Personal Trainer Melbourne

Each session is 45 minutes of coached training built around your body, your schedule and your goal. You get:

• A written program that changes as you improve
• A coach watching your technique on every set
• Progress tracking you can see, not just guess at

Sessions open with a warm-up, move into the main lifts or conditioning work and finish with a short cool-down. We record your weights and reps so every session builds on the last.

Before your first workout we run a short pre-exercise screening covering your health history, injuries, medication and current activity. It tells us what to include, what to avoid and when to check in with your GP first. A body composition analysis then gives us a baseline for muscle and fat, which says far more than scale weight alone, and we repeat it so you can see what is changing.

Casual one-on-one sessions with Fitness Image are $60 to $100 for 45 minutes. Depending on the studio location, there’s no studio fee or gym membership needed, and mobile sessions cost nothing extra for travel.

Semi-private sessions are $60 per person for 45 minutes, with 2 to 4 people in each session. You still get one-on-one attention and your own program, at a lower cost.

It is when you want a personalised program, accountability and measurable progress towards a specific goal. A trainer adjusts your training as you improve, which is hard to do on your own, especially after a break or an injury.

Affordable shouldn’t mean basic. A generic template ignores your injuries, schedule and equipment. Your program starts from your screening and measurements, then sets the exercises, weights and progressions around them.

Fitness Image clients are typically busy professionals, people coming back to exercise after time off and people managing a health condition. Women and men train with us, and we plan around work, family and travel.

We offer one-on-one and semi-private sessions. One-on-one gives you our full attention and the fastest progress on technique. Semi-private sessions have 2 to 4 people at $60 per person, and you still get individual coaching and your own program, so they suit friends, couples or workmates who want to train together. Not sure which fits? Tell us your goal and your week and we’ll recommend one.

Most clients start with strength training because it carries over to everything else. Resistance training loads your muscles with squats, presses, rows and hinges until they adapt, using exercises you can perform well.

• Progressive overload: small, planned increases in weight or reps, changing one thing at a time
• Effort by feel: we ask how many reps you had left (Rate of Perceived Exertion), which protects you on a rough day
• Functional, mobility and kettlebell work so lifting, carrying and stairs feel easy
• HIIT for short conditioning blocks and Pilates for control and posture, used sparingly so lifting days stay strong

Fat loss works best when nutrition and training are planned together. We set a calorie target, a protein goal and a simple daily structure, then adjust when progress stalls. Training keeps your muscle while the weight comes down.

If you are on appetite-suppressing medication, hitting protein gets harder, so we lean on small, protein-dense meals. Diabetes and other conditions also change nutrition choices, so we always ask about your health first, and for medical nutrition needs we refer you to an Accredited Practising Dietitian.

Progress is tracked through scale weight, body measurements, daily steps and body composition, because the scale on its own can mislead. A realistic transformation starts with one clear goal and a pace you can keep.

Check-ins show us what is really happening between sessions. Each week you send your weight, food log and step count through an app, and we review them before your next session.

When the scale stalls, we change the plan rather than blame you. We look at your food log, adjust calories and rewrite part of your program if training has stopped challenging you. Once you are consistent at three sessions a week, we may add a fourth, but only when your recovery and energy can handle it.

Most clients live or work in or near the Melbourne CBD, so we book around the working day. Southbank and Docklands workers usually take an early slot or a lunch break, and a 45-minute session fits either.

Clients from Port Melbourne, South Yarra and the bayside suburbs train near their commute, and many in Brighton and Elwood add beach walks on rest days to lift their steps. We also train people from Richmond, Hawthorn, Kew, Camberwell, Malvern, Glen Iris, Armadale, Doncaster and Frankston, many of them before work. See all our locations.

Yes. The City of Melbourne requires any personal trainer running paid sessions on public land to hold a permit, so if a trainer offers you park sessions, ask whether they have one.

For extra movement on non-studio days, Carlton Gardens, the outdoor gym at North Melbourne Recreation Centre and the fitness stations at Princes Park are all close to the CBD.

Online coaching keeps you on track between in-person sessions, with workouts you can do anywhere and the same weekly check-ins. We review how the week went, what felt hard and what you finished, then set the next block to match. Read more about online coaching.

To make busy weeks easier, plan your meals and shopping first, put your workouts in your calendar, pack your gear and water bottle the night before, and decide which session moves if work runs late.

Your first Fitness Image session starts with a conversation about your health, injuries, past training and schedule. We then take you through a few basic movements to see how you move. You’ll leave with a clear starting plan and know exactly what to do before we meet again.

You don’t need to be fit to get in touch. Tell us your goal and we’ll send you times that suit your week.

Whether you choose Fitness Image or another coach, pick a trainer who screens you before training, explains their program and tracks your progress with real measurements. Before you commit, ask:

• Are you registered with Exercise & Sports Science Australia or another professional body?
• Do you hold professional indemnity insurance?
• Did you qualify through a registered training organisation?
• Does your training background match what I need?

A good trainer answers these plainly and is happy to explain how they would coach you towards your goal.