Coaching enquiry
Not sure who fits your goal?
Tell us what you are working toward and where you are starting from, and we will match you to the right coaching on the floor. Or walk in on a free trial and talk it through in person at Tower Junction.
Personal training on a 92-piece floor.
Structured programming and one-to-one coaching, run across the deepest equipment floor in Christchurch. Progressive overload written to your body, trained on 71 machine variants and 43 plate-loaded pieces, and tracked against the same free body scan you get on every visit.
- Coaching on the floor
- PhD-led
- Plate-loaded pieces to programme with
- 43
- Body scan to track progress
- Free
- 1,078 Google reviews
- 5.0 ★
The coaching approach
Programming, not just a spotter.
A good session is not a hard hour you cannot repeat. Coaching here is built on written programming: exercise selection matched to your body, load and volume set for progressive overload, and every block reviewed against real data rather than how the last workout felt. You leave with a plan you can run yourself for the rest of the week on the same Christchurch floor.
The measure is the free body composition scan you take on every visit. A cut, a lean-mass phase, or a full recomposition is tracked in body fat and lean mass over time, the same numbers our nutrition coaching team prescribes against. The thinking behind the programming sits on our methodology page.
The roster
Who you will actually train with.
Coaching is owner-led and hands-on. Read the full profile before you book, then meet the team on the floor.
How it runs
Four things worth knowing before you book.
01
How sessions work
A programme, not a workout.
Your first session is a read of where you actually are: training history, what your Christchurch week looks like, and a baseline body composition scan. From there you get a written programme you can run yourself between sessions, reviewed and progressed as the numbers move. Book coaching around 24/7 access, so a 5am session before work in the CBD or a late one after the Addington commute both fit.
02
Member vs PT
Membership gets you the floor. Coaching gets you the plan.
Every member trains across the same 71 machine variants and 43 plate-loaded pieces. Personal training adds the structure on top: exercise selection matched to your body, load and volume prescribed for progressive overload, and someone accountable for the direction. You keep training under your own steam the rest of the week on the same floor.
03
Injury-aware programming
Built around what your body will tolerate.
Coming back from a shoulder, a knee, a long stretch off, or a desk-bound back is the norm, not the exception. Programming works around the movements that flare and builds the ones that hold, using the plate-loaded and pin-loaded depth to find loadable angles most gyms cannot offer. The approach is set out in our guide to training around injuries.
04
Scan-linked progress
Progress you can see in the numbers.
Body composition scans that clinics charge up to $80 for are free on every visit. Coaching is tracked against that same scan data, so a cut, a lean-mass phase, or a recomposition is measured in body fat and lean mass, not guesswork on the mirror. It is the same data the Inception Nutrition team prescribes against.
More on the injury-aware side in our guide to training around injuries, and on progression in the progressive overload guide.
Coaching + nutrition
Same building. Same data.
Most results are decided as much by nutrition and recovery as by the training block. The body scan data you collect in the gym is the same data the Inception Nutrition team prescribes against, run by Dr Matt Walley from the same Tower Junction building. Pair coached training with a nutrition programme and every adjustment on both sides runs on one set of numbers.
Every contract membership includes a complimentary initial nutrition consultation. Same owners, same building, same data, real results.
Member voices
Results, in their own words.
Real five-star Google reviews from Christchurch members on progress, the coaching, and how it feels to walk in.
Personal training questions.
Personal training is priced per session and depends on how many sessions you run and how often. Membership itself starts at $18.90 per week on the 24-month plan and $33.90 per week open-term. The best way to get an accurate coaching quote is to enquire through the contact page or start a free trial and speak to the team on the floor. Body composition scans, which clinics charge up to $80 for, are included free with membership and used to track your coaching progress.
Yes. Personal training at Inception Gym runs on top of a membership, because the programme is built to be trained across the week on our own floor, not just in the coached hour. Membership gives you 24/7 access to all 92 pieces of equipment, 43 of them plate-loaded, free body scans, and the on-site supplement store. Coaching then adds the structured programming and accountability on top. The free trial is the easiest way to try the floor before committing.
Yes. A large share of the people who ask about coaching in Christchurch are starting over or starting for the first time, and the programming is built for exactly that. Your first session sets a baseline with a body scan and an honest conversation about what you have tried before, then you get a written plan pitched at your current level. Members consistently describe Inception as a place they do not feel judged walking in, whatever their starting point.
Yes. Injury-aware programming is a core part of how coaching runs here. Sessions work around the movements that aggravate an injury and build the ones that hold, using the plate-loaded and pin-loaded machine depth to find angles and loading patterns that stay comfortable. Dr Matt Walley works often with members training around an injury or coming back after time off. If you have something specific, raise it in your first session and the programme is built to it.
Train the plan, not just the hour.
Start on the floor first. Twenty-four hours of full access, every piece of equipment, a body scan, and the supplement store. No card, no pressure, no follow-up calls. Then talk coaching in person.
Compare every tier on the memberships page, or walk the full inventory of 71 machine variants across 92 pieces on the equipment page. Training near town? See the Addington and Riccarton pages.