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We at Northside Movement set out to build a training community of like-minded individuals in a space that would enable them to thrive.

We are a place people can connect, advance and belong. We offer both Small Group & Personal Training.

30/10/2026

A clear majority of a few hundred primary school kids told us stress is a bad thing.

And here’s why it matters.

It’s a Friday afternoon and we’ve made a mad dash to the school assembly because Ella is about to be celebrated on stage. Certificate. Round of applause. An absolute must-attend moment.

And following the presentation.. the kids were asked a question.

👍Thumbs up if they thought stress was a good thing. 👎Thumbs down if they thought stress was a bad thing.

I didn’t have time for an accurate count, but a clear majority had their thumbs down.

And here’s the flow on effect.

When we see stress as inherently bad, we aim to avoid it at all costs.

We read an elevated heart rate as dangerous. We treat physical discomfort as something to stay clear of. Cold? Hungry? People pi***ng you off?
The list of potential stressors is never ending.

If we label the human reaction to a stressor, and the feelings that come with it, as automatically bad, we end up avoiding the very thing that can serve us a whole lot of good.

Physical capacity is directly tied to our sense of physical freedom, confidence and resilience. And building it requires a healthy relationship with stress.

As coaches, we’re seeking a stress response.

We use physical stress on purpose, as a signal for positive change, to upgrade the hardware that lives in the body.

So if you’re struggling to train because it’s uncomfortable or stressful, remind yourself that both, delivered in the right dose for the right reason at the right time, are essential for building a body that simply works better.

Do this for long enough and not only will your body become stress adapted, your brain will too.

Oh.. and please ask your kids what they think about stress. Thumbs up or thumbs down.

You might change the way they see the world 🗺️

25/10/2026

We just celebrated 10 years.

10 FREAKING years 🥳

Whilst the official date is Saturday the 19th of December, we thought we’d get in early given the whole “end of year” chaos that happens at that time of year.

So, what did we do?

We held a SOIREE. Apparently it’s fancy for shindig or party.

Almost everyone in cocktail attire (except for Harry who likes to standout in a vintage Rip Curl number).
Benji and his buds set the mood on the decks. Ash performed several classics on the guitar including Maggie May (core memory locked in).
Coach Danika & Finn showcased their musical talents.
The drinks were flowing, the grazing boards were incredible, the chat was endless and it was the perfect way to celebrate what we’ve all done.

And for anyone that couldn’t join us, here’s a snippet from what was said (The full version went for a while after a couple of cocktails..).

Together we have..
- challenged the status quo that walking into a gym is a chore.
- destroyed the belief that training is lonely.
- recognised the power in the collective and that strong communities really do create strong people!

We have built a space that..
- celebrates individuality and respects the uniqueness that makes all of us who we are
- we can all walk into knowing that we’ll walk out the door as a better person in a different state
- builds people up from the inside out

And from the bottom of our hearts, we thank all of you that have been involved with Northside over the years.

For trusting us to look after you. For supporting us. For showing up.

This moment is for all of us. For backing ourselves.
To our evolution. To creating positive change.
To continuing to do the necessary work on ourselves.
And for choosing to keep moving forwards.

This is one of those rare moments.

We simultaneously say..

We have done it.
And we are by no means done.

Thank you.

🙏

P.S. Shoutout to Jess for making the trip from London for the big night. Whilst some might think it’s simply a fortunate coincidence that you were in the country at the same time.. we know the real story 💁‍♂️😂

23/10/2026

8 of 12 people didn’t show up.

This morning we held another one of our Move Well sessions.

It’s a mobility focused session designed to help people keep their “stuff” working better.

It’s not a burn at all costs kind of vibes.. but sure.. cramps do feature often when we really get stuck into some deep work.

So, last night I was looking at the booking schedule and we had 12 people booked in and a full class.

This morning, I woke up and there was 11. On all accounts, that is absolutely a win.

And then at 6:35am and a slightly delayed start..

4 people were in the room.

FOUR.

That’s 8 people that between 9:17pm and this morning, said nup. Not today.

Now we don’t post this to target the losers.. I mean people.. that didn’t turn up today.
That I will do personally so I can properly get stuck in.

We post this because:
A) It’s normal to miss. Just don’t miss twice.
B) Abnormal behaviour (as in turning up) can often serve us a world of good.
C) An important reminder that intention without action = donuts (and not the delicious kind)

AND..

An ever important reminder that your body responds to what you DO 💁‍♂️

20/10/2026

12 minutes and 36 seconds.

