YOUR TRAINING TEAM
Your FitMiss trainers are the best in the business! We are highly qualified, knowledgable and passionate about women's health. Your dedicated team understand that everyone's needs & goals are different & are here to listen, guide & empower you to achieve & be your best.
Working across both our Malvern and Balaclava studio's - our trainers can't wait to meet you and help you feel your best!
Michelle
Founder & Personal Trainer
After having a knee reconstruction at the age of 17 (after a basketball injury!) I was forced to spend 6 months in a gym for rehabilitation. 20 years later and I still haven’t left the gym!
I exercise because I love feeling strong! I love how empowered I feel after a great session! And I love that all those millions of thoughts swimming around my mind are silenced when I’m working out!
Changing careers from Chartered Accountant to Personal Trainer (and business owner) has been one of the most rewarding things I have ever done! The member’s at FitMiss are so welcoming, encouraging and friendly! I am so lucky to be a part of this Club and love watching all of our member’s work towards being the best version of themselves!
Fave food: Nutella!!
Fave sport to play: Basketball (not going to let my height stop me haha!)
Fave sports to watch: AFL (go Bombers!) and NFL (go Packers!)
In my spare time I love to: Travel the world! Some of my favourites was hiking the Inca Trail in Peru, driving through the Rockies in Canada and riding on a camel’s back through the desert in Jordan (to our campsite)!
Sam
Studio Manager- Balaclava
Lauren
Studio Manager- Malvern
After studying health and PE in high school and learning the basics of nutrition and exercise I developed a love for trying to create the best version of myself with a holistic approach to health and I strive to help other people do the same!
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With this baseline knowledge and my love for food I decided to study a bachelor of food and nutrition sciences and graduated in 2019 at Deakin University with distinction.
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The culture at FitMiss is nothing like I've ever seen before! It truly is a place where women support women no matter what the goal is. There's something really special about being part of something so unique and I feel very lucky that I get to call FitMiss my workplace.
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A little more about me:
* Fav food - porridge ( I could literally eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner and have done so on one or two occasions)
* Mad bombers supporter and love watching the footy
* In my spare time I love seeing my friends and family or can easily spend the day watching tv and eating plenty of snacks
* Love training upper body with shoulders being my favourite body part to train
When I was younger, I played both competitive & recreational netball, swimming and dancing classes. But exercise was never fun for me, and until I started going to the gym, I was pretty certain that I wasn’t ’cut out’ to have a healthy lifestyle. The community I found at the gym is what changed my outlook so radically, and showed me an important truth; physical fitness really can give you a more positive outlook. They say “the first step is the hardest”, but when you’re at the foot of the mountain, it is hard to see. It’s easy to lose sight of the fact that your job isn’t to scale the mountain all at once, it’s to go as far as you feel you can today, and leaving the rest for tomorrow. I love that at FitMiss everyone understands that “doing your best” isn’t going to look the same every day – sometimes the biggest hurdle was walking through the doors and choosing to keep coming! The most valuable thing we do at Fitmiss is create a kind and compassionate community, so that you can feel proud of what you’ve done and excited to do more tomorrow. It's super important when making such a fundamental lifestyle change to have a good support system – and we aim to provide that for everyone, from beginners to experts. I love to make people feel welcome, because feeling welcome at the gym is what helped make me the version of myself that I like the best – I reckon we can do the same for you!
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Favourite food: any home cooked meal
In my spare time: I love getting away from the city and doing some scenic walks. Wilson’s prom is a personal fav!
Love training: hybrid/circuit classes!
Kim
Personal Trainer - Balaclava
I was driven to start a career in the fitness industry after using fitness to overcome depression. Getting into fitness taught me not only that I should care for myself but that I’m worth caring for myself. I believe physical fitness is the foundation for everything and exercise isn’t just about doing the hardest workout possible, it’s about setting yourself up to feel as good as possible for life.
Here at FitMiss we have a unique safe environment, a strong community with friendships that extend beyond the gym. It is truly a space where anyone can open up about anything they're struggling with and find open hearts, compassion and support.
I’ve experienced many areas of the fitness industry from bodybuilding to older adults training and movement therapy. All areas have helped me understand how to adapt exercise to each person’s unique situation. If you have sore knees we don’t stop moving which will ultimately limit your movement through life, we figure out how to help you move with minimal or zero pain. Exercise is meant to fit you, not you having to meet a standard that doesn’t fit you.
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A little more about me:
My Fave food: How can I choose!? Potatoes in any form is top tier.
In my spare time I love to: I love eating fun food home cooked or at restaurants, looking for interesting experiences around Melbourne.
Anna
Personal Trainer - Balaclava & Malvern
I've been a fairly active person throughout my life, horse riding playing a big part in my teenage years. In my late 20's I noticed that my body was changing in ways that looked to be permanent if I didn't make some lifestyle changes and choices. So I joined FitMiss as a member that's where my love for all forms of fitness developed! It is a dream to now be actually working here in such supportive and nurturing environment!
I love to train hard and work up a sweat! One of my spare time activities is Vice Captain of a Cheer squad. It's a heap of fun and I like to bring that energy to my classes and 1 on 1 sessions. I want to be your Cheer Leader! Go Team You!! GRRR!
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Fave Food: Cheese, Cheese, and Cheese. Followed by Cheesecake for dessert!
Spare Time: I love the vibrant Melbourne live music scene! Have even been a Go Go dancer for a few bands over the years. These days I'm more often shaking it in front of the stage then on it though!
Steffi
Personal Trainer & Nutritionist-
Balaclava & Malvern
I am on a mission to help women flex their self-love muscle, create a healthy relationship with food and their amazing bodies! I want to inspire them to truly enjoy working out and feeling strong. Living a healthy active lifestyle is supposed to be enjoyable and sustainable... it shouldn't feel like a chore!
I have been passionate about health and nutrition since a very young age which inspired me to study a bachelor of bio engineering in food and nutrition in Belgium. I realized how important a holistic approach is which includes mindfulness and movement too which inspired me to also become a personal trainer 12 year ago.
I am very grateful to be part of the team at Fitmiss. I honestly have never experienced a more empowering culture where women support each other so beautifully! Fitmiss is more than a gym, it is a community where we as women feel safe and supported on our fitness journeys regardless of what our goal or current fitness level is... and truly can enjoy the many benefits of a great workout!
A little more about me:
My Fav food – chocolate as a true Belgian :)
In my spare time I love to: spend time in nature with my hubby and two little ones.
Fave Exercise: Love training lower body with barbell squats being my fave!
Jess
Personal Trainer - Balaclava & Malvern
I fell in love with the gym when I was studying as it was the perfect place to shut off my mind and focus on my own growth. I have always been into sports but never imagined I would ever be into weights and did not expect I'd be where I am with weightlifting now! I have even expanded my training to not only in the gym, but I have also competed in my fair share of fitness competitions, with many more on my radar. I am a big advocate for holistic health and my degrees in Psychology also play a role in my coaching style as I believe that mental health and physical health should both be addressed when trying to become a healthier version of ourselves. Alongside my personal training, I am also a very passionate cheerleading coach (and former athlete) - being in the industry for 10+ years.
I’m so grateful to be a part of the beautiful team here at FitMiss and I’m very eager to get to know all of you, so if you come to my classes be ready for me to chat your ear off (whilst also training you hard)!
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A little more about me:
* Fav food: Chai Chocolate Almonds
* Fav sport: Cheerleading.. obviously!
* In my spare time I love to: If I’m not at the gym, out running or camping, you will usually find me at the Farmers Market. I also love hiking and trying new things like dance classes, skateboarding, swimming and gymnastics!