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Personal Training specialities:
• Evidence-based / Tailored approach;
• Core & glute conditioning / Joint care;
• Build Strength and body confidence;
• Achieve aesthetic / Sport conditioning;
• Go from painful to strong low-back.

Helen just turned 80 and keeps going strong!!! 💃🏻🏋🏽‍♀️Undoubtedly, she’s not only one of my dearest clients ever but als...
04/02/2025

Helen just turned 80 and keeps going strong!!! 💃🏻🏋🏽‍♀️

Undoubtedly, she’s not only one of my dearest clients ever but also someone I’m proud to call my friend. You can imagine how much wisdom and life advice I’ve received between sets over the last 22 year.

Yes, that’s right. I’ve been a proud member of Team Helen since 2003! I started witnessing her fitness journey when she turned 58 (which is my current age).

Dunno about you guys (probably I do), but Helen has inspired me to stay healthy and thriving so that I can have as much vitality, inner and outer strength, a positive attitude, and a lovely posture by the time I turn 80 (only 22 years from now).

Ah, yeah, there’s also her training! Every session is truly delightful, compelling, and rewarding. Helen is not only extremely coachable but also open to being exposed to different approaches for her strength and conditioning: From therapy strategies post-hip replacement and lumbar spine surgery to Pilates, mobility, and resistance training. There’s heaps of weight-bearing and strengthening work!

Her program includes carryover movements for her active lifestyle and sport of choice. Let’s not forget: Helen plays tennis regularly.

Nobody I know has become physically stronger, moved better and able to lift heavy stuff from the floor just by only walking or picking up leaves in the garden. Just in case you’re wondering, Helen’s resistance training includes an essential collateral benefit: Her cardio endurance. Not the other way around.
Read that again.

The 4 movements showcased in this video are a glimpse into her fitness preparation, recorded last week 🎥:
1️⃣ Single Leg Box Squats
2️⃣ Single Arm Standing Press
3️⃣ Hinge Sit-ups on the BOSU dome
4️⃣ Single Leg Deadlifts

Thanks to dear and inspiring Helen for showing us how it’s done . The ultimate stronger sister 🩷

As usual, I’m happy to elaborate and answer any questions about featured moves. And, needless to say, don’t forget to leave your belated wishes for Helen on her 80th 🎂🩵


End-of-the-year Reflection: As I reflect on the past year, I can’t help but ask myself how my pursuit of becoming the be...
30/12/2023

End-of-the-year Reflection:

As I reflect on the past year, I can’t help but ask myself how my pursuit of becoming the best personal trainer I can be is going. It’s an endless pursuit, and I feel like an everlasting student. I’m still trying to define whether I’m more of a nerd or fitness geek.

However, what I am clear about is that I’m a hands-on and proactive sustainable-results-provider. I remember in my early years in Australia at a commercial gym when a fellow personal trainer teased me for sweating during my PT sessions. Looking back, I see it as a compliment. Even after 40,000+ sessions, I still have the same passion as day one.

My clients definitely don’t travel to see me just for my dad jokes. I tailor everything, from small details like the music and studio temperature to the equipment and exercise prescription, to ensure that they get the most value out of each session.

I want to express my gratitude to them for trusting me as their PT, strength and conditioning coach, and fitness butler. I look forward to raising my standards even higher in 2024.

Love and wellness,
Will
🩵

30/12/2023

End of the year reflection: How is my pursuit of becoming the best personal trainer I can be going? Well, It is an endless pursuit. I'm like an everlasting student.

I posted this article on LinkedIn 4 years ago discussing the importance of choosing the right personal trainer FOR YOU. ...
28/12/2023

I posted this article on LinkedIn 4 years ago discussing the importance of choosing the right personal trainer FOR YOU.
The title was "10 CUES TO PICK THE BEST PT FOR YOU".
I'm reposting it because it's still CURRENT and might help someone to take make happen this time (and for good) his/her fitness resolutions.
As it turns out getting MOTIVATED is often an overrated expectation. Motivation comes from getting things done. In fact, sometimes you don't even have to do your best. Just SHOW UP as regularly as possible.
If you disagree with my statement above, l'd love to read your perspective and learn from it.
I'm just sharing WHAT WORKS FOR ME.
Looking after your fitness doesn't mean you need to go-hard-or-go-home every single time. As it turns out, we don't need a divine revelation to go to the gym. We don't have to wait to feel 100% to do it.
Nobody cares if we beat our personal best repeatedly.
The body responds to either nourishment or punishment.
Choosing between progress or plateaus (or injuries) is your call.
The frequency of your workouts defines your adaptation's rhythm.
As James Clerk would say, "every time you turn up at the gym is like casting a vote for the fit person you deserve to become".
You'll feel much better afterwards, even if you're not feeling that flash.

