entience Personal Training was founded in 2008 by Snezana Pezzin, who brings over two decades of experience to the fitness industry table as a personal trainer, nutrition coach, and motivational speaker.

Since it opened in 2008, Sentience Personal Training has adapted and evolved through customer feedback, the latest research on fitness and health, and our latest evolution through the COVID-19 pandemic, which propelled Sentience Personal Training into the Virtual world.

Sentience Personal Training is a boutique personal training studio specializing in personalised workouts, delivered in a fun and small, supportive group.

We offer a large selection of In-Studio and Virtual sessions delivered by compassionate trainers to give people the flexibility to fit their workouts around their work and family schedules.

We support hundreds of Members each year through education and coaching to adopt sustainable healthy nutrition and lifestyle habits that, when coupled with our workouts, provide people the results that they come to achieve.

We have worked with thousands of people over 12 years, through personalised workouts and inspired lifestyle changes to experience their best bodies and health.

We know it can be hard getting started, there may be many concerns and barriers keeping you back

you are not fit enough;
you won't be able to keep up;
you may feel uncomfortable working out in front of other people
OR you don't want to give up everything you love to achieve your dream body.

You will find none of this is the Sentience Personal Training reality. Instead, you will find us friendly and approachable. You will find the workouts achievable and personalised to your level of ability. You will find our advice is adaptable to your lifestyle and culture, and above all- you will be excited to change!

Stop putting it off; you are going to love that you started and wished you had done it sooner, click here for more information on how you can get started.

The word ‘sentience’ means to have awareness, which is at the core of the Sentience Personal Training philosophy for health and wellbeing.

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Meet the Trainers

Nathan started his personal training career 14 years ago and has achieved elite fitness when representing Australia in the sport of Canoe Polo.
Nathan believes that your only limitations are the ones you put on yourself, and he works with compassion and authority to leave Members feeling valued and nurtured. Nathan is with a sense of empowerment after each session he delivers.
Nathan is most passionate about family and raising his three children to be kind, open-minded, respectful, and well-rounded adults who carry themselves with confidence and integrity.
In his free time, Nathan loves to go camping in the bush and re-connect with nature; it brings him a sense of calm.

Luke became a Personal Trainer in 2013. Before that, he held a certificate in sports coaching for Martial Arts. After helping a friend lose weight, and her positive feedback, Luke became and now finds it so rewarding to watch people improve on under his guidance.
Luke grew up as an overweight kid, and it wasn't until his early 20s when he got into Martial Arts that he got taken his fitness seriously to compete. Luke's experience of growing up with low self-esteem and getting bullied and then finding a way to turn his life around through fitness has shaped the trainer he is today.
Luke is a firm believer that balance and consistency are essential.
Luke loves Martial Arts, basketball, and looking after the people he loves.
Luke wants everyone to leave his session feeling like they've taken a positive step toward progress or accomplishment.
In his free time, Luke loves to study, watch Mixed Martial Arts, cook, go on adventures, and play video games.

Nathan began his personal training career in March 2015 with Sentience Personal Training. Nathan has had a passion for sport, health, and fitness from the age of 12, which drove him to become a Trainer and to help others feel the same.
Nathan has always had the desire to work with people and in a job that he enjoys every day.
Nathan's training philosophy is centered around balance, quality resistance training, and listening to your body's signals about nutrition and physical health.
When clients leave his sessions, Nathan prides himself on leaving Members feeling happy and confident in their own body. In his free time, Nathan trains himself regularly and enjoys cooking for the people he loves. He enjoys getting out of the fitness gear, wearing his jeans and drinking red wine (only two glasses...).

Sentience PT was founded in 2008 by Snezana Pezzin, who brings two decades of experience to the table in the fitness industry as a personal trainer, gym instructor and motivational speaker. Click here to read more...

Success Stories

Dannielle's Story

"Leading up to Oxfam 100km walk last year (in 2017), I was nervous about being able to finish the walk. Since completing Oxfam in 2015 I’d put on about 10kg and lost a lot of fitness after hurting my knee and not being able to play netball or run.

I tried in the few months leading up to the walk, to get back into running but every time I did I found an excuse to not keep going. Surprisingly I finished the Oxfam walk last year in around 29 hours. I was sore. Every muscle in my body hurt, my feet and ankles were so swollen, it was over a week until I could wear shoes again.
My fitness and eating continued along the same after this, I felt uncomfortable going out with friends, to events, even going to work was challenging because I wasn’t comfortable in my uniform.

Then in July my bridesmaid dress for my sister’s wedding in November arrived, I tried it on and instantly hated how I looked and knew something had to change. I started walking my dog for at least 5km a day, I would get up at 5 am to get a walk done before work, I changed what I was eating, I started eating more vegetables and less stuff out of a jar or quick meals, I started to feel so much better! Don’t get me wrong, it was hard to stop eating all the treats and my go to snacks that I was having, but I noticed results almost instantly so that helped me keep on track.

