Registered Fitness Professional

Marinus has extensive experience in the fitness industry, particularly around mobility, falls prevention, sarcopenia, and management of chronic conditions.
Marinus has trained in Strength for Life programs Stay Strong and Easy Moves, and has contributed to content used in COTA SA Falls Management presentations.
Marinus has worked across a number of Strength for Life sites as an Instructor and maintains his own site as a Provider.
We highly value Marinus as a key stakeholder in our network who has been heavily involved over the last 9 years in working to help older people live better.

Marinus is a great trainer who goes above and beyond with his clients.
He is a favourite with all our clients and does a great job in his assessment, group classes and one on one training.
We are very lucky to have him as part of our team and I would recommend him to anyone looking for a Personal Trainer or good Group Instructor

Marinus has been my personal trainer since August 2016. He has been a very supportive, encouraging and flexible trainer who has taken me through a number of stages. I initially recruited his help to lose weight and tone upper body in preparation for a wedding. Then he developed a plan to improve core and back strength as well as identifying significant flexibility issues for which he provided training and at home exercises. He was also able to help me rehabilitate from a rotator cuff injury and now is continuing to train me well into my second trimester of pregnancy. The work outs are always variable and interesting, and pushes me just enough without feeling at my limits. Highly recommend!

I got to know Marinus through my certificate III in fitness work experience program. He was really welcoming from the start and would even take the time in between lessons to mentor me. I would pick the exercise I wanted to learn more about and he would demonstrate and explain, outline common mistakes and then show me exercises to give to clients to remedy those mistakes. He has a pool of knowledge he can tap into at any time. His instructions are precise, safe and humorous. During his classes there’s always a lot of joking, a relaxed atmosphere and group feeling. Even after my work experience was done I joined his boxing classes for fun.
I would recommend Marinus’s classes to anyone.

Marinus is an excellent coach. He pushes hard, but recognizes physical limitations and encourages different exercises within those limitations. He has a unique ability to make exercise fun - I always look forward to his classes.

I spent 11 sessions buddied with and shadowing Marinus for work experience as part of my training with the Strength for LIfe program. My time with Marinus was invaluable and I learnt alot about functional movement, correct posture, core strength, balance and correct technique in regards to functional exercise and the remediation of musculo-skeletal weakness and postural imbalance. Marinus has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of corrective exercise and strength coaching as both a professional Personal Trainer and specialist SFL and Better Balance Instructor. Marinus is kind, approachable and positive and I would not hesitate to recommend him as both a PT and SFL Instructor.