Staff

Fitness Driven provide holistic care unmatched by others. We believe in creating a friendly, motivating atmosphere. Our staff care about your goals as much as you do!

Magic Barclay (Director/ PT/ CHC/ Master Metabolic Precision Provider / Ad. Dip. Fitness / Dip. Clinical Nutrition / Children's Trainer)

Magic is the owner of FITNESS DRIVEN.

Over the past three years, Magic has successfully lost over 42 kgs in body fat.  Magic has been attending Personal Training sessions regularly with her Trainer and has faced many challenges along the way.  Her commitment to her health has always shone through.

She is a mother of two young boys with special needs.  Through the learning curve of integrating them with the help of many therapists, Magic has learnt an amazing array of techniques to help the human body function well.  It is through her own childrens' amazing transformations Magic has been able to design many of her programs. 

           "Being told that your child will never walk or talk gives new meaning to the need for setting goals and reaching them.  Together, my family and I learnt that nothing is impossible and I aim to share that attitude with the world.  If you think that health, weight loss or even being able to reach minor fitness goals is out of your reach:  think again."    Magic Barclay

Magic continues to develop herself professionally.  In 2008, Magic achieved her ‘Diploma of Fitness’ and her ‘Metabolic Precision Provider’s Certification’.  Both of these accreditations ensure that Magic is highly skilled and fully qualified to deal with many health or fitness concerns that you or your family may have.

In 2010, Magic will complete her Diploma in Clinical Nutrition.

Magic continues on her weight loss journey whilst dealing with the everyday challenges that we all face and she looks forward to a long and healthy life with her children.

Magic has committed herself to helping others get the most they can from their health & fitness.  She can help YOU!

Leigh Barclay

Leigh designs and constructs our equipment. Whether you are building a home gym or extending your current equipment, Leigh can provide you with quality fittings.

Karen Binks (EP)

If passion for health and fitness could have a picture, it would be of Karen Binks.  She is a living example of the positive effects of a balanced holistic lifestyle.  Karen practices what she preaches and lives a life that honors the physical body, the mind and the spirit.  Karen is an accredited exercise physiologist, having attained a Bachelor of Science in Human Movement and Nutrition.

Her career has encompassed:

• Fifteen years of nursing.  Including roles working in outpatients, maternity and general nursing.  She has also worked in cancer clinics and in medical practices incorporating Western and Eastern (conventional / unconventional) healing modalities.
• Twenty-five years as a fitness professional (group exercise instruction, personal trainer and “lifestyle” coach).
• One year working with the International Diabetes Institute.
• Five years associate work with Council on The Ageing.
• Facilitation of group exercise programs for older adults throughout Victoria.
• Facilitation of exercise programs for special populations (people with chronic disease, illness and special needs), throughout Victoria.
• Course writer and lecturer for many different Registered Training Organizations on topics that include Exercise and the Elderly, Exercise and Special Populations, Nutrition, Anatomy & Physiology, and Chronic Disease Management.

The main focus of Karen’s business, Health Matters Education and Training, is the promotion of a healthy lifestyle, with the aim of reducing the incidence and impact of chronic health conditions and degenerative diseases.  Her aim is to help people recognize that their health is their responsibility.  She shares the realization that everyone has ownership of their illnesses and that the individual is a fundamental part of the treatment and the cure.

Jason Emond (PT/ Metabolic Precision Provider/ CHC)

Jason classifies himself as a Type 3 Diabetic.  He has been caring for someone suffering from Diabetes for 10 years and has made it his professional focus to provide support and education for people affected by this chronic condition and their carers.  In the past there has not been an emphasise on the physical treatment of Diabetes:   FITNESS DRIVEN and Jason Can now offer a complete range of physical programs that will offer a life changing opportunity for the rising population of Australians living with Diabetes.