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1 08, 2019

It’s Fitness Institute’s Tenth Anniversary!

By |2019-08-02T09:21:26+10:00August 1st, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: |Comments Off on It’s Fitness Institute’s Tenth Anniversary!

Fitness Institute Celebrates Ten Years!  That's 120 months, 522 weeks, 3652 days, 878600 hours, 5258880 minutes and 315567360 seconds of helping people Embrace the Opportunity, Boost their Skills and Make the Change to a fitter, healthier lifestyle and career! Time sure flies when you're having fun, taking action, keeping moving and getting stronger!  From very [...]

16 07, 2019

Ethan’s Story – turning a pastime into a career!

By |2019-08-23T11:47:28+10:00July 16th, 2019|Categories: News, Testimonials|Tags: |Comments Off on Ethan’s Story – turning a pastime into a career!

With a background in college rugby league, then afterwards, Rugby Union, Ethan enrolled into the Certificate III & IV in Fitness to be able take his enjoyment of sports, strength and conditioning training into a career. Ethan is keen help people with the tools they need to live their best life. Along the [...]

9 07, 2019

Hannah’s Story – Fitness Makes Me Happy !

By |2019-08-23T11:59:26+10:00July 9th, 2019|Categories: News, Testimonials|Tags: |Comments Off on Hannah’s Story – Fitness Makes Me Happy !

"If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you."  Finding her passion for fitness, Hannah overcame some big challenges and fell in love with CrossFit and group training whilst in high school. Inspired by some very motivated Trainers, Hannah has learned important lessons like never giving up on yourself and to keep pushing and trying [...]

2 07, 2019

Edith’s Story – Positivity & Persistence!

By |2019-07-24T10:15:17+10:00July 2nd, 2019|Categories: News, Testimonials|Tags: |Comments Off on Edith’s Story – Positivity & Persistence!

It's not just that Edith has halved her body weight through diet and exercise and it's not just that Edith has been battling her own life threatening health crisis whilst continuing to care for others. This is all about how, through it all, Edith has maintained her belief in the value of being positive, persistent [...]

28 06, 2019

Pain and Exercise Prescription with Allied Health Professional and PT Alex Rojas

By |2019-07-24T10:15:57+10:00June 28th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: |Comments Off on Pain and Exercise Prescription with Allied Health Professional and PT Alex Rojas

  We'd like to thank Alex Rojas for coming to chat with our Personal Trainers and Certificate III & IV students at Fitness Institute Headquarters on Saturday!  Such a wealth of experience and so much learned! Alex believes it is essential to know the history, in order to understand the origin of the pain or condition [...]

18 06, 2019

Demand for Fitness Instructors continues to rise!

By |2019-06-18T14:33:22+10:00June 18th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: |Comments Off on Demand for Fitness Instructors continues to rise!

There's never been a better time to consider a full or part time career in the Sports, Fitness and Recreation Industry. We're seeing lots of information lately about the "exponential growth" of the fitness sector due to an overall increase in health consciousness and need to move in our communities. Figures provided by Fitness Australia show [...]

21 05, 2019

Finding Work in the Fitness Industry

By |2019-05-28T10:28:53+10:00May 21st, 2019|Categories: News, Uncategorized|Tags: |Comments Off on Finding Work in the Fitness Industry

There are certainly more opportunities now in the Sport, Recreation, Fitness, Wellness and Leisure Industries than ever before, a snapshot of which can be seen on national employment website's SEEK FITNESS JOBS , Fitness Australia's Job Board and Healthy People's Job Search. Fitness Australia's most recent Fitness Industry Workforce Report tells us that the number of [...]

1 05, 2019

Employing certified fitness professionals makes ACSM Top 20!

By |2019-05-01T16:33:05+10:00May 1st, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: |Comments Off on Employing certified fitness professionals makes ACSM Top 20!

The results are in and wearable technology takes the top spot! We're also excited to see the employment of certified fitness professionals, making the top 10 - at #6 no less! The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recently released its annual survey findings of Top Fitness Trends 2019. Fitness Institute Trainer and Assessor Boris Bojanovic [...]

30 04, 2019

Anthony Kruze – making a difference

By |2019-08-23T13:09:54+10:00April 30th, 2019|Categories: News, Testimonials|Tags: , |Comments Off on Anthony Kruze – making a difference

Anthony has always had a keen interest in sport and fitness. With sporting achievements that include representing Townsville and Queensland in basketball, winning state titles and a national championship as well as being part of the Australian junior basketball program at the Australian Institute of Sport, the completion of a Certificate III and IV in [...]

23 04, 2019

Fitness Institute – Lights, Camera, Action! 

By |2019-04-24T08:32:15+10:00April 23rd, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: |Comments Off on Fitness Institute – Lights, Camera, Action! 

Making the Magic Happen! We had so much fun putting our recent promo together, we want to share it with everyone! Here's another one of our attempts at making a professional video.... It may have taken a few takes to get our promo right, but we got there in the end....and had a great time [...]

