Qualifications & Experience

– Max Rafferty

A certified personal fitness trainer with extensive experience as a gym floor instructor & personal Trainer, a Shaolin Martial Arts Master Instructor and professional cook with a Batchelor of Applied Science, Human Biology, majoring in Sports Science.

• B Applied Science Human Biology, majoring in Sports Science - University of Canberra 2003
• Fitness Instructor Level 3 2001
• Cert IV Fitness and Workplace Training 2005
• Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment 2005
• AIS Nutrition Certificate 1999
• Practical and Commercial Cookery Certificate III - Canberra Institute of Technology 1995-99
• Apprentice Chef 1995-1999
  • Australian Institute of Sport,
  • Australian Federal Police Academy,
  • Australian Defence Force Academy
• Master Instructor - Martial Arts - Shaolin Ch’an Fa
• Fully accredited and insured Certified Personal Fitness Trainer and registered with Fitness ACT.
• Max has also worked as a Gym Floor Instructor & Personal Trainer at two of Canberra’s best Gyms, Southern Cross Health Club & Deakin Health Spa.
• Assisting with food preparation for Australia’s elite athletes, the federal police and the defence force, Max understands and can assist you with the important role of diet in developing your physical fitness program.
• At a personal level, Max enjoys hiking, cooking, kung fu, rock climbing and orienteering.
  He has traveled throughout Europe, North America (and trekked in Alaska), and trained with Shaolin monks in China.