James Armstrong Blog

My name is James Armstrong and I am currently a 3rd year Human Movement Studies student at QUT. I have a passion for fitness and exercise and I would one day wish to move into the injury and rehabilitation field to help clients in a clinical setting. I am an avid golfer and one of my life goals is to hit a hole in one. My entire life has revolved around sport and physical activity and my interests in fitness are in improving technique and strength in order for clients to perform at their peak. I have participated in a variety of sports throughout my life such as soccer, volleyball, cricket and AFL and I hope to continue my passion for the remainder of my life.

Jono Boura

Hello, my name is Jonathan. I am currently working as a practicum student at Fitnance. I am in my third year of Human Movement Studies at QUT, through which I have learnt the many benefits of exercise. I am a football fanatic, having played football for six years, as well as supporting my team, Benfica of Portugal. My love for the sport is what inspired me to undertake the course, in the hope of becoming an accredited coach. I am still waiting for my first silverware as a player, having been on the losing side in three grand finals! Nowadays, I am more interested in the physiology of the human body during exercise, and I hope to move into this field in the future. I believe that exercise is a vital component of any healthy life, and I hope that everyone is given the opportunity to participate in as many sports as possible.

Turkish Get Up

Fitnance Advanced Lifting Course.
Get on Board 26th September. 5CEC points

Sam Reiter

Name: Sam Reiter
DOB: 15 November 1988

I originally started my university life studying ‘Creative Writing’ and majoring in Drama. After a year of this degree though I made the decision to change into Human Movement studies at QUT and, three years later, I haven’t looked back! Sport has always been an enjoyable part of my life with me being a black belt in Tae Kwon Do (but am completely harmless) and representing QLD for Trampolining a couple of years . I also enjoy playing the piano, the saxophone and travelling. I find the human body just fascinating and at the end of my degree I hope to further my studies into the field of neuromuscular disease, with a special interest in Parkinson’s disease. I’m also passionate about nutrition and am dedicated to helping the general population remain as fit and healthy as possible.

Christopher MCDougall: Barefoot Running

2XU Run Group

16/9/2010 Botanic Gardens 3 x 4 laps 2XU Run
Name: Set 1: Set 2: Set 3
Lou: 7.10: 6.27: 6.02
Mark: 7.17: 7.04: 6.40
Ross: 7.19: 6.52: 6.30
Woody: 8.25: 7.35: 7.31
Tif: 8.25: 7.40: 7.35
Steve: 7.15: 6.43: 6.37
Adri-Anne: 8.25: 7.42: 7.28
Amanda: 8.25: 7.30: 8.23
Kristy: 8.30: 8.10: 8.08
Michelle: 8.35: 8.30: 8.32
Ky (3 laps) 7: 6.20: 5.49
Sandra (4,4,1) 11.05: 9.09: 1.49
Alison (4,4,1) 12.05: 9.13: 1.54
Kathy (4,4,1) 11.05: 9.11: 2.07
Alex (1 on 1 off)
Flick (photographer)
Drew (broken)

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Throwing Your Bike: By Bjarne Riis

Bjarne Riis has had enough riding!

Fitnance: SQUAT Off

Congratulations Deadlift Dave!
190kg Squat to win "THE SQUAT OFF"

Congratulations Steve and Shannon

Congratulations Steve and Shannon on your beautiful baby girl, Hannah.


Lets hope Hannah looks more like Shannon than Steve!

Pictured is Steve's other new baby!

Rhys Bowman's Blog

For those of you who don’t know me, which will be just about everyone reading this, my name is Rhys Wesley Bowman and I am currently studying a Bachelor of Applied Science in Human Movement Studies conducted at QUT’s Kelvin Grove campus. I am currently completing my last few subjects in the course and just commenced my first 50 hour practicum placement here at Fitnance.

I have previously completed a smaller practicum module with Brisbane Boys College, working in the gym there and assisting the lads with their rugby, soccer and rowing training. As part of that placement I was also involved with North’s rugby league held at Nudgee College, where I assisted and helped with the strength and conditioning of the Under 19’s rep teams and the A graders.

Through these experiences I have certainly gained a lot of useful knowledge in the area and this has opened up ideas for me as to where I want to be after uni. At this point in time I’m really interested in the strength and conditioning side of sport-specific exercise programs and general fitness. In the near future I am required to complete another 50 hour prac module and finally a larger 360 hour module. This experience will not just be limited to the gym and conditioning setting, I will be involved in pracs that focus on back pain, chronic disease cases and other clinical related areas.

For now, that’s what I have for you and I hope I’ve given you some insight into what I do and where I want to go. Hopefully these experiences will assist in getting me into strength and conditioning and perhaps some clinical rehabilitation work as well.

My name is Darren Clark, currently an undergraduate of Human Movements at Queensland University of Technology. I am currently a 4th year student pursuing a career in Strength and Conditioning. I have been a Qualified Personal Trainer for the past 18months and enjoyed it immensely. My specialties involve, Strength training, Weight loss and Sports specific training. Sport and fitness plays a critical role in my everyday life. I have achieved highly, at the national level for my age in Cricket and at State level for AFL and Athletics. My main goal in life is to make a difference in today’s population through my knowledge, experience and motivation to help others out with their Fitness, Health and Wellness.

Bridge To Brisbane Results - 5km

Fitnance/2XU Bridge To Brisbane Team Results - 5km
GLEN YARHAM 00:14:49 2
MATTHEW HAWKE 00:14:51 3
NEIL LABINSKY 00:14:54 4
PETER BOCK 00:15:12 7
ANDREW CREW 00:15:12 8
ALEX ROSE 00:15:20 10
PATRICK NISPEL 00:15:51 16
NICHOLAS TOOHEY 00:16:18 18
NICK LORENZ 00:17:13 29
CHRIS WEIER 00:17:28 34
JACKSON HAIGH DNF

Fitnance Bridge To Brisbane Results: 10km

Fitnance/2XU Bridge To Brisbane Results: 10km








Peter Nowill(2) 0:30:49
Jackson Elliot(4) 0:31:09
Jonathon Peters(6) 0:31:37
Daryl Crook(7) 0:31:43
Jay Twist(8) 0:31:45
Tom Kennedy(12) 0:32:41
Matt Carlsson 0:33:21
Michael Whiting(18) 0:34:01
Grant Williams (31) 0:35:52
Jared Hauschildt 0:42:52
Marissa Mahoney 0:39:57
Tanya Mathews 0:50:28
Yi Hu 0:51:33
Katerina Buzinova 0:53:42
Siobhon Costello
Elaine 0:49
Kristy Harnett 0:50
Laura 0:56
Andrew Jennings
Suzie 0:41

Bridge To Brisbane Results

Well done to all the FIT's in the 2010 Bridge To Brisbane.
The Fitnance/2XU Teams won both the 5km and 10km Teams Events for the fourth year in a row.
We finished with 7 out of the top 10 places in both events.
Thanks to Bocky and Jay for organising.
Pictured are Jackson Elliot 4th, Jonathon Peters 6th, Darryl Crook 7th, and Jay Twist 8th finishing the 10km event. Peter Nowill 2nd has just finished and is monkeying around in the foreground!