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Velocity Five-0 is a four-week course of high-intensity training at Massey Sport and Recreation Centre in Palmerston North — offering a variety of sessions, the support of personal trainers, Myzone heart rate monitoring, and a focus on effort not your fitness level.
Classes are limited to just five people and are 50 minutes of high-intensity exercises designed to help you meet your personal fitness goals. You can choose to do one or two sessions each week.
Each session is designed and led by a qualified personal trainer. Your programme also changes every week.
Sessions
Tabata
A circuit-based session where participants exercise then rest for specific timeframes. Perform as many repetitions as you can in the allocated time before you move on to the next exercise.
Murder Board
Complete exercises from the board over a 50-minute period. Once you're done with each exercise, you can wipe it off the board.
Pyramid
A session of descending and ascending repetitions. Work your way through each round of repetitions to complete the session and beat the pyramid!
The Fifty
A wide range of exercise modalities (methods and equipment) to make up 50 in total: think 50 repetitions, 50 sets, 50 calories, 50 seconds — even 50 exercises. If it has something to do with 50 you can find it in this session.
Training approach and Myzone tracking
Velocity Five-0 is Myzone heart rate monitoring-supported training.
Your heart rate intensity and effort is wirelessly projected onto a television screen. You can compare and compete with your group during each session and throughout the course.
Velocity Five-0 focuses on effort, not fitness.
- Myzone points system rewards your personal effort based on your metrics.
- You can go as easy or as hard as you want.
Trainers can also adapt exercises to suit your needs. If you have a knee injury, for instance, talk to your trainer.
Prices
You need to pay for Velocity Five-0 separately from your gym membership if you have one. Prices are:
- $50 for four weeks at one session per week
- $80 for four weeks at two sessions per week
Courses and sessions are non-refundable if you don't attend.
All sessions must also be used within the allocated course block. If you are unable to attend your regular session for a given week, you can only request a different session within the same week.
We will send you payment details once your registration is complete.
Timetable and start dates
Course start and registration dates
Course dates and registration cut-offs for 2021 are as follows:
- Round 1 – 1 to 26 February
- Round 2 – 8 March to 2 April (note 2 April is Good Friday)
- Round 3 – 12 April to 7 May
- Round 4 – 17 May to 11 June (note 7 June is Queens Birthday Monday)
- Round 5 – 21 June to 16 July
- Round 6 – 26 July to 20 August
- Round 7 – 30 August to 24 September
- Round 8 – 4 October to 29 October (note 25 October is Labour Day Monday)
- Round 9 – 8 November to 3 December
Velocity Five-0 registration form
Timetable
Timetable for Velocity Five-0 classes.
Day | 6.10am | 12.10pm | 5.10pm |
---|---|---|---|
Monday | Velocity Five-0 | Velocity Five-0 | |
Tuesday | Velocity Five-0 | ||
Wednesday | Velocity Five-0 | Velocity Five-0 | |
Thursday | Velocity Five-0 | ||
Friday | Velocity Five-0 |
If a course starts with no registered attendees, we reserve the right to remove the session for the remainder of the course.
More information
Get more information about Velocity Five-0 sessions:
- follow Velocity Five-0 on Facebook
- registration and payment questions: email Lois Edwards on c.l.edwards@massey.ac.nz
- personal trainers, health declarations or session questions: email James Amon on j.c.amon@massey.ac.nz
Contact the office
Massey Sport and Recreation Centre, Manawatū (Palmerston North) campus
Hours
Monday to Friday, 6am to 10pm; Weekends 9am to 6pm (Semester one and two)
Monday to Friday, 6am to 9pm; Weekends 8am to 4pm (Summer hours)
Phone
+64 6 350 5080 extension 85529
Location
Orchard Road
Massey University
Palmerston North
New Zealand 4442
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