Fit 4 Life - Lifestyle & Movement Experts

Rich at F4L has been my trainer for coming up 10 years now and I can’t recommend him enough as a professional and accessible trainer. Rich has a holistic approach to helping me to achieve my fitness goals, is constantly challenging me with new concepts and constantly keeps our training sessions fresh after all this time.

After suffering damage to my quad I approached Rich and he has worked with me for the last several months to rebuild strength and stamina. The results have been excellent and Rich has helped me beyond the original injury with great stretch and strength building routines. I am back running and even my golf has improved! Highly recommend Rich.

I’ve been working with Rich from F4L for the past few weeks. Right from the outset he was a real professional. His sessions tuned for the limitations of 12yrs of wanton neglect, my fault not the kids, are a great balance between movement, hard yak, rest and are always interesting. I’ve certainly benefitted. Lost some beef with improved mobility and a real uplift in my sense of well being. I look forward to and enjoy every session. Rich’s holistic knowledge around health, well being and fitness is awesome and I would without hesitation recommend him.

Rich Ellis is highly knowledgeable in his field of fitness & nutrition. I came to Rich for advice on nutrition and how to better enhance my diet. I have lost 13kg in in 4x months. A big part of this was Rich's great advice on how to better modulate my diet. Highly recommend Rich for anyone wanting to gain a better understanding of diet & fitness.

I attend the F4L outside" classes twice a week. I'm into running and I find that Richard's classes really help me with core strength. My running form has improved and so have my times!Richard caters for all fitness levels in the group

I cannot say enough about Rich and how good he is. After rupturing my ACL at the ripe old age of 45, Rich worked out a specific plan to suit my needs and get me back on the football field and golf course. Within 6 months I was playing both sports again, feeling fitter and stronger than before the injury. I highly recommend Rich's services to all.

I thoroughly enjoy Rich's fresh approach to training, every workout is slightly different and exciting! He is constantly exploring new ways to make the workouts better and my experience at F4L even more enjoyable. I also appreciate Rich's thorough understand of the body and his curiosity as to why a muscle might not be firing quite right.

I have trained at Fit 4 Life since 2013, attending his small group training classes and the odd Boot Camp. Rich has also been my Personal Trainer for that time too.Richard is a highly skilled and knowledgeable health industry professional, always encouraging and motivating in his approach. In the time I have trained at F4L I have had massive personal success - Rich has been instrumental on a journey that has seen this 42 year old pre diabetic Mum of 3 and ex-couch potato shed 40kg, and I now enjoy a much healthier lifestyle, competing in running and obstacle events and I have just completed my 3rd Tough Guy in Rotorua. Without Richard's skill and encouragement, I am certain I'd still be lamenting on the couch battling a myriad of health issues, so I can't thank him and recommend his outfit enough! Triple thumbs up!!!

It's been great working with Rich to resolve some long standing unresolved hip/back pain. Rich's high level testing protocols uncovered some specific muscles that were not doing their job and effectively been shut down due to inflammatory responses and neurological dampening. With a well structured high level approach to the rehabilitation of my back/hip pain i'm delighted to say we have a break through and the pain is subsiding after only a few sessions and of course some homework! Thanks Rich, i'm truly grateful - Shane.

I have attended various classes with Rich over the last five years, including early morning boot camps, and more recently a men's boutique back and core class which has been excellent in addressing some muscle imbalances. Rich identified that some of my lumbar muscles were not actually engaged, as the brain wasn't talking to them (who knew!!), and was able to help me switch them on for immediate effect. Rich's style is easy going and hugely supportive. His fitness and well bing approach is holistic, not just focussing on cardio and strength, but a wider health balance including posture, diet (a big fan of gut health which I totally agree with), stretching, balance and mindfulness (even on a shatki mat ha ha). Couldn't recommend Rich enough as a great guy to help get your health sorted. Kent