PERSONAL TRAINING GEELONG REGION
Hi! I'm Jim Leppik. I am a Geelong Region Personal Trainer. I operate "James Fitness Geelong
Mobile Personal Training " 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 13 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. Versatility is a real strong point. I bring a real multitude of different,
unique skillsand ideas help enable my clients to advance to the next level. 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, correcting muscle imbalance and biomechanical
gait, all depending on what goals the client would like prioritised.
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). This includes Kelly Ruddick, holder of 3 world age group records,
making the team for the World Track andField Championships team in Beijing at age 42 the oldest
female Australian athlete ever to be selected for the World Championships. At World Masters
Athletics Championships, my athletes have won 33 medals, including 20 gold medals. 4 of those
walkers I coach/previously coached broke world records under my coaching, Kelly Ruddick, Lyn
Ventris, Heather Carr, all current holders, and Erin Taylor-Talcott as former holder.
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.
I was interviewed in 2015 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 
