ALEXANDER REID

Talent Manager - King Kyle Holdings

Find a good tailor! After been with Ricardo for 2 months I have seen a drastic change in my body, 30cm off my stomach and 10kg's lighter. All from following the Raw Fit plan and working out with Ricardo, if you have the drive to change your body, then Ricardo can show you how to!

But, make sure you have the name of a good tailor, because after 2 months, nothing will fit you!

INDIA ROSE MADDEROM

Singer and Actress

About a month ago, I was in a very lazy and unmotivated place in terms of exercise. I had been going to the gym on and off for years, being motivated for a few weeks here and there, but when I didn’t see any immediate results or the changes that I wanted, I would give up or fall out of the habit. For this reason, I was hesitant that I could find an exercise routine that would keep me motivated, up until I met Ricardo. Even after our first chat, it was obvious that I would make a positive change, not just with exercise, but with my eating habits as well. As I walked away, I was excited, not only about our future sessions, but also his plan to change my lifestyle for good!

After three days on Ricardo’s detox plan (which, by the way, is a far cry from the ‘I-don’t-eat-a-single-thing’ lemon detox diet), I had already lost cm’s off my body! Once the detox was done, I moved onto the healthy eating plan that Ricardo had created. And to my surprise, it is a completely realistic and achievable lifestyle change! I am never hungry and I feel way more energetic than I ever have. I’m not going to lie; I haven’t stuck to it every day (after all, there are just some days where a girl can’t go without chocolate), but instead of getting in trouble when I showed up at training like I expected, Ricardo merely had a chuckle and offered me the support I needed to get back on track! (And some healthy chocolate brands that he allows me to have as a treat now. Yum!).

Combine all that with some tough but fun workout sessions, and I’ve been feeling pretty damn good! Ricardo’s training is not your typical (ie boring) ‘cardio, plus weights, equals weight loss’ session. He makes every single session enjoyable – every day is different! I am also doing a lot less cardio than I thought I would be doing (yay!), as he focuses on strengthening and toning to promote weight loss. The sessions are also packed with new information, as Ricardo has an interesting and informative answer to every question I ask.

All in all, I noticed a positive change to my body within a couple of weeks of starting with Ricardo. I have found a lifestyle change that I can stick to, and have gained enough understanding of it that I feel like I could keep it up whenever my sessions with him end (which hopefully isn’t any time soon). He is the most knowledgeable, passionate and fun trainer that I have ever come across, and he motivates and supports me in every way. It is a pleasure to go to training every week and I will continue to recommend Ricardo to everyone that I can!

CHANTEL NAEF

Model

Being a model is loads of fun but can be very hard work to maintain your body especially when you love food like I do. As a model you need lean muscle not bulky muscle, which Ricardo completely understood.

I unfortunately had let myself go a little bit and I needed to quickly (1 month) get back into shape. As we all know it is extremely hard to find the motivation to get on track again. I was so relieved to find this motivation oozing out of Ricardo, he is highly supportive and works you hard. You get detailed diet programs, guided, creative workouts, and ‘homework’ exercises. Trust and believe in yourself and Ricardo and you will be able to achieve your goal.

DMITRI ZORIN

Former USSR (Russian) Olympic Team coach, Graduate of Moscow Institute of Physical Education, Master of Sport of the USSR (Russia) for Gymnastics, Member of the Australian Gymnastics Federation, Accredited Level 3 coach of the Australian Coaching Council

My name is Dmitri Zorin, I have known Ricardo for a few years. I can say that Ricardo is a very determined person and very professional.

He is very passionate about sports and I can say that he does it with his heart. Ricardo is a very good trainer. He puts a lot of attention on diet, variety of exercises, seeing his clients as a whole. If you are looking for a trainer, stop here and speak to Ricardo. You will be very happy to train with him.

ALEXANDRA CAMILO

Model

I am one of those people who has never enjoyed exercise and always saw it as a chore. I’ve tried personal trainers and gym classes and was a bit sceptical about training with another personal trainer but once you meet Ricardo even for the first time, you are convinced he’ll get you the results you want.

With years of me not exercising I felt sluggish, unfit and unhealthy and I was just craving someone to teach me what to do and how to begin the path to a better life.After months of training with Ricardo he has by far exceeded my expectations, he really treats like a human being and cares about you and achieving your goals.

Every training session is detailed to your specific needs and the results I have achieved are beyond what I expected.I could hardly breathe walking up a set of stairs before I started training with Ricardo and now everything seems to be a getting easier and I’m always wanting to push myself more and more.Ricardo will not let you down he is there to help change your life and I guarantee from personal experience.

FERNANDA GHEDINI

Gymnastics National Champion 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982

I have been a client of Ricardo for a long time, he has helped me to achieve amazing results and to prepare me mentally and physically for 3 Marathons in Paris, 2 Marathons in New York achieving the best time of 3h20 minutes being number 113 amongst 9400 women.