On Tuesday mornings, we have our first CYCLE class for the week.

Today we did 12 minutes and 36 seconds of “work”.

We focus on the big stuff.

The short, not-so-sweet-at-the-time but afterwards spirit lifting kind of stuff that gets the juices flowing.

In 45 minutes, we usually shoot for somewhere sitting in between 9 to 14 minutes of work.

Or..

We spend less than 1% of our day going deep on the WATTAGE front.

Why so little?!

Because contrast in training matters.

We have sessions where we go BIG, sessions we stay SMALL.

And in a body that wants to “perform” aka have greater capacity to do physical things and enhanced quality of the stuff inside of us, intensity matters.

So on Tuesday, we encourage people to go deep.

And my goodness, today they freaking nailed it.

If you were wondering what else happens in the 45 minutes?

Well, fortunately I’m an incredibly gifted s**t talker and can rattle on.

Our CYCLE Classes are on 3 times a week and we break them down as such:
- Tuesday - BIG - All working sets > 100% FTP and < 60 seconds per any interval 🌶️🌶️🌶️
- Thursday - MEDIUM - All working sets 80-130% FTP and much longer intervals. 🌶️🌶️
- Saturday - MEDIUM/BIG - A combination of the 2 just to keep you on your toes. 🌶️🌶️🌶️

If you’re keen to get a sweat on and dial in the intensity a little by using an outcome-focused training program, join us.

14/10/2026

They say what doesn’t break you makes you stronger.. 💪

Well, this broke us. Many times over. And still made us stronger.

The Covid years were just the warmup for what was coming.

🥾 Booted out of our space.
🏡 Find a new home.. kind of.
That falls apart before it truly begins.

And then.. this place pops up. 🧡

It was perfect. We had to make it work.

📝Signed, sealed, delivered.

We’re in!

Yippee.

And then, the double lease scenario.🙅

Plenty has happened in 10 years.

Many moments stopped us in our tracks.

But we love this place. And we love our people.

So on we went.

We weren’t done then.

And we’re not done now.

1️⃣0️⃣ Years and counting.

We’re celebrating next Friday night (23rd) at our Fairfield Soiree at Curious Alice.

And then we’ll go back to mapping out what our next 10 years are going to look like at Northside Movement.🙌

08/10/2026

Want the secret ingredient that will have you absolutely firing on race day for Melbourne Hyrox this September?

Well, firstly we will tell you what it’s not.

The damper setting on the skierg..
The speed you rip the foot straps off the rower..
Or the fancy spin move on the corners of the farmers carry to shave off .05 seconds off your total time.

These sort of matter (maybe not the spin move), but they aren’t the rocks.

The rocks are the big, weighty bastards that truly move the needle from game day.

The real secret ingredient, can’t be displayed with a fancy video on the gram.

The real secret ingredient, is patience.

Can you give yourself room to build into.

Can you play the long game and work on incremental improvement week to week rather than launching out of the gates for your training block like you’re coming out of the Red Bull starting shoot 2 months before the race.

We all need to remind ourselves, nothing happens off the back of a singular session.

It’s about the accumulative load. It’s about the repetition. It’s about giving the body what it needs to change and the necessary space so that it can.

A recent study showed that Hyrox has the second highest percentage of participants who experienced an injury.
Yes.. higher than kickboxing, running and strength training.

And the quickest way to join the club is to go too big, too quickly.

60 Days to go.

We are mapping this out and plenty more this Sunday at the studio at 8am.

If you’d like to join us to nut out your training plan - flick us a message or book in via Momence.

Oh.. and if you want another rock.. please go work on becoming a better runner. It will serve you nothing but good for the upcoming event.

08/10/2026

There were MANY Milestones over the last couple of months and we’ve almost finished writing up the congratulatory postcards.

Call us old fashioned.. but there’s something nice about giving someone a post guard with our questionable hand writing + genuine message.

The milestones were created to recognise the long game players.
The people that continue to get it done, week after week.

Before we get to the HOF - a huge shoutout to everyone that has reached 16, 50, 100, 500 and even 1000 sessions during this period.

Your cards, vintage mugs, trendy t-shirts and banners will all be ready very soon!

At 250 sessions, they reach the HALL OF FAME.
And trust us when we say.. the real estate in there is getting tighter than the Melbourne rental market.

When we mapped this all out years ago, we thought go big.
Big photo. Big frame. For a big moment.

Now that we’re continuing to extend our message further and further that this game of getting fit, building strength and staying active is a lifelong pursuit..
Well, let’s just say we’re lucky it’s a big hallway.

