Dylan Jones
Dylan has coached since 2009, in gyms, studios and professional sport, and opened State of Fitness in 2020. He usually takes a new member’s first call and assessment, then matches them with the coach who’ll train them. He brings particular experience with long-standing pain, busy executives, and making complicated problems simple.
How I coach
Casual, but professional. I take what I know and make it simple: the right cue or the right adjustment, in as few words as I can manage. I’d rather slow down and listen than assume I know what you need. And when you’re ready to be pushed, I’ll push.
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science, Deakin University (2019, part-time while working)
- Diploma in Health, Deakin College (2013)
- Certificate III and IV in Fitness, Australian Institute of Fitness (2009)
- Strength and conditioning intern, Cressey Sports Performance, Florida (2017)
- Head of Strength and Conditioning, Port Melbourne Football Club, VFL (2018)
- Sports science intern, Melbourne Football Club (2014)
- Level 1 Shoulder Course, Lyn Watson Shoulder Physio (2025)
- Functional Range Conditioning Level 1 and Kinstretch Level 1 (2026)
- Performance Nutrition Coach Levels 1–3, Clean Health (2023)
Full list of courses on Dylan’s site.
Brings particular experience in
- 1Long-standing pain and old injuries, training alongside your physio or osteo
- 2Busy executives and business owners who need the session to fit the week
- 3Desk-related neck, shoulder and back tightness
My own sport
- Sixteen years of hockey, including Brunswick Hockey Club reserves in the Victorian state league
- State-level discus, men’s open
- Deadlift 227.5 kg and squat 165 kg (2017)
- Puffing Billy Great Train Race, 61:24, and yes, he beat the train (2026). Melbourne Marathon Festival 10 km, 40:48 (2024)
Outside the studio
Three kids, a dog and five chickens.
The same model, whoever you train with
Every coach at State of Fitness has a university degree in exercise science, and between us we have more than 60 years of coaching. We all work from the same model. Your program is written for you, in four-week blocks, by the coach who trains you, and adjusted on the day. Short on sleep, stiff, sore, or a movement just isn’t there today? We change the session, not the appointment, and you keep moving. If you’re coming back from an injury, we train you within your physio’s or osteo’s plan and keep them in the loop. The whole coaching team reviews how members are tracking every Tuesday, a traffic-light system flags a niggle, a missed week or a stall before it becomes a problem, and our full-time admin team keeps the small things handled. We understand life gets in the way. If you can’t make it in, we’ll always do our best to reschedule and find you another session. Our coaches are employees, not contractors, and we run more than a hundred sessions a week, so there’s usually a way. Your program moves with you. Consistency is what gets results, and keeping you moving is the whole job.
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