Sweat Depot Fight Fitness

23/09/2026

Just in time for the 10th of October…

23/09/2026

Should we be using the word ‘rape’ around pre teens?

Have a read of an article by a woman much smarter then myself.

And… as I come into the later years of my life I can tell you something unequivocally - education saved me. Ignorance r***d me.

Personal Protections Expert and Keynote Speaker.

20/09/2026

2 weeks and counting...

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11/09/2026

🥊 We are almost coming to end, so clip yourself in for the ride of your life with — “SHELL” Michelle Mullen🥊

Back when Spin was hot like balls 🥎, there was Shell.

Shell was one of our early instructors, and she didn’t arrive alone.

She brought with her the Samford crew.

Now, anyone from this side of Brisbane understands the significance of that statement.

Samford people are a discerning bunch. They do not casually cross the range. There needs to be a compelling reason, adequate provisions and possibly a weather check.

But for Shell?

They crossed the range.

Shell taught Spin in those gloriously sweaty years when people voluntarily climbed onto stationary bicycles in dark rooms while an instructor yelled at them to increase the resistance.

And we loved that s**t.

🚲 🚴‍♀️ 🚴‍♂️ 🚴 🚲

But what I remember most about Shell has very little to do with bikes.

She is simply one of the most genuine, down-to-earth and trustworthy humans I know.

Whenever I think of Shell, I smile.

That’s it.

That’s her superpower.

She is warm.
Generous.
Uncomplicated.
Real.

She was also a beautiful mum.

Her boys would come along and do their homework in the gym. And somewhere, amongst 20 years of accumulated Sweat Depot archaeological material, I am fairly certain I still have lost pencils with their names written on them.

Those little things stay with me.

Kids doing homework.

Mum teaching Spin.

People arriving from Samford.

Everyone somehow becoming part of the extended family that grew around this place.

Shell gave us her time, her people, her energy and her friendship.

And nearly twenty years later, when I look at that adorable little girl, I think how lucky I am this business led me to her.

Her openness.

That smile.

That goodness.

❤️ Instructor.
Mum.
Samford Pied Piper.
Beautiful human.

And unquestionably one of our original Magnificent Beasts.

Some things change. Some things don’t.

09/09/2026

20 years - over 50 sporting groups, workplaces and community groups have used Sweat Depot as a team training exercise for performance benchmarking and personality profiling for under pressure.

The body and mind abhor a lack a challenge - we create suffering when we don’t embrace this truth. Every group, every team has said ‘we should do this more often…’.

03/09/2026

🥊 Let's keep this male energy flowing with ** BM AKA the BIG MARN** 🥊

BM is part of the magnificent two-for-one deal we got when Karen and the Big Marn wandered into the Sweat Depot story with their 3 adorbes little goslings about 15 years ago. A high-powered couple in the least high-powered-couple way possible.

We always know when BM has been in the shed.
🏋️‍♂️The weights are meticulously stacked and everything is exactly where it belongs to a military drill standard inspection. If the weights could be folded they would have hospital corners.

Service isn’t something BM does, it is pretty much the story of his life. Serving as a paramedic in the ADF and completing numerous overseas tours, he has spent his life helping people on their very worst days and continues to serve his community — quite literally putting out fires, big and small.

He serves his country.
He serves his family.
And, for many years now, he has quietly served our little Sweat Depot family and our children too.

He may be the "Big Marn" -
but he is also the "Caring Marn"

This is a man who has HURT and HIRT us and then regulates our nervous system with a bit of yoga and a little Shavasana.

Full-circle trauma-informed fitness.😉

He has donated his time to deliver free programs for veterans and first responders. He has trained beside us, taught us, taught our children, fixed us, moved things, cleaned things and looked after people without ever needing anyone to know that he was doing it.

He has listened patiently while I have raved on about 📿Ram Dass, 🪬the Kali Yuga, consciousness, life, death and whatever other spiritual rabbit hole I happened to have disappeared down that week...
Usually with a quiet nod.
Always patient.
Always softly spoken.

