Hands-on Experience

  • For a Franchised Group fitness model — delivered programs to 20+ gyms across Australia and New Zealand and Singapore. Programming for 1000+ members per day

  • Over this period, have coached 20+ clients of all fitness levels, beginner, intermediate and well experienced.

    I focus on building genuine relationships so my clients stick around.

  • AFL football player til 17 years old, playing at WAFL “colts” level…

    Then, transitioned to CrossFit by 18 and never looked back. Still actively training and competing myself…

    Because of this mix, I have a sound understanding of field and court sports and their athletic demands, as well as more strength-biassed sports such as crossfit

three Key Variables within training.

About Me.

I got into fitness coaching at first selfishly, in hopes that I would learn exactly why I had always struggled so much when it came to aerobic work, more specifically… running.

My first sport was Australian Football. I also played some basketball here and there too. As the level progressed and the running demand of the sport increased drastically, my ability to keep up with the competition dwindled. I would train, coach and research for myself in anyway I could find. I would work on my fitness all offseason — I did not lack commitment.

I would come back from offseason, having trained more volume than most, if not all, of my peers. All this, just to be beaten by those with more natural running ability, but had slacked off over the off season.

In hindsight, I can see now I had only really accounted for 1 of 3 variables when it comes to training…

  • This one I understood. At least as far as a 15-17 year old was concerned anyway.

    Of course, as you age you learn to train harder.

    You become more capable,
    More willing to hurt,
    And you learn to push yourself.

    So of course, an older me, would beat a younger me in this area.

    But I was relatively good at this compared to my peers at the time. I was committed to training, and trained as hard, if not harder, than any of my peers.

    This was not my issue.

  • This plays a massive role in any/all sports. Anyone who tells you it does not is lying to you and to themselves. This is the variable you have little/no control over changing.

    So, what to do? You have to work with what you’ve got.

    Identify strengths and weaknesses.
    Play to your strengths.
    Create work-arounds and training plans for your weaknesses.

    That is what I was missing in my teens, and is now where I specialise as a coach.

    Every program is designed from the scratch, to best suit you and your needs. No pre-made templates or generic training plans.

  • My approach to training in my teens was the same all year round. Sure, I would work hard, but I would essentially do the same stuff on repeat, whether I was right in the middle of the competition season, or in the second week of the off-season.

    Training fitness in any shape or form must have seasons. It must have ebbs and flows in intensity, volume and frequency. It must shift and evolve as a season progresses. There must be a step 1 and a step 10 and every step in-between.

    Clear progressions with deliberate and observable training intentions for each phase of training.

    Periodisation keeps your training engaging. You may have all the drive in the world, you may be the most die-hard trainee of all time - none of that matters if your training lacks periodisation. Training without periodisation is a sure path to eventual sickness, injury, boredom, lack of interest or a combination of these.

    Structure creates a sense of value and growth from week-to-week, month-to-month, and eventually year-to-year. It is very easy to become stuck in a rut, feeling like you are spinning your wheels, when your training does not evolve throughout the course of a season, and more broadly, throughout your training career. Periodisation shows you that you are progressing.

    This has become a vital part of the programming I produce, especially for individuals with clear sporting performance goals. Sport performance demands improvement that is measurable and training that grows with the growing athlete.

FOr love of
the game.

Now, I coach out of pure love of learning. I enjoy helping others learn and learning myself.

Facing and overcoming the challenges that come with the 3 variables above and working around them is extremely rewarding. I train and compete in CrossFit myself and often use myself as a test dummy for my ideas and training pieces. I am hands-on and “in the trenches with you” as a coach in this way.

I aim to work with my clients / athletes and provide every bit of value I can, using the knowledge I have gained, the lessons I have learned from my mistakes, and my own training experience as tools to help you be the best you can be. No stones left unturned or doubts in your process.

— Jayden Foote