Mitcham Personal Trainers
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Liz is a Mitcham personal trainer. Liz grew up in a farm environment, so sitting still wasn't an option. Spending her time doing daily farm chores, Liz generally spent every waking moment outdoors.

As a teenager, Sports was something she did well. She was the sports captain at school and participated in a range of sports - her favourite being tennis. She continued playing tennis in her adulthood but also badminton, squash, racketball and participated in gym, fun runs, water skiing and hiking.

Career-wise, Liz started as a kindergarten teacher - something she did for 20 years. She wanted a change and completed her fitness certification in 1997 and has never looked back. Apart from 3 years in Hiatus in order to recharge her battery, Liz has been a personal trainer now for over 12 years.

It hasn't all been plain sailing. In 2009 she was diagnosed with bowel cancer. She survived both the surgery and bouts of chemotherapy to continue to maintain her own fitness regime as well as helping others. Personal training is now more than a profession for her. She continues to enjoy the challenges to assist others to attain a healthy lifestyle with the added bonus of sharing life and having a laugh or two with her many clients.  

Stephanie is a Mitcham personal trainer. Stephanie started becoming involved with fitness through sports in school. She participated in netball and soccer and soon after school she joined a gym. Loving the atmosphere and the lifestyle, she decided to become a personal trainer studying at the Australian Institute of Fitness.

Her first job was as a member motivator at Fernwood. She was excited to join Fernwood as they really care about the happiness of their members and helping reaching women's goals around Australia - something she wanted to be a part of. Stephanie believe she has her dream job and looks forward to helping as many people as she can to reach their health and fitness goals.

Peta is a Mitcham personal trainer. Before joining the fitness industry, Peta spent 12 successful although stressful years in stockbroking. During these years she turned to health and fitness to cope with the daily pressures of her demanding job. She spent many happy hours cycling, running and training in the gym. She then headed off to South Africa for 2 years volunteering and helping bring sports and fitness into the primary schools in the local township. She ended up spending 6 years in South Africa where she really got into the fitness world before returning home to Australia to start a family.

With fitness part of her life, Peta has competed in four marathons, several 100+ cycle races and has even attempted an adventure race. After giving birth to her 2 children, Peta decided it was time to formalise her love for fitness and become a personal trainer. Peta brings over 20 years experience to her fitness career which enables her to help her clients. By passing this experience on first-hand, Peta believe she can directly make a difference to people's lives helping her become a good and understanding trainer.

Carly is a Mitcham personal trainer. Carly has always been interested in keeping fit and active throughout her childhood. She started playing netball from the age of 6 years old and is still playing today. She has coached netball for over 2 years, passing on her valuable knowledge to the next generation. Carly's sporting experience also includes basketball, gymnastics and tennis.

Carly started going to the gym as a teenager where she knew straight away that being a personal trainer was the lifestyle for her. She did work experience at Fitness First in year 10 and love it so much that after high school she started a tafe course in sports development/sport and recreation. In 2011 she enrolled at the AIF (Australian Institute of Fitness) and absolutely loved it. She has been involved in the fitness industry ever since, helping people change their lives.

Naomi is a Glen Waverley personal trainer. I grew up in the country and have always loved training outdoors and running. It is a great way to keep fit and healthy and clear your head.

I like to mix up the distances I am racing in order to challenge myself and will compete in anything from 5kn to a 42km marathon.

I have recently developed an interest in triathlon and am now training to do a full Ironman next year.

Darren is a Glen Waverley personal trainer. After going to the gym for weight loss and fitness training with my personal trainer after. 3 years and achieving great results, I decided to train as a personal trainer and change my life helping others achieve their goals. This what's been the best life changing decision I have ever made and I enjoy making a difference in the lives of others daily.

Dannii is a Ferntree Gully personal trainer. She has spent a lifetime being active - starting swimming from the age of 4 years old. From then she has always been a sports nut from Swimming to Irish Dancing and Calisthenics, Girls Football to Soccer. Health and Fitness is Dannii's passion! In 2012 she successfully completed her Personal Training certification through Fernwood Learning and has brought her extensive knowledge about Women, sports conditioning and active living to her role at Fernwood, helping provide women programs to suit their goals. She is passionate about helping women improve their health and fitness, increase in Muscle tone and drop dress sizes so they can look and feel fabulous. Dannii loves to have fun and brings this attitude to her training, but also strives to challenge and teach her clients long life skills they can take away. Knowledge = Power and she wants to share this knowledge with her clients so they can remain powerful for life.

