HEALTH AND FITNESS
Scrambled Legs running challenge
You may remember last year, Tommo (X10 trainer) undertook a crazy running challenge. He added one kilometre to his tally each week, so by...
ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT
AD Alumni: Anna Steven
We're shining the spotlight on some of Athlete Development's alumni who are doing great things in their chosen sport. Meet sprinter Anna Steven, who...
Preparing for school and club sport
Now that school and club sports teams trainings and games are gearing up again, what can your young athletes do to better prepare for...
SWIM SCHOOL
Dev 1 & 2: Keep swimming this winter
Why is it important to keep swimming over winter once you reach Development 1 & 2?
It is common to see people stop lessons over...
Swim School blog: Max’s advice
Our Swim School loves seeing children come to swimming and increase their confidence and competency in the water. We have a special sense of...
AUT MILLENNIUM
COVID-19 Level 1 Update
Alert Level 1 means all systems go at AUT Millennium!
With the Government relaxing restrictions around physical distancing and capacity limits, all of our services...
MOST POPULAR
50 Questions Every Youth Athlete Should Ask Themselves
Asking good questions is an excellent way to assess your performance and become more in tune with what to focus on to get better.
At...
5 Reasons Why Competition is Good (and bad) for your Child
What does the word ‘competition’ bring to mind? Is all competition a good thing? How do you distinguish between helpful competition and that which...
Lessons from A Silver Fern
Guest Contribution: Anna Harrison - New Zealand Netballer.
Another big year of Northern Mystics and New Zealand Silver Fern Netball commitments has come to an...
Environment is Everything
The smell of the first XV training room on game day is distinct. Peppermint infused heat rub, lynx scented deodorant and old mud all...
EP 47 – Warrick Wood – Self-Determinations Theory and the Winter...
“It’s not about winning, it’s about pursuing something, it’s about working hard and mastering your craft.”
My guest on the show is Warrick Wood (@warrickwood)....
EVENTS
Giving a flip about mental health
Auckland strongmen Gareth Edwards and Tom Moore are aiming to break the Guinness World Record for tyre flipping in July, all in the name...
North Island’s top weightlifters in action
This weekend's North Island Championships are your chance to see the some of the country's leading weightlifters in action, including Commonwealth Games gold medallist...
Halloween Week Photos
Thank you to all our wonderful Gym members for a fantastic Halloween week. We loved seeing all your awesome costumes and hope you had...
AUT Millennium Gym Open Day – 20th October
WANT TO BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE?
Come along for a FREE workout or group fitness class to experience our community Gym!
We'll have our trained...
VIDEO
Supplements & Youth Sport: An introduction
Sport is more competitive than ever before at school level, I certainly don’t need to convince you that, which is leading to athletes doing...
HIGH PERFORMANCE
Building a strong foundation
Long before Millennium Institute of Sport and Health, now AUT Millennium, was built in 2002, an athletics club existed.
North Harbour Bays Athletics Club is not just one of the most successful athletics clubs, it...
Transitioning into ‘real life’
Changing jobs can be an anxious and nervous time for anyone, but for an athlete, the trepidation around leaving the sport they've dedicated their life to can be daunting.
For weightlifter and Gym staff member...
A place to call home
AUT Millennium Gym Instructor, AUT Millennium Scholarship Athlete, NorthSport Olympic Weightlifting Club Life Member, New Zealand Weightlifter, Olympian.
Those are just some of the involvements Tracey Lambrechs has with AUT Millennium. Tracey will tell you...
Life as a Foundation Club Athlete
AUT Millennium is a training ground for a wide variety of sportspeople, water Polo players, athletics, weightlifters, kayakers, sailors and swimmers. Laura Quilter, a New Zealand swimmer and surf lifesaver, is one of those...
Pathway to Podium: first two-year cycle complete
On March 31st Aktive – Auckland Sport & Recreation marked the completion of the first Pathway to Podium two year cycle with a recognition event at AUT Millennium.
The evening provided athletes based in the...
NATIONAL AQUATIC CENTRE
National Aquatic Centre News: July 2018
Monday 2 - Friday 6 July: 2018 AON Open Swimming Championships
In early July more than 300 of New Zealand’s fastest swimmers arrived at the National Aquatic Centre for the 2018 AON Open Swimming Championships....
15 years of growth for water polo
Water Polo continues to be one of New Zealand’s fastest growing sports and North Harbour Water Polo Club is no different.
The club, then known as NorthSport Water Polo Club and training at Glenfield Aquatic...
Multiple benefits from hydrotherapy
Carrying groceries, getting in and out of cars, and even walking are everyday tasks taken for granted by most people. But for those living with Multiple Sclerosis, common symptoms including muscle weakness, loss of...
Creating strong partnerships: The National Training Centre
AUT Millennium’s 50/50 partnership with AUT University in 2009 and subsequent partnership with High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) has brought together the very best in research and education, high performance sport and community...
Importance of bilateral breathing
When we swim, most of us will feel more natural when we breathe to one side than the other. However, learning to breathe to both sides is an important task to understand as it...
