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Helping people improve performance, body composition, and movement while building strength and long-term habits.
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Nutrition, training, and injury management - practical, individualised, no BS.

21/04/2026

Found one.

30/03/2026

Super coachable, consistent, and all in from the start.

Dropped 11kg in the first 6 months working together, then committed to building strength, and I could see the shift in how much she trusted her body and what it could do.

Strength had doubled, even tripling across multiple exercises.
Including a whopping 150kg to 300kg+ leg press!

This is what I love most about my job - helping people realise how capable and resilient their bodies are, and how good they can actually feel!

It's been a pleasure working with you and seeing you smash your goals! 🤜🏼🤛🏼😁

28/03/2026

Me: attempts single arm ninja warrior swing

Bicep tendon: no

🫠

Surgery done, now back to work 🙋🏻‍♂️

26/03/2026

Aussie Supps feels like a lifetime ago.

I don’t think about it much these days… and to be honest, the final few years before I closed the stores weren’t the best years of my life. But looking back now, I can’t ignore how much that chapter gave me.

8 years of lessons.
Highs, lows, and everything in between.

It took me around the country, let me meet and train with some incredible people, and brought moments like this having legends in my stores - Ronnie Coleman, Cedric McMillan, Dave Pallumbo, IFBB Pro Sarah Back, Aaron Singerman and more. Things I never would’ve experienced otherwise.

Aussie Supps was a real love-hate period of my life… but it was also the start of everything.

It led me into this industry.
It shaped the path I’m on now.
And somehow, it led to my wife walking into my store one day, which, when I really think about it… is pretty unreal.

Funny how something that once carried a lot of stress and negative emotion can, over time, turn into gratitude.

Wouldn’t change it.

24/03/2026

You don’t need to be extreme with everything to get results.

Cutting everything out.
Training every day.
Trying to be perfect with everything.

That approach usually just leads to burnout.

Yes, extreme results often require extreme actions.
But most people’s goals aren’t extreme.

Most just want to feel better, get stronger, and improve their body composition.

Where people go wrong is missing the basics.

The actions required are actually quite simple:
- Train consistently
- Eat enough protein
- Structure your meals
- Get enough sleep
- Drink enough fluids

But simple doesn’t always mean easy.

And while discipline is important, relying on discipline alone isn’t always enough.

Without the right structure and understanding of what to focus on, it becomes hard to stay consistent.

Keep things simple.
Focus on what matters.
Do it consistently.

That’s what gets results.

04/03/2026

Muscle tightness isn’t always caused by a “tight” muscle.

Often, it’s your nervous system increasing muscle tone as a protective response.

When your brain perceives stress, threat, or a past injury, it can increase muscle tension to protect the area. That’s why muscles can feel stiff even when there isn’t obvious damage or true shortening of the tissue.

Massage, stretching, and manual therapy can feel great and may provide short-term relief.

But longer-term improvements often come from improving how your body moves and tolerates load.

Movement, strength training, and stability can help your nervous system feel safer, which may reduce protective muscle tension over time.

The stronger and more stable you become, the less your brain tends to feel the need to protect.

Save this for the next time your muscles feel tight.

25/02/2026

Could I return to this physique?

Yes, if I was willing to do commit to the same things and sacrifices.

There’s no secret behind it. This required strict consistency with training and nutrition, limited flexibility and prioritising physique above most other things in life.

That meant saying no a lot. Planning everything. Training even when I didn’t feel like it. Eating when I wasn’t hungry. Structuring life around bodybuilding.

It worked.

But it came with trade-offs.

Yes, this taught me discipline and work ethic, but it also showed me what that level actually requires.

Today, my focus is different.

Since stepping away from bodybuilding and investing deeper into education and long-term health, I’ve become a better coach. I think differently about progress now.

Social media rarely shows the full story behind physiques like this.

The bodies that attract the most attention represent a very small percentage of people. They usually involve elite genetics, years of focused training, and in many cases, performance enhancing drugs. They also require a lifestyle most people with careers, families and other responsibilities simply don’t have.

But because those physiques look impressive, they attract clients.

How someone looks doesn’t always reflect how well they can guide others.

For the general population, using extreme physiques as the benchmark creates unrealistic expectations.

There’s nothing wrong with wanting to improve your body.

But your goals need to match your life, your responsibilities and what you’re actually willing to sustain.

Most people don’t need extremity.

They need structure, consistency and something they can maintain long-term.

That’s what matters now.

23/02/2026

This level of leanness isn’t the point.

The point is what 6 months of intentional effort can do.

When you genuinely commit to a goal or improving your health, like how you sleep, move, fuel yourself and recover, things start to shift in ways you don’t expect.

You don’t just look different.

You feel clearer.
You have more energy.
Your mood becomes more stable.
Your confidence grows quietly from keeping promises to yourself.

Everyday things start to feel easier, physically and mentally.

And somewhere along the way, you realise you’re more capable than you thought.

Not because of an extreme outcome…
but because you gave yourself enough time to change.

Everyone’s goals are different, and they should be.

But whatever the goal is, fat loss, strength, performance, health, or simply feeling better, it still comes from building habits and routines that support it.

This isn’t a suggestion that anyone needs to get this lean.

But everyone deserves the chance to experience what 6 months of genuine commitment to their health can feel like, and what they might discover about themselves along the way.

17/02/2026

Everyone’s looking for the shortcut.

The supplement.
The perfect program.
The “missing piece”.

But the reality is, progress doesn’t come from something you add…
It comes from what you consistently do.

There’s no secret pill.

Of course, medical conditions may require professional treatment — but for most people, progress still comes back to these fundamentals.

Results are built on repeatable foundations:

• Regular & structured training
• Nutrition consistency
• Adequate sleep
• Stress management

These are what determine whether your body can:

Adapt
Recover
Perform
Change

You can have the best program in the world, but without these fundamentals covered, they become the bottleneck to your progress.

And without adaptation, there is no progress.

It’s easy to get caught chasing optimisation, hacks or advanced strategies.

But in practice, the biggest changes happen when these basics are done well, over and over again.

Before looking for something new…
Make sure the fundamentals are actually in place.

That’s where real progress comes from.

Address

157-161 Station Rd
Burpengary, QLD
4505

Website

https://holdernesshealth.carrd.co/

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