Synergise Health and Fitness Centre

Meeting of the minds…. Since joining the Geelong Canoe Club I have met some amazing people. These two ladies top my list! Jay from runs an awesome program - She Paddles as well as a runs children’s programs and runs birthday parties on the water. If you want to gain confidence in the boats, she’s your go to # # . Suzanne from Selki Watersport supplies the best wear gear and really helpful, down to earth advice on what to invest in to make your paddling experience the best it can be. She is also a fabulous friendly face for the Geelong Dragon Boat Club inc. who run free trials for those who want to experience the water as part of a fun and friendly team # # #

A meeting with like minded women!

We have all started our own small business and met up today in Geelong for a coffee and a chat about how we can support each other.

Meet Jodie (left) who has Synergise Health and Fitness Centre and runs a range of exercise and gym session for all levels.

That's me Susannah in the middle with Selki Watersport. I retail quality watersport clothing.

Jay is on the right with Outside Adventures and she runs fantastic canoe and kayak paddle sessions.

Really looking forward to working together.

Meeting of the minds…. Since joining the Geelong Canoe Club I have met some amazing people. These two ladies top my list! Jay from Outside Adventures runs an awesome program - She Paddles as well as a children’s programs and kids birthday parties on the water. If you want to gain confidence in the boats, she’s your go to # # . Suzanne from Selki Watersport supplies the best wear gear and really helpful, down to earth advice on what to invest in to make your paddling experience the best it can be. She is also a fabulous friendly face for the Geelong Dragon Boat Club inc. who run free trials for those who want to experience the water as part of a fun and friendly team # # #

A meeting with like minded women!

We have all started our own small business and met up today in Geelong for a coffee and a chat about how we can support each other.

Meet Jodie (left) who has Synergise Health and Fitness Centre and runs a range of exercise and gym session for all levels.

That's me Susannah in the middle with Selki Watersport. I retail quality watersport clothing.

Jay is on the right with Outside Adventures and she runs fantastic canoe and kayak paddle sessions.

Really looking forward to working together.

What an awesome morning to finish of a week of gratitude! After Saturday’s floods and watching the water rise to within 5 mm of the gym floor (my gosh! Talk about someone watching over us!) we kicked of Monday morning in party mode and ran the theme of testing our limits and celebrating our wins all week.

This morning we reran our fitness test and I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting to see any improvement in our results. After a really tough winter where most of us battled chest infections and fatigue due to COVID, Flu and other health challenges, we all felt like we were lagging in our cardio capacity and even in staying consistent in our workout routines. But we all have done what we could, when we could and though our performances on the gym floor didn’t feel like groundbreaking moments, getting together each day left us all feeling better mentally and kept us from backsliding even further.

What an amazing and pleasant surprise when we smashed through the test - all of us reaching new personal bests and recovering so much faster than our last test in Autumn! The improvements each day felt so small we barely noticed them, yet the cumulative effect was profound! I’m not lifting my heaviest ever, weighing my lightest, looking my most sculpted or jumping my highest, or even feeling my youngest. But I am the fittest, most flexible, able to do the widest range of activities for the longest and fastest to recover than I have ever been! Not all progress comes with bells and whistles, but the best rewards come quietly, bit by bit, almost unnoticed.

And best of all, I get to share the experience with my crew of awesome people who train with me! Such a wonderful catch up this morning at our breakfast ar Rosie’s where we all realised how far we have come over such a dark time, and how much brighter the future is before us. Not because our circumstances changed, but because we kept plodding on in spite of our circumstances. True Strength - mental and physical is gained in the ordinary when surrounded and inspired by extraordinary people. Love my tribe!

Hey team awesome, with Marnock road currently a river, we finally have a good reason not to go to gym 😂😂😂😂. Synergise is temporarily swimergise…. Come join us at Roses Jones for a coffee and a laugh instead this morning # #

Is another challenge really the best next step for your health and fitness journey?
We’ve been running 6 week challenges for years, and the results have been amazing – and long lasting for many of our clients. Challenges are a great way to reboot the system, detox and realign your nutrition and training so you can really see some dramatic changes in a relatively short time. They plant the seeds for great habits, and with the right mindset, set you up for an ongoing healthy lifestyle. I did my first challenge 4 years ago, and it really was the best option for me at that time.
But what I have noticed since COVID is that challenges are not the best option for many of our clients. After so many false starts between lockdowns/isolations, shifts in our priorities, mental fatigue and uncertainty, the pressure and commitment of a challenge can actually be counterproductive. As we step out of the fast lane and take stock of what is really important to us and the need for a more balanced lifestyle, what most of my clients need now is a long term strategy with gradual but sustainable lifestyle changes and the opportunity to regain confidence and trust in themselves.
Our Winter Warriors course is a 3 month program designed to help you learn the fundamentals of mindset, training and nutrition so you can start where you are at and improve each area at a pace that aligns to your values, priorities, resources and lifestyle. We have the rest of our lives to enjoy our health and well being, so its important that we learn to love the journey as much as the results, and don’t sacrifice our long term health by rushing into short term gains.
Week Zero kicks off this week as we set ourselves up for success, identify our core values and build out our reason for committing to the program in the first place. We will be taking stock of where we are at – finding our true starting point, and deciding on our next steps, micro goals and standards as we strive for progress over perfection. We will also be covering the general principles of nutrition before diving into our whole foods eating strategy which we will explore more fully over the first month.
I will be sharing snippets of the program with you here on our page, but the real value and content will be shared via our training app and private facebook group. Come join us at the Synergise Sanctuary (The program is included for all Synergise foundation members), or message me to join us online for just $15.00 per week. You don’t need to live in Geelong to benefit from our Winter Warriors program! The knowledge you gain will serve you a lifetime, and even better, you get to be an active part of our wonderful tribe that Thrives.

A lot of transformation has occurred over the last three months since Synergise came to life - both in the facility, within its community, and also with myself. In that time, we have gained a lot of clarity about who we are, where we want to go, and who we want to attract to grow with us.

Thanks so much to everyone who has supported us during the transition! It’s time now to consolidate and focus on what we really value, and let all else fall away. I created this page to promote our gym and help those looking for their safe place to find us. My ongoing profile issues have meant this page is unable to reach a wider Audience. We have set up a new page - Synergise Health and Fitness and will be closing this page and continuing the next chapter there.

Please come and join us as on Facebook at Synergise Health and Fitness as we kick off our Winter Warriors program from Monday. Follow my foundational members as we spend the next 3 months learning more about nutrition, mindset and training to build bodies and lifestyles that will serve us not just for our short term goals, but for life! Better still, come join us at the gym and do the program with us # # #.

Love my tribe and love the road we are travelling together # # #