-up to wake the pecs up.
Plate-Loaded Flat Bench Chest Press Machine
ChestPlate-Loaded
A guided flat chest press that mimics a flat bench but fixes the path and removes the need for a spotter. Lets you push closer to failure on chest, anterior delt, and triceps.
Plate-Loaded Front Squat Machine
LegsPlate-Loaded
A guided front-squat platform with shoulder pads instead of a clean grip. Good for quad development if wrists or shoulders limit a true front squat.
Plate-Loaded Hack Squat
LegsPlate-Loaded
A 45-degree sled that locks you into a strong squat position and lets you load the quads heavily without a spotter. Foot position shifts the emphasis: low for quads, high for glutes and hamstrings.
Plate-Loaded Hip-Thrust Machine
Full BodyPlate-Loaded
A dedicated hip thrust station with a back pad and a barbell pad on a guided arc. Faster setup and better load tolerance than free-weight hip thrusts, with a clean glute lockout each rep.
Plate-Loaded Incline Chest Press Machine
ChestPlate-Loaded
Incline plate-loaded chest press for the upper chest. Cleaner shoulder position than a free-weight incline and easier to train solo to failure.
Plate-Loaded Iso-Lateral D.Y. Row Machine
BackPlate-Loaded
An iso-lateral D.Y. (deltoid + Y-row) station that lets you train each side independently and target the side and rear delts on one machine.
Plate-Loaded Iso-Lateral High-Row Machine
BackPlate-Loaded
An iso-lateral high row that pulls you down and back. Targets the upper lats and mid-back through a long range of motion, with each arm loaded independently.
Plate-Loaded Lat Pullover Machine
BackPlate-Loaded
A lat pullover machine that takes the biceps almost entirely out of the lift and isolates the lats through a long stretch. Rare in commercial gyms.
Plate-Loaded Leg Extension
LegsPlate-Loaded
Isolated quad work. The plate-loaded version gives smoother resistance through the full range and lets you load heavy without burning a stack. Use it to finish leg day or pre-fatigue before squats.
Plate-Loaded Lying Hamstring Curl
LegsPlate-Loaded
Prone hamstring curl loaded by plates rather than a stack, so progressive overload doesn't cap out at the top of the stack. Targets the hamstrings through a long stretch under tension.
Plate-Loaded Pendulum Squat
LegsPlate-Loaded
A fixed-arc squat machine that drives the load on a curved path, so depth stays consistent and balance is taken out of the lift. Lets you push close to failure on quads and glutes safely. Rare to find in Christchurch.
Plate-Loaded RDL Machine
Full BodyPlate-Loaded
A guided Romanian deadlift platform that fixes the bar path and keeps the load directly over the hips. Good for hamstring and glute hypertrophy without the technique demands of a free-weight RDL.
Plate-Loaded Seated Leg Press
LegsPlate-Loaded
A vertical-back seated leg press for high-volume quad and glute work without spinal load. Fixed back support suits hypertrophy work and lifters learning to press through the heels.
Plate-Loaded Seated Row Machine
BackPlate-Loaded
A chest-supported seated row that takes the lower back out of the lift and puts the load on the mid-back, lats, and rear delts.
Plate-Loaded Shoulder Press Machine
ShouldersPlate-Loaded
A seated plate-loaded overhead press for the deltoids, with a back pad that supports the lumbar. Easier to load heavy and push to failure than a standing free-weight press.
Plate-Loaded Squat Lunge Machine
LegsPlate-Loaded
A unilateral squat-and-lunge platform. Trains each leg independently to even out imbalances and loads the glutes deeper than a free-weight lunge.
Plate-Loaded Tricep Push-Down
ArmsPlate-Loaded
A plate-loaded tricep press-down station. The fixed angle keeps the elbows tight to the sides and stops the rep from drifting into the shoulders.
Plate-Loaded Uni-Lateral Leg Press
LegsPlate-Loaded
A single-leg loadable press for fixing strength imbalances side to side. Useful for returning from injury or chasing symmetrical leg development.
Plate-Loaded Upright Chest Press Machine
ChestPlate-Loaded
An upright chest press station that places the chest in a strong pressing position and supports the back through the rep. A go-to for hypertrophy chest work.
Plate-Loaded Vertical Chest Press Machine
ChestPlate-Loaded
A vertical-handle chest press that emphasises upper chest and shoulder integration. Fixed path keeps form clean late in a set.
Plate-Loaded Vertical Leg Press
LegsPlate-Loaded
Lying-down vertical leg press where the load presses straight up. Forces strict form, removes momentum, and hits the quads and glutes hard under load.
Pin-Loaded
16 machines
Functional Trainer
Full BodyPin-Loaded
A pin-loaded machine for targeted training. Ask the team for setup tips on your first session.
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Pin Loaded 8-Stack Multi-Gym
Full BodyPin-Loaded
An 8-stack multi-gym that puts 8 pin-loaded stations on a single rig: lat pull-down, seated row, tricep, bicep, chest fly, leg extension, ab crunch, and more. Built for fast, low-friction supersets and circuits.
Pin Loaded Abductor
LegsPin-Loaded
A seated hip abductor for the glute medius and outer hips. Important for hip stability, knee tracking, and glute shape, especially for lifters who only train the back of the hip.
Pin Loaded Cable Crossover
Full BodyPin-Loaded
A floor-to-ceiling dual-cable crossover for chest flies, face pulls, lateral raises, woodchops, single-arm rows, and most other cable variations. Versatile and well-used.
