Personal training for Parnell.
I don’t have a studio in Parnell. Mine is at 19 Auburn Street in Grafton — about five minutes away, with off-street parking. For most people in Parnell that’s a shorter trip door to door than driving somewhere on Parnell Road and then looking for a park.
Start a conversation →The drive is the short part.
Parnell is the closest suburb to the studio, and the trip is short enough that it stops being a factor in whether you turn up. That matters more than it sounds. The most common reason people stop training isn’t motivation — it’s a twenty-minute round trip that quietly becomes a reason to skip a Tuesday.
The parking is the other half of it. Grafton is hospital and university territory, so it would be a fair assumption that you’d be hunting for a space and feeding a meter. You’re not — there’s off-street parking at the studio. You pull in, you train, you leave.
Who comes over from Parnell.
Parnell tends to send me professionals fitting training into a working week that doesn’t hold still. Nobody here is on a template — the two people I currently coach from Parnell are on completely different programmes, for completely different reasons.
- A chiropractor who trains between clinic days, and who knows exactly what they’re looking at on the floor. That raises the standard of the coaching rather than lowering it — every cue has to survive an informed question.
- A lawyer fitting two or three sessions around court and client hours, on a programme that gets rebuilt whenever the week does. Some weeks that’s three full sessions; some weeks it’s two short ones and we adjust the plan rather than pretend.
“Training with Sam has been a game changer… He doesn’t just tell you what to do; he explains why it matters, ensuring every session is purposeful and effective.”
What it costs.
Semi-private membership is $299 a month. Most people start on semi-private plus a weekly 1:1 — a three-month foundations term at $499 a month, then $599 month to month. Every option starts with a conversation and an evaluation, and the first session is free.
Parnell questions.
How long does it actually take from Parnell?
About five minutes by car — Parnell Road onto Park Road, or through the Domain. It’s the shortest trip of any suburb I coach people from, and there’s off-street parking when you arrive, so the door-to-door time is close to the drive time.
Is there parking, or am I feeding a meter?
Off-street parking on site. Grafton is hospital and university territory so it’s a reasonable thing to worry about, but it isn’t something you’ll have to think about here. I’ll send entry and parking details before your first session.
Can I train before work?
Early sessions are some of the most requested, and the live timetable shows what’s genuinely open this week rather than an aspirational grid. Hours are still growing — if nothing on there fits around your start time, say so when you enquire. Knowing when people actually need to train is how I decide what to open next.
Is semi-private or 1:1 right for me?
Most people start with the foundations term — a weekly 1:1 alongside semi-private floor access — for three to six months, then move to semi-private on its own once they can run their own sessions well. If you’ve trained seriously before, semi-private on its own is often the right starting point. We work it out in the first conversation, which is free.
Start a conversation.
Tell me what you’re after and how your week actually looks. The first session is free, and there’s nothing attached to it.