Nothing beats the inspiration and motivation of having your own
trainer.
Personal training is a one on one workout with one of Aquarena's
highly trained and qualified fitness professionals. Your own
trainer will provide you with hands on support, guidance and
encouragement. They will also motivate you to achieve your
individual goals and help you to get the most out of your work out
time. Whether you are just starting to exercise or are currently
training competitively, you will immediately recognise the physical
benefits of having your own personal trainer.
Outdoor Personal training
Personal training outdoors adds a huge amount of fun, variety
and new challenges to your workouts. Power walking, running,
jogging, boxing, or cycling, the opportunities are endless as you
enjoy training with your personal trainer in the great outdoors.
You and your trainer can use any of Aquarena's facilities,
including the health club, group exercise room, outdoor heated
pools and more, to vary your training and keep you motivated.
The benefits of Personal Training
include:
- Receive an extra push from a fully qualified fitness
professional
- Achieve faster results and reach your goals sooner
- Have your own coach
- Improve muscle tone and posture
- Break through training plateaus
- Receive advanced training techniques
- Receive more frequent guidance
- Maximize every session
- More comprehensive dietary guidance
- Lots of hands on support and encouragement
Our Trainers
The personal training team at Aquarena are renowned for their
level of expertise, qualifications and commitment to helping
clients achieve real results. All trainers have extensive
experience working across a wide range of fitness interests and
attend ongoing workshops to stay up to date with all the latest
health & fitness information.
Darrin Maslen - Personal Training Coordinator
Darrin has been working in the health and fitness industry since
1999 and joined the Health Club team at Aquarena in September 2004
on a fulltime basis as the Personal Training Co-ordinator. Darrin
is a highly qualified and experienced Personal Trainer who combines
his knowledge and skills of functional training, core conditioning,
corrective postural training, sports specific training, strength
training and training for fat loss to create a fun and challenging
sessions to achieve your goals. His background has mainly involved
sports particularly basketball which he has been committed to for
20 years as a coach and as a current player in the V.B.L (Victorian
Basketball League)
Molly Brocksopp
Molly
completed a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science at Deakin
University and is currently completing Masters of Clinical Exercise
Physiology with the aim of becoming an Accredited Exercise
Physiologist. She enjoys regularly running and would one day like
to complete a marathon or triathlon. She believes exercise provides
numerous health and wellbeing benefits and hopes she can pass on
some of her knowledge to you and create individual and challenging
exercise sessions relevant to your needs and goals.
Brad Bullock
Brad has completed a Certificate III & IV in
fitness/personal training and a Certificate IV in Sports Massage
and has been working in the health industry for over five years. He
is experienced in outdoor group training sessions, run coaching,
cycle training, endurance conditioning and circuit work. Brad's
knowledge of anatomy, kinesiology and exercise physiology enables
him to individualise your training program and offer you something
new every time. Brad is passionate about exercising, helping his
clients to get moving, achieving their goals, having fun and
feeling great. He approaches every training session with your needs
in mind, a high level of enthusiasm, motivation and variety - which
means you get a challenging workout and results to match! Brad's
other great passion is triathlons (swim/bike/run). He is an elite
tri-athlete and has recently fulfilled one of his childhood dreams
by qualifying for the Hawaiian Ironman World Championships in
October 2011. Ask Brad today about the sport of triathlons and how
you can get involved.
Alanna Sheard
Alanna is highly qualified member of our team with a
degree in Human Movement, majoring in Exercise Science & Health
Promotion and a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Nutrition. Alanna
has worked in the corporate health sector which escalated her
desire to become a personal trainer and gain further hands on
experience in health promotion and preventative health care at a
local level. Alanna is passionate about educating and empowering
people to reach their goals by passing on her knowledge and passion
for health and fitness.
Jacqui Allen
B.App.Sci. (HM), VicFit (Cert. 3 & 4)
Jacqui excelled in her human movement degree completed at
RMIT and Penn State University (USA). Her extensive experience
includes 10 years in the health and fitness industry and she also
specialises in pre and post pregnancy training, functional
training, fat loss and strength training. Jacqui is encouraging,
supportive and has the ability to relate to everyone.