But do NOT mistake quiet for harmless.

Because BM possesses a vicious burn capable of producing flames that would require his own work unit to extinguish.

The dangerous part is that he never wastes one.

BM sees - everything.

He notices it.

Stores it.

Files it away in the Big Marn Burn Book.

And then waits.

Days may pass.

You think you're safe.

And then, at precisely the right moment:

♨️Incinerated.

And he will barely change facial expression while doing it.

But I do know I can go to him with a problem and if he can't wrestle it to the ground to help fix it, he will give me the space and the presence to let me figure out what needs to be done.
He can sit beside someone in pain without needing to make the pain disappear. And there are a few of us in this little community who know exactly how valuable that has been.

Of course, once you're feeling better, he'll eventually retrieve something embarrassing you said during the crisis from the Burn Book and absolutely destroy you with it.

Cause. ⚖️Balance.

He is a wonderful dad. A devoted husband.

I love training with him.

BM — Big Marn, Caring Marn, HIRT merchant, yogi, veteran, firefighter, father, husband, friend and sniper-level distributor of delayed burns — thank you for being part of our story.

You are one of our true -- Magnificent Beasts.

❤️ Some things change. Some things don’t.

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31/08/2026

🥊 Our next celebrated baby
— BOB “THE REAL DEAL” CRAWFORD 🥊
Women loved him.
Men wanted to be him.

Bob “The Real Deal” Crawford instructed for us when I first kicked off Sweat Depot in 2006.

Feminism appeared to be making excellent progress until married women started sidling up to me asking for the timetable for the male instructor.
“No offence, Erin… I just prefer training with men.”
Right.
Goodbye feminism. Enter Mr Crawford.

To look at Bob, you would expect something terrifying.
This was a man who had fought some of the toughest Australian heavyweights of his era — back when Friday Night Fight Night was less looks-maxxing podcasters and considerably more blood sport. (His more notorious opponents include Nathan Briggs and Sam Greco)
And yet to the women in class?
Marshmallow.
I remember walking into one of Bob’s sessions and hearing:
“If the weight is too much, put it down. Listen to your body.”
Oh yes.
The ladies were listening to their bodies.
Very, very carefully.

But that was Bob.
The real deal.
He didn’t need to perform toughness because he had already lived it.
Scary-looking heavyweight fighter on the outside.
Kind, patient, thoughtful instructor underneath.
And almost twenty years later, he still checks in on me whenever he gets a spare moment between his international, high-flying consultation work.
Shhhhh. He’s very important.

Robert, you were there at the beginning. These last few weeks you endured my relentless interrogation techniques to obtain your baby photo (i.e.: "photo Robert, photo Robert, give me your photo Robert") and your modesty crumbled as you succumbed to my strong fi**ed will. ✊👊🤛

You helped give this little-shop-of-horrors credibility, character and more than a few suspiciously enthusiastic female attendees.

And you remain one of our original, bona fide:
🥊 HALL OF MAGNIFICENT BEASTS 🥊
BOBBY “THE REAL DEAL” CRAWFORD
Some things change.
The Real Deal doesn’t.

30/08/2026

For anyone who needs to hear this today:
1. your fight history was never meant to be based on ONE round
2. you are meant to WEAR OUT your gloves, not hang them up
3. the truest test of fitness is NOT your knock-out punch, it's your ability to get back UP from the mat***

Just put one more foot in front of the other, you have a whole posse (both seen and unseen) in your corner.

Sweat Depot Fight Fitness - 20 years - one incredible community.
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***preferably with your hands up 😉

27/08/2026

🥇 AND HERE SHE IS.
IS ANYONE REALLY THAT SUPRISED?
OUR #1 FREQUENT FLIER — SHERIDAN DYNE. 🥇

There are people you train.
There are people you train with.
And then there is Sheridan.
Sheridan is my training equal.
No — scratch that.
She is better than me.
Her technique is perfect.
Her counting is honest.
She remembers the rounds.
She does not mysteriously lose reps when things get ugly.
Ten years ago she started a hard round with a mild-mannered:
“Shiiiiiittttt…”
These days, her expletives start with an "farrr" and a "carrrnn"... and this is heaven to me. (That's your fault Carroll).
Because if Sheridan thinks it is hard, then you know s**t has officially hit the proverbial.

