My name is Vanessa Oostenbroek and I am the owner and trainer of VO2Fit. I provide a personal, caring and cost effective alternative to the large gyms on the Sunshine Coast with a fully equipped home gym set up and varying programs. Workouts integrate strength and resistance training, plyometrics, circuits, intervals, boxing, kettlebells, crankit straps and more.

About me - Like most people I have exercised on and off, and gained and lost weight throughout my life. I only viewed exercise as something hard that I had to do to lose weight when my clothes did not fit properly any more. So I would try all the diets out there (you know the names), the meal replacement shakes and chocolate bars etc. And of course I had the gym memberships- that I never used, joined a running group, did group outdoor classes etc. Of course none of them worked together consistently because I was either working out like crazy and not eating well or I was starving myself and had no energy to exercise. CRAZY!! The problem was I was always looking for an easy way out or what I thought was an easy way out when really it was ridiculously hard and of course never going to work. I did lose 10 kilos on one well known diet but gained it all back again within 6 months. Why? Because- DIETS DON’T WORK!!!!! We know this and yet we still would rather try them again and again instead of just doing what does work which is EXERCISE REGULARLY AND EAT HEALTHY FOODS. What could be easier than that? Why can’t we get our heads around this? I just read what I wrote about meal replacement shakes and chocolate bars and laughed out loud- was my brain functioning at all during those times?? Of course that was never going to give me a healthy lean look when I think about what I was putting into my body. All of the fad diets out there just sabotage you and hold you back from getting what you want.

Anyway, it took me until my forties to finally get it, to understand that CONSISTENCY is the key to success. Consistency with exercise and consistency with what you eat and drink. Exercise is not something you should try for a couple of months and then stop when you have lost a few kilos. It provides so much more than looking good in clothing, you need your body to function properly at any age, especially as you get older- possibly a boring thought when you are young but it is true! You need to look after your body now so that you can function well in your later years as well as help to reduce the risks of diseases and degeneration.

Building a fit, healthy, strong and well functioning body is for LIFE and can give you the power to dictate what kind of life you lead and it is my mission to educate and inspire people to look after themselves and form healthy habits now before the power is taken away from them.

Let’s stop focusing on just being ‘SKINNY” and get excited about being able to set and achieve goals, build muscle, lose body fat, strengthen bones, build self esteem, reduce stress, sleep better, look and feel younger- so many positive achievements that can be obtained from exercising. If your body is in good health then of course you are going to look awesome too if that is your number one goal! Click here to contact me and start your journey now!