Sunshine Coast Personal Trainers Win Caloundra Chamber of Commerce Award

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Sculptlife Personal Training on the Sunshine Coast was nominated and selected as a finalist for the New Business of the Year Award in the 2010 Caloundra Chamber of Commerce Awards.

The judges received over 180 nominations for a wide variety of businesses within the Caloundra . From these 180 nominations a total of 80 finalists selected, each of the finalists were assessed and interviewed by a high profile panel of judges in the weeks leading up to the awards.

On August 27th, the night of the Awards, Sculptlife was announced as the winner of the New Business of the Year category.

Sascha Aiono, Lead Trainer at Sculptlife Personal Training attended the Awards Night on behalf of Sculptlife . “I had a 5.30am start at work that day, so it was a long day but still fun night out. Admittedly I had to have three cans of Coke to stay awake past the main course but it was great to be there !”

Bianca Aiono, owner of Sculptlife unfortunately was unable to attend the Awards but couldn’t be happier with the result. “It was exciting enough in itself for Sculptlife to be nominated and selected as a finalist, but then actually winning the award was fantastic! We’re looking forward to many more successful years helping Sunshine Coast residents achieve their ideal, healthy bodies.”

Sunshine Coast Personal Trainers Receive New Business of the Year Award !

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Local Athlete Turns Personal Weight Loss Struggle Into New Business Of The Year Award for 2010. 

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Sascha Receiving SculptLife's New Business Award

SculptLife Personal Training based in Warana on Friday night was awarded New Business of the Year
 in the prestigious 2010 Caloundra Chamber of Commerce and Industry Business Awards supported by the Sunshine
Coast Council. 

SculptLife Personal Training owned by Bianca Aiono was one of more than 80 finalists in the line up for
11 business and two individual awards. Bianca received the award presented by sponsor CRS Australia. “ It is a real
honour to have this award mark a real milestone in everything that we have achieved from such humble beginnings” 

The Caloundra Chamber of Commerce & Industry Business Awards highlight the vital role small , medium and
large businesses play in our local ecobnomy. They recognise growth , innovation, creativity, community leadership and
industry specific achievements.

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SculptLife PT - Winners of the 2010 New Business Award

Bianca says her own personal weight loss struggle was the inspiration for newly successful business.
 As an elite athlete Bianca struggled with her weight for 10 years, trying every diet, gimmick and fat pill available. When she finally discovered the secret to safe and permanent weight loss, Bianca lost 15 kilos in 12 weeks and became a Bodysculpting champion. 

Inspired, Bianca then quit her dead-end job and set out on a mission to transform the lives of others on a big scale.
Starting with a single client and a car boot of equipment, she discovered by accident there was a demand for mobile
Sunshine Coast Personal trainers on the beautiful Coast outdoors! 

Two years later Bianca has more than 100 active clients, many of whom are local celebrities, a staff of five Sunshine Coast Personal trainers, and 

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Katherine and Sascha Aiono

operates a fully equipped studio in Warana. Bianca has been showcased in both local and national media, including
SBS Insight, and speaks to trainers across Australia on building a successful Sunshine Coast Personal Training business. 

Bianca’s 12 week program takes bodysculpting principles and modifies them for an everyday lifestyle. The
SculptLife Team coaches clients one on one, in small groups, hold nutritional coaching challenges and recently launched
Bootcamp for women with enormous success. Over the past two years SculptLife has inspired almost 850 Sunshine Coast
 residents to lose more than 6,000 kilos. 

The Awards are a chance for local success stories to stand up and be recognised, for customers to acknowledge
their favoured businesses, and for bosses to reward their team. With more than 180 submissions received the panel of high
profile judges had an onerous task of assessing applications in weeks leading up to the Gala Presentation. Dinner. 

Bianca provides a lively and energetic interview and can be reached directly at 5493 8269 or by email to Bianca@sculptlife.com.au 

Sunshine Coast Personal Trainer Reveals How to Feel Slim, Trim and Good About Yourself

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As a Sunshine Coast Personal Trainer, I enjoy being a part of my client’s transformational journey to their ideal body. I get excited to hear clients tell me how they’re making good lifestyle choices and changes and I love seeing them transform physically and psychologically before my eyes. One of my favourite parts of their Sunshine Coast Personal Training journey is to hear their stories of how people around them in their daily lives notice them slimming down, changing shape and compliment them on it.

