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One of our awesome Fitmates has lost a huge amount of weight and looks absolutely amazing.  So much so that she was quizzed at Singapore airport when being processed by immigration because they didn’t believe she was the person represented in her passport.

Passports are valid for 10 years and this picture was now 7 years old.  When she was  asked to produce her drivers license it provoked a similar reaction was encountered as, yes, the photo was also 7 years old.

After being interviewed and assessed by numerous officers, she was finally given the all clear.

The incident has prompted her to renew her passport photo before going to the US – immigration there is very unforgiving.

For some people the change in your looks can be quite significant and this case dramatic.  The one part of losing weight that we often don’t consider is for some people the change to your appearance, so much so that often people that you haven’t seen for over 5 years may not recognise you. It’s a great problem to have but an unexpected situation that you often don’t think about.

For those people who have lost significant weight, this may lead to excess skin around the abdomen and under the arms which may require cosmetic surgery to remove the excess folds of skin.

Written by Andrew Talati

The unexpected happened at Michael’s Moonee Ponds class.

During the Monday morning Mums & Bubs session, baby Jarves was sitting on the rug with his older brother Casey (sons of Michelle M).  Both were enjoying a snack. As the younger sibling, Jarves copies everything that Casey does.

As the mums started boxing in close proximity to the bubs they could hear the sound of boxing gloves making contact with the focus pads.

The tune of the gloves hitting the pads morphed into a rhythm that got Casey bobbing his head as if he was dancing to a beat.

Not wanting to miss out, Jarves also starting bobbing his head in time to the delight of the group.

Perhaps a pair of musicians in the making?

Written by Andrew Talati

At Fitstyler, we encourage clients to bring their dogs to boot camp, on the proviso that the dog doesn’t interfere with other Fitmates, or pose a risk to the safety of Fitmates or other park users.

Well, during our 6am boot camp session at Edinburgh Garden we have 3 regular four-legged friends who join their owners for some exercise.

As our trainer, Anthony, was explaining the next exercise for the session, however, James & Jess’s pet Kelpie Chariot decided to literally fly into Anthony’s leg and knock him down!

Ironically, Anthony fell flat into a sit-up position.

At first everyone was a little shocked as he fell on top of Chariot (totally unavoidable and unexpected). Nevertheless, both dog and Anthony were fine and it was all laughs and giggles after that.

It’s great that dog owners are happy to participate in exercise classes with their dogs.

Written by Andrew Talati

A funny fitness story emerged during the usual volleyball game – Michael’s pre-session warm-up at Moonee Ponds Bootcamp.

“Before each session, we play volleyball until everyone arrives,” Michael explains.

“Last night we were mucking around and a Fitmate, Paul Hammond, arrived, dropped his keys off as per usual and got ready to join in. As soon as he moved into the field of play, a volleyball accidentally deflected and hit him in on the side of the head. It swiftly rebounded to Fitmate Belinda who managed to keep the ball in play. We ended up getting the highest score for the night!”

Even a ball to the head couldn’t stop these Fitmates from achieving a win during a Fitstyler workout!

There have been some very funny incidents recorded about unusual things happening. One of my favourites was during an amateur 400m sprint.  As a school kid was running, the cap he wore  blew off, performed 2 somersaults and landed on the head of the guy behind. No body missed a beat and the kid went on to win the race.

Written by Andrew Talati

This month’s Funny Fitness Story would have to go out to our very own Fitstyler Anthony McMahon! While Fitstyler Michael Bellofiore fled to the Gold Coast for a relaxing weekend, Anthony filled in for his Moonee Ponds session on Saturday 23rd of July.

It was a beautiful morning to be training and while everyone was in the single-mindedness of performing extreme leg workouts, out of nowhere, some form of yabby/prawn or whatever large species it could’ve possibly been fell out of the sky and missed a Fitmate, who was fully focused to training, by 30cms!

Everyone stopped and focused on this creature thinking, “Has it fallen from the sky or did a bird drop it?”

Fitstyler Anthony came to the conclusion that it just might’ve been raining yabbies or maybe the yabby had self-attended the session for a good workout with Fitstyler!

You hear about storys about anything falling out of the sky but a yabbie, very strange.

Written by Andrew Talati