So it’s been 4 weeks since I have last put finger to key board about my journey and time has gone by in sections like it was four days and at other points like it was four months. Such is fight prep time. Starting this week I am dead on 79.9 Kilo which is a little further off what I am used to this close to a fight but I believe in the system, my training and my coaches. I know I’ll make weight and do it healthy. On a positive note I am extremely fit and have dropped a lot of body fat so I’m maintaining muscle and getting stronger.
So Monday morning has come around, it’s day one of the new week and I wake up after a rather restful sleep. I have introduced taking Trilogy Nutrition magnesium at night and they are helping with muscle soreness and sleep.
Food today is-Breakfast 250grams or kangaroo
My juice the usual
BCAA before training as usual
Post training is 300grams pumpkin, cup of broccoli and 200grams of smoked salmon
3 home made tuna patties made with carrot, corn and beans
150grams of Greek yogurt with a scoop of protein powder
My weights program has changed this week to prime me up with 3 reps of a strength exercise straight into 6 reps of a body weight power exercise so that I keep strength but I have speed and power come fight night.
MMA training tonight consists of worst case scenarios of being on my back and scrambling back to my feet.
Dinner-250grams chicken breast, 4 cooked mushrooms and a cup of baby spinach
10.30pm and I’m feeling the new program and the high intensity of training. Sleep evades me tonight and can’t stay a sleep for more the about 1 hour at a time. The more times I wake up the more I think about it and the harder it becomes to sleep!
Day 2 Tuesday-7.30am I wake up and feel like a small bus has hit me. I’m tired and perhaps a little grumpy (so my co workers tell me!).
Food for today-Breakfast 3 eggs and a long black (too grumpy and tried to cook anything else)
Juice is the normal
Lunch tuna salad
Pre work out meal small rare beef pho (I love pho and eat it all the time outside of weight cuts but I can only eat it at certain times currently)
Dinner 2 gluten free organic turkey patties and a mixed plate of green vegetables with beans, peas and broccoli.
8.30am-6pm Work between working on the desk and training my clients (my clients don’t tell me I am grump so surely my co workers are pulling my leg!).
Today’s training is kick boxing in our Warrior group and Dion has us doing a good warm up to get our eye in. Then power rounds followed by conditioning rounds on the bag. The intensity is high but it takes my mind off being tired.
10pm and I am exhausted and pass out watching TV. I didn’t even have time to think tonight.
Day 3 Wednesday-Wake up still feeling tired and definitely aware that it’s the middle of the week. I need to perk myself up as I have a big day ahead of me. The time is drawing near and I need to make sure I do every little thing possible to get myself to where I need to be.
Breakfast I need a hit of energy and dopamine so I go for a 200gram kangaroo steak and a long black
Juice as normal
Lunch is chicken, pumpkin and beans
Dinner is Greek yogurt and protein powder
Work from 9am-3pm and 4pm-5pm
3pm I have my one on one training with Dion which is a big day.Starting from breaking down how we will start the fight and drilling over and over again my movement, counter strikes and punishing attacks. It is 45 minutes of solid work rate.
6pm-7.30pm MMA at SABJJ with sparring 5 x 5 minute rounds with a different person every minute and it’s a success with no cut unlike last time I blogged my week! Exhausting as that was it is very reassuring knowing you took the best of 5 guys giving 1 minute efforts and your fitness and skills held up. It’s a great confidence boost.
7.30pm-9pm No Gi BJJ with Michael Toyama. Open rolling session tonight with a mixture of 6 and 8 minute rounds. I don’t skip a round and work with all different guys getting to practice my attacks and defense.
Heading on the drive home I feel absolutely cooked but also very rewarded with one of those days that you get out what you put in and I put in today.
11.30pm time to sleep. It’s a little hard due to being so sore but after a bit of relaxation I am able to rest.
Day 4 Thursday-8am wake up. I could stay in bed all day but have to get up and get today under way.
Breakfast is 4 kanga banga’s and my coffee with a shot of honey.
I train first thing in the morning following my weights plan. It’s hard after such a hectic session with a few exercises leaving me thinking I can’t. I just want to curl in a ball in bed for a day!
