Strength
Train
Serious strength and bodybuilding training — built for people who want to work, not wander. Progressive, coached, and unapologetically focused.
Coming soon
Manaaki Strength & Wellness is building more than a bodybuilding and fitness gym. As a veteran-owned business, our mission is to create a destination where strength, movement, recovery, and whole-person well-being come together—guided by Manaaki Tāngata and a genuine commitment to ensuring every person feels welcomed, supported, empowered, and inspired to thrive.
Ethos
Manaaki Tāngata
What is Manaaki Tāngata?
Strength and wellness grounded in respect, genuine care, and community—where every person is welcomed, supported, and empowered to train, focus, transform, and thrive.
Manaaki is te reo Māori for to support, care for, welcome, protect, and show respect. Tāngata means people. Together they name the standard this gym is being built to keep.
Learn about Manaaki TāngataThe work
Train. Focus. Transform. Thrive.
Four movements. One destination. The gym is still taking shape — the standard is not.
Movement
Focus
A destination for movement that serves the whole person. Not noise. Not trends. Attention, craft, and the discipline to keep showing up.
Recovery
Transform
Recovery is part of the work. Space to restore, rebuild, and return stronger — body, mind, and the systems that hold them together.
Community
Thrive
Guided by Manaaki Tāngata: every person welcomed, supported, and empowered. A gym that feels like a place you belong — not a transaction.
Meet the founder
A life grounded in service
Matthew Crockett is a disabled Air Force veteran, longtime federal public servant, and sole founder of Manaaki Strength & Wellness. The Doberman at the center of the MANAAKI emblem is not a mascot — it is a real life, a profound bond, and the standard of service this organization intends to carry forward.
Meet the founderOpening in Villa Rica
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Villa Rica, GA
MANAAKI is being built in Villa Rica, Georgia — a veteran-owned destination for people who take their training, their recovery, and each other seriously.