DeakinACTIVE BURWOOD

Housed in the brand new multi-million dollar LC building, DeakinACTIVE opened its doors to its new home in July 2020. The LC building offers smooth architectural lines and a dynamic modern learning space with the DeakinACTIVE gym located on the ground level (B001) overlooking the Wellness Garden.

With 850sqm floorspace and a dedicated large group fitness area fitted with a glass skywall, the space is New York warehouse style with an industrial feel and concrete columns, high ceilings and exposed ductwork on view.

Housing world-famous Technogym equipment, these innovative machines offer the most complete range of cardio, strength and functional training equipment in the market today. Technology integrated machines that track your workout and let you watch your favourite sport or game right in front of you while you workout!

Enjoy the best experience by using your DeakinMOVES app to connect with all of the equipment in the gym. The Technogym equipment will automatically sync up with your personalised training program, display examples of the exercise on the equipment and technique required, and your workout results will be automatically tracked into your DeakinMOVES account.

Pilates
Boxing
Metafit
Tabata

Meet the Team

Andrew Garwood

Andrew Garwood

Qualifications

  • Diploma of Fitness
  • Diploma of Sports Development
  • Dilpoma of Exercise Rehab
  • Cert III & IV in Fitness
  • Level 1 Sports Power Coach
  • Advanced Exercise Nutrition Certificate
  • Level 1 Strength and Conditioning
  • Level 3 AFL Field Umpire
  • Level 3 Cricket Coach

Experience/Training Style

  • 14 years in the industry in various settings and roles
  • Training style is based on clients goals and in context of their current levels of strength, skill and competency
  • Programming is based on factors that to ensure progress is long term and sustainable

Specialisations/Interests

  • Sports Relevant Strength  Training
  • Athletic development
  • Injury Management and Rehabilitation
  • Endurance Sports
  • Running

Biggest achievement as a PT
How I dealt through COVID restrictions.  The ability to adapt and change locations repeatedly.

Why should members train with you?
I am engaged in your progress.  I am able to adapt training based on needs rather then wants this is important.  I place emphasise on care and consistency.

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Annalise Vine

Annalise Vine

Annalise Vine

Annalise Vine

Qualifications

  • Certificate III & IV in Fitness 
  • Diploma of Fitness
  • First Aid, CPR & Anaphylaxis certified
  • Working with Children’s Check

Experience/Training Style

  • I prefer keeping each session short and sharp with minimal breaks
  • Moderate – High intensity circuits and intervals with the inclusion of technique and guidance
  • Each session is progressive, creative and effective

Specialisations/Interests

  • Strength and Conditioning
  • Athletic Performance
  • High Intensity training

Biggest achievement as a PT
It is probably the greatest feeling to be partly responsible for someone turning their life around, which I have been lucky enough to experience as a personal trainer. That is my greatest
achievement.

Why should members train with you?
I am passionate about delivering structured and creative programs, as well as establishing a great connection with each client. I believe that mental health is just as important as physical health.

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David-Dobson

David Dobson

David-Dobson

David Dobson

Qualifications

  • Certificate III & IV in Fitness
  • FMA Cert. 1
  • Completing Bachelor of Exercise Science major in Strength & Conditioning

Experience/Training Style

  • Melbourne Strength Culture Internship
  • Unified Fitness Systems Internship
  • Rise Rowville Academy Internship

I am currently a nationally ranked, drug-tested powerlifter with aspirations of taking the Australian squat record for my weight class and age category so my training is heavily around the squat, bench press and deadlift as well as growing as much muscle as I can to move more weight! I have an emphasis on efficient technique for injury prevention & optimal performance.

Specialisations/Interests

  • Powerlifting
  • Technique & rehabilitation
  • General Strength & Conditioning
  • Bodybuilding

Biggest achievement as a PT
My biggest achievement was when I helped my first client lose 5kg without having to use a crazy diet, a crazy workout plan or extreme measures. He has since learnt to enjoy exercising consistently and become a confident version of himself.