Work from 10am-7pm
Food for the day
Juice the norm
Chicken and vegetable soup home made
Chicken breast, sweet potato and broccoli
Dinner is tuna and mixed salad
In bed thinking of the next few days as they are important ones and I’m running everything I have been drilling through my head. Fighting is consuming mentally and physically.
10pm bed time and I’m sleeping hard tonight.
Day 5 Friday
6.45am wake up and jump out of bed ignoring the early morning. If I pretend it’s not early surely I’ll trick my body!
8am-1pm work
Have a juice
Eat chicken and vegetable soup
Go home meal prep for the next few days after doing all my shopping.
Head to the Physio for my weekly tune up to make sure I am able to get through the hard training in the best possible way.
Off to Trinity MMA to teach and work in with our advanced striking class.
Dinner is Greek yogurt and protein powder.
Friday night and I’m home playing play station again while friends are out eating or drinking or eating and drinking! Sometimes you wish you could join them and be out having the fun times but it’s for a greater good… and not long to go now.
11.30pm and it is sleep time as I have to be up ready to spar and work hard in the morning.
Day 6 Saturday-9am wake up to a 3 egg omlette and a long black
Driving to training with visualization of what I need to execute in the cage today.
I do my 3 by 5 minute rounds today it’s just a different partner for each round so I get a chance to execute skills rather then just being pushed. This was a good session. Everything except for my weight is coming together as it was still too high but I will make it happen.
Luckily one of my sparring partner’s is also our chiro David Deconte and he is able to give me a back and neck treatment right after training (what a champion). This helps me recover so I can continue to back it up.
Food for the day after training
4 kanga snags and pumpkin
Chicken breast with mixed salad
Dinner is my turkey mince meal that I make regularly
Tonight I am so thankful there are no social events on and nowhere I need to be, nobody I need to let down! I can just relax watch some TV like Entourage one of my favorite’s.
Sitting in alone also provides a large amount of reflection time of where I have come from in the past 4 weeks and also years. From starting at Viva Fitness almost 8 years ago, being a chubby 92.7 kilos and having some unhealthy habits. I remember the first time telling Dion I wanted to fight MMA and I swear he looked at me with a yeah right I hear that all the time but do you know what you are in for look. Knowing I am preparing for my 5th professional fight and the biggest of my career it is nice to reflect.
Day 7 Sunday-8am wake up and head out with the family to the local café for breakfast of 3 eggs, mushrooms and some spinach.
2 hours later it’s time to do some active recovery training.
I head to Viva for 25 minutes of boxing footwork and shadow boxing.
After this I head to the sauna for some relaxing as well as to get the body used to it (worst case scenario is I need to use it to cut a little weight by weigh in).
After being in there for 30 minutes I am extra motivated to not have to do this when I am already hungry and thirsty (probably a good reminder the diet is worth it).
Time for some protein powder and Greek yogurt
Chicken, pumpkin and carrot
Raw tuna and a small amount of brown rice
My turkey mince to finish the day off (white meat at night to aid in serotonin release for good sleep)
10pm bed time and another week down and I am feeling positive and confident. I am in a position where my skills will win me this fight now and I have a few weeks to sharpen the sword too. I will touch base again come fight week. Until then wish me luck!
I have always struggled with my weight and despite playing sports growing up I was never brought up with health, nutrition or fitness as a priority. So it’s safe to say I’ve tried every fad that came along with no direction or education on what was best for me to do and no support to make changes.
Since starting at Viva my body is continuously changing and I’m becoming the person I always wanted to be. Fit, strong, healthy and confident.
This has helped me to get up in front of crowds and wrestle, I now have the energy I only ever dreamt of having, I have the knowledge to break the cycle and make sure my son grows up healthy and with a positive role model. I can tell you exactly how this happened, I train with Stav and do 4 strength sessions a week, I do a warrior class, I get expert advice from everyone at VIVA and I put it into practice, I train twice a week for wrestling and I follow my nutrition plan. I’m excited to see what I will look like when I am holding the ACW Women’s Championship!!!
