Client Testimonials
Fitness Goal Personal Training would like to share the positive feedback received from our satisfied and grateful personal training clients.
Our clients come from a wide range of professional and personal backgrounds and our Melbourne based personal training team is pleased to have had a positive influence on their health and fitness.
Read on and see what our clients have to say!
“I’ve been training with Fernando Solis for only 3 months and I have already achieved significant results. I’ve trained with other Personal Trainers in the past, but have never had the same success – I can honestly say that.”
“After having spent 2 months through the middle of 2011 overseas, I returned home with a ‘little’ excess baggage so to speak. I exercised very little and indulged in great food and delicious cocktails!”
“In only 3 months I am actually weighing less than before I left, and at 34 yrs of age my body has never looked better. I also came back home with a lower back injury (due to lugging around all the extra shopping from NYC). Fernando has also helped with this recovery and I am now able to continue with my love of pole dancing and aerial hoop, which I never thought would be possible after the severity of my back injury!”
“Fernando is very passionate and enthusiastic when it comes to training and has helped me reach my goals, he has motivated me to the point where I now want to take my training to a new level.
Thanks Fernando for your help to date and I look forward to continuing to work together.”
Daniela Motta – Banking and Finance
“Fernando has trained and prepared me for soccer both physically and mentally for several seasons. I’ve had experience in Italy with top level conditioning coaches and his knowledge and expertise are as good as anyone I’ve had in Europe.”
“I can’t see him as often as I’d like anymore so I took up his online conditioning service. I have my own specific program, full training schedule and recovery sessions. I even have access to videos to help me remember the exercises.”
“I wasn’t sure of what to expect but it’s the next best thing to 1 on 1 sessions with him. I wouldn’t train with anyone else but Fernando.”
Emmanuel Kambouris – Soccer Player
“Fernando, thanks for mentoring me and getting my ‘football mind’ and soccer career back on track.”
“Thanks to you, I have a trial for the Victorian State Squad and have been asked to trial with 3 different club sides for the upcoming season. I’m also vice-captain for my FFV Summer League team.”
“I’d just like to thank you heaps for getting my career back on track.”
Sam McCall – Youth Soccer Player
“I’m writing to you to tell you that the rehabilitation program you prescribed for me went well. I have been training every second day, but not too intensely.”
“Its all perfect so far, I can hardly feel any pain in my leg. I only feel pain when I increase the training intensity, but I`m avoiding hard training until I fully recover as you advised. I was able to go to my local recreation center with some friends and play football – Everything was perfect!”
“Thanks again for the help. I just wanted to let you know I am doing very fine, much thanks to you.”
Aleksander Dimovski – Soccer Player
“I’m a 17 year old soccer player suffering from Osgood-Schlatters disease in my left knee and was referred to Fernando by a friend after coming from Chile in early 2011. For the last couple of years I’ve experienced pain in my sub patellar tendon, which has greatly affected my ability effectively train and play soccer. I felt that my dream of being a professional player was fading away.”
“In Chile I saw various specialists and received ongoing physiotherapy treatment that alleviated but did not cure my knee pain. I was becoming very frustrated with the injury and felt all the treatments I tried were getting me nowhere.”
“After working with Fernando for 2 months in his Bourke Street Melbourne Gym, I have gradually become stronger through my legs and my knee pain has greatly subsided. I feel for the first time that I’m well on the way to a full recovery and am now training several times per week with the Green Gully U/21 team in the Victorian Premier League.”
“His strength and conditioning approach to my recovery was different to what I had previously experienced and I’m now feeling better than ever!”
“Gracias Fernando”
Italo Omegna – Student and Soccer Player
“Fernando was brought into the Australian Bocce training set up to assist develop the fitness and strength of the athletes in the national development program. He started training and setting the conditioning for us to follow in May 2011.”
“A month later I set a new national record for the mens progressive throw event!
The flexibility and strength work has helped heaps, thanks for all your work to date.”
“Hope you come with us to the World Championships in October.”
Santo Pascuzzi – Engineer and National Bocce Representative
“My main health and fitness goal with was to improve my overall strength and increase muscle tone. I sit in an office all day, which leaves me very inactive throughout the day.”
“Initially, I was sceptical about the idea employing a personal trainer. I had attempted training alone over the past few years and had never been completely satisfied with my results – I found this very frustrating.”
“I was also nursing hip bursitis, which had begun to refer pain to my knees and ankles.”
