AN ANTIPODEAN
ADVENT
s a member
of the
International
Confederation
of Registers
for Exercise
Professionals (ICREPS),
UK-born Chris, who had
previously worked in
Australia outside of the
fitness industry, decided the
time was right in July of this
year to return Down Under
and continue his progression
within the world of fitness,
having become a personal
trainer in 2017 in England.
“I’m enormously passionate
about helping people feel
healthier and happier about
themselves and decided to
put my life’s fitness (and injury)
experiences to good use
for both me and for others,”
says Chris when talking of
his decision to move into the
Ever thought about
plying your trade
abroad; taking your
knowledge of the
fitness industry
and spreading your
wings? Qualified
Personal Trainer
and Exercise
Referral Specialist,
Chris Chatfield,
did just that when
he made the move
to Sydney with
the assistance of
the REPs direct
portability offer.
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fitness industry. “Throughout
my life I’ve been involved with
fitness – surfing every week,
playing football and rugby, and
competing at a state level as a
sprinter and hurdler.
“I did my PT qualifications with
the YMCA at Brighton Uni,
tutored by the inspirational
Trevor Clarke. I was then lucky
enough to get a role as a PT
in a Wave Leisure gym in East
Sussex. They really look after
their trainers, paying an actual
salary and removing the sales
element of being a PT, and they
actively help trainers improve
their professional development.
Whilst there I kept hearing
people say how they were too
intimidated by the ‘big gyms’
because they weren’t fit enough
or well enough, so at the end
of 2018, I completed an NASM