Pin Loaded Chest Press Machine
ChestPin-Loaded
A pin-loaded chest press for high-rep chest work. Stack-loaded, so weight changes in seconds. Useful for drop sets and circuits.
Pin Loaded Forearm Machine
ArmsPin-Loaded
A wrist and forearm machine for grip, forearm size, and elbow tendon health. Often missing in other gyms. Useful for climbers, lifters whose deadlifts get capped by grip, and anyone training arm size seriously.
Pin Loaded Functional Trainer
Full BodyPin-Loaded
A dual-pulley functional trainer for any cable movement at any angle. Useful for sport-specific work, prehab, and accessory training.
Pin Loaded Kickback Machine
BackPin-Loaded
A standing tricep kickback station that takes the awkwardness out of free-weight kickbacks and lets you actually load the movement.
Pin Loaded Lateral Raise Machine
ShouldersPin-Loaded
A seated lateral raise machine that isolates the side delts through a long, clean range of motion. Builds shoulder width with far less elbow stress than dumbbell laterals.
Pin Loaded Machine Fly and Reverse Fly
ChestPin-Loaded
A combo machine that does both pec fly and rear-delt reverse fly without swapping stations. A staple for chest and shoulder hypertrophy work.
Pin Loaded Prone Hamstring Curl
LegsPin-Loaded
A prone (lying face-down) hamstring curl for hamstring isolation. The prone position takes the hip flexors out and forces the hamstrings to do the work.
Pin Loaded Seated Bicep Curl Machine
ArmsPin-Loaded
A seated bicep curl machine with arm pads that lock the elbows in place. Strict, isolated, easy to load heavy for arm-day finishers.
Pin Loaded Seated Hamstring Curl
LegsPin-Loaded
A seated hamstring curl that hits the hamstrings at a different fibre angle than the prone version. Many lifters respond better to one or the other, so use both.
Pin Loaded Seated Leg Extension
LegsPin-Loaded
A pin-loaded seated leg extension for quads. Smooth resistance and quick weight changes suit high-rep finishers and pre-exhaust work before squats.
Pin Loaded Seated Triceps Extension Machine
ArmsPin-Loaded
A seated overhead triceps extension that puts the long head of the triceps on a deep stretch. Strong machine for triceps mass.
Pin Loaded Shoulder Press Machine
ShouldersPin-Loaded
A pin-loaded overhead press for the deltoids. Quick weight changes suit finishers, supersets, and high-volume shoulder days.
Free Weight
9 machines
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Dumbbells
Free WeightsFree Weight
A full dumbbell rack from light to 70kg. Pairs are matched and racked in ascending order, so you can progress through weights without searching the floor for the next jump.
Ezy Curl Barbells
ArmsFree Weight
EZ-curl barbells with an angled grip that takes pressure off the wrists during bicep curls and skullcrushers. Standard for arm and accessory work.
Free Weights Bench
Free WeightsFree Weight
Adjustable free-weight benches that flatten, incline, and decline. Built for free-weight pressing, dumbbell work, and accessory movements where you need a stable base.
Hyperextension
CoreFree Weight
A 45-degree hyperextension bench for lower back, glute, and hamstring strength. A foundation movement for posterior-chain health and a useful warm-up for the hips before deadlifts.
Kettle Bells
Free WeightsFree Weight
Kettlebells for swings, goblet squats, single-arm presses, Turkish get-ups, and conditioning circuits. Useful for athletic carryover alongside strength training.
Roman Chair
CoreFree Weight
A roman chair for ab work, oblique twists, and lower-back endurance. Use it to load the core under real resistance, not just bodyweight crunches.
Squat Rack
LegsFree Weight
A heavy-duty power rack for squats, overhead press, rack pulls, and pin presses. Built for heavy free-weight work with full safety arms.
Straight Barbells
Free WeightsFree Weight
Standard 20kg Olympic barbells for bench press, deadlift, squat, and row variations. Straight bars rated for heavy loads, paired with full plate sets.
Tricep Dip Attachment (Body Weight)
ArmsFree Weight
A tricep dip attachment for bodyweight or weighted dips. Targets triceps, lower chest, and front delts. A reliable mass-builder for the upper arm.
Cardio
7 machines
Assault Treadmill
CardioCardio
A self-powered curved treadmill that runs as fast as you do. Hard work for conditioning, sled-style sprint intervals, and sport-specific work. Far harder than a motorised treadmill at the same pace.
Elliptical Trainer
CardioCardio
Low-impact elliptical trainers for cardio that's easy on the knees and hips. Suits steady-state work, recovery cardio, and rehab.
Jacobs Ladders
CardioCardio
Jacobs ladder rigs that combine climbing motion with self-paced intensity. Hits the lats, core, and legs at once. One of the harder cardio pieces on the floor.
Ski Erg
CardioCardio
A ski erg for full-body conditioning. Hits the lats, triceps, abs, and posterior chain in one movement, with no impact on the joints.
Spin Bike
CardioCardio
Commercial spin bikes for high-intensity intervals and steady-state cycling. Quick to set up between strength sets for conditioning circuits.
Stair Climber
CardioCardio
A revolving stair-climber for endurance, glute work, and conditioning. A low-impact option for fat loss and lower-body endurance.
Treadmill
CardioCardio
Commercial treadmills with high-incline settings for walking and steady-state running. Useful for warm-up, fat-loss cardio, and incline walking sessions for runners and lifters alike.
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