Locomotivation

Our clients enjoy a fun, non-pressured working environment in which they can achieve their personal goals, including weight loss, toning, confidence, fitness or speed improvement. Locomotivation caters to: Track Athletes, General Fitness, Mums, Children, and everyone in between. Steve Erkkila of Locomotivation:

I started competitive athletics when I was 16 yrs old after running in my younger days

for Western Suburbs. Near the end of my first season after winning Auckland C**t Sprint Titles I was introduced to Coach Russ Hoggard who took me into his training squad. From there I progressed well to become NZ Junior 400m Champ and NZ Junior 100m record holder. As a senior athlete I won my first NZ 100m title in 1973, then again in 1975 and 1977. In 1977 I also won the NZ 200m title and set the NZ 100m record of 10.4. Unfortunately serious ill health prevented me competing in 1974, 1976 and 1978. All Commonwealth or Olympic Games years of competition, however I did represent NZ every year I competed and my highlight was making the World Cup team in 1977 to Germany and Coach Russ Hoggard was also part of the management team which was great to have your coach touring with you. In 2000 I set up a training school for sprinting based at Mt Smart and over the next 4yrs helped many young athletes improve their running mechanics and over all speed. Many of these athletes went on to win Auckland or NZ titles and represent their country in their chosen events and are still competing at present I was then invited by Russ to join the Development training squad at the Bays and my daughter Jenna and I crossed the bridge to become part of the bays family which we are both enjoying considerably and look forward to a continued close association. I get immense enjoyment and pride being part of my athlete’s progress and admire their dedication and commitment to their sport and their attempt in vain to get me to learn the correct words to the song Iam trying to sing. Other Coaching Achievements. Accredited NRL Specialist Coach (Speed and Agility) NZ Warriors Speed and Agility Coach, NZ Warriors Woman Speed and Agility Coach, Speed, Fitness and Agility Coach for several senior rugby and rugby league teams,
Member Athletics Coaches Association of NZ, NZ Secondary Schools Sprint and Relay Coach, Auckland representative Sprint and Relay Coach, Athletics North representative Sprint and Relay Coach, Director of Coaching, Mt Albert Grammar Sprint Academy.