Pure Performance Wanaka

Pure Performance Wanaka THE PURE PERFORMANCE FAMILY
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19/12/2025

Fun day Friday Christmas session was good times! 💪💪💪

17/12/2025

This is what aging well actually looks like.

Strength. Balance. Confidence.
Not machines. Not mirrors. Not ego.

Our Senior Performance program is designed to help people stay independent, move with confidence, and keep doing the things they love — for life.

Every movement you see here has a purpose:
• Prevent falls
• Protect joints
• Maintain strength
• Improve balance and reaction time

This isn’t about “getting fit.”
It’s about staying capable.

If you’re over 60 — or you care about someone who is — this is what smart training looks like.

📍 Pure Performance Wanaka
🧠 Evidence-based. Coach-led. Age-smart.

17/12/2025

Aging isn’t the problem.
Losing confidence is.

This is training for balance, strength, and independence — so life doesn’t shrink as we get older.

Senior Performance at Pure Performance.
Move better. Live stronger.









12/12/2025

Keeping everything fresh, new pads are fixed and good to go🔥🔥

01/12/2025

At Pure Performance, we believe strength has no age limit — and our Senior Performance (60+) class proves it every single week.

This isn’t just a workout.
It’s a community of older adults choosing to stay strong, confident, mobile, and independent for as long as possible. Our members come from all backgrounds — retirees, grandparents, former athletes, farmers, skiers, golfers — and they all walk in with the same goal:

👉 To keep doing the things they love, for as many years as possible.

Our Senior Performance class is specifically designed for the 60+ body.
We focus on building strength, balance, posture, joint stability, mobility, and everyday function — the foundations of living well as we age. Every exercise is adaptable and physiotherapist-approved, meaning everyone works at the level that’s right for them.

And the best part?
The atmosphere.
You’ll hear laughter. You’ll see teamwork. You’ll see people in their 60s, 70s and even 80s lifting, moving, and pushing themselves in ways they never expected. This group shows up for each other — and they thrive because of it.

Why Senior Performance Training Works

As we age, the things that matter most aren’t heavy weights or complicated exercises.
It’s the fundamentals:

💪 Strength for Everyday Life

We build leg strength, grip strength, and core control — the things that keep you steady on your feet, able to carry groceries, navigate stairs, garden comfortably, and stay active outdoors.

🦵 Better Balance & Fall Prevention

Most injuries in older adults come from falls. We purposely train balance, ankle stability, and hip strength to make you safer and more confident in daily movement.

🧘‍♂️ Mobility & Flexibility

Gentle mobility work keeps joints moving freely and reduces stiffness in the back, hips, and shoulders so you feel younger in your body.

🫁 Improved Heart & Lung Health

Light conditioning boosts endurance so you can walk further, breathe easier, and enjoy life with more energy.

🧠 Brain & Coordination Training

Movement patterns, reaction drills, and problem-solving exercises help maintain cognitive sharpness — “use it or lose it” is real, and this class uses it.

🙂 Mood, Confidence & Social Connection

The friendships in this class are as beneficial as the exercises. Training together reduces loneliness, improves mood, and gives a sense of purpose and progress.

🧍‍♂️ Posture & Joint Support

We strengthen your upper back and core to maintain posture, reduce pain, and help you move freely without stiffness.

The Real Goal? Independence.

The Senior Performance class helps you:

✔ stay strong and active
✔ prevent injuries
✔ maintain independence
✔ enjoy travel, hobbies, and grandkids
✔ feel confident in your body
✔ age with energy and freedom

This is not “slow, gentle exercise.”
It’s intelligent, effective training designed to extend the quality of your life, not just the years.

What You See in These Photos

These images capture real people, real effort, and real progress.
Every smile, lift, stretch, and movement represents someone taking control of their health — proving that age is not a barrier to strength.

If you’ve been thinking about joining, or you know someone who would love a supportive, fun, and safe environment to get stronger… this is the place.

Come try a session.
Move better. Age stronger. Live with confidence.

01/12/2025

Meet Daisy Woods — a future freeride champion and one of the most technically sound young athletes we’ve ever coached.
Today she’s demonstrating one of the most valuable movement patterns for building real-world strength and bulletproof control: the Offset Kettlebell Squat.

