Urban Survivor Group Fitness creates and delivers unique and inspirational outdoor experiences for individuals, groups, charities and corporate customers. Specialising in outdoor group fitness, team building and adventure-based events, Urban Survivor will inspire and challenge all participants to challenge themselves.
As experts in the provision of health and fitness activities for all ages we offer a diverse range of programs that are tailored to meet our participants unique needs, including:
Group fitness
Boot camp
Corporate training
Birthday parties
Team building
Personal training
Cross training
___________Our Philosophy___________
Urban Survivor's philosophy is simple - we believe overcomingchallenges leads to change. We believe people must be pushed to new limits, both physically and mentally, if they are to gain new perspectives and reach new heights. And we have a distinct approach to all our participants. We do not do gloss. Instead we deliver hands-on activity solutions that are practical, relevant and affordable. We will motivate, we will inspire real change and we will deliver results.
REAL CHALLENGES = REAL CHANGE = REAL BENEFITS FOR ALL
Urban Survivor's programs will:
Improve Self Confidence and Self Awareness
Improve Strength, Fitness and Wellbeing
Encourage Weight Loss
Decrease Stress
Provide New Life Experiences
Increase Your Social Circle
Encourage Teamwork by Building Trust and Understanding Among Participants
Improve the Ability to Negotiate, Problem Solve and Overcome Challenges
Help Develop a Positive Self-Image
Guide Participants to New Levels, both Physically and Mentally
Encourage Participants to Realise their Full Potential
Ensure a Shared Positive Experience is Had By All
____________Our People______________
Urban Survivor's director and trainers bring together decades of experience in elite sports training for professional athletes, personal training for celebrities, corporate event management, gym management and ownership, adventure training and providing PT for the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Defense Forces. Between them they have achieved numerous titles at state and national level in sports such as athletics, rugby, acrobatics, tennis, and adventure racing. What's more they are professional, articulate and they know how to have fun.
A good instructor takes you where you want to go. A great instructor takes you where you never thought was possible.
Instructor Profiles
Jennifer Pender-Brookes
Jennifer has 18 years experience in event management and outdoor
recreation, having owned three sports and recreation-based businesses and travelled to fifty-four countries organising events
and activities for some of the world's wealthiest people. She is a
nationally registered Fitness Professional with Fitness Australia
(Certificate III and IV- Group Exercise, Personal Training, Children
and Older Adult) and a qualified Boxing, Pilates and Les Mills instructor. She also trains Certificate IV students for Fitnation. Jennifer
holds a business degree in Management and Marketing, a postgraduate in
Communications, and a certificate IV in Workplace Training and
Assessment. She is an experienced dive instructor, small ships captain
and watersports instructor and has competed at state and national level
in athletics, trampolining and acrobatics.
Stefan D. Rappazzo
Stefan is an experienced personal trainer and nationally registered fitness professional who has a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Management, and a certificate III and IV in Fitness (Group Exercise, Personal Training, Children and Older Adult), as well as the equivalent Canadian qualifications. He has vast experience in one-on-one and group training, specifically in core strength, plyometrics and martial arts. He has worked with a prominent Canadian sports team- the Toronto Blue Jays- where he conducted regular speed and agility training for two of their highest profile athletes. He is also a full-time teacher, a black belt in Hapkido (which he studied in Korea) and the coach and Director of Gold Coast Ultimate
Tony Friggo
Tony (The Machine) has a reputation as a tough, professional and superhumanly fit trainer. He works full-time on building sites in a very physically demanding
position, he teaches four hugely popular cardiofit/ boxercise classes a week that consistently attract 50+ participants, many of whom have been regulars for years, and when he teaches he does every single exercise along with the group. Every squat, every push-up, every sprint. Hundreds of them. Four times a week. Every week. When he is not working or teaching, Tony can often be spotted on an early morning beach run or cycle, always at full intensity. Tony has been a nationally registered Fitness Professional with Fitness Australia for 15 years (Cert III and IV- Group Exercise, Personal Training, Children, Aqua and Older Adult).
Sarah O'Connell
Sarah is an accredited and nationally recognised fitness professional (Certificate III and IV- Group Exercise, Personal Training, Children and Older Adult). For fifteen years she was a dancer and studied numerous disciplines including ballet, jazz, tap and hip hop. Then she discovered Muay Thai, a hard martial art often referred to as ‘The Science of Eight Limbs’ because it uses all eight weapons; that is, hands, feet, knees and elbows. After winning a number of fights Sarah is now training for the upcoming QLD titles under five time world champion John Wayne Parr. She is also an experienced boxing, muay thai and kettlebell instructor who recently trained the Titans players in the ‘hands-on’ intricacies of using a kettlebell, much to the envy of women everywhere.
Gerry Brookes
Gerry (Gez) is an ex-stunt man and has been a nationally registered Fitness
Professional with
Fitness Australia for six years (Certificate III and IV- Group Exercise,
Personal Training, Children, Aqua and Older Adult). A born and bred Gold Coaster, he loves the outdoors and has always
embraced an active lifestyle. He has competed at state and national
level in a number of sports such as soccer, bmx and dragonboat racing,
as well as holding multiple state and national titles in motorsports.
He is also a keen surfer, wakeboarder, skier and mountain biker.
