18/03/2026
Welcome Ayrton
We are thrilled to have Ayrton join the J2 team as we expand our Strength & Conditioning/ Personal Training services.
Ayrton is a Strength & Conditioning coach who’s worked in rugby, rehab and athletic performance organisations across New Zealand, Japan and the USA. He is passionate in return-to-play, long-term athlete development, and provides performance based programmes to help athletes return to sport after injury, build durable movement quality, coordination, confidence, and strength and power for the demands of sport.
He has worked along side some of NZ’s best coaches and athletes in a variety of sports, a former competitive surfer, and now is currently the strength and conditioning coach for the Franklin Bulls SalsNBL team. With exposure to high performance environments he understands the demands on the athletes physiology and what is required to perform.
As a coach, Ayrton is passionate about connection, consistency, reliability and honesty. These values build his approach and philosophy of practical and an evidence-based focus on a ground-up movement foundation.