Discipline is like a muscle that responds well to consistent habits.
Now, picking the right fitness coach for you is the other importance party of your fitness puzzle. This article might help you to resolve it. See the link in the first comment.

28/12/2023

I posted this article on LinkedIn 4 years ago to discuss the importance of choosing the right personal trainer FOR YOU.
The title was "10 CUES TO PICK THE BEST PT FOR YOU".

I'm reposting it because it's still CURRENT and might help someone to take make happen this time (and for good) his/her fitness resolutions.

As it turns out getting MOTIVATED is often an overrated expectation. Motivation comes from getting things done. In fact, sometimes you don't even have to do your best. Just SHOW UP.

If you disagree with my statement above, l'd love to read your perspective and learn from it.

I'm just sharing WHAT WORKS FOR ME.
Looking after your fitness doesn't mean you need to go-hard-or-go-home every single time. As it turns out, we don't need a divine revelation to go to the gym. We don't have to wait to feel 100% to do it.

Nobody cares if we beat our personal best repeatedly.
The body responds to either nourishment or punishment.
Choosing between progress or plateaus (or injuries) is your call.
The frequency of your workouts defines your adaptation's rhythm.

As James Clerk would say, "every time you turn up at the gym is like casting a vote for the fit person you deserve to become".

You'll feel much better afterwards, even if you're not feeling that flash.
In short,
JUST SHOW UP
as regularly as you can.
Discipline is like a muscle that responds well to consistent habits.

Now, picking the right fitness coach for you is the other importance party of your fitness puzzle. This article might help you to resolve it .

27/05/2023

I am just leaving this short story here.
A cheesy story, if you will.

GETTING MOTIVATED to train is often an overrated expectation.

If you disagree with my statement above, I'd love to read your perspective and learn from it.

I'm just sharing WHAT WORKS FOR ME.

Looking after your fitness doesn't mean you need to go-hard-or-go-home every single time. As it turns out, we don't need a divine revelation to go to the gym. We don't have to wait to feel 100% to do it. Nobody cares if we beat our personal best repeatedly. Most of us shouldn’t anyway. Hang ego behind the door.

The body responds to either nourishment or punishment. Choosing between progress or plateaus (or injuries) is your call. The frequency of your workouts defines your adaptation's rhythm.

It's a matter of strengthening your wellness habits. Every time you turn up at the gym is like casting a vote for the fit person you deserve to become.
You'll feel much better afterwards, even if you're not feeling that flash.

In short,
JUST SHOW UP
as regularly as you can.

Discipline is like a muscle that responds well to consistent habits.

Will
💚

Consider following my profile, , for more wellness mindset.

Move on, Sir David Attenborough!This excursion was one of many. It happened this morning. This mum explores, coaches, ca...
14/05/2023

Move on, Sir David Attenborough!

This excursion was one of many.
It happened this morning.

This mum explores, coaches, cares for, nourishes and loves her cubs daily. She is also an in-house psychologist, fashion adviser, teacher, laundry master, driver, chef, nurse, playmaker, story teller, disc jockey, and choreographer, to list only a bunch of her many hats. Should I say “shoes" instead of “hats”? That's a discussion for another time.

In the name of our precious angels, Happy Mother's Day to you and all the mums out there.

Your daily hard work is not unnoticed and today feels even more natural to thank you for everything you do.

💜

🙏

09/05/2023

Do you know what squats and deadlifts should always have in common?

🏗️ The barbell must travel in a vertical line, following the only way gravity operates 🏗️

Anything else is a waste of energy ⚡️or a risk of injury😥

That sounds easier to say than actually doing it.

📚Our lifting mechanics is defined by the quality of our warmups. As we age, we need to keep serious about our body requirements.

WARMING UP doesn’t necessarily mean taking the garbage bins out, rushing the kids to school, or even jogging on a treadmill before working out, though. Your warmup MUST be related to the activity ahead.

Here are some proven cues before working your main lifts:

🔥 One mobility drill each for Ankle, Hip and shoulder mobility
🔥 One muscular activation drill for quads, glutes and lats
🔥 Two or three warmup lifts before working sets

❤️‍🔥Done with diligence, that process not only works to prepare your joints and movers but elevates temperature and ventilation (warmup). If you bend my arm, I would say that even going for a jog demands a warmup.

Follow so you don’t miss my proven warming-up protocols for main movements.

Happy lifting!
💚



11/04/2023

Goodmornings: Best core and glute exercise that you are not doing?

I included in this video as much information as I could fit in 20 seconds 😅

In addition to that, here are some Dos & Don’ts to keep in mind when doing Goodmornings:

✅ Diaphragmatic breathing
✅ Stance as wide as Sumo Deadlifts
✅ Barbell lies just below the trapezius
✅ Lead the movement through the hip only.
✅ Brace your core and inhale on the way down.
The goal is to draw a vertical line with the barbell. Both ways. Anything else is inefficient lift or, even worse, potential spine injury.hipdtivePlay safe!