Then I joined Sentience in October, and since then I have seen a huge increase in my strength and fitness and my body has changed in ways that I never thought possible for me. Moving forward to Oxfam Trailwalker 100km 2018 and I was so excited to see how much ‘easier’ it was going to be, 20kg lighter and the fittest I’ve probably ever been.
Before we started the walk our team joked that we were going to do it in 24 hrs, and at the start line revised it to 22 hours! I was never convinced we would make it.
But proud to say that we finished the course in 22hrs 37 minutes, we went into the last 15km around 2 hours earlier than last year (and we started 3 hours later!!!). Super impressed with my team mates, it’s because of them and the hard work I put in at Sentience Personal Training that we made it so much quicker than I had done it in previous years. Recovery wise I was back working out at Sentience PT 48 hours later!! With only a few modifications due to blisters behind my knee where I reacted to the tape.
I am feeling better than ever and now my next challenge is Kokoda in June, 2018. I’m looking forward to a new challenge!"
Dannielle

All the best Dannielle, we look forward to hearing about your Kokoda sucess! The Team at Sentience Personal Training!

How Bridgette Started Her Journey

Bridgette started with Sentience Personal Training wanting "help with everything!" She wanted to improve her fitness, lose weight and needed advice around meal planning.

Eight weeks on and Bridgette has made so many changes! Her changes have resulted in the following:

Overall weight loss of 4.1kg

Increase muscle mass of 1.4kg
Decrease body fat of 6kg
Increase of InBody Health Score of 9 pts!
Is feeling so much stronger in her body
Has loads more energy and feels better in her clothes

These are the changes that we put in place:

Added 2 x Semi Personal Training strength sessions + 1 walk to her current routine of two Pilates sessions

Added glass of apple cider vinegar and hot water on waking
Added breakfast
Replaced her snack while waiting for the train from takeaway to a healthy snack she brings with her
Removed all after dinner snacking and added a tea. Because she is eating more throughout the day, she doesn't feel hungry after dinner and doesn't need the snacks.

The most important thing is Bridgette doesn't feel these changes have been too hard. She still has a sweet snack a couple of times per week (just less) and is finding that she is managing her food a lot better in all situations. So that even when Bridgette is eating out, or having takeaway, it doesn't affect her weight loss efforts because she feels she cannot eat as much and is consciously avoiding overeating.

What's exciting for Bridgette, is that because of her increase in muscle mass, her metabolism is burning more calories. Combining the increased metabolism, plus the extra calorie burn from her workouts and then her eating smaller meals, means Bridgette's results will now speed up! We look forward to seeing the next progress update in 8 weeks!

Bridgette's changes came directly from our 12 Steps to Permanent Weight Loss, Fitness & Health. We did a lifestyle check and made changes where she needed them.

She also learnt our simple to follow meal planning formula that teaches Members when, what and how much to eat without calorie counting.

WANT TO START YOUR OWN JOURNEY AND NEED HELP CREATING YOUR OWN PLAN?
A lot of the people we meet know what they need to do, just struggle to actually do it! Being held accountable is a big part of not only Bridgette's success, but yours too. So stop feeling frustrated and let us help you out 🙂

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Kaitlin’s Post Baby Success

She wasn't feeling good in her body and so gave us a call and got started with a Free Week Trial. Since then Kaitlin has joined as a Member of Sentience Personal Training in the Start Up Membership, attending 2 Semi Personal Training sessions per week.

Kaitlin started with us 12 weeks ago when her second son was only 10 weeks old! After having her son, Kaitlin wanted to get back into shape, as she was fairly fit and active about 3 years ago, prior to having children.

Kaitlin's goals were to tone up and lose some of the baby fat, feel stronger in her body and improve her eating habits so she could be a good example for her kids, sounds familiar right? Don't we all!
In a short 12 weeks, this is what Kaitlin has achieved through her InBody Scan:

Overall weight loss of 3.9kg
Increase muscle mass of 1.1kg
Decrease body fat of 6kg
Increase of InBody Health Score of 8 pts!
Lost an overall of 17cm!!
Is feeling so much stronger in her body
feels more toned especially around the tummy area

Here is the fantastic improvements that Kaitlin has made... before photos were taken on 29th August and the after photos were taken a short 12 weeks later, on the 21st November

These are the changes that we put in place:

Added 2 x Semi Personal Training strength sessions + 1 x body weight workout at home + a couple of walks per week

Cut out the after dinner snacks, by adding more food throughout the day, so she would feel so hungry in the evening.
Added healthy protein options to her meals
Added more veg and good fats for lunch
She has replaced some sugary snacks with fruit and improved her breakfast choices

Kaitlin's goal over the last 8 weeks was to lose 2.5 ks of body fat and she managed to lose 3.6kg!
Kaitlin is feeling confident in her body and is loving her strength. Check out what Kaitlin has to say...

We are so proud of the commitment Kaitlin has made to herself and her family by improving her fitness and health.
It can be tough as a mum of little ones to take out for herself, so we congratulate you, your family is well and truly benefiting!

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