Capability over metrics.
Body-fat percentage is a number. Hiking, lifting your kids, moving without a second thought. That's the goal.
Meet your coach
I teach you to move well, for life.
I'm Allen. I've spent over ten years coaching people to train for an active life, not just a better photo. The part I love isn't the before-and-after. It's the moment someone realises what their body can actually do.
Why I coach
It was never about the mirror.
Physique changes are good, and I can get you there. But they were never the point. The point is what your body lets you do: carry the shopping up three flights, finish the hike, get down on the floor with your kids and back up without thinking about it.
So I coach you to understand your own movement, not just repeat it. When you know why you're doing something, you can take it anywhere, and you can keep it.
We only really notice how much movement matters once we start to lose it. My job is to help you put that off for as long as possible.
How I think
A few things I keep coming back to.
You should need me less.
I teach you the why and the how, not just the what, so the decisions become yours to make and you lean on me less over time.
Movement is independence.
Staying strong and mobile is how you keep doing the things that are yours to do, for decades, not just this season.
Who I coach
A good fit, honestly.
I do my best work with two kinds of people: newcomers finding their feet in the gym, and people chasing a specific strength or muscle goal who want a real plan behind it.
I'm not your coach if you want a hype man, daily motivation, or empty platitudes. I deal in reasons, not pep talks. You'll leave most sessions understanding something you didn't walk in with.
I coach in person in Sydney, or online through the app.
Off the clock
I'm still chasing goals too.
I coach the way I actually live. I've run a half marathon and a sub-one-hour 10k, and right now I'm working toward a 200kg deadlift and a 160kg squat.
There's more on the list, further down the line: a full marathon, a clean handstand, and finally becoming a proper swimmer. I love the barbell, but I'm not precious about it; I enjoy yoga just as much, and I'd never push my way of training onto you.
Off the gym floor, home is my wife Anwyn and our puppy Truffle. The kids we'll have one day are a big part of why I train. I want to keep the ability to stay active right alongside them.
Let's build something you can keep.
Tell me what you're working toward. I read every enquiry and reply personally.