Geelong favourite personal trainers, and their secrets to success, revealed

Geelong’s favourite personal trainers have been revealed in a reader poll, and they’ve spilt their secrets on how to kickstart your fitness journey this summer.

Geelong’s favourite personal trainers have spilt their secrets on how to kickstart your fitness journey this summer.

Geelong Advertiser readers voted for their favourite gyms and personal trainers in an online poll, following nominations from our social media audience.

Johnny Bourke and Jamie Diamond jumping for joy. The Paradise Gym pair were among the joint winners in the Addys best trainer competition. Picture: Alan Barber

Results declared a three-way tie for ‘Best Personal Trainer’, with the win awarded to El German from F45 Geelong West, Rob Posterino who operates out of Jetts Geelong West and Paradise Gym co-founders Johnny Bourke and Jamie Diamond.

Ms German felt privileged to be nominated by the community and was proud to know that her team’s hard work was paying off.

For Mr Posterino, the win reflected his love for changing people’s lives through fitness and holistic living.

“I just do it for no other recognition than just to see my clients achieving amazing results, feeling healthier and happier,” Mr Posterino said.

His key piece of advice for those wanting to kick start their fitness journey is to find a form of exercise that you really enjoy doing.

Rob Posterino. Picture: Alison Wynd

Co-founder of family oriented Paradise Gym Johnny Bourke agrees, explaining that discovering his passion for Muay Thai inspired both his own fitness journey and the idea to empower the gym’s young members with martial arts.

“I went to do Muay Thai because I wanted to lose weight and then fell in love with Muay Thai and completely forgot about the weight loss … when you’re learning a skill, you almost forget that you’re working hard.”

Ms Diamond, who runs ‘Mums and Bubs’ classes at Paradise Gym said the impact of exercise on her clients’ mental health has been rewarding to see.

“One of my biggest compliments that I get is when a mum is like looking me straight in the eye, and they say, ‘Jamie, thanks for getting me out of the house today, I really needed that,’” Ms Diamond said.

F45’s Ms German’s key to conquering your workout goals is investing in resources to hold yourself accountable.

“I really do suggest you hire someone … You can try different trainers, we’re all different in our approach … you just want to get along with your trainer to be able to achieve your goals and keep you accountable.

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