X-Force CrossFit
Welcome to X-Force CrossFit, Northcote's leading strength and conditioning hub in Christchurch. We pride ourselves on offering a deeply supportive, inclusive, and driven community designed to help you conquer any health or fitness challenge. Our expert coaching team boasts over 15 years of industry experience and thousands of collective coaching hours working with individuals from all walks of life—from active grandparents to elite competitive athletes. All our workouts leverage safe, functional movements that combine the absolute best elements of gymnastics, Olympic weightlifting, rowing, and cardiovascular training. At X-Force CrossFit, our mission is to simplify the often confusing landscape of health, fitness, and nutrition to help you build a sustainable, powerful, and pain-free life.
Elite Professional Coaching
Our team holds the most advanced CrossFit training certifications in NZ, bringing thousands of hours of coaching experience to the gym floor.
Tailored Functional Movements
We specialize in gymnastics, weightlifting, and metabolic conditioning scaled to match your exact baseline fitness level.
Holistic Health Support
Get expert, sustainable advice on mobility, nutrition, and lifestyle habits to complement your physical workouts.
Matt
Head Coach & Facility Organizer
With over 15 years of health and fitness experience, Matt is dedicated to delivering highly effective, engaging, and inclusive training sessions designed to help members achieve their ultimate fitness potential.
Sarah, 34 yrs
"Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned athlete, the diverse range of classes and personalised training programs at X-Force will help you achieve your goals. The community here is unmatched!"
Main CrossFit Arena
An expansive functional training area featuring custom steel rigs, high-grade barbells, Olympic weightlifting plates, gymnastic rings, and rowing equipment.
Coaching & Consultation Zone
A dedicated space for 1:1 personal training sessions, custom body assessments, and personalized lifestyle/nutrition goal setting.
CrossFit WOD
Core daily group workouts focusing on high-intensity functional movements, combining metabolic conditioning, gymnastics, and weightlifting.
1:1 Personal Training
Private sessions focusing intensely on posture correction, mobility, strength development, and specific athletic skills.
Corporate Wellness & Team-Building
Challenging, fun, and interactive fitness workshops designed to build unbreakable teamwork, morale, and physical health within local businesses.
95a Sawyers Arms Rd, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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CrossFit WOD
Entraînement du jour - séance intense et variée
Personal Training
Specialized class
Small Group Training
Specialized class
Corporate Team-Building Workshops
Specialized class
Strengths
- Top-Tier Certifications - Our coaches hold the highest level of professional CrossFit coaching credentials available in the country.
- Comprehensive Coaching - We focus on a complete lifestyle approach, offering nutrition, mobility, and lifestyle guidance alongside workouts.
- Highly Scalable - Workouts are tailored seamlessly to suit teenagers, busy parents, active grandparents, and competitive power athletes.
- Vibrant Community - Our supportive local community hosts fun team events and renowned regional competitions like the 'Clash of Titans'.
Watch points
- Closed on Sundays - The gym does not offer open gym hours or scheduled classes on Sundays.
- Focus on CrossFit Style - The facility is highly optimized for functional movements and lacks generic commercial fitness isolation machines.
CrossFit WOD
Our core daily group training classes. These sessions are highly varied and combine the best aspects of metabolic conditioning, weightlifting, and gymnastics into functional, high-energy workouts.
Objective: Overall strength, endurance, and functional conditioning
Personal Training
Fully customized sessions focusing on individual goals, whether that is building core strength, mastering high-level Olympic lifts, improving general mobility, or rehabilitating past injuries.
Objective: Individual technique, safety, and rapid progression
Small Group Training
With a strict 1:3 coach-to-athlete ratio, this class combines the high-energy camaraderie of a group training session with the precision, personalization, and safety of a private coach.
Objective: Form improvement, team energy, and balanced training
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Located in the Northcote/Papanui area of Christchurch, our box sits in a bustling commercial and residential neighborhood with easy road access.
Public transport
Easily accessible via local bus routes running along Sawyers Arms Road and nearby Main North Road.
Parking
Dedicated free off-street parking slots directly on-site for all gym members.
Landmarks
Approach
We build highly practical, functional fitness. Our training approach focuses on movement patterns that reflect everyday physical activities, ensuring you live a long, healthy, and capable life.
Methodology
We integrate gymnastics, rowing, and Olympic weightlifting, backed by customized nutrition and healthy lifestyle adjustments.
Progression
Our coaches track physical landmarks, joint pain reduction, and aerobic progression to systematically increase weights and workout complexity safely.
Personal Training (1 Hour Session)
- 1:1 or 1:3 coach-to-athlete ratio
- Comprehensive mobility assessments
- Nutrition & lifestyle habits program
Personal Training (30 Mins Session)
- Time-efficient high-intensity training
- Form adjustment and biomechanics review
- Personalized strength guidance
First visit
Please arrive 10-15 minutes prior to your first class. Our coaches will introduce themselves, show you around the gym, and run through the workout flow with you.
Required equipment
Wear clean athletic shoes, comfortable sports clothes, bring a water bottle, and a small personal sweat towel.
What a typical session looks like
Every session starts with a structured dynamic warm-up, followed by movement coaching and weight calibration, the high-energy CrossFit WOD, and a guided cool-down stretch.
Weightlifting & Power
Gymnastics & Bodyweight
Cardio Engines
Clash of Titans
An annual same-sex pairs CrossFit competition hosted right here at X-Force CrossFit, showcasing the local community's incredible fitness and competitive drive.
Saturday Community WODs
Fun, partner-based fitness sessions open to everyone to train together, laugh, and celebrate the end of a hard training week.
Matt
Matt has over 15 years of industry experience and has dedicated thousands of hours to assisting individuals of all ages and capabilities to reach peak strength, vitality, and joint health.
CrossFit Affiliate Network
Officially registered and certified affiliate gym delivering recognized functional fitness methodologies.
Personal Training is priced at $75 per 1-hour session and $45 per 30-minute session (available in 1:1 or 1:3 coach-to-athlete ratios). Free trial group classes are available upon request.