Heidi
FINALIST - Fitness Professional of the Year - 2008, 2007 & 2006!
Heidi’s enthusiasm for life, and her natural encouraging and supporting nature, have made her a sought after Personal Trainer and group leader. Her ability to motivate people to enhance their lives by making long-term health and fitness changes, is an incredible talent.
Heidi Dening of JUMP START Outdoor Training has a wonderful warm personality and has an ability to make everyone she meets feel special.
Fan Herd. 54, Lindfield, Mother of 2.
Qualifications
- Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment Australian Institute of Fitness - 2005
- Certificate IV in Fitness - Australian Institute of Recreation - 2002
- Certificate in Personal Training - Australian Fitness Network - 1997
- Graduate Diploma of Education (Physical Education) - Deakin University - 1995 - 1996
- Bachelor of Physical Education (Physical Education) - Australian College of Physical Education - 1988 - 1990
Professional Associations and Committees
- Toastmasters International - Chatswood Communicators Club
- Personal Trainer Round Table for Executives 2005-present: Member
- Mal Emery's Platinum Plus and Think Tank Marketing Coaching program
- Australian Bankers Association 2006-present: Small Business member
- Australian Businesswomens Network - Member 2007-2008, and Mentor in the ABN Mentornet National Program
- Business Chicks - 2008: Member
- North Sydney Streetscape Committee 2004-present: Member
- Neutral Bay Chamber of Commerce 2006-present: Member
- Personal Trainers Council of NSW 2003-2006: President; 2001-2003: Acting President
- FitnessNSW 2001-2006: Board Representative; 2002-2004: Marketing Committee
- Vanuatu Round Island Relay Australian Coordinator 2001 - Present
- Health and Fitness Retreat - Lord Howe Island - Coordinator and Retreat Leader
Awards and Recognition
- The Entrepreneurial Civilian Award of Honour - 2008
- Fitness Proffessional of the Year - 2008, 2007, 2006 - Finalist
- Personal Training Business of the Year - 2008 - Finalist
- Recognised as Australia's Most Successful Businesswomen in Personal Training Industry
- Author 'Health and Happiness' section of Lifestyle Trader - a great magazine for entrepreneurs
- Book - Switched On Health Professionals - Australia's Leading Health and Well-being Experts - Chapter 1
- Book - Career Girl - Get The Job You Love - Chapter 2
Presenter
- The Mentor Club - Getting Your Mind Into Gear
- JobCAMP '09
- Magnetic Marketing - Platinum Plus Coaching Group
- Careers NSW Conference 2009 - Wellbeing in the Office
- International Womens Day - Accenture Convention - Healthy Body: Healthy Business
- Australia & New Zealand Anesthetist Convention - 2008
- Australian Businesswomens Network - Webinar Series - 2008
- FILEX 09, 08, 07, 06, Sydney, NSW
- Regional Fitnessnsw Presentations to Port Macquarie and Dubbo - 2007
- Network 06, PT Summit, Brisbane QLD
- Netfit 05 National Fitness, PT and Lifestyle Convention Auckland, New Zealand
- Network 04 PT Summit Jupiters Casino, Gold Coast
- Personal Training Business Course: Presenter since 2002
Corporate Speaker: Topics include:-
- Unleash The Power of Your Habits. Transform Your Life and Enjoy Business Success Like You Never Have Before!
- Your Health - The #1 Priority
- Success Rituals
- How Health Attracts Wealth
- Wellness and Wealth - The Only 2 Pieces of the Puzzle That Matter!
- 5 Quick Ways to Better Health - An Exercise Guide
- Healthy Body: Healthy Business
- Careers in the health, Wellness and Fitness Industry
- Healthy Eating & Exercise Habilts
- Wellness Initiatives For Busy Executives
- Using Exercise to Manage Stress
- The 7 Secrets to Living Longer
Other Speaking Engagements
Beecroft View Club, Randwick TAFE, Northbridge Rotary Club, Pennant Hills Rotary Club, Inner Wheel Committee
Experience
Outdoor Personal Training and Company Director since 1997.
Every job in the company from cleaning to instruction to finance to management.
9yrs teaching Physical Education, Dance, and Health in High Schools here in Sydney, London, Vanuatu and Africa.
Special Interests
Helping clients make long-term healthy choices with their exercise and nutrition.
Showing clients how exercise can be part of their daily lives as something they enjoy.
Encouraging clients to participate in fun runs/trots/walks.
Other Interests
Travel
Photography
Fine dining enjoyed with Tasmanian Pinot Noir's and old, oakey Chardonnay's!
Scuba diving.
A Moment with ........ Heidi Dening
What was your childhood ambition? To win Wimbledon
What do you love most about your job? I love it most when I see clients who haven’t known each other before they came to Jump Start, get together for a coffee (with skim milk of course), or organise to meet on the weekend for a walk together. The building of friendships in this great community is what makes me smile.
If you weren’t a Personal Trainer, what would you be? A photographer for National Geographic
What job have you had in the past that is very different to what you do now? At College I used to test spencers for the CSIRO in a humidity crib!
What is the strangest thing you have ever had to do at work? A client and I made a bet that when he finally could jog up the Cremorne Point hill all the way, I would go into McDonalds and eat whatever he bought me! Funnily enough, the day he
did this he just happened to have $50 in his pocket!
Apart from keeping fit, what are your favourite pastimes? Wining and dining with my hubby & girlfriends.
Name 2 people, dead or alive, that you would invite to a dinner party and why? Nelson Mandela and Brad Pitt – 2different dinners – 2 different frocks!!!
What is your ideal holiday location? Any tropical island
What is your favourite movie? Grease
Who do you find inspiring? Jump Start trainers who continually get up at the crack of dawn to help people achieve their longterm health goals, even when those
same people complain and snarl and even sometimes swear!!!!!!!