But! There is one part I dislike about the Sunshine Coast fitness training journey our clients take. And that is the part where they haven’t learnt to say ‘thank you’. Right now, you’re probably wondering what I’m talking about- and also thinking Im a bit rude! – but I promise I’m not!

Have a think about when you last received or gave someone a compliment about their figure. Maybe they/you said – “Hey! You’re looking slim, you look great!”
I bet you didn’t hear; or you didn’t respond “Gee thank you! Yes I’ve been working hard”.
I bet what you heard; or what you responded was:

“Yeah, but I still hate my thighs!”     OR
“Yeah, but my bum is still too big!”        OR
“Yeah, but I’ve still got a long way to go!”      OR
“Yeah, but my tummy is still yuck!”

This is what I’m talking about – see how many “yeah but”s there are in those replies? NO MORE “YEAH BUT”S PEOPLE! Too many people with Sunshine Coast personal training programs are too tough on themselves and don’t say ‘Thank you’ and accept compliments! And it is actually a really important step of your progression to your ideal body.

Accepting and acknowledging compliments makes you feel good about yourself, when you feel good about yourself and the work that you’re doing  you’ll feel more excited and more committed towards getting better results.  And then, rather than feeling like exercising and eating clean is something you should do, it becomes something you want to do….and the positive energy that is a by- product of that ‘feel good’ vibe will attract to you more positive occurrences, more positive results and even more positive compliments!  So you see it’s a never ending cycle!

Even if you have only just started on your Sunshine Coast fitness training program, do something for yourself that makes you feel good about how you look. You deserve a reward for committing to making the lifestyle change.  Buy some nice workout clothes you feel comfortable in, do your hair, get a spray tan, get your nails done – do anything to make you feel better about yourself when u look in the mirror. Lets face it, when we look good, we feel good. So take advantage of that as a little ‘pick me up’ to get yourself started – and then when the results start coming along you’ll feel even better, which means you’ll be even more motivated to stay commited to your goals!

So come on everyone – start saying  Thank you to compliments you receive! Regardless of whether you agree with them or not, the point is to start accepting and acknowledging your hard work! Everyone deserves to feel good about themselves!

Live your Best Life, in your Best Body

Yours in Health & Fitness,

Sascha Aiono

Sculptlife Personal Training

Is someone sabotaging your journey to your Ideal Body?

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As a Sunshine Coast Personal Trainer, I enjoy being a part of my client’s weight loss and fitness journey – I get just as excited about their progress as they do! I also love to hear their stories about the compliments they get from the people around them in their daily lives.

Unfortunately, there can be an unpleasant side to peoples’ comments when embarking on your own health and fitness regime. I’ve often had to tell my clients to be wary of the people around them and how these people respond to their health and fitness regime.

Hopefully most of them will be like your personal cheer squad – the type of people who support you no matter what. They are there praising and encouraging you when things are going well and pick up your spirits and help you back on track when things get tougher. ( Being a Sunshine Coast Personal Trainer means I’m  a 1 person cheer squad too!)

Then there are the people who appear supportive and believe they are being supportive but they may say things or behave in ways that lead you off your track or discourage you.
These people are the unconscious saboteurs of your weight loss journey and are more than likely people close to you, such as your family, friends and colleagues. They don’t intentionally go out of their way to sabotage you but act out of habit or what they think is right.

This happened to me once when I lost quite a bit of weight. I went to a party where there were people I hadn’t seen in a while, I bought a new outfit and I was looking forward to seeing their reactions to the changes I’d made.
The funny thing was I could tell they had noticed I was leaner – they’d look me up and down or out of the corner of their eyes – but no one made a comment what-so ever! It was confusing and a bit discouraging.
It happened again with the same group of people a few times over several months as I kept slimming down. I finally figured out that my success was confronting to them in some way. Instead of letting it get to me, I decided that if these people made no comment about my trimmer figure – I knew that I was looking good!