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“I have never looked back since I started with Viva ! The best crew of instructors and educated staff ever!! I just can’t get enough of this place, their absolute commitment to health and well-being is beyond doubt the BEST!!”.
Jillian has found a new love of life.
“After today’s Blackbelt testing, I feel great! I’m really appreciative of the opportunity that Jamie, Dion & rest of the PUSH_team gave us this morning. It’s inspiring & encouraging to be surrounded by others who share & grow my interest in strength training. I always leave a good session hungry for more & I’m happy to be amongst like minded people. So I Just wanted to say I thought it was pretty cool, & thank you for your coaching”
Inspired and Encouraged
I am here to tell you a story about how this program changed my life – and why you should let it change yours also.
I came to the gym, I did my thing
I wasn’t unhappy.
But I wasn’t motivated either.
I was lacking something. I needed a goal – a challenge.
So, I signed up for the 12-week program (then called the PBT – now called the Ultimate Body Blitz)
I gave myself a goal – I wanted a nice butt and a bikini ready body.
And I was going to reward for myself – a professional photo shoot at the end.
I VIVIDLY remember that feeling after finishing the photo shoot.
I came running into the house to show Dion the photo that the photographer had printed off for me to take home straight away .. I could not believe what I looked like!! It felt amazing.
I’ve said this before…
There is no better feeling, then the feeling of reaching a goal you set yourself… (that seemed out of reach) .. it was like a drug.
So I had an addiction .. and I wanted to feel this way again.
If I could do that what else can I do?
So in 2008 I made the decision to compete in the INBA women’s figure body building competition.
This was a bit longer than 12 weeks, closer to 12 months, but the same rules applied .. a goal, a reward, and a plan.
After Winning the INBA national title – that same amazing feeling was back… I’d had another hit!
I thought I was over it – thought I could focus on other things in my life.
Dion and I bought our family home,
We got married on a Fijian island,
And we created 2 of the most adorable boys you will ever meet!
(And not necessarily in that order… )
The addiction I had now – was taking baby photos, drinking wine and learning how to drive a car with no sleep.
I wasn’t at the gym. I had no time.
I was busy, Running a florist, controlling two kids, trying to look after a husband, keep a clean house, pay bills blah blah blah …
By the time I managed to get everyone fed, dressed & out of the house, I would get through half a day – if I’m lucky – at work with 2 kids.. Where I was breastfeeding one kid, while the other one was pulling stock off the shelves … not to mention trying to do flower deliveries with 2 kids in the car…
Then we would get home, I would argue with Jax over what he is going to eat, clean up the 3 x 3-meter mess he makes after eating, and then I would need to cook something awesome for dinner for my darling husband.
All the while, hanging out the 18th load of washing that day and cleaning up dirty nappies ..baby vomit .. doing dishes .
Then if I’m lucky – I can shower… maybe sleep before having to feed Jonas again…
Yeah – I had no time.
And I know I was not alone – there are plenty of us who can relate to this….
But I was ok – I was still getting some exercise in.
Vacuuming .. that’s exercise.
Jonas weighed 10 kilos – that was weight lifting.
Hanging out the washing for an hour – was like 20 should presses…
So yeah – I was working out still…
Wasn’t I?
Then one day I stopped and looked in the mirror.
I remember looking at myself and was genuinely shocked.
What happened?
I know – I know …
I have 2 wonderful kids, a healthy family, a lovely home … I am very blessed. But … I felt miserable with the way I looked.
I had become unhappy, angry, tired .. I was diagnosed postnatal.
SO .. It was time to change. Somethings HAD TO change.
I needed a goal .. I needed something for me .. My addiction was back.
Coincidently, one afternoon not too long after this. Dion calls me.
He mentions that he had heard about INBA running a new division, a “Bikini Momma” division – for mums who have had kids and want to get back on stage.
The hint was subtle I know….
After I hung up on him,
I sent him an email.
“Honey, Let’s do it. I’m in”.
Signed, your wife, Miss Bikini Momma 2013″
Jonas was 3 months old – I had exactly 12 weeks.
But I was already there .. I had already decided. Because I already believed it.
