EXPERTISE & QUALIFICATIONS
10 YEARS FUNCTIONAL PATTERNS PRACTITIIONER
Expertise
Level 4 Functional Patterns Certification (Rare In Australia)
10 Years As A Functional Patterns Practitioner
24 Years In Fitness Industry As A Personal Trainer
Expertise In Treating Diverse Injuries & Conditions
Focus On Human Sustainability & Pain Elimination
Optimising Human Movement
Personalised Non-Cookie-Cutter Approach
Functional Strengthening & Conditioning
15 years, Martial Arts & Kickboxing Experience (Martial Arts Instructor)
Credited Boxing & Kickboxing Fitness
1 on 1 and Group Fitness
Functional Core Strengthening & Conditioning
Dynamic Postural Therapy
Qualifications
Functional Patterns Level 4 Certification
Human Biomechanics Specialist (Level 4)Punchpad Boxing Padwork instructor
Cert. IV Personal Trainer
Cert. III Fitness
Senior First Aid Certificate
CPR Certificate
Registered & Insured Fitness Professional
Bio
Hi, I’m Sam.
Human movement has always been a massive part of my life. I was still
in my Mum’s tummy and the doctor said; “You’ve either got a football
player or a ballerina.” – I couldn't stop moving.
I cried until I could crawl and I started crawling at the very early age of
3 months. Destined for human movement to be my occupation, I would
escape from my bassinet by doing a chin up and pulling myself over it.
Like most kids, I played soccer, football, rode my bike and crashed it a
lot and just loved running around. I was also sponsored for skateboarding
and surfing at different times of my life. I still head out for a surf at any
opportunity.
Music was also a big part of my life. I sang in a Ska band from the age of
17 till around 20 then learnt how to play guitar and started writing songs.
Played in a few other bands and did some acoustic gigs but my life was
veering more towards the martial arts.
I got into martial arts at the age of 25. I first studied Jeet Kune Do and
moved on to an eclectic system that is Wing Chun based and includes
Muay Thai, Brazilian Jujitsu, Western style boxing, sweeps and throws
along with weaponry. As my passion grew, I became a Martial Arts
Instructor at the Wing Chun Kung Fu Organisation under Sifu Rick Spain
for many years.
This is where my journey started as a Personal Trainer, building on
kickboxing and functional training techniques I’d learnt at the academy.
I became an accredited Personal Trainer, and through word of mouth
developed a strong client base. I am really passionate about giving clients personal care along with a whole body workout.
I love researching, developing new skills and creating an ever-evolving
repertoire of workouts to keep my clients on their toes.
In recent years I’ve had to temporarily stop training in the martial arts due
to over training and training through injuries and deficiencies which lead
to the breakdown of my body. This is also because of my past skateboarding injuries.
In January 2015, I discovered Naudi Aguilar’s Functional Patterns Training
system. The system is helping me clear my deficiencies and movement pain barriers through corrective exercises and self myofascial release. I had to start from scratch. Get my posture in order. Make sure I connect and activate the right muscle and fascia chains for the movement pattern I was doing in order not to over compensate. (Easier said than done)
I had to be mindful to activate and connect my transverse abdomen, glutes and scapulars through the spectrum of the perceived exercise. Basically, slowly turning my deficiencies into efficiency where the whole system is working as one.
I’m passionate about movement and how Functional Patterns methodology uses movement to help create balance and sustainability in the body throughout a life.
To learn, share, educate and help people adopt structural integrity with the benefit of training the whole system as one. Thus, connecting muscle and fascia lines respecting our human ancestry. Because of this, for the first time in a long time I feel like my body
is coming into balance and not in some sort of deficient pain.
I’m still a work in progress but enjoying the progress that’s working.
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Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
Monday – Friday: 6AM – 6PM
Saturday: 8AM – 12PM
Sunday: Closed