Aaron Zimmerman · Strength and conditioning coach · New Plymouth
Sixteen years coaching in Australian professional sport, most of it in the NRL. In 2024 Aaron brought his family home to New Zealand and opened a small private performance floor ten minutes from New Plymouth.
Professional sport in Australia
Strength and conditioning, 2015 to 2024
Elite coach accreditation
Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science
Where he sits
Aaron is a strength and conditioning coach, not a physiotherapist. For athletes coming back from injury he works alongside the physio and surgeon, not instead of them. For everyone else he is the one coach on the floor: the person who writes the programme is the person coaching it.
The career
2009 to 2011
Strength and conditioning across the Sevens and XVs pathways.
2011 to 2013
Into the NRL. Strength and conditioning with the Sharks in Sydney.
2015 to 2024
Nearly a decade of NRL strength and conditioning. The longest stretch of his career.
2024 to now
Home to New Zealand. A private floor on Smart Road, and mentoring on the UTS masters programme since 2025.
Why New Plymouth
When the Zimmermans' youngest son was eleven months old, he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. After sixteen years in Australia, Aaron and his wife decided it was time to bring their three boys home to New Zealand. That was 2024.
It meant leaving the Wests Tigers after nearly a decade. The coaching came home with him. Same standards, a much smaller floor. Husband, dad to three boys and, in his own words, a wannabe lifestyle farmer.
How he works
The floor
Private floor with sauna, cold tub and cryo compression units on site. Never more than six people training at once.
The coaching
One coach, no hand off. The person who writes the programme is the one on the floor with you.
What he believes
Professional sport taught Aaron something simple. The strongest player on the team can still be carrying self doubt and stress, and it shows. So he trains the whole system: how you move, think, breathe and live.
Strength, speed, mechanics, durability. The physical base everything else sits on.
Mindset, resilience, confidence under pressure. Trained, not assumed.
Nervous system regulation, recovery, presence. Learning to slow down on purpose.
Habits, routines, lifestyle, purpose. The week outside the gym.
Four ways in
01
Youth 12 to 18 in groups of six, $80 a week in term time. Adults and competitive athletes one to one, $92 a session.
02
Cleared to load but not match ready. Testing, a rebuild block and a written retest, alongside your physio and surgeon. ACL rehab has its own page.
Call Aaron or send an enquiry. You get him, not a front desk, and he will point you to the right one of the four.
