Meet the Pure Fitness Team!

Kia ora! Hey! Wuz up!

I'm Alma, Head Coach and Owner of Pure Fitness Korumburra. I started in the Fitness Industry in 2016 as a fitness instructor. Which then lead to creating Pure Fitness with a business partner in 2017. From starting in a small room in the Korumburra Basketball Recreation Centre while we set up a small gym in town, and now growing into a factory in the industrial area. It has been an absolute journey and learning experience, and with that, I officially took over full ownership of Pure Fitness in November 2022.

I'd like to say I'm the boss (but everyone knows Tara is and I would be absolutely lost without her!) As Head Coach and Owner my role is a long list of everything lol!

Everyone that knows me, knows I love to train my biceps, triceps and chest. I also love burpees! I'm not a fan of training my legs...yuck!

I love my RnB and heavy metal while working out. Slipknot, System of the down and Korn being my absolute bangers for lifting heavy... and relaxing too!

I'm a doggo person and have a staffy called Buddy, he was well known for escaping and travelling around the town!

Something random about me is I LOVE crystals, plants, astrology and the moon. Or as some like to say, I have witchy voodoo vibes. 

I'm Tara, or as most people would know me as Alma's work and personal assistant! I organise all the behind the scenes work that keeps the gym running. I'm also currently completing my qualifications to be a trainer, with hopes to further study getting back into fitness postpartum.
 

For a workout, I’m definitely going to head towards training my back and shoulders the most! Face pulls are one of my favourite exercises, but anything that focuses on strengthening my back muscles I’m keen for. You will not see me training my biceps unless I’m being forced to by Alma or one of the trainers!!

My music to relax and workout doesn’t really change, I’m into a bit of everything, from pop, country and rap! 

Dogs any day of the week! Sorry, I am not a cat person at all and I’m pretty sure they know that and that’s why they always come over to me! We have a Jack Russell Bonnie and I also claim my brothers dog Dex who is a blue heeler x kelpie. 

I have no idea on something that’s interesting you may not know about me…. But somethings you may not know, is I’m a crazy Sydney Swans Supporter with my family - which does include road tripping to Sydney to watch games and something that my partner probably gets sick of,  is I’m a huge control/organisational freak! 

Hi! My names Jo and I'm one of the Personal Trainers here at Pure Fitness. I've been here for over a year now and enjoy taking members through group fitness classes and PT sessions. 

My favourite exercise is a pull up or anything that works the shoulders and back. My least favourite is running on the treadmill, I would much rather run outdoors. When I'm working out, I like to listen to techno, dance, pop music or anything with a good beat and makes you move.

I'm definitely a dog person, always having grown up with dogs. I currently have a kelpie x lab who would chase the ball all day if he could. 

I love a fun challenge and have completed 2 tough mudders, 1 Spartan race and I've been sky diving twice. 

Amber here, I'm a Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor here at Pure Fitness! 

I am also a Support Worker and have been lucky enough to combine my passions in taking an exercise class for young adults living with disabilities, which I absolutely adore. 

My favourite exercise would have to be pendlay rows or cable face pulls - back everyday! Slam balls are by far my most hated exercise, I am not a cardio girly!

My workout playlist and relaxing playlist is pretty much the same. Heavy metal, rock, punk and a bit of divorced Dad rock for good measure. 

I am a dog lover through and through, nothing can beat big dog cuddles. 

One thing you may not know about me is that I am a sucker for an escape room, and I;m pretty good at them too! 

Hi, I'm Mandy! Some people call me the energiser bunny. 

I work at Pure Fitness taking Step, Zumba, Core and Fit n Feisty classes. I LOVE it!

My favourite exercise is running and I really love working on my abs and core. I HATE BURPEES!

I love all kind of music... upbeat and energetic for workouts and classical when relaxing. 

I have a whippet called Watson and a cat called Wingnut. Love them heaps!

One thing you may not know about me is that I can play the piano.

Hi, I'm Saige!

I'm a trainer here at Pure Fitness, I have been on leave for a few months as I recently had a beautiful baby girl. I'm sure you'll be seeing me a lot more soon!

I love a good HIIT style workout to get my heart rate up, and my favourite muscle group to train is glutes. I hate push ups and pull ups but want to love them one day!

Usually my go to music at the gym is heavy rock and hardcore, but also listen to rap, throwback pop EDM and sometimes listen to podcasts when exercising. My day to day playlist is similar, I also quite like music from the 60's and 70's. 

I do like cats, but I absolutely love dogs! 

I have background in hair and beauty, working as a hairdresser for 8 years before studying PT. 

Hi, I'm Lani!

I'm a trainer at Pure Fitness, while still studying my Bachelor of Fitness down in Melbourne!

I love training my core, glutes and love a cheeky HIIT class! But my all time favourite exercise to do is anything with the battle ropes. I absolutely HATE burpees, especially burpee pyramids (thanks Amber), I also don't like training my legs. 

My go to music to listen to is anything to do with Dom Dolla (which some of you probably know from my classes), Fred again and anytime of throw back bangers. Usually when I'm relaxing, studying or when it's summer, my go to are Ocean Ally, Mac DeMarco, Hayden James, Tame Impala and Jungle Giants.

I'm definitely a dog person but don't mind cats. 

I have two fur Dalmatian fur babies, a boy Leo and a girl Zara.