I WAS MISS BIKINI MOMMA 2013.
A Goal, An End Game, and a Plan.
So what tools did I need?? There was 5.
A REMINDER / MY MOTIVATION
My reason – A photo of me on stage in 2008 – to remind me how it felt to achieve a goal… my addiction
MY TRAINING DIARY
To monitor my progress – measurements, weights, maltron testing. As you see your body change, both on paper and in your clothes, this motivates you to go harder.
MY GYM BUDDY
a hubby/partner/friend to support you – YOU HAVE TO HAVE FUN. 6am body attack IS FUN! Some of my closest friends are from training at VIVA, they all play a part in my training, and are now important parts of my life.
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
Register and go to them – allow yourself to be inspired.
You can and will learn so much more, stay focused & be educated!
A PUSH_COACH MEET THE NEW MAN OR WOMAN IN YOUR LIFE! Not only are these guys the answers to my last 4 tips, but they know all the answers to! Everything from nutrition, helping you set goals, to holding you accountable to your goals, to motivating you throughout your training to reach your goals. And YES they will always make training enjoyable!
They understand.
So – It was 12 weeks – all I needed was a half hour a day – can I manage this? With a business, kids, husband, household duties?
It would be a struggle. Was Is it worth it?
The time, The money, The effort ..?
Am I worth it?
YES, I AM.
YES, I AM WORTH IT.
And so are you.
I remember being on stage with 10 other mums, sizing them up, looking at the judges, wondering how I look, wondering what they are thinking, wondering how I will place….
And then I hear my 2-year-old son in the audience somewhere, cheering me on.
And I realized – that I actually didn’t care where I placed –
I had done it.
I was looking great, I was feeling great, I was no longer depressed & I was inspiring my children and others.
I had done it.
AND THERE IS NO BETTER FEELING – THAN REACHING A GOAL YOU SET YOURSELF.
SO WHAT’S IT GONNA BE?
WHAT IS YOUR GOAL?
RIGHT IT DOWN.
AND THEN STICK IT UP EVERYWHERE.
BECAUSE
IF YOU SEE IT, YOU THINK IT.
IF YOU THINK IT, YOU BELIEVE IT,
IF YOU BELIEVE IT, YOU WILL ACHIEVE IT.
8 Weeks to ‘Embrace The Grind’ by Anthony Bynoe
So today is February 22nd and it’s 54 days until my round one light weight tournament match up on ‘Brace for War 39’. After having 18 months off outside of the cage due to a string of impact injuries, a dislocated knee and then broken foot with a snapped tendon it’s time for me to get back in to the ‘Grind’ and compete again.
So after spending a long period on the side lines and coaching fighters I thought to myself…. What is the best way to learn from this? So I decided to write a blog for the 2 months training of a fight preparation camp.
I hope this helps others with their own personal challenges!
Starting today I am heavy, the heaviest I have been in 7 years and am carrying more as a more mature male. Also, during my injury I spent a good portion of time focusing on hypertrophy training to build my legs up. My current weight is 85.8 kg. My Goal is to hit the scales on April 15 at under 70.3kg!
So the first day is here and I start with a 7.30am rise and eat breakfast which consists of
2 eggs 3 chicken, spinach and pine nut sausages. Organic and gluten free or course! 1 long black coffee.
I work between 9am-12am training clients and running a group kick boxing class.I am able to get a juice in also which consists of 1 beetroot½ carrot½ green apple1 lemon and some ginger.
I consume 20 grams of BCAA’s before training and I always have this with every training session.
Now it’s time for my strength session! A lot of fighters don’t understand this is just as important as any skills and fitness training when preparing for a fight. This is due to what’s called ‘motor unit synchronisation’ which in layman terms means the brains ability to recruit the muscle fibres to perform the tasks needed. As my sport requires power and endurance, strength training does two things;
‘You cannot lift a heavy weight slow’! Try it! When you lift heavy weights you stimulate more muscle fibres and your nervous system gives it all to move that weight. Therefore everything is exploding to lift but not going far as the weight is restricting you. Nonetheless I am giving it 100% and that’s what develops power.
