We help people feel comfortable and confident on their fitness journeys. Our purpose is to bring joy and passion to people's lives through health and fitness.
We do this through a client-centred approach of helping women and men get into the best shape of their lives, without restrictive diets or workouts which push you to the brink. We help real people achieve real results. Intelligent training. Habit based nutrition. Terrible music and bad jokes. Close enough.
01/12/2023
“Can’t stop, addicted to the shindig.”
This morning we celebrated not 50, not 100, not 150, but .barnes 200th Team Training workout!
Deb is the epitome of consistency; trains at a high click and has not missed a single session all year.
Anyone that’s willing to put up with my jokes for that amount of time deserves all the success they desire.
Congrats, Biceps! 300 before the end of the year?
Who do you relate to the most?
The person who is ready to work, has their equipment sorted, knows what they’re meant to be doing, and wants to squeeze the absolute most out of the time they’ve set aside for exercise?
Or, is running late your kind of cardio?
I’m not suggesting every second of your being needs to accounted for, nor do I believe you need to optimise absolutely every aspect of your life.
I just think it’s important that, if you’ve committed a few hours a week to improving your health and fitness, you show up for yourself.
Being able to say to yourself at the end of your workout, “I did the best I could today, and that’s enough.” is THE game.
25/08/2023
A few weeks ago I presented to 65+ business owners, discussing the importance of looking after ourselves with exercise and nutrition, and provide practical strategies the attendees could implement to their routines immediately.
In the week leading up to the presentation I was feeling confident, prepared and excited to deliver.
On the day however, a wave of nerves began to build and didn’t go away. The anxiety got the better of me and I don’t believe I did a very good job. Somewhere in the presentation there was a message, and I hope at least one person took something from it.
After what felt like an eternity, struggling to get into a rhythm, lots of stalls and looking at my notes, there was a moment where I almost walked off stage.
“I can’t do this, your talk sucks, you look like a fool; just apologise and leave.”
The only thing that kept me on stage was the amount of friction that stood in the way of actually walking off stage.
Fortunately there were enough hurdles in my way though that pushing through and delivering the talk required less effort than walking away. If there was less friction required to walk away, I would have.
Delaying the gratification of getting off stage meant I was able to finish what I set out to do.
Same goes for your health. Making a positive change to achieve a desired outcome isn’t easy. The action steps required are simple, but along the way you’ll be presented with challenges and opportunities to give up on your journey.
If you don’t book into a class or set aside time to train, no one will ever know if you skipped leg day.
If you don’t log your workouts or invest in a coach, you’ll keep lifting the same weight every week instead of adding that little bit extra.
If you’re trying to improve your eating habits but don’t pre-plan meals or have a kitchen full of off-plan foods, you’re going to be eating the easier, more convenient and often less nutritious options available.
Identify the desired outcome, make the action steps that move you closer to that outcome easier to do, versus the action steps that move you further away.
18/08/2023
Celebrating ‘s 100th Team Training class today with a challenging metabolic workout 💪
Grace is one of best people to work out with at ; no fuss, puts in the work and is always encouraging those around her.
Congrats on your success so far Grace! Thanks for being a part of the OHPT community 👊🏻
17/08/2023
This morning we celebrated Bel’s 100th Team Training workout for the year.
Bel would’ve accomplished this sooner, but was one of those people in your news feed earlier in the year traveling throughout Europe 🤣
Bel brings energy and focus to every workout, to the point where I don’t she knows how to ‘take it easy’ in her workouts. That’s okay though, because it rubs off on everyone around her.
Congrats Bel! Thanks for being part of the OHPT community 👊🏻
11/08/2023
Social night for the entire Optimal Health Personal Training coaching staff. A well deserved and long overdue night out for the team.
They’ve been fantastic of late, delivering great experiences to our community and helping them find their “right for them”.
Couldn’t do it without them.
25/03/2023
It’s election day here in NSW, but every day you’re casting votes for either the person you want to be, or the person you don’t want to be.
Every time you choose to do something positive towards your health: a workout, eat a healthy meal, go for a walk, get to bed earlier - you’re casting a vote for that person to be in control.
Every time you take action on a goal, you’re casting a vote for the person you want to become.
Cast enough votes for your preferred ‘party’, and you’ll have a mandate to achieve your goals.
Not every vote needs to be for the person you want to be; you can make choices that don’t align with your health and fitness goals, and yet still achieve those goals if your positive choices outweigh the not-so-positive ones.
If the margins are narrow, you technically might be in the majority but it will feel like a hung parliament and you’ll feel like you’re not making any progress.
You don’t have to rearrange your entire life to get into awesome shape or get your nutrition in check. In fact, a health and fitness program should work for you even on your absolute worst days.
But you do need to cast enough votes for your preferred party to be - and stay - in power.
10/03/2023
Fitness Without Complexity
The idea that people must engage in highly technical or difficult exercises to be deemed committed to improving their health and fitness is flawed.
It's important we continue making progress towards our goals, however comparing our ability to learn new skills to that of a child (while ignoring the responsibilities and priorities of being an adult), or suggesting that success is reserved for people who undertake complex and difficult movements, gives off White Goodman “We’re better than you, and we know it!” vibes.
Committing to a modest workout program void of technically difficult exercises doesn’t mean you don’t “want it more”, aren’t “committed enough”, or have placed self-imposed barriers upon yourself.
The goal of a good workout program is to minimise training related injury, not demonstrate your ability to fit harder.
Exercise selection within a program should be based on choosing the “right exercise” for the “right person” at the “right time” in order to promote the desired change.
I also just want to point out that over the last few years, most people were asked to learn and practice new skills that didn’t involve a weight rod or demonstrated how good you were at exercising.
Survive a pandemic? New skill.
Homeschool your kids? New skill for almost everyone (and sucked sooo much)
Do your job or go to school remotely? New skill.
Learn to exercise creatively at home? New skill.
Do a lot more home cooking with limited ingredients or confidence? New skill.
Sip coffee during a 6am Zoom workout without infuriating your clients? New skill which I failed at.
The reality is that physical activity comes in many forms, and what works for one person may not work for another. People have different goals, abilities, preferences, accessibility and lifestyles that influence the type of exercise they choose to do. Believing that the only way to improve health and fitness is through complex programming ignores the importance of overall physical activity and lifestyle factors, and will not be sustainable or practical for most people.
For exercise to be effective, it needs to be enjoyable, sustainable and fit within a person's lifestyle. Finding physical activities that you enjoy and can commit to long-term is more important than having a masters degree in gym.
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