I’m Rachael — but you can call me Rach! I’m the owner of Ivy Training, and I’ve been passionate about strength training and nutrition for more than 15 years.

I launched Ivy Training in 2020 with a simple goal: to help more people (particularly women) discover just how powerful strength training can be. Combined with a balanced, well-structured approach to nutrition, resistance training can transform far more than just the way you look. It can improve your health, build confidence and create habits that support you for years to come.

My own journey with fitness didn’t start that way. When I first joined a gym, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I spent most of my time doing cardio and BodyPump classes, hoping the weight would simply fall off. Spoiler alert: it didn’t. Everything changed when I discovered strength training. Picking up a barbell gave me something tangible to work towards, completely shifted my mindset around exercise and changed my relationship with my body. Over time, I lost 15kg of body fat and have kept it off – but more importantly, I became stronger, healthier and far more confident.

I’ve also experienced how training needs to evolve through different stages of life. I’ve gone from my early twenties, when I had seemingly endless time for the gym, to balancing training with a corporate career and business ownership, and more recently, navigating exercise through pregnancy, postpartum and life with two young children. Those experiences have made me especially passionate about helping women stay strong, capable and confident (both physically and mentally) through pregnancy, motherhood and everything that comes with it. I understand that training and nutrition need to fit around real life – not the other way around.

At Ivy Training, that’s exactly what I want to provide: practical, personalised training and nutrition support that helps people become stronger, healthier and more confident without extremes, quick fixes or unrealistic expectations.

Outside the studio, you’ll usually find me spending time with my little family – my husband Aaron, our two beautiful boys, Dallas and Oakley, and our gorgeous French Bulldog, Pepper. They’re my favourite people to be around and, without question, the most important part of my life.