17 04, 2019

Work Experience & Mentors for Fitness Students

By |2019-08-28T12:10:43+10:00April 17th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , |Comments Off on Work Experience & Mentors for Fitness Students

The Fitness Training Package is structured to introduce up and coming instructors and trainers to the industry in which they will soon be making their career. Fitness Students completing the Certificate III and IV in Fitness and Diploma of Fitness must complete practical assessments plus additional work experience hours in the sport, fitness, leisure and recreation [...]

11 04, 2019

Emily Davison – a youthful outlook

By |2019-09-12T17:34:28+10:00April 11th, 2019|Categories: News, Testimonials|Tags: |Comments Off on Emily Davison – a youthful outlook

Emily started studying Certificate III and IV in Fitness in year 10 and is part of our young student cohort. After overcoming some challenges and with much hard work, Emily completed both her Certificate III and IV in Fitness. The pathway to getting these qualifications wasn't easy and Emily faced many challenges along the [...]

10 04, 2019

Dani’s Story – Challenge makes Change!

By |2019-09-12T17:35:18+10:00April 10th, 2019|Categories: News, Testimonials|Tags: , |Comments Off on Dani’s Story – Challenge makes Change!

From working in the family business as an office manager to obtaining a Certificate III and IV in Fitness and CrossFit Level 1, Dani has been working towards achieving her goal of becoming a fully qualified Personal Trainer in order to help others achieve their health and fitness goals. A firm believer in the [...]

10 04, 2019

Dave P Morgan – in it for the Right Reasons!

By |2019-08-23T12:13:10+10:00April 10th, 2019|Categories: News, Testimonials|Tags: , |Comments Off on Dave P Morgan – in it for the Right Reasons!

David is working fulltime in a hospital as both a theatre technician and orderly. At 40 years of age, being a Personal Trainer is a goal he has been looking forward to for some time. With a passion for fitness, David is now looking forward to learning more about rehab and weight management and helping [...]

9 04, 2019

Nikou’s Story – a No Excuses approach to Study Success!

By |2019-08-23T13:06:38+10:00April 9th, 2019|Categories: News, Testimonials|Tags: , |Comments Off on Nikou’s Story – a No Excuses approach to Study Success!

Nikou fits Martial Arts, a full training schedule, a Double Degree and a Cert III and IV in Fitness into her life, proving anything possible when you really want something!   At 20 years of age, Nikou's goals are to provide new and exciting workouts to help others achieve amazing results. Aspiring to be a [...]

26 03, 2019

Our Arnold’s Adventure!

By |2019-04-03T12:04:22+10:00March 26th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: |Comments Off on Our Arnold’s Adventure!

It was a weekend of action and adventure at the Arnold Sport Festival for Fitness Institute team members, Philip Sherriff, Anthony Kruze, Sarah Collins and Tynique Lugg! Not only was the latest and greatest in fitness on show, we also got to catch up with some of our Fitness Institute Students - what a blast! [...]

21 03, 2019

Testing Strength & Fitness

By |2019-11-25T09:31:54+10:00March 21st, 2019|Categories: FITNESS TESTING, News|Tags: , |Comments Off on Testing Strength & Fitness

There are many ways to test your strength and endurance and many reasons to set time aside to work this important training tool into your schedule. These kinds of sessions can be referred to by a number of names like Fitness Assessments, Fitness Testing or Fitness Appraisals, but they are all designed to do the same [...]

12 03, 2019

Qualified to deliver Nutrition Advice?

By |2019-04-18T11:01:52+10:00March 12th, 2019|Categories: News, Nutrition|Tags: , |Comments Off on Qualified to deliver Nutrition Advice?

Graduates of the Certificate IV in Fitness and Certificate IV in Weight Management have an important role to play in helping people achieve lifestyle and fitness goals.....and healthy eating is a big part of this. If you're looking for a career pathway that helps people with dietary advice - it's worth having a think about which [...]

13 02, 2019

Fitness Institute Trainer & Assessor – Timothy Stacey

By |2019-02-14T16:45:18+10:00February 13th, 2019|Categories: News|Comments Off on Fitness Institute Trainer & Assessor – Timothy Stacey

Starting in the Fitness Industry 9 years ago, Tim has worked as a Personal Trainer and a Group Fitness instructor with Fitness First and Vision PT, specialising in Les Mills BODYPUMP, BODYATTACK, RPM, BODYBALANCE  and GRIT. Tim has three year's experience in training and assessing the Certificate III and IV in Fitness and Diploma of Sport Development and has also [...]

13 02, 2019

See us at the Arnold Sports Festival!

By |2019-02-13T16:20:28+10:00February 13th, 2019|Categories: News|Comments Off on See us at the Arnold Sports Festival!

The fifth annual Arnold Sports Festival is set to hit the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre March 15th – 17th 2019! More than 60,000 visitors are expected to attend the three-day fitness expo and multi-sport festival which boasts over 40 different sporting events as well as over 10,000 professional and amateur competitors. There's activities planned for [...]

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