Adam has always been an active individual with an interest in competitive sports. As such, it was no surprise he found a career in the fitness industry as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor.
Adam was injured whilst serving in the military and was told he wouldn’t be able to weight lift or participate in competitive sport again. This news spurred on his recovery making him determined to work hard and come back stronger than ever with a goal to join the emergency services.
Adam's recovery process sparked a keen interest in body building and soon after CrossFit. Since relocating to Australia, Adam has continued his interest in CrossFit, alongside a more recent passion of Olympic weightlifting.
Adam is a qualified Olympic weightlifting coach and respected competitor. Adam commenced strongman in 2016, successfully winning WA’s strongest U80kg and competing nationally at the prestigious Arnold’s. In 2019, Adam achieved a world record for the axel clean and press U80kg, and remains the current Australian record holder.
When he’s not training or coaching, Adam can be found hanging out with his family, walking his dogs or sleeping. He can be bribed with ice cream and Tim Tams but doesn’t like lamingtons.
Genna hasn’t always been into health and fitness. In her younger days she partied hard. Probably a little too hard.
Whilst Gen was required to have an occupational level of fitness to work in the military and emergency services, she found the transition into a more competitive level of health and fitness difficult from her earlier lifestyle choices. It was Gen's mental resilience that helped her overcome these challenges and grow as an athlete and coach.
Gen was working in the UK as a gym instructor and when she fell in love with CrossFit. In Australia this continued whilst she also took an interest in coaching and competing in weightlifting.
Genna’s dedication, knowledge and focus for health and fitness allowed her to train pre and post-partum for both of her pregnancies.
When Genna is not in the gym she enjoys spending time with her beautiful boys, rescuing animals and riding her horse. She loves the beach, memes and hates mushrooms and feet.
Andrea is the newest addition to our coaching team and has been a member of the gym since the beginning. Having completed her Certificate III in fitness, Andrea is passionate about helping our members achieve their goals.
Andrea is a small town country girl from the South West & grew up playing sports and doing school athletics. It wasn’t until her late 20’s that she was introduced to CrossFit through a work colleague, after her first class she was hooked and has never looked back. Her passion is Olympic weightlifting and has competed in weightlifting meets as well as CrossFit competitions, while she loves to compete and push herself and others, The main focus will always be longevity and training to push others to reach their own potential. Nothing beats celebrating the small wins with fellow members.
Andrea’s favorite CrossFit workout is DT or anything involving the barbell. She enjoys going out to eat and indulging in anything involving chocolate or Biscoff, she is definitely an advocate for leading a balanced and sustainable lifestyle.
Nina is an accredited Nutritionist (BHScNutr) specialising in sports nutrition.
A total foodie (check out her Insta @naturally_nina_), dedicated athlete and aspiring weightlifter, she developed her passion for nutrition after being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and swimming competitively in high school.
Her aim is to educate, support and empower you to learning to fuel your body best, both to support training and everyday life for long term health, achieve your goals and promote a healthy relationship with food. She places a strong emphasis on evidence-based, fad-free and individualised nutrition, highlighting the fact from fiction.
Nina sees clients for one-on-one nutrition consults, and individualised nutrition plans for training, competition and everyday life. When she’s not training or seeing nutrition clients, you’ll probably find her walking her pup Luna at the beach or cooking up a storm in the kitchen.
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