The people in your life may not be so subtle. Perhaps you know people who are conscious saboteurs – people who intentionally try to stop you from achieving your goals by behaving in certain ways or putting obstacles in your way. They might appear to be supportive but are actually thinking of ways to foil your success. Keep your eye out for these people as they are often those close to you, friends, family, colleagues or acquaintances and can be difficult to spot.

So while you are on your way to a slimmer, healthier, happier you – be aware of the people around you. How many are genuinely happy for you and your progress and how many are confronted or threatened by your success?
At the end of the day, remember that you are your own person and you are working towards your own betterment and personal development.  Don’t let someone else’s issues affect your own journey.

Live the life you want & love the body you’re in!

Yours In Health & Fitness,

Sascha Aiono

Sculptlife Personal Training

The Crossroads…which road will you take?

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Anything worth doing in life will take a bit of hard work and discipline – and I’m sure all you  will agree that shaping your ideal fit figure is definitely worth it!
Unfortunately this also means that the hard work and discipline will apply! This also means there will always be time where you come to what we at Sculptlife call ‘The Crossroads’: where the two paths of your old and new lifestyle meet.

For example; your old lifestyle might have involved you and your friends meeting every few weeks to catch up, have a few drinks with cheese, dips and nibbles. You  know that ‘ a few drinks’ never literally means ‘a few’. You end up having many drinks, lots of cheese and dips, not to mention the food you’ll consume the next day to soften the hangover.

So let’s say that while you’re en route to your ideal body and your friends arrange the monthly get-together. Of course you’ll go and you’ll feel excited to wear something that shows off your diminishing waistline and shapely arms. But what will happen when you get there and suddenly – there is an arsenal of alcohol ready to shoot holes through all your hard work?

Ladies and gentlemen, you have now arrived at The Crossroads. The Crossroads can apply to anything where you are tempted to go back to your old habits – giving in to your sweet tooth; missing your Sunshine Coast Personal Training session; skipping meals; eating carbs at dinner; not preparing your meals ahead of time and then making the wrong food choices.

You have to decide – will you stay firmly on the path of your new lifestyle habits or will you stray back to your  old lifestyle habits? And I don’t mean to imply that no one should ever fall off the bandwagon – we’re all human! We make mistakes! What I do mean is that you need to decide how committed you are to your goals.

At the end of the day, whatever you decide, your desire to obtain and maintain your ideal body never changes. You’ll always still want that.

So you need to choose – would you prefer to stick to your new lifestyle path and pass on the temptations? Or would you prefer to enjoy yourself and take the old lifestyle path knowing and accepting that you are adding extra miles to your journey?

Friends, the choice is always yours. But I can guarantee you – the new lifestyle path will always get you there faster!

So, which path will you take? :)

Yours In Health & Fitness,

Sascha Aiono

“Live the life you want, Love the Body you’re in!”

How I Used My Sunshine Coast Personal Training to have an Exciting, Fun Holiday in the Snow!

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Heading up the Hill

Hi all ! I’m Tiani, Bianca and SculptLife’s administration worker,(i have most likely talked to you if you’ve ever rang up about a Sunshine Coast fitness program.)  I have just returned from my 3 day mini holiday in Thredbo, NSW. It was a great experience spending 3 days snowboarding up and down the slopes trying to master turning (and falling !) and getting a great workout while having a whole lot of fun !

So the first day we woke up at 6.30am, got everything together and headed up to the slopes. We started our first day with a snowboarding lesson, then up and down the slopes for 8 hours (and until i had mastered turning down the hill :) )

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Kevin being pro at Snowboarding ;)

Kevin (my partner) picked it up really quick, and ended up on the harder slopes by the first day ! I figured this was from Surfing all his life, and also being good at skating and wakeboarding.

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On Top of the Hill

Everyone had been telling me how sore i’d be after my first day Snowboarding so i got training with our Personal Trainers, Sascha and Colleen, preparing all my muscles with lots of weights and strength training. After our first day snowboarding all our friends could hardly walk ! Except me i felt excellent, my leg, bum and stomach muscle’s felt like they got a good workout but I was no where near as sore as i thought i’d be!! Which was great, so i had no problem getting up at the same time the next day and doing it all again..  I was getting really good and by the end of the day i started getting a bit more confident and a bit more speed and ended up falling backwards down the hill and landing a little to hard on my arm ! But Kev pulled me back up, told me to toughen up :)  and up we went on the chairlift to the bigger (much scarier !) slopes. Then continued down the hill with my thigh muscles burning and abs all getting a great workout !

