Sam is a highly experienced and passionate fitness trainer who specialises in group training. His experience in the fitness industry is vast and spans over more than a decade. His qualifications were gained from The New Zealand Institute of Sport and his career initially started with Les Mills where he was a personal trainer and had the opportunity to work with lots of different people from many varied backgrounds. His passion for group fitness training became apparent almost immediately as a certified team instructor of many different modules such as Bootcamp, Spartan, Fit45 and Team Training. He has also been involved in team sports training having been a fitness trainer for the Randwick Kingfisher’s Women’s Rugby League Club for 3 years and has a keen interest in fundamental movement and exercise for pre-school children that he currently is involved in with a local daycare facility.

Through a lot of trial and error and utilising his skills and experience in different training styles, Sam has been able to develop a unique style of group training which is fun but most importantly very challenging and constantly changing. The atmosphere is always positive and participant satisfaction is high.

Natasha (Tash) began her SWET journey in 2010. After recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament repair, she turned to Sam’s SWET sessions for guidance on her road back to playing sport at an elite level. Since that first class, she hasn’t looked back.  Tash has first-hand experience in knowing what it takes to rebuild all fitness foundations. Not only has she recovered from other various injuries and further surgical repairs, she has only recently returned to SWET after having her first child in September 2017.

Tash is the wife of SWET’s co-director/owner, Damian Jacobs and is also part of the team that helps to manage and run SWET. Her core belief and biggest motivation behind her passion for exercise is knowing that when people stay active through fitness, strength, and mobility, they then have the tools to live happier lives both mentally, physically and spiritually. She loves that SWET is a place where individuals of all fitness levels can come together under one roof to work out. She thrives on the team environment in classes and believes that everyone has the right to participate and gain a love and confidence for exercise. Inspired each day by our members, Tash says one of the greatest things about being a trainer is when you see people “just giving things a go”.

From a young age, Tash has always been and continues to be highly involved in the sporting community and has an impressive background in competitive netball and swimming. When she is not at SWET, you can find her coaching and managing sports teams around the  Wellington region. In her spare time she loves the outdoors and sunshine, enjoying delicious food, travel and spending time with her family.

Tash specialises in:

– functional movement

– strength

– elite fitness

– classes for new parents, particularly new mothers

– netball coaching

– swimming coaching

Izaac’s discipline, consistency and hard work in training and exercise enabled him to play sport at national and international levels. His philosophy is that mentality is key. He has always put his mind to achieving his goals at the highest standard possible and this certainly rubs off on anyone he trains as well.

Izaac specialises in strength and conditioning, sport specific training, speed and agility and weight loss. His qualifications include a certificate in Exercise Science and he is also an NZ REPs registered personal trainer

Izaac’s sporting achievements:

• New Zealand Men’s Futsal Whites in Fiji ( Bronze medal) – Wellington Men’s Futsal team 2009 – present
• Wellington Youth Futsal Team 2012
• Invitational New Zealand Football UK Tour 2011

I am originally from Hawkes Bay where I grew up as a massive Tom Boy on an Orchard. I played competitive Hockey for 9 Years representing Hawkes Bay and making the NZ Under 18’s academy squad. I moved to Wellington 7 years ago to study Fashion Design and Technology but I found my true passion was in the fitness industry and went on to study to become a Personal Trainer.

My partner loves when ever someone asks me what made me want to be a personal Trainer as he was the one that put it into my head. A light bulb went off and I have never been so sure and excited about something.

I have grown up with sports and exercise being a huge part of my life but when moving to Wellington and giving up Hockey I lost my Mojo. To be honest SWET gave me my passion back. When I walked through those doors almost 3 years ago now I fell in love with it again. I guess for me it’s about sharing that passion, and helping people enjoy exercise and the benefits that come with it.

I am excited to be a part of such an amazing team. Both trainers and members are so inspiring, encouraging and positive. I am excited to learn and develop my skills, but most importantly I am excited to share the same experience I got when I first walked into SWET.  I hope I can inspire other members to fall in love with exercise as much as I did.