Why should members train with you?
If you want a straight-talking approach to training with an educated, structured system with a positive attitude to guide you to your goals. I am the coach for you.

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Keegan

Keegan Leeder

Keegan

Keegan Leeder

Qualifications

  • Cert 3 and 4 in Fitness
  • Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science
  • Level 1 Sports Power Coach
  • Level 1 AFL Coaching Accreditation
  • Certificate III in Allied Health Assistance ‘Nutrition & Dietetics Stream’

Experience/Training Style
Difficult and detailed training sessions that you can walk away from, knowing you have achieved something

Specialisations/Interests

  • Sport Specific training
  • Athletic development
  • Prehabilitation
  • Boxing
  • Olympic lifting

Biggest achievement as a PT
My achievements come from the success of my clientele

Some notable achievements include;

  • making it to AFL/AFLW level football
  • making it to an Australian represented team
  • running a sub 2hr 30min marathon, female
  • losing 45kg in 2 years
  • the many incredible body changing transformations

Why should members train with you?
I am informative and entertaining. My training sessions will get results. My Training is 100% focussed on the individual’s goals and needs. Sessions are well planned and designed to get
results. Professional yet personable style of training which encourages, motivates and challenges. Celebrates success

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Rhiannon-Wade

Rhiannon Wade

Rhiannon-Wade

Rhiannon Wade

Qualifications

  • Certificate 4 in Fitness
  • Bachelor of Exercise Science
  • Level 1 Wellness Coach

Experience/Training Style
I have a background in body weight training, having done gymnastics, dancing, cheerleading, and some acrobatics, however if I’m in the gym you’ll usually see me trying to lift heavy weights. I also enjoy doing some yoga, HIT and boxing for my own training.

Specialisations/Interests

  • Functional training
  • Strength training
  • HIIT

Biggest achievement as a PT
Teaching Keegan to hold a handstand!

Why should members train with you?
If they want to see measurable results while keeping things fun and engaging, or if they want to learn something new and try a different approach to their usual training.

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Trinesh Adari

Trinesh Adari

Trinesh Adari

Trinesh Adari

Qualifications

  • Remedial Massage therapist
  • Certificate III & IV in Fitness
  • Certified Mat level 1&2 Pilates Instructor
  • Boxing Instructor

Experience/Training Style
Instead of calling it Training, can we use the word Playing instead? 😀 Playing is enjoyable and it is fun. That is how I describe my style. I do focus on the fundamentals and like to utilise the whole-body movements as much as possible and from there it is time for some fun.

  • Explosive movements
  • Rhythmic and Co-ordination style
  • Conditioning

Specialisations/Interests

  • Pilates Mat 1&2 Instructor
  • Boxing Instructor 
  • Muay Thai level 1 Graduate

Biggest achievement as a PT
Long-term friendships, valuable information and content and life experiences and being able to through my career as a PT. It is beautiful to see the participants develop their skills as the time goes by. It is beautiful to see the participants develop their skills as the time goes by. 

Why should members train with you?
I enjoy what I do, I will try my very best to make it enjoyable as we train together. It will not be so serious all the time, we going to enjoy the whole thing. Together.

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Class Timetable

Burwood offers a variety of online and group fitness classes – indoors and out! We have a great mix of traditional strength training and functional strength with a particular emphasis on getting the maximum amount of health, strength and wellness training out of group fit classes.

The variety of group fitness classes includes – Pilates, Yoga, HIIT, Core, Tabata, Boxing, MetaFIT, Spin and the brand new SkillAthletic classes.

Use the DeakinMOVES app to book into your classes.

SkillAthletic is the new workout style available at Burwood with it’s own dedicated floor space housed inside the gym. Internationally renowned, SkillAthletic is all about improving performance. Think High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) workouts built specifically to use our amazing Technogym equipment. Next level workouts and far more cost effective than our competitors!

SkillAthletic is the new training experience developed by Technogym, thanks to its long-standing experience as official supplier to the last seven Olympic Games and its collaboration with the best teams and sports champions around the world!