I have helped 100’s of people optimize their Health, Performance and Life by personal coaching.
The timeline of my career traces my journey from 1983, when I joined the Australian army, through to my current role, coaching clients to optimise their life. I have included some of my athletic achievements to show that you can get faster, stronger, leaner and healthier as you get older.
USA Triathlon Level I Certified Coach
Triathlon Australia Development Coach
ICF Leadership PPC Level Coach
A Primal Health Coach – Primal Health Coaching Institute USA
MAF Institute Foundation Graduate MAF Coach
Certified Low Carb Healthy Fat Coach Real Meal Revolution
Holds Cert 3 & 4 in Personal Training and Allied Health
The Army
1983-1991
1983
Joined the Australian Army – Aged 18
1987
Graduated from Royal Miltary College Duntroon
1989
Completed the Special Air Service Regiment Selection course
1991
Deployed to Cambodia with the Australian Army Force Communications Unit in
Corporate Life
1999-2011
1999
Joined Cisco Systems – Corporate Life Starts
1999
On Leaving the Army my weight was ~66kgs
2008
Melbourne Half Marathon Motivation to run more was my close to ~80kgs
2009
Great Ocean Road Half Marathon
2009
Melbourne Half Marathon
2010
Great Ocean Road Half Marathon
2010
Melbourne Half Marathon
2011
Great Ocean Road Half Marathon
2011
Melbourne Marathon (avg HR 141 Max HR 156 ) 3:46:13
2011
Gold Coast Half Marathon
Rock Bottom
2012-2014
2012
Joined Samsung Australia – Life totally Changed
2012
Gold Coast Half Marathon
2012
Canberra Marathon
2012
Melbourne Marathon
2013
Melbourne Half Marathon
2014
After years of running 70kms a week and following conventional stupidity I struggled to lose much weight hanging around 74-78kgs
2014
Great Ocean Road Half Marathon
2014
Melbourne Half Marathon
Nov 2014
My life Changed I realised I was following the wrong advice
2014
Health serverly impacted – Left work – Slept for 6 months
Looking for the Answers
2014-2015
2015
New York marathon – Soldieron Charity Coached 10 Runners in total we raised over $138K
2015
International Coaching Federation – ACC Certified
March 2015
Eating Low Carb for 4 months down to 69kgs
June 2015
50th Birthday made the transition into racing 70.3 Ironman Triathlon
June 2015
Fitness Australia Personal and Group Fitness Certified
2015
Gold Coast Marathon
Aug 2015
Steady Weight of 65kgs till now!
2015
New York Marathon – Soldieron Charity Coached 10 Runners in total we raised over $138K
2015
Melbourne Marathon
Learning, Education, Consolidation & Lycra
2016
Feb 2016
Geelong 70.3 Ironman
2016
Gold Coast Half Marathon
June 2016
Completed the Real Meal Revolution Low Carb Coaching Course.
In 2016
the 6 months of coaching LCHF saw me work with 10 clients that lost a total of 80kg
2016
Melbourne Marathon
2016
New York Marathon
2016
International Coaching Federation – ICF PCC level Coach Certified
Nov 2016
Susan Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
Nov 2016
USA Triathlon Coaching Level 1 Certified
Dec 2016
Ballarat 70.3 Ironman
May 2016
Busselton 70.3 Ironman
Coaching Clients & Coaching Coaches Full Time
2017 – 2020
Nov 2016
Susan Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
Feb 2017
Susan Certified Gluten Practitioner
Feb 2017
Geelong 70.3 Ironman
March 2017
Triathlon Australia – Triathlon Development Coach Certified
May 2017
Busselton 70.3 Ironman
June 2017
Cairns 70.3 Ironman
August 2017
Boulder 70.3 Ironman 70.3 World Championships Chattanooga USA (quaified and attened Word championships after only 6 races and 2 years)
2017
Melbourne Marathon (avg HR 125 Max 153) 8 years later and 7mins faster (3:39:00)
Feb 2018
Geelong 70.3 Ironman
May 2018
Busselton 70.3 Ironman – 1st Ever DNF Grade 2 Calf Tear
Dec 2018
Taupo 70.3
Feb 2019
Geelong 70.3 Ironman
Jun 2019
Cairns 70.3 Ironman
Sep 2019
Sunshine Coast 70.3
Dec 2019
Taupo 70.3 12min PB
June 2020
Placed 3rd/553 (73/5443 Gender) (89/11504 participants) in Comrades Virtual 10km Race Global Event 40.54min Pace 4:04 per km
October 2020
Completed individual Marathon during COVID-19 3h:27mins 15min PB. Avg HR 126 avg Pace 4:55 per km 2/3rds of the run was into a 50km Hr headwind
October 2020
Completed the Phil Maffatone Foundation MAF course
Health and Wellness Speaking & Events
2020 – 2021
Jan 2020
Corporate Health Coaching Program for Dell Technologies Canberra
June 2020
Corporate Program for 60 In House Legal Counsel
December 2020
Podcast speaker for Low Carb USA – Innovative concepts to reach your patients
Jan 2021
Break out session speaker for Low Carb USA – BOCA conference – Mindset and Motivation for Longevity
Jan 2021
Speaker at the Conscious Entrepreneur Live Summit – International on line event
March 2021
Speaker at the World Nutrition Summit – – Mindset and Motivation for Longevity
March 2021
Geelong 70.3 1st race post COVID-19
I have had the pleasure working with Andre during the last 3 months. I was really stuck in a rut and got caught on the conventional wisdom treadmill. I desperately wanted to increase my energy and lose some unwanted kilos. So I did what I thought was “right”. I ran harder, rode further pushing myself to fatigue and then ate more and pressed repeat! Sadly I was feeling more tired than ever and my weight didn’t reduce on the scales. In fact it went up…WHAT!!!
I contacted Andre when my wedding was fast approaching and my current ‘healthy’ eating and crazy gym habits didn’t seem to be giving me the results I wanted.
I decided to join Andre’s program following a post Christmas splurge on alcohol and sugar. My reasoning was that I could not put a price on my health and my physique. I had been training and dieting for many years. I own a gym and have a formal qualification in fitness, but no matter what I did I could not get my weight below 72kgs.
The catalyst for my decision to work with Andre was my (rapidly) declining performance on the hockey field. I am certainly no superstar but I was nowfinding myself extremely frustrated with my inability to play like I knew I could. I set a measurable goal of making the Australian over 50 team to compete in the Masters World Cup in 2020. This is a team I had made the reserve list for previously but had not been selected at all in 2018.