‘A strong muscle can endure more’. Weight training helps me become more resilient with impact and gives me confidence in my ability to impact another fighter.
Between Dion, my strength/striking coach, and myself we have designed a strength program to compliment what’s required in a MMA fight and largely will look at my muscle imbalances and therefore weaknesses.
Today’s focus is heavy lifts of 5 sets of 2 reps. I am performing full body exercises with mobility in-between sets. In 45 minutes this was mentally and physically challenging.
Time for food to recover! I consume 190 grams of tuna, a handful of sweet potato, 1 cup of broccoli and 1 cup of steamed carrot.
Today I do all my meal prep for the next few days so 3 hours of cooking preparation is key for me on a Monday.
Meal 3. 3 home made turkey burgers (see viva recipe on website)1 handful of sweet potato, 1 cup of broccoli and 1 cup steamed carrot.
Time for MMA training at Trinity MMA. 90 minutes drilling different skills in prep for the fight under my head coach Nick Hughes.
Dinner-250 grams of chicken breast, 4 cooked mushrooms and a cup of baby spinach.
11pm Time for bed day 1 down what a grind! Now it’s time to remind myself why I am doing it and what’s at stake to do it all again tomorrow.
Day 2 Tuesday I wake up at 745am. The pain from day 1 is real, the body hurts already what the hell am I going to be like by the end of the week? That’s future Anthony’s problem to think of for now!
Breakfast-3 eggs and 100 grams of smoked salmon with my traditional black coffee and off to work.
Today is busy. Train clients from 9am until 11am. Time for a Juice (my usual)Then I’m on the desk between 11am-5pm at the gym.
Lunch-200 grams kangaroo and a handful of sweet potato, 1 cup of broccoli and 1 cup steamed carrot.
Pre work out meal (90 mins before workout) 200 grams chicken, a handful of sweet potato, 1 cup of broccoli and 1 cup steamed carrot.
5pm-6pm train clients. 6pm It’s time to kick box with Dion in the ‘Viva Warrior Kickboxing session’. Tonight is good, the technical aspect of striking is clicking well and the fitness considering the time out from the fight is good. 7.15pm Time to train one more client and then head home.
8.15pm Dinner-I am starving! The first week and last week is always the hardest I just hope I don’t eat my arm soon. 200 grams of raw tuna steak with a mixed salad. I could have eaten double that but I have a goal and I must persist as failure is not an option, cheating is not an option!
10.45pm Lights out today! I’m starved but was successful! I know it is going to become easier once I get through week 1.
Day 3 Wednesday-7.45am I’m feeling not bad, sleep was rough last night. My dog blade decided to wake up every few hours and that that was going to be best for both of us…But there is no rest in this game it’s time to get at it!
Breakfast-4 kangaroo snags and my black coffee today with a spoon of organic honey for a pick me up.
Work time 9am-3pm, juice mid morning.
Lunch-250 grams of turkey mince, fresh chili, garlic, snow pea’s, mushroom and spinach.
3pm time to kick box 1 on 1 session with my striking coach Dion. Today’s focus is counter the big right hand, which my opponent is known for, via leg kicks, left hooks and movement. This is stuff I find mentally hard and frustrating as my style is normally being the aggressor so it’s hard mentally as we get it done but still I question am I good enough? Will it just be a matter of me doing all this work just to get hit hard and knocked out straight away?
It’s time to train a few clients from 4pm until 530pm and then head to SABJJ for MMA and BJJ.
6pm-7pm working on defending take downs if they come and gaining advantageous positions.
The last 30 minutes is sparring time 5 x 5 minute rounds with a different sparring partner every night this is where I step up, I feel good so I reduce the break to 30 seconds between the first 3 rounds to account for adrenaline in the fight. In the last round, minute three an accident happens as I head clash and I am cut above the eye! Bloody hell this wasn’t meant to happen. I finish the round and quickly look at the cut and it’s not too bad but will need a few butterfly clips. There goes BJJ as I have to get this sorted! Get home and get the cut dealt with. It’s gonna be ok, just need to be careful of it for a few days.
