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Congratulations Adro on your run and your graduation!

Adro set himself a goal  not too long ago and it was to be able to run 1 kilometre in 4 minutes. This meant that he had to get his running speed to 12 km/hr for that 4 minutes. You may remember that when he left The Biggest Loser house to train at home he couldn't even run for 4 minutes without stopping. And by the time he reached the finale he was able to average 9km/hr for 10km.

Well yesterday I recieved a text message from him telling me he'd done it. You could imagine how excited he must have been too. After so many years of being unfit, to now be described as 'athletic' must be a real buzz!

But the attainment of this goal coincided with the achievement of a much bigger goal. Yesterday Adro graduated from his Certificate IV in Fitness course which means he is now a qualified personal trainer!

So Adro, well done on the run and well done on the graduation!

Personal Training and Fitness Instructor Courses

I'm also in the process of setting up a team to start providing education for aspiring fitness instructors and personal trainers. We'll be providing courses such as:

• Certificate 3 in Fitness
• Certificate 4 in Fitness
• Boxing
• Weight Loss
• Boot Camp

Keep an eye on these sites to stay informed:

http://www.personaltrainingeducation.com

http://www.fitnesstrainingcourses.com

New Pregnancy, Birth, and Child Web Site

My wife Carol has just started a new site that will provide comprehensive information on everything related to conceiving, stages of pregnancy, giving birth, and raising (young) children. I know everyone likes chatting about their own experiences so we'll be running some competitions with some cool prizes.

The address is: http://www.pregnancytobirth.com

Ray

Chris Garling - The Biggest Loser 2007

Well I haven't got around to posting about my experience trainng Chris Garling yet so I thought I'd just pop in for a very brief outline.

Chris started training out of the house with 'The Commando' (Steve Willis). Those 8 weeks not only helped Chris drop about 30kg but also set him up mentally for his time in the house.

Once in the house he was training with Shannan Ponton. Being in the house wasn't that great for Chris psychologically as he was basically on his own. This ended up being a strength for him and over those 8 weeks he dropped another 30kg. He was now leading the final 3 but he didn't have much left to lose and Marty Barrett did!

This is when I met him. I hadn't seen him on TV but when he told me of his losses I was blown away. I thought that the next 7 weeks would be pretty easy as he only had another 10kg that he could lose. But nothing could be further from the truth. On coming out of the house Chris, like most people, found it hard to adapt back into normal life and soon found himself at 97kg. Our training sessions were great but outside of those he was struggling. His weight constantly fluctuated between 89kg and 97kg due to days off training and night time binges.

The final 2 weeks were paramount so we removed him from his home environment. This did the trick and he never looked back!

Fundraising Weekend in Tamworth

Adro, Chris, and I went away this past weekend to help raise awareness and funds for 'The Friends Of Nioka' in Tamworth. This is a group of local residents who get together to make life a little easier for those people spending their last days in the palliative care section of Tamworth Hospital, Nioka. Chris and Adro wanted to use this as an opportunity to thanks the people of Tamworth for their fantastic hospitality during our training camps in the lead up to the finale in season 1 and 2 of The Biggest Loser Australia.

We started with a charity lunch with many, many prizes. We then provided a free training session in one of the local parks which was a load of fun. I've got some pictures and movies and I'll get them up when I get the chance.

One of the prizes from the lunch was a dinner with Chris and Adro. The winner had a bbq organised for that night so we all decided to go there.

A special thank you to Graham and Marlene Manvell from sSs Steakhouse for providing loads of help over the weekend.

Ray