Working with Celeste and Lift is an investment in my future wellbeing and healthy ageing that I will never regret.
Catherine Reilly
Strength for every stage of your career
Personal training in Marrickville for busy professionals — from your first desk job to the years running the show.
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everyday athlete
Lifting for the demands of working life
Personal Training for
Starting Out
Build the training habit before the calendar fills up
The best time to start was yesterday. The second best is now.
Early in your career the hours are long and the habits you set stick for decades. Structured, coached training builds the strength, posture and routine that make the next twenty working years easier — and it’s far simpler to keep a habit than to start one at forty.
Personal Training for
The Desk Years
Undo the sitting, rebuild the strength
Long days at a desk take more than they give back
Back-to-back meetings, notifications and hours in a chair leave your hips tight, your back grumpy and your energy flat. Training reverses the toll — strength and mobility work that undoes the sitting, rebuilds your posture and gives you energy for the parts of the day that matter.
Personal Training for
High-Pressure Seasons
Training that holds you together when work gets loud
The busier the season, the more the hour matters
Deadlines, travel and big deliverables are exactly when training gets dropped — and exactly when you need it most. Your coach builds sessions around your calendar and adjusts week to week, so consistency survives the crunch and you sleep, think and cope better through it.
Personal Training for
Returning to Training
Coming back after a break, without the boom and bust
It's not starting over — it's starting smarter
Whether work squeezed training out for six months or six years, we meet you where you are and build back gradually. Expect steady, unhurried progress that fits around the job — no punishing comeback weeks, just strength that accumulates.
Training that gives back more than it takes
Physically, expect to rebuild what the desk takes — a stronger back and hips, better posture, and energy that lasts past 3pm. Programs are private and personalised, and your coach adjusts them week to week around deadlines, travel and how you’re actually sleeping.
Mentally, training is an hour with no inbox. Expect lower stress, clearer thinking and better sleep, with a coach who keeps you consistent when the calendar tries to win — steady progress you can feel within the first few weeks.
Built for women. Built for men.
The demands on your body are different — so the training should be too. Explore the pathway built for you.
For women
Strength, stress management and hormonal health through every career stage — training built around the realities of women’s health.
For men
Strength, heart health and energy for the years work leans on you hardest — build a base that holds up at your desk and beyond.
Not sure where to start?
Book a free consult and we'll map out the right pathway for your stage of family life — personal training, exercise physiology or a mix of both.
Your team of expert PTs ready to help you lift for life.
Cathy Lloyd-Prowse
Personal Trainer
Older Adults Specialist
Daniel Walsh
Personal Trainer
Strength & Conditioning
Laura Diaz
Personal Trainer
Exercise Science
Nigel Apostel
Personal Trainer
Strength & Conditioning
Kris Mount
Managing Director, Head Trainer
BExSc(Hons), MClinExPhys, AEP, AES
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your studio
Your premium training space in Marrickville
12/76B Edinburgh Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204
View MapNo queues for equipment. No distractions. Just you, your EP, and the tools you need to get back to your best. Our Marrickville studio is purpose-built for focused, one-on-one exercise sessions.
Happy Lifters
Sometimes people say things about our service, studio and smiley faces. We're super proud to show them off.
Tim is a delight, is very clever and knowledgeable, is genuinely interested in my progress
Jaculin Kearney
I couldn't be happier with my choice to join Lift. … I'm still thrilled with the results. 10/10.
Greg C
If you want results and a few laughs along the way, Tim’s your guy.
Kimberlie van Oudheusden
If you are looking for a trainer who is at the highest level, look no further than Kris & the Lift Inner West team.
Jason Urbanowicz
Have been training with Kris over the past year, he is absolutely fantastic!
Alex
Kris is great … after the 8 weeks, I went from 20% body fat to 16.8%.
Flo F
Jeremy O'Connor
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Book a consult
A free phone call is the easiest first step.
We'll talk through where you're at, what you're working towards, and whether a personal trainer or an exercise physiologist is the right fit.
No pressure, no commitment.
— Free initial phone call
— No lock-in contracts
— Medicare, DVA & NDIS eligible
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Tell us a little about you, what service you need and we'll be in touch to organise a time for a consult down at our studio.
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What's the difference between personal training and exercise physiology?
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