Dinner-Things happen and I am not prepared so I go to a scoop of protein powder mixed in with 175 grams of Greek yogurt. It’s the first time I try this and it’s amazing, the pick me up that I need and it fits in with my food goals. This was a positive end to a hectic day.
10.30pm Time to sleep. I am hurting from two hard sessions and exhausted. Night time always seems to be when I think why do I do this to myself?
Day 4 Thursday-8am Wake up feeling better today mentally looking forward to strength and power. But first it’s breakfast time with 3 gluten free chicken patties and a black coffee with a spoon of honey.Off to work training clients 9am-10am.
10am time for strength and power. Today’s aim is full body working on explosive power so I am fast for the fight. Being a Dopamine dominant athlete I love this stuff short reps and explosive.
11am-5pm I work on the desk. In this time I have my juice1 bowl of Mum’s home made chicken and vegetable soup 250 grams of turkey mince, fresh chili, garlic, snow pea’s, mushroom and spinach
5pm-7pm I train clients and take a kick boxing class 7.30pm home and time to eat
Dinner-200 grams steak, 1 cup of cauliflower and 1 cup broccoli.
10pm bed time. Today has been a good day I am feeling strong mentally. My thoughts are I can finish this fight in the first round.
Day 5 Friday-6.45am I wake up. I know to most this isn’t early but I hate mornings! Breakfast 4 kanga banga’s and my coffee with a shot of honey
8am-1pm work Have a juice Eat chicken and vegetable soup
1pm I train conditioning pyramid rounds where I add an exercise every minute 1 2 3 4 5 minutes then drop one exercise every round and then come back down 5 4 3 2 1.
Time for Physio to help my body move and work how it should as this sport is grueling and taxing on the mind and the body. After a good needling, massage and mobility session with Steph I am sore but feeling like I am ready to spar hard tomorrow… Watch out!
Food time for the afternoon-Snack 175 grams Greek yogurt with a scoop of protein powder.
Dinner- 250grams of turkey mince, fresh chili, garlic, snow pea’s, mushroom and spinach.
It’s Friday night my friends are out enjoying a social drink I am laying in bed at home. Prep for a fight or any serious sporting event is a lonely world in its ways of plenty of time to contemplate your life, the fight and basically anything else. Sometimes you have to hate something to love it and this is something that runs through my head. You hate the fact that you love doing something that is so hard but so rewarding you tell yourself not everyone can do this, lead the way.
10.30pm sleep time. I visualize sparring for the morning which is going to mentally test me and I can’t wait.
Day 6 Saturday-8.30 am wake up. Had a great sleep and feeling good.
Breakfast-Omelet with mushrooms, spinach, onion and feta and a long black by itself today.
10.30am get to Ringworks for a inter club sparring day I have organized with my friend and the only person to beat me in a fight Myles Simpson, who is also preparing to fight but 3 weeks before me. We spar 5×5 minute rounds at a high pace back and forwards on who is winning. Glad that’s over, my fitness is coming up but it’s a long way to go.
Food time, I had to drive 90 minutes to get here and keep food in the car so I bring 190grams of tinned tuna and 1 small cup of brown rice. I don’t usually eat this but it’s needed for my recovery on the drive. Home now I juice.
Tonight I have a friends birthday. I know I can’t eat what they will eat there and I know I can’t drink what they will but I have to go it’s a close friend.
Dinner- I eat before I leave for the birthday. 250grams of turkey mince, fresh chili, garlic, snow pea’s, mushroom and spinach.
I drink water and keep as social as I can but it’s hard, everyone is drinking and enjoying food and I feel like a wet blanket! I am sore, tired, hungry, or as my friends say ‘Hangry!’ I only stay a few hours before I retreat to my home where I decide to play my favorite video game from the start again Batman Arkham Night as this will help me relax and not think about stuff, after all I put in a good week and I need a come down. 11pm time for sleep and tonight I am out like a light.
Day 7 Sunday-8.30am wake up. It’s time to check my weight and see what adjustments I need to make next week to my training, food and sleep plus supplements. Weight is 83kg on the dot success week 1. I have done what I needed and expect quick weight loss early through dropping sodium etc.
