Mel Tolone
What I can do for you
Build a body you trust and a mindset that does not quit.
Training should do more than leave you tired. It should make you stronger, more capable and more confident in what you can handle.
My coaching is focused, direct and built around progress. You will learn how to move better, work harder and stay consistent even when motivation disappears.
There are no shortcuts and no wasted sessions. Every workout has a purpose.
Show up ready. Leave stronger.
Qualifications & Experience
- Cert III & IV in Fitness
- International Strength & Conditioning 1-2-3
- Strongman Coach Accredited
- Bare Knuckle Fighter Athlete
- Professional Strongman Competitor
Specialty Areas
- Tailored Programming to suit your goals
- Movement correction and Injury Management
- Sessions Catered to Individual Needs
- I work with you to feel your strongest
How Well Do You Really Know Your Personal Trainer?
Coming from a small coastal town there were limited options for Coaches with powerlifting and strongman. I jumped in at a comp one day to handle a lifter and found I really enjoyed doing it.
So I went about going and getting certs to become a Strength Coach. Since then it was simple. I wanted to educate others why Strength training is so important for not just sports but life.
International strength and conditioning cert 1-2-3
– Strongman
– Powerlifting
– Fighters
– Sports people
– Athletic goals
– Injury management
– Movement correction
-anyone and everyone
while i have done a lot of work with athletes, it’s important to remember they started as beginners and that’s where a lot of the groundwork is built from
Clients can expect sessions catered to their needs, goals, personalities and capabilities. no one style fits every need for every client
I take the time to learn my clients’ bodies, mindsets and lifestyles and take all that into account with my programming and sessions. Training is supposed to support your lifestyle and goals, not feel like a burden or a chore. i like to educate people on whys and how things are going to work and the approach ill take.
Feeling strong, capable and pain free in movements and life
– 15 x men to their first 300kg deadlift
– IPL 1st place under 82.5kg tested womens
– 270kg squat record under 82.5kg jnr woman
– first woman to total 600kg as a masters lifter
– multiple podiums at australia’s strongest man and woman
– multiple pro strongman
– coached many people to their first comp, 100kg deadlift etc
– haze the huntsman hepi – KO last fight
– multiple powerlifting and strongman records
– 15 woman to their first 200kg squat
– helped many people with ongoing injuries make a better recovery working alongside their physios
one size fits all – and that everything needs to be complex. simple and basics work best
probably better to ask what i don’t love – running
My real name is Patrick – Mel is a nickname for my nick name Melon
With so many great options, I’m sure it is overwhelming and hard to choose, and I’m certainly no salesman. but I have years of experience coaching all levels of people for any range of goals.
I know what it takes to be at the very top of sports because I’ve been there and still am, and I’ve also been a complete beginner and needed help just to learn my body and how it should move.
I adjust my coaching style to work with you; if you ask me to be a powerlifter, I’ll treat you that way, but if you just want to be strong, healthy and move well and just enjoy your sessions i’ll treat you that way.