Our Trainers

Andrew has been in and around the areas of health and fitness for most of his life. At school he played almost every sport on offer, to varying degrees of ability and success, especially if it meant a day off school. From rugby to rugby league, basketball, volleyball, tennis, golf, cricket and more.

When he left school and wasn’t sure what he wanted to do in life, he fell into the building industry. A good experience but not really a passion. Sport was still his main focus, and most of his time spent away from the worksite was chasing two ambitions; becoming an elite fencer and modern pentathlete (dreaming obviously of the three musketeers). He spent his income fueling his dream to live and fence in Europe. Eventually he was selected to represent Australia at the World Championships and other international events around the world.

Two years living in Hungary and other parts of Europe taught him what it takes to succeed in top-level international sport. While he loved every minute, the harsh financial reality of amateur sport eventually had an impact.

After several years, and several jobs back in the building industry, he realised he needed to follow his heart and return to the world of health and fitness. So he became a personal trainer.

Andrew has worked in larger gyms, owned award-winning fitness studios, worked as a sales manager for a swanky Sydney CBD fitness club, and the list goes on.

Andrew’s Experience

20 years in the Health and Fitness Sector
Diploma Sports Management (UTS)
Master Personal Trainer Level 3
Working with Specialised Populations (Older Adults) qualification
Director Harbourside Group (Harbourside Health and Fitness) Personal Training Studios
Sales Manager at No 1 The Health Club
2007 to 2012. Winner Fitness NSW Personal Training business of the year
Finalist Fitness Australia Personal Training Business of the Year

Ben’s training philosophy is centred around sport specific training. He believes the more effort you put in, the more you will get out of it. Using specialised, innovative equipment and exercises, Ben expects clients will be introduced to a different style of exercising. He prefers to offer a training routine that is high intensity, with interval training as his favourite technique.

Maria is passionate about using exercise to improve and maintain physical and mental health. Having used exercise to manage her own wellbeing during a 25+ year corporate career, Maria acted upon this passion in 2015 and became a trainer in order to help others.

Seeing clients achieve their goals and improve their health is Maria’s reward for her work. This provides the drive to continually educate herself on the latest ways to train clients and the most recent research into exercise and health outcomes.

Believing in physical fitness as a path to retaining freedom of choice in life, Maria’s focus is on keeping Australian’s of all age groups moving today so they can get the most out of life tomorrow.

Certifications and Experience
Certificate III and IV in Fitness
Personal Training and Individualised Programming
Group Personal Training / Bootcamp
Group Indoor Cycling
Group Exercise Freestyle and Aqua
Boxing for Fitness
Pelvic Floor, Pre & Post Natal Women
Children / Young Children / Adolescents
Older Adults

Specialisations
Personal Training 1:1
Group HiiT Sessions for all Fitness Levels
Functional Resistance and Strength Training

Alessandra (Ale for short name of) is very passionate about fitness and loves training hard, as well as having some laugh along the way.

She feels that the best reward of being a trainer is watching her clients improving, reaching their goals and seeing their smiles when they look back and they realise how far they have come.

Specialisations
Fitness for women
Fitness for Over 50s
Weight Loss
Strength and Conditioning
Non diet approach

She promises to give you all her passion, motivation and energy in each session.