The Gorilla Pit

The Gorilla Pit www.thegorillapit.com.au The Leading Result Based Personal Training Team. Gym Locations: Newcastle /

01/10/2026

Gym owner: Sounds pretty cool

Reality: coaching, programming, sales, marketing…

… and cleaning up dirt, preworkout and tears 🤣

HELP!!!!

30/09/2026

A conversation with a business owner reminded me of this one…

Treat your health like you treat your business.

You don’t only show up to work when you’re motivated.

You don’t have one s**t meeting at 9am and cancel the rest of the day.

You don’t miss a sale and say…

“F**k it. I’ll start the business again Monday.” 😂

But we do this with our health ALL the time.

Miss a session → week’s ruined.

Eat one s**t meal → might as well blow out the whole weekend.

Lose motivation → stop training until we “feel ready” again.

Maybe the answer isn’t another fresh start.

Maybe it’s treating your health like something that actually matters.

Show up. Adjust when s**t goes wrong. Keep moving.

Consistently good > inconsistently perfect. 🦍

This one’s for the parents who keep telling themselves…“I’ll get back into it when things settle down.”But between work,...
24/09/2026

This one’s for the parents who keep telling themselves…

“I’ll get back into it when things settle down.”

But between work, kids, school, sport, dinners, bills and whatever the f**k else gets thrown into the week… 😂

Things rarely settle down.

The answer probably isn’t waiting for life to get easier.

It’s finding a way to look after yourself amongst the chaos.

And we’re not standing on the other side pretending we’ve mastered it either. (No one has)

We’re in it too.

Trying to get a little better at it — with a pretty good crew around us. 🦍

The best project you’ll ever work on is yourself.Not because you need fixing.But because when you’re stronger, healthier...
23/09/2026

The best project you’ll ever work on is yourself.

Not because you need fixing.

But because when you’re stronger, healthier, more confident and actually looking after yourself…

It tends to spill into everything else.

You’re a better parent.
A better partner.
Better at work.
More present. More capable. More you.

And the best part?

That project is never really finished.

Keep building. 🦍

20/09/2026

This is The Pit. ❤️

Yeah, we train here.

We lift weights, get sweaty, chase PBs and occasionally question our life choices halfway through a conditioning session. 😂

But nights like last night are a pretty good reminder that The Pit has become a hell of a lot more than a place to exercise.

Live music from one of our own.
A few b**rs and plenty of laughs.
Kids running around the gym playing with balloons.
Old members, new members, partners and families all hanging out together.

No training. No challenges. No fitness talk required.

Just good people spending time with good people.

And I reckon that’s a pretty bloody important part of health too.

Thanks to everyone who came down for our Last Hoorah.

Now... tomorrow we get to work. 😈🦍

15/09/2026

Nobody is coming to do it for you.

And I actually think there’s something pretty f**king empowering about that.

A coach can give you the plan.
We can create the environment.
We can simplify the nutrition.
We can support you, encourage you and hold you accountable.

But there’s one thing we can’t do…

Your reps.

Your effort still matters.

Not perfection.
Not destroying yourself every session.
Not putting your entire life on hold to “get fit.”

Just consistently showing up and doing the work.

Because at some point, you’ve got to stop waiting to feel ready, motivated or for life to calm down.

Do the reps. Earn the result. 👊

Pizza and a couple of b**rs on a Sunday. 🍕🍺And strangely enough, I woke up this morning without the overwhelming urge to...
13/09/2026

Pizza and a couple of b**rs on a Sunday. 🍕🍺

And strangely enough, I woke up this morning without the overwhelming urge to punish myself for it. 😂

No starvation.

No guilt.

No 90-minute cardio session to “burn it off.”

Just back to normal.

Because this is the bit of health and fitness I think we sometimes completely f**k up.

The goal isn’t to become so disciplined that you never eat pizza, have a b**r, go out for dinner or enjoy yourself.

The goal is to build habits strong enough that you can do those things without turning one meal into a 3-day blowout.

Enjoy it.

Then get back to the boring stuff that actually gets results.

Consistently good > inconsistently perfect. 👊

“You’re either a smart fella… or a fart smella.” 💨“We all have the same 24 hours.”Technically… yes.But f@ck me, some peo...
07/09/2026

“You’re either a smart fella… or a fart smella.” 💨

“We all have the same 24 hours.”

Technically… yes.

But f@ck me, some people’s 24 hours look very different. 😂

Influencer morning routine “just want it more”:

Wake up at 5am.
Journal.
Meditate.
Morning sunlight.
Cold plunge.
Gym.
High-protein breakfast.

Parent morning routine:

“PUT YOUR BLOODY SHOES ON, WE’RE LATE.”

😂

Being busy isn’t an excuse to do nothing.

But pretending everyone has the same amount of usable time is fart smella stuff.

You don’t need a routine built for someone else’s life.

You need one that actually works in yours be a smart fella.

Same 24 hours.
Very different f**king schedules. 👊

After almost 20 years of coaching, I thought I’d seen every type of client.Turns out I was wrong 😂Recently I started tra...
04/09/2026

After almost 20 years of coaching, I thought I’d seen every type of client.

Turns out I was wrong 😂

Recently I started training Mum — and it’s genuinely become one of the highlights of my week.

Watching her step outside her comfort zone, learn new things, work bloody hard and have a laugh while doing it has been pretty special.

Although apparently reducing the weight is NOT an option. Ever. 😂

Funny how the roles change.

She spent years encouraging me to try things, work hard and keep going.

Now I get to return the favour. ❤️👊

And maybe there’s a little reminder in there for all of us…

It’s never too late to be a beginner at something.

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Newcastle, NSW
2299

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