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Yes I'm Up!

However the third day i was out of action as my wrist was just a bit to painful to fall on, which i had realised the day before coming down the harder slopes and spending a lot of the time on my butt !

So that was the end of our snow trip, (luckily i only missed out on the last day) we flew back late Sunday night then monday morning headed to the doctors and to get some xrays, which showed that i had fractured my radius, which is one of the bone’s going from your wrist to your elbow  (i’m learning all about bones in my Sunshine Coast Personal Training Course). 

So now i’m back at work with my big, plastered up knobbywacker arm :)  
 (and now makes writing this blog and operating a mouse pretty tricky ! )

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Back on my Bum !


Was it worth it ?? Of Course, i am so stoked i learnt how to snowboard so quick and was still able to walk after the first day ! Thanks to my
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My Snowboarding Holiday Souvenir !

Sunshine Coast Personal Trainer’s Sascha and Colleen for getting me into some strength training to prepare me for using all sorts of different muscles !! I feel great that i’ve had an exciting, energetic holiday, instead of those holidays where you sit around and pig out ! I can’t wait for my arm to heal and to find some more great sports on the Sunshine Coast that are just as exciting, while getting a great workout at the same time.

Any suggestions??

I’d love to hear about your adventure holiday, or when you’ve injured yourself doing something new and exciting??

Working out doesnt have to feel like work!

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I may be a Sunshine Coast Personal Trainer but I’m no superhuman  – I still face the same tests and temptations as my clients do and exercising on weekends is just one of those trials. I just dont want to do a workout that feels like ‘work’! :)
But on the other hand, I’ve found out the hard way that it’s important to keep in a healthy, active lifestyle frame of mind over the weekend – its far too easy to relax and let your healthy lifestyle habits slip which is not so great for your figure and fitness goals!

Working out on the weekends is even harder, I find, when I work all week on the beautiful Sunshine Coast – where you just want to be outdoors all the time – then come back home to Brisbane where everything is very city-like and urbanised – its just not as inviting to be outdoors and active. So I have to trick myself into exercising over the weekend by aiming to do something fun and active at least one day of the weekend.

me & kane at the Acacia Ridge Ice Rink

For example, I’ve made a habit of going ice skating at a local rink – a three hour public session that I turn into interval training by doing a few laps as fast as I can then slowing down to do the fun stuff and learn a few tricks! (I’ve only fell on my butt once so far –touch wood!- and ironically it was when I wasn’t trying to do any tricks, I was standing completely still! Haha!)

I also bought rollerblades from Cash Converters ($24 for a decent pair, what a bargain!) and blade with my boyfriend and his mates along the Southbank board walk.

$24 blades = fitness fun!

Last weekend I went around to Mum’s place for a bike ride – she was doing a practice run of a new route so she could cycle to work. It was a sunny but cool morning riding through Belmont – one of the few acreage suburbs in the middle of Brisbane that has a pleasant country feel and impressive properties. I forgot that I was exercising while listening to the birds, chatting to mum and stopping to pat some ponies along the way.

Bianca and I made a game of climbing Mts Ngun Ngun and Coollum last year – Bianca brought her ipod and ipod dock and we powered up the mountain as fast as we could with Sneaky Sound System cranking and getting our adrenaline pumping! The rule of the game was that we weren’t allowed to use our hands to help climb up, it was all legs only! Great leg workout! The best thing was – I forgot I was working out!

Why not try this weekend workout trick for yourself? The idea is to do something that keeps your activity levels up over the weekend and keeps you in that ‘healthy lifestyle’ frame of mind. It will help you stay on track with your nutrition too.

Some things you might like to try – a run along the beach; take the kids to the park and play frizbee; or climb Mt Coolum, Mt Ngun Ngun or Wild Horse Mountain – you could take a picnic up with you and make a day of it!