“In my first month with Fernando I lost 3kg’s and was feeling more energised and motivated than ever. I experienced a massive improvement in my overall strength, and particularly through my hips that was previously a problem area. Fernando was able to provide enjoyable, functional and effective training that achieved results. His training style accommodated for my injuries and I’m now starting to experience less pain.’
“He’s been training me for 8 weeks and has educated me along the way, as well as answering all my health and fitness related questions.”
“If you are looking for a personal trainer I highly recommend Fernando before trying out anyone else – Thanks Fernando your awesome could have done it without you!!!”
Kara Hambrook Administrative Assistant
“I’ve been training with Fernando for 18 months and have noticed a significant improvement in my level of fitness and ability to push myself harder. Fernando has taken the time not only to train me, but to give me the theory and knowledge to understand why certain exercises work and what really gets results. I feel more energetic now and make more time to exercise that ever before.”
Jessi Keyte – Banking & Financial Services
“I have been training with Fernando fortnightly for over a year and always find his workouts to be challenging as well as having a lot of variety. As someone who exercises regularly, it is great to have a trainer who pushes your boundaries, takes you out of your comfort zone, and encourages you to get the very best out of every session.”
Stacey Sanders – Personal Assistant
“When I first decided to change my health and life style I was a size 16. I had just been through a number of life changing experiences including a divorce. I started my journey by surfing the internet looking for a fitness professional to help me improve my choices.”
“I found the Fitness Goal Personal Training web site and sent through a query. Within a few hours I was matched up with Fernando Solis who in turn became my trainer. After our first consultation I signed up for twenty sessions. He listened to my needs and we set the goals I wanted to achieve. Not only did he set up a weekly exercise program for me, but he also set up an eating plan and referred me to a physio to help me with my knee injury.”
“Fernando also referred me to a friend who held a meditation group, which helped clear my head after my divorce. Within a couple of weeks I was well on my way to connecting my mind, body and soul. My lifestyle and eating choices changed quickly. I trained with Fernando three times a week and I was also going to my local gym on the days I was not training with him. I felt confident when training on my own as he made the program easy to follow.
Training with him three times a week kept me focused and he would push me to limits I had not achieved in the past.”
“Twenty weeks later I had dropped to a size 10-12 and resigned as I saw the value of having him as part of my health regime. When I first started training I thought that having a trainer was expensive. Now I realize that I save a lot more money on healthy food choices and have greatly cut down negative lifestyle choices which were adversely affecting both my physical and mental my health.”
Eva Rachwalski – School Teacher
“Fitness Goal Personal Training not only improved my general fitness and core strength, but it also helped me loose excess weight. The support and information in relation to my day to day diet ensured I had the necessary energy to complete a training session after a long day at work.”
Thanks Fernando
Alex McHarg – Construction Management
“I have trained with Fernando for about 7 months, he is always seems to have new training idea’s to keep the sessions interesting, meaning you have no idea what you are going to be doing from session to session. Just don’t let him show you the duck walk! I am well on the way to my target weight loss and have to attribute that to Fernando’s ability to push me beyond my comfort zone!“
Andrew Wynn – Banking and Finance
“After I broke my olecranon (elbow) last year, I included fitness sessions with Fernando along with regular physiotherapy sessions. The physio reported that I had one of the worst breaks he had seen, but achieved one of the best recoveries. I put this down in part to the activity Fernando and I worked on together.”
“Having weekly PT sessions booked also motivates me to work on my fitness between sessions.”
“My blood pressure was increasing with occasional peaks up to 160. When I was told there was some bleeding in my eyes I got enough of a scare to join a gym. After 18 months of fitness training, including weekly PT sessions I’m now back to my old levels of 120 on 80.”
“I also became accustomed to living with back pain for almost 10 years and that has now gone too!”
Bruce Black – Bank Project Manager
“I found Fernando to be an innovative and highly motivating PT! He inspired me with his knowledge and passion for all things fitness. When I was having a down day I’d get a text or email to see how I was doing and to encourage me to keep up with my fitness goals.
I loved that he taught me functional compound exercises, working many areas at once, rather than your “same old same old” routines.
I would highly recommend anyone needing a lift or change of routine to go and see Fernando!”
Helen Warden – Education Administration
Fernando Solis is available for personal training sessions at Fitness First in Melbourne’s CBD.
For a consultation send us an email or contact Fernando directly on 0419 326943