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When It’s Time To Change

By Annette Shepherd

One of the magical things about training is that it teaches every client a very valuable lesson; if you knuckle down putting in the hard work and stay consistent with your actions, you can change your habits and turn your life around to achieve your ultimate goal or goals!

This was also my experience. In my 20’s I was placed in emergency housing for a week as I tried to find the next place to call my home. I had nothing. I was given a gift voucher to buy myself some clothes to attend a job interview for a temp agency to do admin work, which I thankfully got. When I did find myself a place to call home, I lived from month to month hoping enough work would come in to cover my rent.

I was also existing in my body. I wasn’t happy with the direction my life was heading in and I certainly wasn’t satisfied with what I had settled for or allowed myself to become either. I was sick of being in the rut of unhappiness.

Sometimes, all it takes is someone to show a little belief in your potential. But what are you willing to do to prove your potential? How deep are you willing to get into something to really benefit yourself. 50% for a 50% return? or 100% for a 100% return?

Starting a lifestyle change can be scary and overwhelming. 50% effort might be enough for where you’re at and it’s a good way to start getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.

For me personally, putting out 50% effort helped me realise I had created a false sense of fear based around change, and the walls I had put up were all just barriers to protect myself from failure or excuses to stop me from being disappointed or hurt again.

It made me start to wonder what was scarier? Settling for 50% effort and only being 50% happy with my life, or going all in 100% and doing everything within my power to succeed, because at 100% commitment, I couldn’t afford not to succeed!

So I chose 100% effort with 100% commitment and kept accepting the new opportunities I began attracting with the same attitude. Applying myself like this empowered me to become stronger, mentally and physically. I started with small things but before long, the choices I was making began scaring the pants off me and the scarier the opportunity, the bigger my smile became.

Getting myself a personal trainer and mentor was one of the best investments I could have ever made. Suddenly I had someone who helped me realise I was capable of more, encouraging me to do more and be better than I allowed myself to believe. I saw the beauty of my inner strength and I fell in love with the feeling of being empowered, by taking actions that helped me feel better as a person. No longer was I existing in my body, I had began living! As a trainer, it is truly the most rewarding experience to pass that gift on.

In 2015, we started tweaking the content in our 12 week challenges to include extra personalised coaching sessions plus added in so many more valuable lessons to help our clients reach their health and wellness goals and presented it in a way that brings about big shifts in their lives. Today we have all the information we taught in our 12 week challenge in our online membership Breathe Nourish Grow.

Here’s a poem from one of our local clients in Mt Evelyn sharing her own experience about change.

What Assist has meant to me in 2015.

Before this year you know I came

broken, hurt and tattered,

but I knew if I stayed on track with you

I wouldn’t leave so poor and battered.

And when I was at my emptiest point

when ASSIST became my HOPE,

with squats, and runs, and a few chest pulls

it became my grace to cope.

By watching ASSIST and seeing life

and watching You, my trainer,

that penny dropped of what I could have

which of course this was not a brainer.

We all deserve a HEALTHY life

a dream, a hope, a home,

to enjoy the life we can have in full

and never feel so alone.

My gratitude to you, is simply this

with all of the time you give,

I would never have changed or stepped out of pain

of a life I thought I’d live.

With 100% commitment, my life and the lives of many others have been able to change! We feel truly blessed to be able to offer a holistic service that offers a life changing experience for our clients!

Those of you who would like to join us for personal training or any of our online offers, pick up that phone and call us! Life’s to short to settle for anything but your best.

Assist Personal Training is home to Lilydale’s one on one personal training specialists.

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Let me take you on a little tour of our private training facility. 

We offer:
• 1 on 1 Personal Training (packages only)
• Life Coaching
• Personalised Nutrition
• Personalised Supplementation
• Energy Healing
• Breathwork
• Life Pattern Readings
• Food Sensitivity Testing 

Packages or once off sessions are designed to suit your individual needs. 

Entering the fitness industry in 2008, husband and wife duo Matt and Annette created this space in 2012. 

Everything is 100% tailored to you. With so many years of experience working closely with hundreds of clients, we're very good at picking up on what clients need and when. 

If you're looking for a transformational experience for your body, health and mindset or not seeing the results you'd like to achieve, reach out to us for a chat about how we can assist you. 

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Mental health first ✔️ #lilydalepersonaltrainer #motivationalquotes #mentalhealth #fitnessmotivation

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PEAK TIMES AVAILABLE for 2 weekly 1:1 PT sessions in a private boutique training studio.

This is an extremely rare opportunity so reach out if this is your time to act.

The times on offer are Mondays 6.30pm and Wednesdays 6.15pm available from next week.

Here's what I can tell you about training with Matt.

He cares about what's best for you.

He inflicts just the right amount of good pain while keeping your body safe.

He will help you keep your mindset focused and balanced and on track.

He will help you look, feel and function better.

We work in with other health professionals to ensure your health markers progress in the right direction.

We offer a very holistic service AND you get access to BOTH Matt and myself.

For more information on what I do, check out @body.mind.soul.wellness 

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Seeing results and creating a healthy lifestyle change has just got easier at Assist PT.

This 15 page booklet contains our best tips, action steps, easy to follow guides and recommendations after a joint effort of 27 years on our specialised paths in this industry.

We look forward to getting this resource into the hot hands of our clients.

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Yesterday we celebrated 10 years with our doors "officially" open at Assist PT.

It's been the best 10 years of our life! So many transformations for us and our clients.

Thank you for being part of the experience ❤️💪

On offer at the studio we have:

☆ 1:1 PT sessions
☆ Personalised nutrition support
☆ Personalised supplementation support for optimal health and wellness
☆ Life coaching
☆ Forensic Healing
☆ Physiotherapy
☆ Massage
☆ Breathwork
☆ For women looking for online support, @body.mind.soul.wellness offers a deep dive into your mind, body and soul inside Breathe Nourish Grow. A collaboration of all the goods we teach in our transformation programs with a nice drop off woowoo and energy healing.

Also, we've recently found out we haven't been receiving all our website enquiry emails. If you've enquired with us and were left hanging, we sincerely apologise. As of this afternoon the issue has been fully resolved.

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It's been a while between posts. With so much time during the past 2 years of lock down for the fitness industry, we were able to really take time and reflect with a clear mind what's important in our lives.

Providing a truly transformational service has always been our priority, to make as much of an impact as we can with the hope that what we teach and provide as an experience is something that can be valuable in our clients lives well after their days of finishing with us.

This is the space you get to train in all by yourself, just you and your trainer.

Your time with us is not just about keeping you accountable by having to meet regularly with an experienced trainer who has the foresight to guide and help you navigate through what makes you feel like you need to be accountable but also addressing your mental and physical health and wellness. 

Your body is the master communicator. It's always guiding you with messages to help you experience your best life imaginable - in all areas of your life.

Since returning we've added a whole lot of new equipment, replacing some of our very old original pieces.

Annette is now offering breathwork in addition to Forensic Healing and Applied Muscle Testing for personalised nutrition and supplemental support.

And we'd also like to officially welcome Jesse from @corenetichealth to our studio who available for physio appointments in Lilydale too.

Online, we are offering mindset coaching, forensic healing and the 8 week transformational program Breathe Nourish Grow with @body.mind.soul.wellness.

All PT sessions are still 1 on 1 with Matt Shepherd who is approaching 15 years building on his skills. He's also assisting with coaching again for the NBL1 Kilysth Cobras Men's team in 2022 too.

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