So what will you do next weekend?  :)

Yours In Health & Fitness,

Sascha Aiono

Sunshine Coast Personal Trainer Releases Workout DVD's

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Hi, My name is Bianca Aiono and even though I was an elite athlete from the age of 14, I always struggled with my weight.
It was only when I discovered the SECRET of working WITH my body, instead of against it that I now have a body I can be proud of.

Do YOU want to be proud of your body ?
- Are you confused about the BEST exercises to lean down your legs ?
- Are you scared about bulking up ?
- Have you tried everything to lose that stubborn lower body fat but nothing seems to work ?
You can find out all the answers and more in the first of my dvd series “From Fat 2 Fitness Model Transformation Package”

After releasing my Fat 2 Fitness Model DVD’s a few months ago, i’ve had loads of customers telling me how great they’re feeling and how much a difference my DVD’s are making to their health and wellbeing.

“Hi Bianca, sorry it’s been a while since I last emailed you. I’ve been busy working out with your Dvds, going to the gym, personal training etc. I’ve even taken up tennis. You’ve been a great inspiration. The minute I read about you and your experience, I decided to follow suit and change my life. I’m happy to say I’ve lost 7 kilos since your DVDs and program,  I also do vibragym, eat healthy and I get the family to eat healthy too. I’ve lost lots of inches and I look forward to working out everyday. I have one or two bad days every so often but the difference now is I get back on the healthy eating and exercise plan straight away. So I thank you for helping me believe that i can do it and I also thank vibragym but you really started it all for me. You really made me believe. I hope to keep going and lose more kilos. I’ll keep you upto date. By the way, I’m getting lots of compliments from Friends and that is such a great feeling.
I thank you and best wishes,
Angela x.

Check out our Fat 2 Fitness Model Transformation Package at http://www.fat2fitnessmodel.com/

Sunshine Coast Personal Trainer for Sunshine Coast Young Business Woman of The Year Awards

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Thanks to Mykie O from Strut for my hair... thanks to Rudi for those bloody quadzilla legs !

I’m very proud to have been named as a finalist for the Sunshine Coast Young Business Woman Of the Year Awards.
Thank you to Genine Howard from Profile Magazine and Melanie Jacobsen from PJT Accountants for nominating me both previous winners of the SCBWN network awards and also our valued clients ! 

Here is my blurb which I had to write for part of the publicity related to the event about my career journey. Keep an eye out for me in profile mag and the Sunshine Coast Daily.   

As an elite athlete I struggled with my weight for 10 years and tried every diet, gimmick andfat pill. When I finally discovered the secret to safe and permanent weight loss I lost 15 kilos in 12 weeks and became a Bodysculpting champion.
So I quit my dead end job and set out on a mission to transform the lives of others on a grand scale. Starting with a single client and a car boot of equipment, I discovered by accident there was a demand for mobile personal training in the beautiful Coast outdoors! 

 2 years later I have over 100 active clients – many of them local celebrities, a staff of 5 and operate a fully equipped studio in Warana.  I’ve been showcased in both local and national media including SBS insight and speak to trainers across Australia on building a successful PT business. 

Sunshine Coast Personal Trainer Bianca Aiono

After SCBWN Young Business Woman Of The Year interview

My 12 week program takes Bodysculpting principles and modifies them for the everyday lifestyle.  We coach clients 1 on 1, in small groups, hold nutritional coaching challenges and recently launched Bootcamp for Women with enormous success. I’m very proud to say over the past 2 years we’ve inspired over 850 Sunshine Coast residents to lose more than 6,000 kilos 

Sunshine Coast Personal Trainer, Bianca Aiono

Personal Trainers don't get a chance to dress up much, it's dressing up lorna janes pants and joggers and pretending that qualifies for "smart casual" or sssshhhh it's too late to go out dancing !

Winter Treat – Try this Trick! Oven baked cinnamon apple

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Feeling chilly? Instead of your normal serve of fruit why not try this trick for a winter treat!

-red, royal gala or fuji apple
-ground cinnamon

Simply slice your apple, removing the core, bake in the oven until soft then sprinke with cinnamon. You can make a few serves
worth and enjoy them over a couple of days – just store in separate single serve containers. (single serve = 1 apple)

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