ABOUT ME

G’day. I’m Trav, life & business coach, media manager, personal trainer, car nut, basketball freak, beach bum and keen (very average) surfer.

I have a passion for learning, overcoming life’s challenges and living a healthy lifestyle and I want to share what I know with you. Why? Because no-one was there to answer my questions when I was younger. I had to find out the hard way. In fact I’m still finding out the hard way, through financial blunders, personal setbacks, injuries, illnesses and experiences with my clients.

I’ve run a few businesses in the past. These days I work as a coach doing mostly life and business coaching, but it always includes fitness, nutrition and health, because if you don’t have your health, you can lose your wealth... IT HAPPENED TO ME.

I work closely with a select group of focused individuals who want the most out of their life and business, and are prepared to follow the proven processes I have set up.

I have played basketball since I was 7 and have tried a ton of different sports including various martial arts, football, soccer, hockey, acrobatics, dancing, surfing, kayaking, tennis, etc. and I plan on trying new sports until the world runs out of them.

I love calisthenics and bodyweight training and am constantly fighting a battle against my body after bad training techniques and overindulgence in sports caused postural injuries and cost me several years out of sports. Being a skinny guy I also face the challenge of gaining muscle which is one I succeed with as long as I can stay healthy. However, my body has had a hard run over the last 40+ years.

My hardest challenge has been Chronic Fatigue Syndrome mixed with Fibromyalgia, Candida, Parasites, Lyme Disease and all sorts of fun stuff, which has fought me since April 2010. It’s a long road back to peak health & fitness that requires a huge amount of work and has made me the most disciplined person I know.

I’ve been a personal trainer since 2003 and got deeply into personal development in 2001 when I realised I could change.

I can’t tell you that I have it all together because I don’t think that anyone really does. That’s part of being human. But I eat well, think well and move well and make the most of what nature has provided.

I also have a ton of great friends in the coaching industry and work tirelessly to grow my network, constantly attracting into my life the most amazing people around the world. This is a far step from being the shyest kid all through primary and high school, worried about everything and terrified of making a fool of myself. But I chose to do the hard things. 

I put myself out there. I traveled to countries by myself, worked at a summer camp in the USA at 19, moved across the country to Sydney when I was 21, worked on a cruise ship in Alaska at 23, lived on the beach on the Gold Coast a few years back and constantly push myself to try new hobbies and activities on my own, as I found most friends not willing to push the boundaries.

I can tell you that there are things that work and things that don’t work. There are gimmicks. There are strategies that work in the short term and not in the long term. There are benefits to eating a certain way, and there are sacrifices that go with them as well.

You need to know about these things for you and your family. You pass on either good or bad genetics to your kids. You also pass on good or bad eating and exercise habits to them. You pass on good or back lifestyle habits. You either set a good example or a bad example.

Remember that you are on the planet for 70 odd years +/- so you really want to make your body last that long, not just burn it out in your 20’s, 30’s or 40’s.

Hopefully I can pass on some of my knowledge to you so you can live a better, more enjoyable life. That is my life’s mission. So I’ll keep studying in Australia and overseas and pass on the best information available to you.

The following is a record for myself, but for those who are interested, here’s some of the Certifications, Courses, Programs and Workshops I’ve Completed:


FITNESS

Diploma of Exercise Science & Fitness Management (cert 3&4 twice in 2004 & 2009)
Training For Warriors level 1 & 2 2015
ASCA Strength & Conditioning Coach 2009
CHEK Scientific Back Training 2016
Global Bodyweight Training Animal Flow 2015
8 Form Qi Gong Instructor 2012
Zest Body Trainer 2003
Beginning Coaching Principles
Perform Better 2010-2014, 2016
CHEK Program Design 2013
Indian Club Swinging – Ed Thomas 2013
Mastering the Pistol – Steve Cotter
Ido Portal Movement X 2014
MR Bulletproof Knees & Back 2015
ViPR Personal Training 2015
Smart Group Training Volume 1, Building a Foundation & 365
Pre & Post-natal Exercise Prescription 2015
Gold Medal Bodies Focused Flexibility 2016
Global Bodyweight Training Bodyweight Athlete 2016
Global Bodyweight Training Hand Balancing 2016
Various TACFIT Courses 2016
Flexibility Training – PTonthenet 2018
Fundamentals of Balance – PTonthenet 2018
Scientific Core Conditioning – CHEK Institute 2018
Meeting of the Minds – Australian Fitness Network 2020

HEALTH

CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach Levels 1 & 2 2012 & 2014
Essentials of Sport & Exercise Nutrition – Precision Nutrition 2017
CHEK Healing Fungal and Parasite Infections 2014
CHEK How to Eat, Move & Be Healthy Seminar – Paul Chek 2013
Consulted with Dr Jacob Teitelbaum, Paul Chek, Mike Robertson, Donal Carr.
Tyler Tolman’s Health Vibe 2015
God + Medicine = Health Seminar 2013
Gluten Free & Healthy Living Expo 2014
Don Tolman Where Truth & Health Lies 2015
Tyler Tolman Health Vibe Unplugged
Damian Donoghue’s Super Health 1 Day Workshop
Pro Coach – Precision Nutrition 2017
Nutrition and Metabolic Syndrome / Insulin Resistance and Inflamation – PTonthenet 2018

INJURY MANAGEMENT

Shoulder Pain & Injuries – Specific Exercise Prescription
Z Health – R Phase Mobility
Inside Out – The Ultimate Upper Body Warmup – Bill Hartman & Mike Robertson 2006
Level 1 Sports Trainer 2003
Magnificent Mobility – Eric Cressey & Mike Robertson 2007
Assess & Correct – Eric Cressey, Bill Hartman & Mike Robertson 2009
Multiple FMS Workshops with founders Gray Cook & Lee Burton, Alwyn Cosgrove, Stuart McGill, Greg Rose of Teitliest Performance Institute, Aaron Doyle of Drive 360 & Ross Field of Fieldwork Health
Lower Body Performance for Sport – Jeremy Boone & Gray Cook 2009

BUSINESS

Ryan Lee Bootcamp
Bootcamp Blueprint, Fit Business Inner Circle & Accelerator Coaching Programs and consults with Pat Rigsby 2009
Fitness Business Summit 2014
Changing the Game – The Pack 2015
1k Fitness Fans for Facebook 2015
Social Media Digital Mastery – Digital Consciousness 2016
Click Funnels One Funnel Away Challenge 2018

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Landmark Forum & Advanced Course 2006
Diploma of Financial Planning 2008
Mind Valley Silva Ultramind 2023
Warrior Book – Wake Up Warrior / Garrett J White 2018
CHEK How to Empower Change in Your Clients 2014
Bronze Medallion 2000 & 2003
Pool Lifeguard 2003
Senior First Aid 2000, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2020, 2023
Tony Robbins Get the Edge, Personal Power & various books and audio programs
Jeffrey Slayter’s Free Humanity 2015
Jeffrey Slayter’s Heart of Living 2015
The Bridge Experience – Preston Smiles and Alexi Panos 2016
Integrate – Preston Smiles and Alexi Panos 2016
The Phil Parker Lightning Process with Ian Cleary 2017
Tony Robbins Life Coaching with Clint Sears 2018-2019
Margaret Paul’s Inner Bonding & Healing Your Aloneness Programs 2018

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