Hi! I'm Jim Leppik. I operate "James Fitness Geelong Mobile Personal Training." I am a Geelong
personal trainer, and service all Geelong areas. Very glad to meet you.
ABOUT ME
I am a qualified Exercise Physiologist having attained a Masters Degree at Victoria University in
2005. I am also a qualified Pilates Instructor, qualified Swiss Ball Instructor, qualifed Remedial
and Sports Massage Therapist together as attaining a Certificate of Rehabilitation.
I have been personal training now for 10 years working with a large variety of different
clients in that time. I work with clients of all ages and abilities, young and old, beginners to
the fit, established clients. I am very proficient in all forms of personal training. One-on-one
personalised training sessions can be designed and implemented for rehabilitation and functional
core stability, improved general and aerobic fitness, increased physical strength, weight loss,
depending on what goals the client would like prioritised. Versatility is a real strong point. I bring
a real multitude of different, unique skills and ideas help enable my clients to advance to the next
level.
You can read further about my clients under "My Personal Training Clients" on Page 2.
My greatest strength as Personal Trainer is my outstanding knowledge of the human body, how it
functions but, more importantly, how and why it dysfunctions or doesn't function as it should.
Those dysfunctions cause injury or impaired physical performance due to fitness/fatigue. As seen
above and below I have the skills and background to properly rectify those dysfunctions with a
highly specific exercise routine to suit your needs.Those needs may range from better coping with
general, everyday activities through, to recovery from injury, to improved physical performance.
For many years I have been coach of race walkers from basic grass roots to a very high level,
including elite. I have written/still writing training programs for national champions and
medalists from here in Australia, to the USA, New Zealand, England, Hungary and Lithuania. I've
had my 5th racewalker not long ago selected to represent their country in the last 2 years, and
that's from 5 separate country's too, Australia, Lithuania, Hungary, New Zealand and the USA.
Those events two World Cups, one European championship, two European Cups, three Pan
American Racewalking Cups, A Pan American Championship and now the World Track and Field
Championships (see below). I also help other racewalkers from various countries with many
aspects of their training both on and off the track. That includes advice with their training
programs, core stability, muscle strength and activation as well as correcting muscle imbalance
and biomechanical gait.
In some very exciting news one of my walkers, Kelly Ruddick, has been selected for the 2015
World Track and Field Championships held in Beijing in August. This puts her in line for a
chance at representing Australia at the 2016 0lympic Games. At the age of 42 she becomes oldest
Australian athlete ever to be selected for the World Championships. Kelly holds the women's 40-44
age world record, represented at the 2014 world Racewalking Cup, and led the 2013 Australian
and Commonwealth rankings over 20km after winning the Winter Nationals.
Just recently I was interviewed on the American racewalking site www.racewalk.com. The link
can be found here http://www.racewalk.com/Interviews/2013_JimLeppik.asp.
You can read more about my walkers under "My Racewalkers" on pages 5-7.
Besides being qualified to Personal Train and Coach as well as an Exercise Physiologist, I am also a
qualified Massage Therapist. In the past 18 years my clientele have included Olympic and
Commonwealth Games athletes. I am also a qualified Mat Pilates Instructor, Swiss Ball Instructor,
both of which I have have employed to the benefit of my athletes/clients many times, and have a
Certificate in Rehabilitation.
My qualifications include........
* Exercise Physiologist
(Masters Degree)
Below is a link to my research found in the Journal of Applied Physiology, the world's leading Physiology Journal.
http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/reprint/97/4/1414?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&author1=leppik&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT
* Exercise and Sports
Scientist
(Graduate Diploma)
* B.A.Psychology
* Personal Trainer
(Certificate iv, fully
insured)
* Track and field coach (Racewalking)
* Mat Pilates Instructor
* Swiss Ball Instructor
* Diploma of Remedial
Massage
* Certificate of Sports
Massage and Therapy
* Certificate on Rehabilitation
With my extensive background and qualifications I'm certainly prepared and ready to help you attain your goals whatever they may be.
Look forward to meeting you.
Jim.
James Fitness-Mobile Personal and Group Training
ABN 54 436 077 483.
James Leppik - Geelong Personal Trainer/Exercise Physiologist 
