Matt – AFL

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Matt – AFL

“When I first began seeing Matt I was coming off an ankle injury, and had very low ankle mobility and leg strength. He put me on a program that I closely followed over the off-season, and it allowed me to build up a lower body strength base that was better than pre-injury. This has helped massively for my AFL, as I am now more explosive and stronger through the lower body and core. Touchwood I haven’t had another related injury since.”

I started training with Mat at the beginning of the 2019 NEAFL season with the aim to improve my strength and power with a focus on developing my acceleration and addressing injury prevention. Throughout the year I saw massive improvements within my AFL club’s strength testing, most notably I saw a dramatic increase in my hamstring strength from being able to produce 420N to then 492N. The 2019 season was the best season in relation to having no soft tissue injuries which was the initial goal.

Lachlan – AFL

I trained with Matt for over 3 years and can strongly say that over this time I learned the foundations of strength training and got introduced to plyometric training. Matt helped me get physically prepared week for my NPL football season and helped me to stay injury free for this period. Matt helped me significantly improve my strength through deadlifts, squats, bench press etc. whilst in the process helping me put on muscle and weight. Matt pushed me to lengths I didn’t know I could reach and got the best out of me. Matt is a great person and I looked forward to our sessions each week.

Dylan – Football

Mat provides both a very friendly and professional environment along with a great knowledge base towards various areas of S&C coaching. Through my time both at Manly Marlins, whom Mat was our S&C coach and more recently working with him within a personal training setting I have developed my fitness, strength/power and changed my body composition.
Mat is a technical coach who in addition to supplying a S&C program, provided us (at Manly Marlins) with several running techniques drills during field training which helped me move with greater efficiency and speed.

Thomas – Rugby Union

I have trained with Mat for 4yrs. In that time, he has helped me achieve numerous personal fitness goals. I’ve competed in 2 novice powerlifting competitions, celebrated turning 40 by prepping for a photoshoot and achieving 10% body fat. During the last 12 months I trained for the Sydney Harbour 10km and ran a PB of 42mins.
The highlight of training with Mat is his ability to tailor a plan of attack to best suit my specific personal goals.

Alistair

Mat has been my S&C coach for 6 years now and my strength since starting with him has skyrocketed and my football performance has never been better! I have stayed injury free for majority of those 6 years because of the training that I do wit h Mat and the time and effort he puts into my training plan is outstanding!

Riley – Football

Throughout the 2018 – 2020 AFL seasons I experienced a range of injuries. My intentions this year were to do something about the recurring setbacks and Matt has facilitated just that. From the initial consultation, he has provided a professional service that prioritises you as an athlete. His strength and conditioning programs are highly personalised and flexible around individual schedules and sporting commitments. His online coaching has allowed me to continue my program at my local gym with text support and critique. The monthly coaching sessions emphasise the correct technique, movement, and activation. The slight modification in my lifting technique has allowed me to continually develop throughout my program and add considerable weight to my exercises.

Angus – AFL