HUMANS OF VIVA FITNESS
THE REAL SUPER HEROES
Meet Kerry.
Long time Viva family member and all round amazing woman… and standout supporter of our National Breast Cancer Foundation 57 Squat Challenge.
“When I saw the squat challenge poster promoted at the gym, I knew I had to take part. Many women I know have battled/are battling breast cancer – a friend’s mum, a work colleague, friends from Viva and of course Viva coach and group fitness instructor, Laryssa. When times were tough, Laryssa was there for me, so I wanted to do the same for her. Viva is more than a gym, it’s a community, it’s a family, and I love my club!”
Kerry supported our challenge from the beginning and got everyone on board, squatting wherever and whenever, even at a Port Power game!
Kerry you are amazing and your support means so much to our family, we hope you enjoyed your gin as a token of our appreciation
Meet Nicole!
She has been a member with us for over 10 years and has always had her own Personal Coach.
Over the years the coaches may have changed – but the support and accountability has always been there.
Nicole has always been able to work through fitness plateaus and been able to keep moving forward and making it happen with her health and wellness.
Even when faced with injuries that may cause others a reason to stop – Nicole has always been able to change the goals to suit her direction with her trainer – and keep moving forward.
Nicole says that the Strength and Fitness Challenges are always a great way to kickstart your training when feeling a little un motivated – not only are the prizes great – so is the change in the way you feel and look!
Meet Pauline.
“Many years ago my son came home from school with a flyer about mini warriors and said he wanted to give it a go. Shortly after he started mini warriors, the 12 week challenge started. With tears in my eyes, I told Kristy how unhappy I was with my weight, so I signed up and joined the challenge. I had joined gyms before, but never was I received like a long, lost member of the family like I was when I joined Viva.
Years later and my weight goes up and down, but just like family, my gym is always there for me. Being greeted by name and with a smile in the foyer by the staff is so welcoming. Having Laryssa kick my butt during a workout definitely feels like family! Every up, and every down, I’ve received encouragement, advice and a shoulder to lean on.
So when Laryssa was diagnosed with breast cancer, I felt it. She had always treated me like a family member, now it was time for me to act like one. So I signed up for the 57 Squat challenge and decided to top it off by shaving my head. I’m the sort of person who struggles to sell raffle tickets, so I was surprised when the people I reached out to were touched by Laryssa’s story and helped me to raise over $850!
My son now has his own Viva membership and my husband as well. My family has become part of the Viva family, and Viva has become part of ours.
Notice that I have said nothing about fitness? Well, this is a gym that realises that health is about more than that. Family members will tell you to work out, eat healthy, relax, look after yourself and help others out. What is Viva? Viva is family.”
Wellness Wednesdays we take a new angle .. with why one of our Team Machine Warrior Trainingwomen, Tabetha Howie feels so great after 12 months of training! Happy Anniversary Tab x
“Viva is more than a gym. It’s a community of genuine people who motivate each other, daily. I am nearly 40 & thanks to Viva I’m stronger than I’ve ever been, physically & mentally. Laryssa Tarasenko is teaching me wicked skills. I’m addicted!
The warrior women welcome everybody & the training is flexible to your level of fitness. I love everything about Viva. Thanks for everything!”
Tonight, we share a heart felt beautiful testimony from one of our 20+yr LEGEND members….
“I’ve been a member at Viva for 25 years, since I was an 18 year old uni student. I’ve done personal training with Dion for over 14 years, since being pregnant with my daughter. I have always felt welcomed into the Viva family and felt supported and encouraged to achieve and maintain my fitness goals through life’s trials and tribulations, pregnancy, injuries, illness and personal challenges. The fact that it is family owned helps Viva maintain an intimacy that I can’t imagine finding at any other gym. My daughter Imogen grew up going to Crèche there and I never had any doubt she was being well looked after while I enjoyed my workouts. I have developed my passion for running since joining a Viva City to Bay program 15 years ago. I have made many good friends. I enjoy the solitude of training alone and also group classes. I have experienced the transition from lycra and fluoro, with Dennis & Sharon instructing, to Laryssa becoming a Les Mills instructor. I even got the chance to do Reebok slide! Imogen got to experience Gekko, and has grown up with my example that fitness constitutes a vitally important part of a healthy life, both physically and mentally. Staying fit helps me balance my stressful career as an Emergency Doctor and family life, and I owe much of that to the Viva team who help to keep me focused, inspired and motivated. I can honestly say I am as fit now at 43 as I was at 18. You rock guys…..keep up the awesome work”
Dani x
Fabio has been a member for 7 years and has been taking part in 1-1 training with our PUSH_Coaches for this time.
Fab who has been in a wheelchair since birth, has always worked on his strength to stay fit – and has hit some amazing personal bests, including a Sled PUSH of 240kg and a seated Sled pull using battle ropes of 200kg.
He also enjoys boxing and it is clear this has helped with his fitness levels. So much so, that he now enjoys some sparring sessions with his coaches.
But for Fab – the biggest changes have happened in the last 12-18 months.
As he is in a seated sedentry position 95% of the time, Fab was getting stronger and fitter, but he wasnt changing his body composition. So, he signed up for an I Nutrition Session and overhauled his nutrition. After mapping out his meal plans based on his bodies data, Fab found himself eating more food more often and was feeling amazing. With regular 6 week assessments, to adjust his meals
& training accordingly .. the results after 12 months, speak for themselves
July 2016 Fab weighed in at 88.5 kgs, with a Body Fat % of 28.5%.
July 2017 Fab has weighed in at 70kg with a Body Fat % of just 10.6%
Congratulations Fab!! From Your VIVA Family x
Hi Evan & Dion,
Well it has finally arrived and I am off to the Commonwealth games tomorrow morning.
I would like to sincerely thank you both in supporting me to lose some weight, I have currently lost 19kg. I know it is not as much as we all would have hoped but it is a lot more than I have been able to achieve in the past 7 years of going to other gyms, dieticians, psychologist, diet centres etc, I actually put on 10kg over those years instead of it coming off. I have finally started to lose weight and I feel so much better. I have attached a before photo and a photo taken today in my Commonwealth Games casual uniform so you can see just how far you have helped me to come in the past 9 months.
I have not only lost weight but more importantly I am fitter and stronger than I have ever been. I had lower back issues for the past 5 years and with all the strength training I do not get any pain in my back and I have also started to throw the hammer again and am considering taking up athletics again, especially after getting a 3 metre PB in the hammer in February after one week of throwing training. I can only imagine what I can do next season with a bit more throws training.
Evan, without you organising the gym with Dion for me I would never have gone there and found out how to properly lift weights and build up my strength and finally start to drop the weight.
Dion, thank you so very much for all the time you gave to me for both my training and my nutrition. I will continue to follow your suggestions and programs so I can continue to lose the weight and hopefully in the near future reach my goal of 75kg (only 16kg to go).
Again thank you both so much it has meant the world to me to have been given this opportunity and to be finally on the right track to getting to my goal weight.
Kind regards,
Melissa Fraser
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