You don’t need a busier gym.
You need a better coach.
Appointment-only personal training in South Yarra. Six exercise-science coaches, 170+ members, and a plan built for your body — not a template.
“The coaching team at State of Fitness is exceptional. The attention to detail and genuine care for each client sets them apart from anything else I have experienced.”
“I have never felt more supported in my fitness. The team treats every session like it matters — because it does.”
The industry sells hard, not smart
You train and nothing moves. Or something hurts every time you push. Or you stopped months ago and haven’t found your way back.
Six-week challenges. Trainers who only count reps. Programs that leave you wrecked and call it progress.
It works as a business model because when it doesn’t last, people blame themselves. Buy the 12-week program, hit the target, fall off, assume you’re the problem.
You’re not. The program was never built for you.
Most people who come here have already tried
A gym membership that lapsed in March. A trainer who was different every month. A class that left you with a niggle you still have. Time, money and trust handed to something that didn’t deliver.
If you’re sceptical, that’s earned. We think you should be sceptical of any gym until they’ve shown you something.
If we’re not the right fit, we’ll tell you, and point you somewhere that is.
Six coaches. Not six personalities.
The industry minimum is a six-month certificate. Ours is a degree — every coach here studied exercise science, and coaches on our team have worked with professional athletes overseas.
We don’t just hire kids. We invest years in our coaches, and they’re employees, not subcontractors renting floor space. Coaches stay, so the coach you start with is the coach you keep.
How it works
A 15-minute call
We ask what you’ve tried, what hurts, and what you actually want. No pitch.
An in-studio assessment
Movement screen, body composition scan, and a conversation about what a realistic plan looks like for you.
Your program starts
Built for your body, adjusted as you go.
Three ways to train
One-to-one — A coach, a program, undivided attention.
Two-to-one — Train with a partner, on the same individual programming.
Four-to-one — Small group, still individually programmed. There are levels of individuality in each movement.
Every membership includes programming, progress tracking, body composition scanning, and nutrition and lifestyle support.
What it costs to keep putting it off
Six months from now you’ll be six months older, with the same back, the same energy, and the same nagging sense that you should have done something about it.
The cost of inaction compounds, the same way everything else does. Strength doesn’t accumulate on its own. Movement doesn’t restore itself. Everything you don’t address gets harder to address later.
The members who train here didn’t start because they had time. They started because they decided not to keep waiting.
What it looks like when it works
73% of our members have trained with us for more than a year. The average stays nearly three.
Cameron came to us through his osteopath, after years of recurring injuries and a string of training options that didn’t hold. He messaged after a recent session to say he’d finally found his place. His third space — home, work, and us.
“Everyone knows their stuff and they don’t go in for wacky trends or risky exercises. Since working with the team for over a year now, I could confidently lift a tram if needed in an emergency.”
The thinking behind the training
What members ask before they start
What makes State of Fitness different from a regular gym?
We’re not a regular gym — that’s the point. We’re a private, appointment-only studio focused on a high standard of personal training in a calm, ego-free space. You’ll never be lost, overlooked, or pushed through a generic plan. Everything’s built around the individual — your program, your coaching, your schedule, your progress.
Why does it matter that your coaches are university-educated?
A short fitness certificate takes a few months and teaches the basics. A university degree in exercise and sport science teaches the principles — why programs work, how the body adapts, how to coach safely around injury, age, and individual difference, and how to talk to your physio or GP when it matters. Every coach here holds one — or is in their final year of completing it. It’s the floor, not the ceiling.
Will I work with the same coach each week?
Most members do. Some rotate across the team to suit their schedule. Either way, the whole team is across your program, your history, and where you’re headed — so nothing falls through the cracks, whoever takes your session.
Do you have lock-in contracts?
No. We run on a flexible weekly direct debit — no lock-in. You can pause, adjust, or cancel with 7 days’ notice. We’re confident enough in the coaching that we don’t need a contract to keep you; most members stay for years because the work is worth it.
Book a 15-minute call
We run a limited number of calls each week and they go quickly. Leave your details and we’ll be in touch.
Located on Chapel Street in South Yarra, minutes from Prahran Market. Serving South Yarra, Prahran, Toorak, Windsor and Armadale.