About 8 years ago she broke her ankle and still turned up to train in a knee-length moon boot (see ancient retro video).
Because a broken ankle is not an excuse...
It is simply a programming modification.

And then -- there is her massive brain.
Sheridan is far too bright for the Queensland public service.
She should be at NASA.
She is just so freaking smart.
Even when she makes her beautiful soaps and body products, she approaches it like a military-grade science experiment — measuring, refining, recording, perfecting.
Nothing is half-arsed.
Nothing is careless.
That is Sheridan.

Over the years, some of the most important moments have not happened during training at all.
They have happened in the conversations before and after.
She has talked me through some really hard things.
I value her opinion because she is exceptionally smart, deeply kind and incredibly considered.
And — unlike me — she is not prone to the occasional spectacular bout of catastrophic thinking.
So when Sheridan tells me something is wrong?
I listen.

I struggle to explain what impact she has had on me without sounding like I am about to launch into one of those:
“So proud…”
“She inspires me…”
posts that make me want to spoon my eyeballs onto a piece of toast and eat it.
This is not a superficial post for my spectacularly small audience.
It is beyond that.
It is my truth.

I think I train ***because*** of her...

She is one of the most important people in my life.

Sheridan may now feel entirely justified in being concerned by the stalky tone of that statement.
But I am not taking it back.
Over 850 bookings in just five years... and counting.
That is extraordinary.

But the bookings are not actually the impressive part.
The impressive part is the consistency.
The discipline.
The intelligence.
The kindness.
The friendship.
The fact that she keeps turning up.

And, in doing that, she keeps me turning up for me too.

🥇 SHERIDAN DYNE
#1 FREQUENT FLIER
853 BOOKINGS
How did I get this lucky?
This is proof undeniable God is a woman — and she introduced Sheridan to me. ❤️🥊

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26/08/2026

🥈 BANG THE GAVEL. COURT IS IN SESSION.🥈

All rise for our #2 Frequent Fighter — the Honourable Stuart Sapsford.

If I had to choose one word for our beloved Sir Stu, it would be dignified.

Sometime around 2014, Stu’s girlfriend at the time organised a PT session with me because she thought he needed something to compare with his Tattersalls boxing classes.
We came from two very different worlds.
Me: bogan, formerly blue-collared, and blessed with a voice Pauline Hanson would probably covet. 🤮
Stu: refined, graceful, purposeful and really, really clever.

Were we ever going to train together again?
Computer says no.
And yet… 622 bookings later, the evidence would suggest otherwise.
For more than a decade, this stately gentleman has quietly welcomed old students, new students and everyone in between.
He is the undisputed GOAT of the burpee reverse backfist.
And I have personally watched this man put 21-year-old fighters to shame.
No, seriously.
We once had a young fighter from Birmingham make it through about 20 minutes of class before retiring to the corner for the remaining 25 — while Stu, then in his mid-sixties, continued smashing through drill after drill in quick succession.

But what defines Stuart even more than his strength and tenacity to keep training is his generosity.
Generous with his time.
Generous with gifts and thoughtful gestures.
Generous with encouragement and worldly wisdom.
And generous with a little legal guidance to our heavily public-sector Sweat Depot cohort who always appreciate having a barrister with industrial-court experience to round off a sweaty session. You see - this is our golf course 😉.
He is essentially our Legal Gandalf: except with a fresh haircut and great biceps.
Sir Stu. Sir Stu.
What would we do without you?

🥈 STUART SAPSFORD
#2 FREQUENT FIGHTER
622 BOOKINGS
There is no us without the GOAT. ❤️🥊

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