// ePT Authors
The Elite Personal Trainer course has been authored by some of Australia’s leading health and fitness specialists
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Nigel Champion, BHMSNigel is the Managing Director of Australian Fitness Network, Nigel is the author of the Fitness Leaders Handbook, Fitness Leader’s Exercise Bible and numerous other coaching and fitness texts. He is recognised as one of Australia’s leading fitness instructor educators. |
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Lisa Champion, MSc (ExSc)A multi-talented exercise specialist who trains clients suffering from pain, teaches Pilates, children’s movement classes and inspires equestrian athletes through her book Riding from the Inside Out. |
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Dr Robbie Parker, PhD MEdRobbie is the Head of the Children’s Hospital Institute of Sports Medicine in NSW, and is a leading authority for children and exercise, exercise programming for older populations and strength training research. |
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Amanda Eriksson, BA (Hons) DipEdAmanda has worked in the area of vocational education and training as a management consultant for the past 15 years. Amanda also has extensive experience training individuals and organisations, teaching them how to mange their businesses and human resources more effectively. |
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Andrew Verdon, MScAndrew is a personal trainer whose PT studio is an Australian Institute of Sport Satellite Training Centre. He is the conditioning coach for the Australian Olympic Yachting team and trains numerous athletes from a wide range of sports. |
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Merrin Martin, BSc (Physio)Merrin is a physiotherapist and rehabilitation specialist who operates her own physiotherapy clinic. She is currently authoring a book on injury identification, rehabilitation and programming and is a sought-after educator and trainer who specialises in Pilates. |
Rob Pickard, MScRob is the former national coaching director for Triathlon Australia and now regularly travels to the Middles East, India and Asia conducting Triathlon development programs. Rob is a specialist endurance conditioning coach who has trained many world ranked triathletes. |
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