Jen is a Ferntree Gully personal trainer. Jen has been an active person all her life being involved with basketball, athletics, soccer and netball from an early age. Since graduating from year 12, Jen has completed her personal training qualifications, a diploma in events management, a diploma in sport and recreation, a Bachelor of Education (Primary) and a Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation.

As a personal trainer, Jen uses her extensive knowledge and her pure passion for fitness to assist and support people to achieve their health and fitness goals. She has trained a number of Foxy Challenge Participants including the 2012 National winner.

Jen has been a personal trainer since 2005 and is continually inspired by all the women at Fernwood who overcome obstacles everyday to achieve a healthier and fitter lifestyle for themselves and their familes. This is why Jen loves her job.

Mahalia is a Ferntree Gully personal trainer. Mahalia has always had a passion for fitness and training, beginning in her early primary school days. She loved to compete in athletics and basketball up until the end of high school.

After high school, she decided that she wanted to further her knowledge in fitness and pursue a career as a personal trainer completing her certificate 3 and 4.

Her knowledge and enthusiasm for health and fitness helped her become a personal trainer and now she thrives on the opportunity to share her passion and help people realise their fitness dreams.

Shari is a Clayton personal trainer. I was a latent gym member until she got a personal trainer, joined a boot camp and wondered what I had been missing out on for all those years.

I then decided to complete my personal training qualification through WYN Training and quickly got rid of my office job to pursue a career where I actually got to make a difference in people’s lives.

I am just as happy to train people indoors or out and will surprise you with how much of a workout you can get with minimal equipment.

I am passionate about making fitness accessible to everyone – no matter how young or old you are, and no matter how fit or unfit you think you are, there is a fitness challenge waiting for you!

Kevin is a Springvale personal trainer. I have been working as a personal trainer for more than 15 years and have been in the fitness industry for more than 28! I bring my countless years of experience to all my clients.

During my younger years, I have worked for Nautilus (in the 80s) and was trained by Robert Draper (Nautilus National Trainer for Australia) on the Nautilus System.

I have been and still am actively involved in sports, including motor-cross, soccer, football (footy), and have been training since 1978!

Renee is a Springvale personal trainer. Renee started being active at an early age, participating in water skiing at the age of 7. As she developed, she moved to water speed-race skiing and by 16 was competing competitively at a national level. Around the same time, she started kickboxing, studying and learning Muay Thai for over 5 years. This helped her when she did a course in loss prevention/undercover security as she worked for major companies such as the world economic forum. During her time there she started her course in Personal Training which she always wanted to do because of her fitness background. She was mentored by Kevin from Greenhouse and now works there helping to change peoples lives through fitness.  

Carl is a Hawthorn personal trainer. After completing a Human Movement Degree, Carl studied post graduate Biomechanics, specialising in feet and back injuries. He then moved into the strength and conditioning field, looking after football teams, squash, skiing and triathlon clubs, long term programs for performance and injury management. Carl has spent 18 years lecturing in fitness, weight-training and exercise science, and now enjoys working part-time particularly training with people who haven't received  the attention they required from busy commercial gyms.

Ash is a Hawthorn personal trainer. Ash is a leading Victorian Personal Trainer with over 8 years experience.
He is very mature and handles a variety of clients. In his stable of clients there are teenagers, adults over the age of 70, a number of clients with disabilities and physiological disease, clients with poor flexibility, hip replacements and knee injuries. However Ash also conducts super tough sessions for fit clients trying to improve body shape. Some of his clients have lost over 20 kg and now participate in regular fun runs. Ash is available for Personal Training appointments Tuesday to Saturday

Amy is a Hawthorn personal trainer. Amy is a Hawthorn personal trainer. She has completed her Diploma Of fitness (including cert 3 & 4) in 2010.  Amy has always been involved in the sports and fitness industry with her dad working as a trainer for various AFL clubs and herself playing high levels of netball.  Amy’s training sessions very in styles but she particularly enjoys conducting high intensity cardio workouts leaving her clients exhilarated by the heights they have achieved.  With her knowledge of posture and corrective exercise Amy is an avid supporter of the benefits of training her clients to move correctly and enjoys seeing progress through the multiple group corrective exercise sessions she runs.