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
Health Retreats and Day Trips
Lectures and Seminars
___________Our Philosophy___________
Urban Survivor's philosophy is simple -We believe that
fitness is more than how you look; it is how you feel. We believe that
good habits are as easy to form as bad ones. And we
believe in training the body the way it was designed to move, using natural
motions, along with traditional training equipment, to achieve the most
effective workout possible.
_________The Survivor Effect__________
The physiological theory behind the Survivor Effect is known as excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC). This means that the more intense and varied your workout, the more calories your body will burn, both during and after exercise.
Instead of exercising longer, a few smart changes to an exercise routine can help boost weight loss and speed metabolism with shorter workouts.
Urban Survivor workouts are one hour of intense and diverse exercises that get dramatic results. During the course of any session, you will perform focused intervals of specific and varied drills and exercises that use your entire body, stimulate your metabolism and reshape your physique.
__________Survivor Theory___________
In the natural habitat of our ancestors, physical activity was not a preventative measure. It was a matter of survival. Our ancestors survived by hunting wild animals. This meant long periods of walking or jogging combined with short sprints and violent struggles.
Today, most scientists agree that genetically our bodies are virtually the same as they were 40,000 years ago. In short, our genes still “think” we are hunters and gatherers. Today, for optimal health, we must take note of our ancestors' movement patterns. So how do these patterns translate to modern times?
High intensity, intermittent training mixed with power walking or jogging is closer to how our ancestors lived than long bouts of aerobic exercise or inactivity.
Urban Survivor's programs will:
Decrease Fat
Increase Lean Muscle
Increase Muscle Definition
Increase Power and Strength
Decrease Stress
Improve Self Confidence
Provide New Life Experiences and Increase your Social Circle
____________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 over sixty 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.