Most people think a squat is just up and down.
But what Daisy shows here is the true foundation of athletic movement: organising your body under uneven load, staying centred, and resisting rotation — exactly the skills that transfer to freeride skiing, mountain biking, and every unpredictable moment in sport.

What Makes Daisy’s Form Exceptional

🔸 Neutral, steady torso
Despite the kettlebell being loaded on one side, Daisy maintains perfect midline control — no lean, no collapse, no compensation.

🔸 Elite anti-rotation stability
Her obliques, QL, and deep core switch on to keep her pelvis level. This is the kind of strength that protects backs, hips, and knees on the mountain.

🔸 Balanced hip loading
You can see both femurs track evenly. This is rare in younger athletes and shows exceptional body awareness and coaching consistency.

🔸 Clean, efficient breathing + bracing
She inhales to prepare, braces centrally, and moves with intention. This is exactly how high-performance athletes learn to generate force safely.

🔸 Smooth depth and drive
A controlled descent and an explosive, stable rise — transferring perfectly into the dynamic demands of freeride skiing.

This is why we say Daisy is a future star. It’s not just talent.
It’s technique, discipline, and the strength to back it up.

7 Weeks out and this is my story.Exactly why Pure Performance exists – to train people for life, sport, and age with fun...
30/11/2025

7 Weeks out and this is my story.

Exactly why Pure Performance exists – to train people for life, sport, and age with functional, intelligent movement.

Seven weeks ago, I lay in the snow at Cardrona in the fetal position, absolutely certain of two things:

With flexible pass options, convenient online operations, hassle-free access and full 24hr facilities what's stopping yo...
27/11/2025

With flexible pass options, convenient online operations, hassle-free access and full 24hr facilities what's stopping you from checking us out yourself?

Flexible Pass Options:

1 Day Pass: $25
7 Day Pass: $59
2 Week Pass: $95

Download Our App to activate your access, your phone becomes your key tag.

27/10/2025

Elite training. No borders.

Our biomechanics-driven system was designed for athletes who demand precision — delivered anywhere in the world.

Build strength. Move better. Perform at your best.

📣 NEW CLASS LAUNCH – WOMEN’S FUNCTIONAL FITNESS 💪✨Starting June 16th at Pure Performance Wanaka 🏔️Led by elite athlete &...
12/06/2025

📣 NEW CLASS LAUNCH – WOMEN’S FUNCTIONAL FITNESS 💪✨
Starting June 16th at Pure Performance Wanaka 🏔️

Led by elite athlete & professional ski racer Piera Hudson, this midday women-only class is all about building:
✅ Strength
✅ Mobility
✅ Confidence
✅ Real-life fitness for any age or stage

Whether you're getting ready for ski season, want to improve your golf game, or just want to move and feel better — this is for YOU.

🗓️ Mon, Wed & Fri | 12:00PM
📍 33 Reece Crescent, Wanaka
📞 Book now – spots are limited!
DM us or contact Piera at 027 332 3011
📲

Welcome back to winter get your gym membership sorted before they are gone. Limited number of memberships available! We ...
02/06/2025

Welcome back to winter get your gym membership sorted before they are gone. Limited number of memberships available! We will be capping the membership so you are never waiting for equipment 💪💪👌👌
DM for the discount code!

Building Strength from the Ground Up!Curious about gym training but not sure where to start? Our weekly Build classes at...
18/04/2025

Building Strength from the Ground Up!

Curious about gym training but not sure where to start? Our weekly Build classes at Pure Performance are designed just for you! Take a look at a sample lower body session with three easy-to-learn blocks.

Swipe through the videos to see:

Block 1: Foundational exercises like Reverse Lunges, Bird Dog Rows, and Banded Bear Crawls – perfect for building body awareness and initial strength.

Block 2: Learn the Landmine Deadlift – a supported way to learn deadlift mechanics, alongside targeted exercises for your hips and core.

Block 3: Progress with controlled movements like Single Leg Step Downs, Swiss Ball Curls, and Calf Raises to build functional lower body strength.

Our qualified coaches provide hands-on guidance and adjust exercises to match your individual abilities in a small, encouraging group (less than 10).

Ready to take the first step towards a stronger you?
Download and sign up through our Pure Performance Wanaka app

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33 Reece Cresant
Wanaka
9305

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