Testimonials

“Justin has been my personal trainer for a number of years. He has developed programs and worked with me weekly to maintain a satisfactory level of fitness despite my busy work and social life. He clearly understands all facets of his work and has a good technical understanding of all the matters that are needed to keep energised and healthy. His experience ranges across all age and fitness levels. He is also a pleasure to work with, certainly punctual and straightforward and honest in all his dealings. I highly recommend him.”

“Justin Moran is an excellent personal trainer and I would enthusiastically recommend his services. He helped me with posture and overall fitness, taking me through a fun, challenging and effective weekly routine. He also helped me to train for the 2004 and 2005 Great Victorian Bike Rides and he was an excellent cycling partner and volunteered to help out with the charity fundraising component of my involvement in both rides”.

I love training with Justin, he has a genuine passion for personal training and brings a great energy, focus and positivity to every session. Over a career of more than 20 years he’s accumulated a substantial knowledge base which means he can custom design training sessions to best suit the needs of each individual. Justin’s desire to keep learning means he’s always up to date with what’s happening in the industry – the good, the bad and the ugly. He knows which fads and trends to avoid and only employs proven, best practice techniques to create his interesting and varied training sessions. If you happen to bring an injury or niggle into your session Justin can easily accommodate it. His level of skill means he can modify any exercise on the go so you’ll train safely and always get the most out of your session.

“I strongly recommend Justin Moran as a personable, intelligent, highly expert personal trainer who takes a personalized, holistic and thorough approach to assisting you meet your fitness, diet, exercise and life-style goals. Justin meets you where you are at both in terms of coming to you at your home or work place, and careful tailors everything he does with you to your goals, level of fitness and abilities. He provides systematic and motivating feedback on progress. He’s a rare find.”

Daniel was my Personal Trainer for about 1 month.  At the start of my pre-season we came together and set a few goals.  I was seeing Daniel twice a week and he developed a few different programs for my body type that I could do away from my 2 sessions a week to enable me to achieve the goals set.  He clearly understood what I wanted to achieve and how we were going to get there.  I personally loved the intensity and drive Daniel would bring to the sessions as this made it easier for me to work hard. He had great drills that would sometimes include ball skills and boxing, and it was clear to see that he had experience in working with all ages.  Not only did I see him as my trainer but  I also saw him as a mate.  I achieved exactly what I set out to achieve with Daniel’s help and I wouldn’t be where I am now if it wasn’t for Daniel. I would not hesitate to recommend Daniel to anyone!

“I have had the pleasure of employing Justin as my personal trainer for the last nine weeks that I have been working in Melbourne, as an acrobat, with the Cirque du Soleil production, Quidam. I have been working a 10 show a week schedule and have found that Justin has greatly helped me challenge my fitness and strength levels and as a result, my body and energy levels have been increased. I have noticed a significant change in the appearance of my body, which, I have been pleasantly surprised by! It has been a really enlightening and fun experience to work with Justin and I would thoroughly recommend him to anyone looking for a fun way to be challenged!”

“I have been training with Justin for more than a decade. Within a matter of a few weeks, I began to see a significant change in my cardiovascular fitness and my body shape. Justin’s instruction is clearly a product of his years of experience as a personal trainer. His programs are varied, challenging and interesting. My sessions consist of a diversity of exercises, both weight training and aerobic. Despite injuries, illness and a busy professional life, Justin has designed programs to help me maintain my fitness and weight, achieve my goals and keep me coming back for more. Fitness is now an important and enjoyable part of my life. Best of all, Justin is a great guy and I cannot recommend him highly enough.”

“I made the decision to do something about my health just over a year ago. I felt overweight, lazy, tired, grumpy and thought that this was just normal for a working mum with 3 small children! The decision to do something about it came when I was asked by a colleague how long I had to go before the baby was born (3 years ago!!) and when a sleep study revealed that I had developed sleep apnoea – where being overweight was a major risk factor.

After a long history of trying different diets, I decided that I needed to undertake something that was more long term and focus on health rather than weight loss. I was recommended to Justin as someone who could help me.