Congratulations to the following individuals who have officially made it. You are all HALL OF FAME STARS.

Catherine Morey-Naise
Lavania Parker
Leah
Claire Counsell
Clare Lawrence
Caroline Smith
Simon Platt
Drew Meredith
Esther

We’ll be sneakily snapping an action shot or diving deep into our 10 years worth of studio photographs to find the one and we will have it installed.. soon.

Keep kicking arse good people 🙌

07/10/2026

Every Monday + Friday we run a Group Session @ 6:30am called Move Well.

It’s our interpretation of the Functional Range Conditioning framework blended with some other ideas around how our bodies work and without tooting our own horn too loud.. a game changer.

It’s had different versions in its time, but we’ve landed on something we think will stay.. at least for a while.

General Warm Up - Usually focused on spinal segmentation and getting the hips going.
Fascial Release - Either a little massage ball / foam roller (or both) to calm down some areas that need a little TLC.

And then.. we focus.

One joint.

The goal?

Create a joint that feels.. juicy.

Yep. A juicy joint.

One that glides.
One that makes you feel like the clock isn’t totally against you.
One that means you can burn the aged care brochure you’ve been holding onto because your body has been feeling old.

That kind of juicy.

Oh.. and if you scroll through, you’ll find the 5 things we’re currently doing on a Monday to get the hips open.

It starts with a 2 minute butterfly stretch. Un**es mandatory. Yoga block if you’re a tight bastard.

Scroll 👉

Then.. 90/90 Position - 6 Rear Leg External Rotations to end range.

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Follow by 90/90 Position - 6 x Rear Leg External Rotation 5 second ISO Holds w/ Torso Rotation towards the front leg.

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Then.. 90/90 Position - 6 x Front Leg External Rotation Passive Range Eccentrics. Side-pose-zoolander-style lean necessary.

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Finish off the juicing of your joint with Butterfly Pails Rails.. 60sec Stretch Followed by 10 seconds PAILS (Press knee’s up into hands HARD) and 10 seconds RAILS (open knee’s away from hands with the objective of trying to create a “gap” or finding MORE external R.O.M.)

Enjoy the juiciness.
And getting your hip back in working order.

01/10/2026

Term 4 is just around that corner and that means Young Athletes is back!

On Tuesday the 6th of October - Coach Finn M-W | Rugby League S&C is primed to deliver absolute gold.

The goal?

To help 12-15* year olds move well, get strong and back themselves!
*Younger & Older students may be accepted where appropriate

Now.. we’re not going to claim that the program is the sole reason that..

“Chris dunked on that dude last season..”
Or that
“Harry scored a hat trick..”
Or that
“Annika could probably beat both of her brothers in an arm wrestle..”

But, we know what we did has certainly contributed.

Here are the details:
- Term - 10 Weeks - Tuesday 6th October > Tuesday 15th December
- Cost - $250 for the term (Paid upfront before the term begins)
- The first session is free to see if it’s a good fit :)

So. Here’s how to get your young one involved.

If you or your young athlete has participated before?

Go to the link in our bio and sign up for the Semester (Please make sure you select that you are registering your child and not yourself upon registration).

If you or your young athlete hasn’t participated before but would like to come in to see what it’s all about?

Flick us a message and we’ll book them in for their first session for free!

01/10/2026

Our Hyrox Training Program (aka SQUAD) is starting Sunday the 11th of October and we are pumped!

With HYROX Australia & New Zealand Melbourne less than 10 weeks away.. it’s time to lock in.

Last year we saw MANY Northsiders put in an incredible 2 months of training fun and all of them did a stellar job on the day.

As for the training.. well.. it was fun, sweaty, playful, gruelling and we’re pumped to do it all again.

The only question is.. will there be a repeat of “that Saturday” where we were lucky enough to spend the entire session in the rain? Fingers crossed!

We’re kicking things off on Sunday the 11th of October with a Workshop + Relay.

The workshop to help you better understand of how to prepare for the upcoming event.
The relay to set the tone for what’s ahead.

It’s FREE and you can book in via the link in our bio or on Momence :)

Address

402 Heidelberg Road
Fairfield, VIC
3078

Opening Hours

Monday	5:45am - 7pm
Tuesday	5:45am - 7pm
Wednesday	5:45am - 7pm
Thursday	5:45am - 7pm
Friday	5:45am - 7pm
Saturday	7:45am - 12pm

Website

https://northsidemovement.com.au/

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