🚫Don’t bend the lumbar spine.
🚫Don’t lock the knees on the way up.
🚫Don’t swing the knees, backs and forwards. They follow the hips’ lead (hip hinge).
🚫Don’t bend your ankles so the shins stay as vertical as possible.
🚫Don’t look up. Instead, establish a low horizon line so your visual point of reference helps maintain mechanic efficiency. Not to mention saving pain in the neck. Literally.

If you want to watch more content like this,
Follow to get a stronger core and glutes.

Will
💚


PROVEN PROGRESSThese images were captured last Wednesday. I’m sharing them to back up my talk. I’ll be posting more quot...
09/04/2023

PROVEN PROGRESS

These images were captured last Wednesday.
I’m sharing them to back up my talk. I’ll be posting more quotes and images to stay accountable.

So, here is a statement: Unless an injury or illness occurs (touch wood), staying fit every month of the year is possible.

HOW DO I MEASURE MY PROVEN PROGRESS?

It has nothing to do with my actual rent fat percentage or the number of plates loading the barbell. I don’t need to care about those numbers to feel better. At 56, perspective keeps me grounded; my growth starts within. Working in trumps working out. There is where sustainable fitness starts.

Heck, I don’t have time to care about others’ opinions. No pressure. No BS. I don’t compare myself to anybody. Not even to my 26yo self. The older I get, the more I’m aware of doing the best with what I got.

WHAT DO I MEAN BY SUSTAINABLE FITNESS?

It implies delaying gratification and focusing on the PROCESS instead of looking for an immediate fix or short-lived result. Sustainable fitness is maintaining who I want to be most of the year, at least from the physical conditioning point of view.

MINDSET STRENGTHENING:

Progression is not linear. It’s about developing new discipline trades and feeding your resilience based on evidence-based methods responding to your requirements. Stop steering your goals and concentrate on your training system. The quality of your system not only defines your progress but can indicate how sustainable it is for your lifestyle.

Treat your fitness sessions as the ultimate “me-time”. Nobody else’s. No egos. Train for your own progress instead of trying to impress others that, in 95% of cases, don’t care about your personal best. Many inspiring people are out there, but motivation starts and finishes within. “Dance like no one else is in the room”.

Thanks for reading if you are still here. Save or share this post with someone struggling to start her/his fitness journey.

FOLLOW ME to strengthening fitness mindset and conditioning.

Will
☮️

05/04/2023

A neutral lumbar spine is essential for most pulling movements. If you’re training solo or don’t have a hands-on coach nagging at you (AKA “correcting”),
the simple strategy in this video might help you to maintain an efficient alignment and biomechanics.

Happy to elaborate further.
Follow to strengthen your torso.

Will
✊🏼💚

20/03/2023

Is the activation of your lats what defines the quality of your push-ups?

YOU BET.

Just in case you spilled your coffee, please, let me explain. The last thing you want when pressing is rounding your shoulders (protraction). That mistake overloads the joint instead of providing continuous tension to the prime mover and target: The chest.

Main cues:

SQUEEZE THE EDGE OF THE BENCH
This strategy provokes a positive domino effect that facilitates the activation of the lats as prime stabilisers in the push-up’s descent (eccentric phase). As a result, the elbows track inwards instead of flaring them out.
The 2nd advantage of getting the fingers around the edge of the bench is the fact that we put less pressure on the wrist for those with joint impingements.

YOGA BRICK:
Unless you got T-rex arms, most of us don’t need to touch the bench/floor with the chest. That might favour the bounce (stretch reflex) but at the expense of rounding the shoulders, defeating the movement’s purpose: continuous tension. The yoga brick helps control the range of motion (ROM) particularly for those with long arms.

SWISS BALL:
Putting the feet on an elevated surface allow us to keep the torso parallel to the floor. Yes, we could use a second bench to rest the feet, but I find the swiss ball very comfortable for my toe joints. So, no mystery here .

MOVEMENT AWARENESS:
Push-ups require perceiving the body’s position in space (proprioception). Establishing a vertical line between the eyes and a little spot on the floor helps maintain the motion pattern. That provides consistency to each repetition and effectiveness.

BREATHING
Brace your core the entire time to maintain the lumbar area as stable as possible. Inhale on the way down and exhale on the way up.

LEVERAGE:
All the cues described apply to all 3 variations. The longer the moment (lever) or the distance between the shoulders and the swiss ball, the greater the adaptation demands.

No rush! Don’t leave ego to interfere with your needs. Feeling the movement is what defines its effectiveness.

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