Find your love for movement
At THRIVE, we believe that feeling good starts with the body. Daily movement builds a strong foundation for you to realise your potential.
Meet the Team
The THRIVE family is a dedicated group of trainers and pilates instructors passionate about helping clients be their happiest, healthiest selves. Each trainer is certified in various areas of expertise from personal training or pilates, to meditation. No matter your needs or preferences, you’ll find a trainer to guide you on your fitness journey.
Katie Love
Ben Love
Ben completed the entire fit-out of Thrive single handedly, and helped operations especially during lockdowns. He is responsible for so many moving parts, with no job being too big or small. He’s the one found on his hands and knees painting, assembling, drilling – in between meetings with staff, banks, landlords and much more. He’s also the guy at the end of the line when someone needs to get advice or to cry, or to figure out yet another technical difficulty.
Ben is an avid Thrive go-er (obsessed with Tracey’s programming) so you will catch him at class or can reach out to him with any Thrive related questions!
Georgie Connellan
Georgie completed her Cert IV in Fitness in early 2020, before immediately jumping on board at Thrive Fitness. She is not only a passionate trainer – but is Thrive Studio Co-Manager! Having trained with Katie for years prior to completing her qualification, Georgie shares the same passion and love for holistic wellbeing and fitness, and essentially runs the show with her immaculate organisational skills.
Georgie is incredibly passionate about making sure Thrive members feel physically and mentally at their best and uses her bubbly personality to keep vibes high throughout each and every class, consult and interaction.
Georgie is bound to provide you with an epic sweat and will push you to your absolute max.
Tracey Sherlock
Tracey has long been a part of the Thrive Fitness team, and is the definition of walking the talk. She has been in the fitness industry since 2013, and it shows!
Tracey is a power house and wealth of knowledge. As your Thrive Head Trainer, she is a breath of fresh air who will empower and inspire you to feel your very best, physically and mentally while also pushing you to your absolute limits. Known for her ability to make you sweat, but also nurture you in just the right way to help you grow, you’ll find yourself returning to Tracey’s sessions over and over again.
Her qualifications are extensive, and just to name a few she has; Certificate 3 & 4 Fitness,
PunchFit Boxing Instructor – Level 1 & 2, Metafit, 200hr Yoga Teacher, TRX Suspension Training, plus Nutrition & Diet for Exercise Professionals.
Danella Mann
Danella has a passion for all things health and fitness, and helping others. She is a born instructor who continues to to expand her knowledge through her own dedicated practice. Her background in fitness includes strengthening her body in the gym after recovering from spinal surgery which led to competing in body sculpting bikini competitions. This has now expanded into intensive studies into pilates; both mat and reformer.
You will find Danella’s spirit a nurturing and fun energy to absorb during each session. She just loves to make Thriver’s feel good while educating them too. Every session is carefully planned to give you the best total body pilates workout.
You can find Danella’s schedule on the mindbody app!
Jordan Pretscherer
Jordan is a dedicated and nurturing fitness enthusiast who discovered her passion for fitness after completing her Certificate in Fitness in 2016. Having experienced the transformative power of exercise in her own life, she found solace and connection at Thrive. Training here for years now, Jordan has embraced the endorphin fueled sessions and witnessed the unique bond between members. She has also learnt from the best!
Now as a trainer, Jordan aspires to share this empowering experience with others, guiding them through feel -good sessions that challenge both body and mind. Jordan will inspire you to push your limits while fostering an environment of encouragement and support, embodying the true Thrive style
Belinda Zappia
Shae Fitzgibbon
Introducing Shae, our dynamic and enthusiastic personal trainer. Shae embarked on her fitness journey with the completion of her cert 3 in fitness in 2021, setting the stage for a passion filled career dedicated to transforming lives through movement.
Why does Shae adore fitness? It’s her secret recipe for feeling fantastic while kicking stress and anxiety to the curb. But for her, it’s not just a job—it’s a passion project. Helping others feel awesome about themselves and watching them grow physically and mentally? That’s the dream job!
Shae’s preferred training style is anchored in the strength training discipline. With a deep passion for pushing her own limits and discovering what she can achieve through consistent effort, she channels this enthusiasm into her training sessions. Her love for strength training isn’t just about lifting weights – it’s about embracing the journey, celebrating milestones, and fostering a resilient mindset.
Jessica Love
With 10 years of experience in the movement world, Jess is qualified in reformer pilates and also holds a Level 1 & 2 Yoga Certificate, along with many extras.
Jess is passionate about living a good quality life and guides members and the community towards this through loving movement and education. She seems to know just what your body craves.
We are incredibly lucky to have Jess instructing group Pilates classes at Thrive as she also runs her own yoga business. Flow, and delivering the gentle burn is her specialty and we can guarantee you’ll feel the most present and connected with your body that you ever have.
Join one of Jess’ beautifully crafted classes today to experience her passion and experience first hand.
Meagan Linklater
Meagan was first introduced to pilates after having her second child back in 2016 and quickly fell in love with it. So much so, in September 2017 she became qualified in teaching Mat Pilates, Reformer Pilates, Pregnancy and Postnatal Pilates.
After her own experience with lower back pain and a bulged disc, Meagan was able to use Pilates to strengthen and rectify her injuries. You’ll find she loves sharing her knowledge of the technical aspects of Pilates and will educate you on the importance of pelvic floor and lower abdominal activation.
Meagan loves to keep spirits high with classes that are fun and entwined with a good laugh, whilst ensuring the correct technique and form is used during each movement to enhance your results and experience.
As Meagan would say, ‘Pilates is for everyone! The exercises you can do are endless and combining Pilates with Thrives weight training classes ensure you can work your whole body with strength, posture, balance and mobility’.
Join one of Meagan’s classes and fall in love with her energy and vibe! We know we sure did.
Sam Lowe
- Reformer Pilates
- Mat Pilates
- Barre
- Yoga (Hatha)
Sam shares her learnings and passion for yoga and pilates with our Thrive community, applying her training and experience to develop curated sessions that will result alignment, strength and mind-body connection.
As a lifelong lover of fitness and pilates, Sam will tell you she “instantly found a home here at Thrive”. From the members to each of the instructors, Thrive is a welcoming place where you can instantly feel accepted and inspired to become your best self, no matter your background or ability.
Sam isn’t a fan of having her picture taken so you’ll just have to come in and experience her magical presence for yourself.
Stephanie Love
Stephanie discovered pilates method during her pregnancy. It supported her so much, and she had never found anything that transformed her body, mind and spirit quite like Pilates.
Her style of teaching is fun, feel good and benefits the whole being. She especially loves guiding you through a nice abdominal burn! Steph looks forward to working with you on the reformer soon!
Sophie Price
She is incredibly passionate about making sure Thrive members feel physically and mentally at their best and uses her personality to keep vibes high throughout each and every class. Sophie is bound to provide you with an epic sweat and will push you to your absolute max.
We also are blessed to have these beautiful and very experienced gym and pilates covers who you’ll also see floating in and out on a casual basis;
Ashley Parfrey, Giulia Iamarino, Hannah McGlashan, Caitlin Holdcroft, Katelyn Matthews and Deanna Walker.