Trainers
Our fully qualified and highly experienced trainers ensure all Apollo Fitness members feel comfortable and supported to achieve their health and fitness goals.
Dan Rawstorn
Having served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force for the best part of a decade and playing representative rugby Dan has always enjoyed being active.
Dan’s approach to health and fitness is about a balanced and realistic approach that creates sustainable change. There is no quick fix, nothing generic or one size fits all. Through a tailored solution, hard work and consistency he has had clients achieve real results that last.
Dan’s specialties are:
Strength and conditioning
Weight loss
Postural rehabilitation
Sammy Metherell
Sammy has several years’ experience in the fitness industry and a passion for health and fitness. Sport is where her passion for the industry began before moving in to working within the industry. She comes from a group fitness background having worked in both NZ and Australia. She has recently made the move in to Personal Training and is making her mark in this area of the industry.
"I pride myself in helping clients achieve their daily and long term fitness goals by pushing them to their limits. I do this by ensuring each and every client is given the time and attention required to create a tailor made program to suit their circumstances. Every session is an opportunity to get better.
At the end of the day my goal for all my clients is to create healthy habits inside and outside of the gym that lead to a happier lifestyle."
Contact Details:
Phone: 0278448046
Email: sammy@apollofitness.co.nz
Mitchell Ellis
Mitch is 29 years old and has been a personal trainer for 7 years. He was brought into the industry by his own personal trainer and mentor. Mitch is married with two kids and lives a very active lifestyle within his family and own sport, which transfers across into his work and beliefs about fitness.
Mitch played several high level sports growing up and wanted to continue with his own high performance knowledge and experience by helping others do the same. He always tried to be the fittest on the sports field even if he wasn’t the biggest or strongest. That’s where his passion for it began.
With a Diploma in Sport and Fitness, Representative Level Tennis, Rugby and Athletics, and a 4 times New Zealand Jet Ski Champion, Mitch specialises in athlete performance, HIIT training, circuit training, and has a particular interest in endurance based events and disciplines which he participates in himself.
Michael Sullivan
With nearly 10 years in the fitness industry & 14 years as a chef I have a broad knowledge and experience base to draw from and help you achieve your plans, goals and training outcomes. Over the last 5 years I’ve been integrating various training programs alongside a solid nutrition program to generate great results from strength & conditioning, body composition changes, better movement, range of motion and injury re-hab. I believe that we all want different outcomes and need various options so I have a range of training programs to suit your schedule, budget and goals
Contact:
Ph) 02102990423
E) michael@apollofitness.co.nz
Aidan Cocker
Aidan believes that a good well balanced lifestyle is something we should all strive for. As a New Zealand representative he understands hard work and perseverance to surpass levels and reach new heights in the health and wellness industry.
Behavioural changes are often challenging, but he believes they are achievable with the right planning, determination and coaching.
Aidan specialises in:
Postural analysis and correction
Functional resistance training
Weight loss
Cory Harris
Cory is an experienced New Zealand and UK REPs registered Personal Trainer and ASCA Level One Strength and Conditioning Coach. Cory was a Professional Rugby Player in the UK for six years after playing Representative Rugby for Canterbury, NZ. He has competed against, trained, and played alongside world class athletes both in New Zealand and Europe.
Cory has now turned his focus on coaching and empowering his clients to overcome their barriers and create positive, long lasting changes in their lives.
“I love what I do and I am passionate about helping others by educating and providing them with the tools to achieve their desired goals. I'm proud of my client's results and the commitment shown by them week in week out. Some have been with me since the very beginning when I started in the Fitness Industry back in 2007.
I am a very approachable and friendly person who maintains a positive outlook on life. Having a family, a business and my own fitness to juggle, I understand what is required to achieve and maintain a balanced lifestyle. Apollo Fitness is an exciting and supportive environment to train. The spacious layout and high-end equipment suits the needs of my clients."
