1:1 personal training in Wellington, built around your actual week
Weekly or twice-weekly sessions at CityFitness Thorndon, with someone who knows what you did last week and what you said you'd do this week. This is the option for people who want a person in the room, not just a plan on a screen.
Who this is actually for
Most people who book 1:1 training with Kong Fitness aren't chasing a dramatic transformation. They're Wellington professionals - working in government, legal, tech or corporate roles around the CBD - who already understand that exercise matters. What they don't have is a reliable way of actually doing it week after week, once work gets busy and the gym membership quietly stops getting used.
If that sounds familiar, 1:1 training solves a specific problem: it puts someone else in charge of showing up being expected of you. It's genuinely harder to cancel on a person than on yourself, and that's the entire point of the format - not the exercises themselves, which any decent app can technically give you, but the structure around actually doing them.
What a session actually looks like
Sessions run for around 45 to 60 minutes at CityFitness Thorndon. Each one starts from where you actually are that day - if you slept badly or you're carrying tightness from a desk-heavy week, the session adjusts rather than pretending it's a clean slate. Over time, sessions build toward a clear goal (strength, general fitness, weight loss, or simply consistency itself), but week to week, the priority is always doing something real rather than something impressive.
You won't be handed a spreadsheet and left to work it out. Every exercise is explained and coached properly, particularly early on, so that even if a session is ever missed and you're training alone, you're not guessing at form.
What's included
- An initial consultation and movement assessment before your first paid session
- A programme built specifically around your schedule and starting point
- Coached 1:1 sessions at CityFitness Thorndon, before work or after 5pm
- Accountability check-ins between sessions, so the days you're not training don't undo the days you are
- Regular reviews to adjust the programme as your fitness - and your week - changes
How the programme adapts as you go
A programme that only works if your week stays exactly the same isn't much use to a busy professional, because weeks rarely stay the same. If you've got a heavy sprint of late nights coming up, sessions and intensity flex around that instead of quietly getting skipped and then feeling like a failure. If you're travelling, that's a conversation about switching a week to online coaching rather than a gap in the programme. The plan is meant to move with your actual life, not sit separately from it and get resented.
Where and when
All 1:1 sessions run out of CityFitness Thorndon at 75 Thorndon Quay - a short walk from Lambton Quay, Pipitea and The Terrace, which makes it realistic to train before work or straight after finishing for the day without a big detour. See the Thorndon location page for more on the gym itself and specific session time availability.
Once a week
A solid starting point for building consistency without overcommitting a busy schedule. Good for people newer to structured training.
Twice a week
Better progress for strength or weight loss goals, and more regular accountability contact. A common step up once the habit is established.
Three times a week
The fastest progress and the most accountability contact of the three. Suits clients who want to build training into a genuine daily rhythm rather than a weekly event.
Frequently asked
Free 30-Min Strategy Consult with James
No automated slots open on this specific day, or the calendar is fully booked. No problem - you can request a time that works for you and James will confirm directly.
Start with a conversation, not a commitment
A free consult to talk through your schedule, your goals and whether 1:1 training at Thorndon is the right fit - no obligation either way.