At my first meeting with Justin, I told him not to put me on a treadmill, bike, or anything too strenuous and told him not even to attempt to use skinfold callipers on me! Now I am running 10-12 kms and look back a little embarrassed at my attitude!

I began training with Justin and immediately felt better about every aspect of my life. Justin was reassuring, encouraging and set small goals for me to reach, which to my astonishment, I actually did!

The training sessions are challenging, inspiring, often very funny and always make me feel as if I achieved something. Justin created a safe and nurturing environment and was incredibly encouraging. I enjoy going to the smaller style gym, which feels much more personal than some of the big ‘business’ gyms, and I really appreciate the fact that they are prepared to come to my home and set up training sessions there, when it is too hard to make it to the gym.

One of the biggest highlights has been the support he has provided me with my children. They are welcomed with open arms when circumstances force me to bring one or more to the gym with me, and at home sessions, Justin incorporates the kids into my training happily – which has made me see how I can do the same in my own training. He has become a true role model for my children, I sometimes have to sneak out to go to the gym as they always want to come and see Justin!

Justin is a remarkable person, who has helped me rediscover the joy of activity. I feel convinced that he has set me on a path for lifelong healthy habits, influencing not just me, but my family as well. Justin’s ability to motivate with his ‘never say never’ attitude (and bad jokes!) is well appreciated.

I am now 32 kgs lighter, I have a much reduced % body fat and have spent a fortune on new clothes!! I no longer need to use a CPAP machine for my now non-existent sleep apnoea and have reduced my antidepressant medicine to nearly nothing!

I would recommend Justin Moran to everyone! It has changed my life as well as my family’s life and I am thrilled that our lives are now much more physically active, not just with formal exercise, but with an massive increase in our ‘incidental’ physical activity during the day. We are all eating better and much happier in all aspects of life. Thanks!!”

I have been lucky enough to train with Justin for more than 4 years and I have nothing but praise and respect for him as a professional with passion, dedication and the utmost integrity in his craft.  He has been the most significant partner in my journey to a healthier me.  With the programs Justin tailored for me over the years, I have become active, flexible, have experienced less joint pain and shifted weight.  However, most importantly he is helping me to become the best person I can be in terms of diet, activity and step by step behaviour changes to a healthier view of myself and my lifestyle – this is all done without unrealistic expectations and without judgement.  I still have a way to go, but with the holistic approach Justin takes in my programs, I have no doubt I will be kept motivated, happy and injury-free to a successful outcome.

“It’s been a real pleasure to train with Justin (well except for those excessive bench step ups!). As our training group is a diverse one in terms of fitness levels and goals, we’ve really appreciated Justin’s expertise in managing the group and tailoring the training to suit each member. Justin knows how to get the best results out of each individual and is great at explaining the specific benefits derived from each exercise so the point of it all is always clear. Each session is well structured and sufficiently varied to keep things interesting. Justin has also been generous in providing extra advice and programs for us to work on outside of the PT sessions to assist with personal goals around training for events and, in some cases, recovering from injuries”.

Justin is a business professional and a very good personal trainer. In a short time frame Justin has motivated my staffing team – which is what I intended as a reward for the hard work and loyalty that my team gives to me. Justin has also shifted my thinking and feeling about my personal health. Worth every cent.

“I have only good things to say about Justin. I have studied and worked with Justin over many years, and his passion for bringing the best out of others continues to inspire those around him. Justin is a leader in his field, with the knowledge, expertise and experience to motivate and ensure success. He is professional and loyal to achieving the desired outcomes, but never forgets to have fun. If you commit to training with Justin you will achieve your goals and enjoy the journey”.

“Justin is an excellent personal trainer who has great ideas and makes the session results driven but most of all lots of fun – you forget that you are actually working hard at the same time.He manages to tailor the session to all levels of fitness and his knowledge and expertise in the area of health, fitness and muscular skeletal issues is second to none.”

“I worked under Justin Moran at Health by Design for over five years. In this time Justin was a very positive influence on me as a trainer and a person. He has a commitment to his staff and is always looking at ways to help them improve and develop. I would highly recommend Justin as a personal trainer as he is capable of getting the best out his clients in terms of results and lifestyle changes, as well as being able to keep sessions fun and enjoyable”.