The Studio at West Beach trainer, Kelly Delfos crowned SA’s best personal trainer for 2025
She started her fitness business from her garage – a decade later, she’s grown a mini-empire with clients dubbing her as the best trainer in town.
Fitness guru Kelly Delfos and her husband Jason launched their first gym out of the garage of their home, hoping to help people achieve their health and fitness goals.
A decade later, she’s now been crowned as this year’s best personal trainer in South Australia.
Once the 46-year-old mother found her fitness niche, she hit the ground running and word-of-mouth quickly spread about their business.
“I was always passionate about training women and mums, so building that community, making them feel safe, creating an environment that’s not intimidating,” the West Beach local said.
“People have made lifelong friends there, so for me, it was just about nurturing that over the years.
“I hold babies when I need to, I push prams, anything that I need to do to let women absolutely come and enjoy their session.”
The duo eventually branched into small group training and one-one-one personal training sessions, junior fitness programs for young kiddies, corporate fitness classes, meal plans and recipe books, and online programs and coaching.
“It’s about knowing who you’re best suited to training and really focusing on that,” Ms Delfos said.
But, it was during the Covid pandemic when Ms Delfos was forced her acquired fitness knowledge – more than 20 years – to navigate one of the most challenging periods of her career.
“It was learning (how to) grow the business, nurturing this community that we didn’t want to lose and navigating what to do,” she said.
“We went online … we did everything we could to keep our community feeling connected.
“It was tough, but we’ve come out on the other side and had huge growth since then … looking after (our) members during those times has been the best thing for us in growing our community in our gym.”
In the future, Ms Delfos hopes to expand their business, The Studio at West Beach, into the event space for triathlons and junior strength and conditioning programs.
“That’s something that we’re really passionate about growing,” she said.
TOP 5 PERSONAL TRAINERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
1. Kelly Delfos from the Studio at West Beach,
2. Jade Gill, Viva Fitness Adelaide
3. Dion Mychalyn, Viva Fitness Adelaide
4. Taite Silverlock, Anytime Fitness Black Forest
5. Jules Taylor, Live Once Fitness
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