TESTIMONIALS.

Courtney.

Listen to Courtney’s video as she describes her year with The Pro Team so far.

Courtney quotes:
”Josh and Izzy really help you achieve your goals in an attainable way, and I must say it’s been the healthiest and fun prep I have ever done. So I couldn’t recommend them more enough, they are such a great team and you will get the best out of your program with them.”

Thank you Courts for being such an incredible member of our team! We love you!

Ehsan.

Listen to Ehsan’s video as he describes his weight loss journey and his entire outlook of the process.

Ehsan quotes:
”I spent 3 years of my life going around trying so many exercises, apps, so many different diets. And I never sustained to them. But if you want to suppress your time and transform your body, go with Izzy and Josh.”

Thank you Ehsan for being so positive and supportive of every one of our team members. We are so proud of you and excited for what’s next!

Amy.

I’ve been over weight my entire life, for as long as I can remember. I was bullied throughout my childhood and can’t remember a time where I felt confident and secure about myself or the decisions I was making in my life. Then I came across The Pro Team International and Josh and Izzy have helped change that. I have never felt more confident, positive and strong than I do right now and I owe it all to their guidance, encouragement, support and direction.

These amazing coaches from the Pro Team International know just how unique each individual is. Not only do they work with you as coaches to identify what YOUR needs are to help you achieve your goals but they also build and maintain friendships with their clients and show compassion and understanding in your set backs whilst lifting you up and keeping you moving forward. They never give up on you, even if you feel like giving up on yourself.

Over the last few months alone I have come to learn so much about myself and have acquired valuable tools and information to set my health, fitness and wellbeing up for life. I’ve learnt that I don’t ever have to diet again! Flexible dieting has changed my life. Through the guidance of Josh and Izzy, I now enjoy highly nutritious foods and don’t feel deprived of foods I’ve come to love. I don’t have anxiety when I go out and socialise at restaurants with my friends and family. I enjoy food and have developed a great relationship with food.

Ive learnt not to feel guilty when I indulge in low nutritious foods but instead to reflect on what was in order to improve the next time. I’m learning to identify the breakdown of foods and understand the benefits of macronutrients of fats, carbs and proteins in the body and when and how to best utilise them to successfully achieve my goals. I love to exercise! The Pro Team don’t just give you a workout plan and leave you to it like a standard gym practice. They want you to love your training! They want to help you keep consistent! They want to watch you grow and be successful! Josh and Izzy develop training and nutrition plans WITH you, not just for you. They educate you about training styles from heavy weight lifting to slowing down the movements into tempo based training, from the importance of listening to your body and having rest days through to improving your sleep hygiene.

These outstanding coaches are highly knowledgeable and skilled at what they do. One of the biggest outcomes so far, besides dropping 2 dress sizes in as little as 3 months, is I now love spending time with myself. Why? Because I have developed self-love. Josh and Izzy have helped me realise that in order to appreciate, respect and love who I’m becoming, I need to first love and accept who I was and who I am right now.

If you want to improve your mindset, learn how to love and incorporate exercise into your life and build an amazing relationship with food, The Pro Team International is 100% the best investment you could make for your health, fitness and overall wellbeing. Not only will you gain some incredible friendships with all of us on the team but you will gain an amazing support network with people who want you to achieve your goals and want to share their experiences and journey with you. We are all in this together and with leaders like Josh and Izzy, we are all going to make it!

Piotr.

Listen to Piotr’s video as he describes his journey from the very first time he competed to the feeling of going Pro. A very inspiring transformation, that can relate to so many of us that may be feeling directionless and without a big goal to focus on.

Piotr quotes his big learning curve when going Pro:
“It’s not about winning or getting the Pro Card, it’s who you have to become to get there”.

Click on Piotr’s video and listen to what a fitness champion has to say for you all!

Matt.

Listen to Matt’s video, as he talks about the experience of competing on stage for the very first time!

Matt’s journey, is particularly an inspiring one to listen to, for a 45 year old male, starting out his fitness journey, and on the road towards a Fitness Pro Card. None of this would be possible without Matt’s discipline, drive and consistency.

At the end of the day, nothing beats the heard work you put in. Click on Matt’s video and listen to his very first experience of prep!

Adrienne.

My journey with The Pro Team has allowed me to grow exponentially. From being new to weight training, lost and confused about nutrition, food guilt and restriction, and being shy and reserved in new social situations. I have learned a lot about confidence, commitment and consistency, and the power of showing up for yourself. It is difficult to condense my motivations for competing into a simple sentence or two, but when it comes down to it, I wanted to prove to myself and honestly to the people around me that I could. I started with the goal to “fit in” on stage and ended with three podium finishes across two shows. Stepping off stage really for me was just a way point in a long journey of realising it isn’t selfish to invest in yourself. That taking the time to focus on and work towards being the healthiest, happiest, strongest and most balanced version of myself allows me to give more of myself to the rest of my life. 

The changes in my mindset have been evident across all aspects of my life, not simply in the act of competing on one or two days of the year. It has helped strengthen my relationships and change my daily life, from habits, to work environment in prioritising my health and well-being.

