Liam Greening
Liam’s coaching is calm and conversational. An ESSA-accredited exercise and sport scientist, he spent the 2026 AFL season in North Melbourne’s high-performance program and has coached tennis since 2021. He brings particular experience with getting back into a routine, experienced lifters looking for their next step, and training around old shoulder, back and hip problems.
How I coach
Calm and conversational. I can usually tell how you’re going by the time you’ve walked in. If you’re flat, we pull the load back and still get something out of the session. If you’re ready, I’ll push.
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science, Deakin University (2026), majors in strength and conditioning and exercise physiology
- ESSA Accredited Exercise Scientist and Accredited Sport Scientist
- High-performance intern, North Melbourne Football Club men’s AFL program (2025–26)
- State of Fitness placement (2025), joined the coaching team in November 2025
- Tennis coach, South Hawthorn Tennis Club (2021–present)
- Starting a Master of Physiotherapy in 2027
Brings particular experience in
- 1Getting back into a consistent training routine after time away
- 2Experienced lifters chasing their next step
- 3Training around old shoulder, back and hip problems, alongside your physio or osteo
My own sport
- Premier grade senior football, De La Salle Old Collegians (17 games)
- Under-19 league best and fairest (2025) and club best and fairest (2024, 2025), St Mary’s Salesian
- Pennant grade 3 tennis, South Hawthorn
Outside the studio
Chasing a single-figure golf handicap, and watching any sport, anywhere, any time.
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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