Geelong’s most ripped bodies, top gyms buffs revealed
The Addy has crowned Geelong’s gym king and queen. FIND OUT WHO WON.
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The people of Geelong have spoken, crowning the region’s best gym buffs.
Patrick Nolan and Kate Collins have claimed the unique title of Geelong’s top gym guy and girl respectively.
It was a tight race in the men’s category but Mr Nolan came out on top with 11 out of 157 votes.
Ms Collins received 29 out of 104 votes in the women’s category.
“I feel flattered and excited,” Ms Collins said.
“Flattered to be recognised among some pretty good competition, and excited because it goes to show what my hard work has done.”
“I remember having a spare in year 12, it was September 5th, and one of the guys was like come to the gym, and I was like ‘what is this?’.
“All these girls were doing cardio and I just wanted to do bicep curls with the boys.”
Ms Collins is a personal trainer, working at Elite Training Centre.
She said she was on a crusade against the “Instagram body.”
“I’m so passionate about wanting to teach women how not to stuff up their body,” Ms Collins said.
“It’s such a big thing, especially the young girls that are coming into the fitness industry.
“You’ve got YouTube that’s kind of launching it all, they’ve got Instagram bodies and whatnot, and a lot of them are preaching health and fitness and then really doing the opposite.”
Ms Collins said she’s so passionate about teaching people the right way to get fit because she had done it the wrong way in the past.
“When I was body building, I was eating in such an aggressive calorie deficit that there’s actually a hormonal response,” Ms Collins said
“Especially for females it just cooks you.
“I rebounded, now I feel like I’ve just been this happy genuine self since (around) 2017.”
Ms Collins passed on some words of wisdom to wannabe gym buffs.
“Everyone’s going to have crap days,” she said.
“Sometimes the best thing to do is just put some headphones in and walk into a gym and just detach from the world.”
See the full list of Geelong’s top gym buffs
Juanito Ramos
Jake Abel
Fabrizio Dos Santos
Kate Collins
Mitchell Williamson
Fynn Morse
Josh Bourke
Harry Whitecross
Sabien Wild
Joshua Bird
Beau Burney
Jack Featherstone
Felix Melder
Jye Baker
Adam Rochester
Isla Campion
Peter Craig
Lachie Campbel
Thomas Wiffen
Patrick Connor
Josh Fulton
Janda Mandy
Jason Petropoulos
Patrick Nolan
Mark Tutundijan
Nick Milwright
Jack Moorfoot
Conner Hodgkins
Rebekah Newett
Bowy Brauman
William Kirby
Jordan Ryder
Tim Barton
Issacc Jamison
Danny Hernandez
Kobi Walter
Jesse Robinson
Jesse Beattie
Phil Strad
Jake Mongelli
Jess Rush
Karlee Mae
Stephanie Sanzo
Tommy Hankin
Amy Leach
Dylan Slater
Tyson Maddigan
Jordan Babolka
Montanna Yates
Rick Westman
Joel Thorsen
Cameron Street
Sharna Berry
Harisa
Amy
Nathan Cobb
Liam Field
Zachariah James
Ben Lindsay
Liam Gusman
Tom Henry
Jack Fiolet
Victor Micallef
Scott Harders
Charlie Scanlon
Chad Suphamongkol
Harry
Oliver Bishop
Felicity Abflater
Matt Moody
Imana Leonard
Graeme Collins
Joey Brown
Pierce Robinson
Chris Bradford
Taz
Hayden Fitzpatrick
Jess
Mads
Davi
Jessi
Kaleb Curran
Nick Hannah
Vivian
Jesse Stewart
Roxanne Russell
Monica Weightman
Jack Hammond
Cooper Judd
Kabil Boyce
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