I joined The Pro Team content to sit at the back and keep to myself. I was very fixated on living a life that pleased as many people around me as possible. This journey has been such a massive mental shift for me, from the knowledge that people may not always understand you, to the fact that at the end of the day the person who you need to show up for first is yourself. And most importantly – that is okay.

I have made lifelong friends, strong healthy habits, and learnt more about myself then I realised there was to know. And this is just the beginning, because I’ve learnt that I love growing and changing and challenging myself, and I certainly have no desire to stop.

Tiaan.

I immigrated to Australia on the 15th December 2018. Arriving here without a job or knowing anyone, it was hard and lonely. However one thing became crystal clear, the people you choose to surround yourself with, the self-talk and thoughts you allow to exist, starts to define your mind set and ultimately your actions. In realising this, I was searching for positive people and motivated people and I always wanted to prove to myself that I have what it takes to step on stage in a mens’ fitness show. Thinking back now, I am so privileged to have met Izzy that day in the gym and in turn joining The Pro Team. Now having Josh and Izzy both as my mentors and coaches, as well as making so many amazing friends, my mindset has grown into someone who can achieve anything that I put my mind to.

ICN Brisbane Classics was my first mens fitness/physique competition ever. My main goal was to meet amazing people and feeling humbled to step onto stage with amazing athletes. I ended up winning 4 of the 6 categories and qualified for ICN World Championships in Melbourne. The whole experienced placed me on a path of achieving dreams I previously though impossible. It is such a liberating feeling once you realise how limitless life can be.

Since then I have gained so many loving, quality people in my life, I have done a photoshoot for Bondi 7 Athletic gym apparel and it seems like modelling might be another avenue I could pursue.

No one is perfect, no one is motivated all the time, there fore it is so important to have a great team and friends on your side. The Pro Team meetings are something to look forward to for me, as being with my fitness family, learning more about fitness and our passions, sharing our euphoria, just fuels that fire for living your best life.

Kate.

I returned to competing in 2019 after earning my Pro Athlete status with ICN in 2016 and having three years away from the sport. Life had thrown me some curve balls in those and making my way back to the stage condition was a scary concept especially for ego - “Would I be good enough again?” was a question/doubt that kept raising itself.

Even from the very first consultation with Josh the support was already there. We set a lofty goal of making my Pro Debut at the ICN Worlds and a secondary goal to take out the world title. The training and nutrition was tailored to my needs and even from 32 weeks out I returned to weekly group posing session. The monthly team meetings are a unique component of The Pro Team - they provide so much information on nutrition, training, mindset, and goal setting.

Even as an old hand in this sport I still learn so much from these - this truly is where the growth occurs. My transformation with The Pro Team in the past 12 months has seen me grow exponentially. Physically I’ve changed my shape - my shoulders are more developed, back definition is stronger, and for the first time on stage I was seeing the hamstring tie-in to the glutes.

But it is the person growth side of things is where I have seen the most change - I’m more resilient, I’ve established non-negotiable standards in all aspects of my life, and I’m not afraid to jump well clear of my comfort zone. The Pro Team teaches you to take complete ownership of your life - and when you do that your world changes.

Pat.

In life we find most people with fall into a comfort zone, we lose initiative and take easy options.

I personally was one of those people and it took the ending of a long term relationship for me to seek change in the way I was living. 

I did what a lot of people have done after a break up and searched for answers and ways to improve myself. I scouted youtube for diets, nutrition and other methods that aren’t necessarily suited for me and my body type or where I was at with my fitness level.

I was introduced to The Pro Team in early March through a friend who spoke highly of the group and the core beliefs they shared.

On my first visit I was overwhelmed with the support the team showed to me a stranger, I was asked what did I want to achieve? How did I want to achieve it? And what other goals was I chasing?
The decision was easily made! I was walked through the details that night everything from the workout plan to the nutrition would be specified to me and my level of fitness and body type.

And from there I went on my transformation journey, there were hardships along the way but the support never wavered, the plan updated as I progressed, my strength increased as did my mind and my understanding of how to control nutrition and push my body to its limits. Now in October of 2018 I am in the best shape of my life and I owe it to The Pro team from showing and believing in the person I am capable of being.

 This isn’t just a team it’s a family.

 Cheers, 
Pat.

Peter.

Before I joined the Pro Team, I understood a little bit about training intensity, tracking food and water intake, but I never really took it seriously and didn’t do it consistently and I wasn’t achieving the results I wanted to achieve.  I lacked confidence in making decisions myself, I was comparing my life and my physique to other people, I had no direction with my life with what I wanted to do.  I was constantly cared about my appearance and what other thought of my physical appearance.  Since then, not only did I learn about tracking food, training and water, but I was able to link that to all other aspects of my life, such as my finances, my circle of influence and my time management skills.

I started at around 17% body fat at the time I joined the Pro Team in March 2018, to going down to around 10% in October 2018 when I first stepped on stage.  I had the time of my life up there, it was an experience that I loved and have never forgotten.  I love competing so much with this team, the support of everyone in the team is second to none which is why I decided to step back up on stage again in 2019, where I achieved another great result going from 13% body fat post comp, to 5% for Season A 2019.  After seeing what my body is capable of, I have set a goal to win my Pro Card in the ICN Men’s Fitness Division. 

Joining The Pro Team has set me up for success not only for my fitness goals, but also other personal goals in my career, finance and travel.