Breakfast- 200 grams of roo diced and a short black.
90 minutes later it’s time to do some sand runs short and hard today, 1 minute as hard as I can then a 2 minute walk by 10 rounds and then done. I hate this it burns the lungs, it burns the legs but all I think is I have to be doing this I need to train harder and smarter than my opponent to give myself the best chance of winning. Recovery food is yogurt, protein powder and a fresh juice.
It’s time to get all my shopping done as this process begins again tomorrow. I shop at a Butcher, fruit and veg shop and the supermarket only for a few items as I want organic stuff as this is best for my body and recovery (every little bit helps).
Lunch-3 hard boiled eggs, 1 cup spinach and 4 cooked mushrooms in garlic with some fresh chili in the eggs.
Dinner-200 grams of chicken, sweet potato and 2 cups of broccoli. No cheat meal for me as my weight is too high and the crime was done before hand. Mentally I am strong this is the only reason you would need a cheat meal for mental relief and I sacrifice this because no cheat meal will make me feel as good as winning April 16!
10pm and I’m tired. Early night, a new week, a new challenge ahead and I reflect on the week… I did what I said I would, I am hurting but I feel rewarded. I will check back in with everyone at week 4… Wish me luck!
Anthony Bynoe
“When I came to viva, I had completely lost touch and motivation for a healthy lifestyle. I felt bloated and uncomfortable in my clothes, I lacked energy, and I was smoking almost a pack of cigarettes a day. With the help of the viva team, they helped me develop a plan to help me reach my goals. Even better, it was achievable with my busy schedule. Today, I am 7kg lighter. I have dropped 2 jean sizes and I have energy and a newfound zest for life. Most importantly I’ve quit cigarettes, as since joining viva I’ve learnt a new way to live”.
-Claire C*
* Disclaimer: Results reflect a dedicated fitness regime and may vary from person to person
I used to go to Viva a very long time ago, back when it was still called KP Squash and fitness centre (lol showing my age).
The thing ‘I’ think that differentiates Viva? Is that after I’d been going there for a few weeks, there’s a sense of ‘family’ amongst the gyms trainers and members, I know that sounds weird but it’s true. I’ve used many gyms in the Adelaide western suburbs and it’s rare when you come across it, hence probably why I’m still here. The staff are helpful, answer questions, give the odd spot when needed, the equipment is good and plentiful and has been very few times where I’ve needed to use something and it’s taken. Another great thing is when you need a change of scenery, to help keep the motivation going you can simply switch between the upstairs and downstairs 24hr gym. I think Dion is doing a great job running Viva, on several occasions I’ve seen that he still finds the time to chat with customers even between his busy client list, kudos to him – Overall great gym, glad I came back – John V*
* Disclaimer: Results reflect a dedicated fitness regime and may vary from person to person.
“I was lacking motivation and needed to make a lifestyle change, so I joined Viva’s 12 week program after attending a presentation & it took a lot of convincing from staff (the thought of having a photo in my gym gear was terrifying!) BUT I am so glad that my friend Tina and I decided to do it! I absolutely love the Workouts & the nutrition advice has me motivated to eat and move better than ever before. The group training and the instructors are fantastic and the fact that I absolutely hate to miss a class really speaks volumes!!
12 weeks ago I was lucky to get to the gym twice a week!!
Now I have lost 11 kilos and have never felt better!” Hayley. M*
* Disclaimer: Results reflect a dedicated fitness regime and may vary from person to person
I was 93.7kg and feeling tired & stressed with no time for a gym and every excuse not to join… How I was wrong! VIVA’s friendly staff and their commitment towards me and my goals has helped me lose 10kgs and I am Loving It!! They did not just join me up and forget about me. Everyday there is constant focus and attention that really makes me feel part of a family. The wisdom of the trainers has taught me important lessons on how to keep myself accountable both in and out of the gym. The training is challenging and it just feels awesome being involved in a group and a team. I feel so proud of what I have acheived but also very excited for a healthier wellbeing ahead in life. Thank You VIVA! – Carmello*
* Disclaimer: Results reflect a dedicated fitness regime and may vary from person to person