Mark Cosgriff
Cert. 3/4 in Fitness / Personal Training
Mark is a fully accredited and highly trained personal
trainer, who possesses a friendly nature with a positive outlook on
life. Mark prides himself on providing the most effective and
efficient session to ensure you are performing at your optimum
potential. As a keen learner of sports in general, Mark has been
involved in many sports since a young age at many different levels
ranging from football, cricket, hockey, netball, athletics and
triathlons. Mark is committed to assisting you, motivating you, and
monitoring your progress as you strive to reach your
goals
Paul Manuel
Cert.3/4
in Fitness/Personal Training
Paul has
been a fully accredited Gym Instructor/Personal Trainer for
numerous years working in various corporate YMCA's in the city as
well as his own business. He has played football since he was at a
young age and has completed a couple of marathons. He recently
began as our boxing circuit Instructor which has seen the class
booked out each session. . He is highly motivated in seeing people
achieve high standards of fitness. Each session with Paul is
different ,fun and hard work. His philosophy is "YOUR HEALTH IS
YOUR WEALTH"! Paul is very motivated trainer and loves seeing
people pushed to their limits!
Dee Sheffrin
Cert III &
IV in Fitness, Level 1 Mat Pilates Instructor, Boxing, Outdoor PT
Cert.
Division I
Nurse: Respiratory Nurse Cert, Asthma Educator, Cert's in Cardiac
& Respiratory Rehabilitation & Chronic Disease
Prevention.
Dee moved into
the fitness industry from a 30 year background in general nursing.
As a mother of adult children she's gained life experience in
dealing with situations at work and outside; she is easily able to
relate to people from varied backgrounds and cultures.Still active
in rehabilitation nursing this greatly assists her when dealing
with people's health & fitness.Dee is now a Senior Circuit
Instructor & has fun whilst motivating the participants to get
fit.
She has been
involved in competitive sports since childhood having twenty years
experience in distance running including VA road & X Country
running. She has two marathons under her belt and completed 3 yrs
of Triathlon competition. Currently trains with the Doncaster
Dolphins Masters Swim Club & competes at National & World
Masters level. Dee aims to inspire members at Aquarena to reach
their own goals whether they be fat loss, sports orientated,
recovering from surgery or just to improve their self esteem &
be healthy.
Tristan Joss
Advanced diploma
of sports therapy/ remedial massage, Cert III & IV in fitness/
personal training
Tristan
has completed an advanced diploma of sports therapy/ remedial
massage and Certificate III & IV in fitness/ personal training.
After over 12 months in the health industry as a remedial massage
therapist, Tristan commenced working with the other passion in his
life in fitness. He has a sporting background in Football and
baseball but loves learning about sport in general. Tristan is
committed to helping people improve their health/ fitness goals and
all-round wellbeing.
Travis Bunney
Travis has been working in the health and fitness industry for
more than ten years. Following high school he went on to study
Human Movement. Most recently he completed his Masters' Degree in
Clinical Chiropractic and commenced practice in early 2013. He is
also involved with the Hydrotherapy program at Aquarena conducting
assessments, designing programs and taking classes.
A passionate exercise enthusiast himself, Travis' sport of
choice growing up was basketball. Today he enjoys training in the
gym and outdoor cycling. He takes a holistic approach to overall
health, wellness and fitness believing total integration of mind
and body is pertinent towards not only achieving your goals but
enjoying your exercise training.
As a qualified personal trainer, Travis' specialties
include program design for functional strength and power training,
core conditioning, injury rehabilitation and correcting postural
dysfunctions. He believes in a thorough examination in order to
deliver specifically tailored exercise prescription. He enjoys
creating individualized and challenging programs designed to meet
each client's needs and goals.
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James Allen
James has completed a Bachelor of Applied Science (Human
Movement) along with his certificate 3 and 4 in personal training
and a Bachelor of Health Science (Chiropractic) and is currently
completing his Masters of Chiropractic. James has been working in
the health and fitness industry for 6 years as a health consultant
and personal trainer.
James' training style uses the basic foundations and principles
of strength and conditioning with functional movements and high
intensity cardio while emphasizing proper technique to maximise
performance and minimize injury. James' areas of particular
interest include resistance training, circuit training, weight
loss, rehabilitation and sports specific training. James' favourite
quote is "pain is temporary, regret lasts forever"
Personal Training Enquiry
If you would like to find out more about how our personal
trainers can help you achieve your individual goals and which
trainer is best suited to your needs, then please call the centre
on 9848 0000 and speak to any of our customer service staff.
Alternativelly, you can complete and submit the form below which
will go directly to our Personal Training Director. They will then
contact you within two working days to discuss how we can best meet
your needs, and match you with a skilled trainer best suited to
helping YOU achieve your individual goals!
Personal Training Enquiry Form