ANDY PRIOR

Actor

I started training with Ricardo as he offered a unique and effective approach to training which intrigued me. On meeting Ricardo for my initial consultation I knew instantly he had serious knowledge and passion for training and nutrition.

Before training with Ricardo I had been in a bit of a rut with my training and had reached a plateau thus lacking motivation. Ricardo opened my eyes to a whole new approach to training and nutrition which helped me towards achieving both my mental and physical goals. Each session was always different, never boring and of course extremely hard work! Ricardo is also a very passionate which made the training fun and not tedious! Since training with Ricardo I reduced my body fat from 24% to 15% in about 8 weeks. The results were great and I have also been re-educated on training and good nutrition which has helped me maintain a clean diet and optimal training regime.

MARCOS PAULO REIS

Brazilian Triathlon Olympic Team Coach

Ricardo has an amazing determination, discipline both as an athlete and personal trainer, and with the acquired knowledge that he got through all those years his business is a success!

MAEVE DERMODY

Actress

There is no denial or criticism in Ricardo’s approach. The exercises are custom designed for strengthening and balancing particular areas in the body that he identifies as needing to be worked on. Not only is Ricardo focused and full of brilliant insight about ways to look after yourself, he is also one of the most wonderful people to spend an hour or so with once a week. I would not hesitate to recommend him as a personal trainer to anyone. What a unique and productive experience.

MOSIAH RODRIGUES

Gymnastics World Champion

Hi my name is Mosiah Rodrigues, I am an athlete of the Brazilian Gymnastics Olympic team. Ricardo is a guy that loves sports, he is very dedicated to promoting a healthy lifestyle to all of his clients. I recommend you his services, since he is very dedicated, professional and loves what he does. I would like to congratulate everyone that has been training with Ricardo and also all his future clients.

SPIKE

Australian / English Race Driver Champion

Through Ricardo’s well thought out and funky training sessions I have been able to change my diet and have lost 20 kilos and gained the muscles I have needed to achieve success in motor racing.
Ricardo’s training has improved the quality of my life and I will be forever grateful.

PHOEBE LAHEY

Australian Institute of Fitness

I have know Ricardo since he started out as a personal trainer. being one of his teachers he stood out from the begining with his already astute knowledge, thirst for learning and great physical ability.
Over the last many years Ricardo and I have kept in touch and I am always impressed at the rate that he increases his knowledge and keeps up to date with all the latest techniques and ideas.
Ricardo offers such a well rounded approach to fitness that he is capable of servicing everyone looking to improve their physical, emotional, and mental health and fitness. And the funny thing is, that over the last years he has given me such good advice and inspiration that sometimes i feel that now I have become the student and he is the teacher.
I'm very proud of him.

AMY IVES

Australian Rowing Olympics Team 2008

Ricardo offers the whole package: nutritional guidance, fitness development and motivation. Being an elite athlete I know from experience what to look for in a training program, and Ricardo's program has it!.

YANNICK ANDRÉ

Wakeboard Champion

I met Ricardo in Sydney. I was impressed right away by his professionalism and personality. Indeed, after an hour with him he told me what I have to do to improve my posture in order to resolve my back pain. It was amazing, because I had never told him that my back was painful, he just saw it by himself. He gave me some exercises to do and explained how those exercises will correct my posture and relieve my pain. Moreover, he found a way to make the exercises fun, without spending too much time each day exercising.

After a month I felt my posture changed and my back was much less painful. So I came back to him to ask his advice about another type of training.

I am a wake boarder competitor. I finished 1st in the Switzerland Open tour in 2006 and 5th in the Switzerland championship. Therefore, I asked Ricardo to provide me with a training program in order to improve my skills in wakeboarding. Once again, I was completely astonished by his knowledge and analytic skill in creating a specific training regime. It was exactly what I needed; he updated the program every month following my improvement. I can feel the difference in my style and my ability to do wakeboarding.

Ricardo made me realize that sport is not only about practicing to become good, but that real physical training needs to be done. He opened my eyes with a way to improve myself in my sport much faster than before with a better training quality and a better mindset. I have to thank Ricardo a lot for this new approach and for the improvement in both my posture and my ability to do wakeboarding.

He also helped me a lot in the training of the junior wakeboard team that I have now started to train. We are all grateful to him.

Ricardo is really professional and passionate about sport and people; it is a real pleasure to work with him. I know that I can trust him and be confident in my results.

REGINA POWER

Mother

Prior to getting pregnant with our daughter Maia, my husband David and I wanted to get physically fit. We felt it was important for the health of our baby , my physical well being during the pregnancy as well as being a good way to prepare us both for the mental and physical act of birthing our daughter. Ricardo's training sessions were an excellent way to build our stamina, our physical strength and mental fortitude. He was able to assess how we each handle challenges and figured out the best way to encourage us when we were hitting our personal limits. Just when we thought we could not go any further, Ricardo showed us that indeed we could and that proved to be an invaluable tool to birth preparation.

Birthing a baby is as much a mental exercise as well as a physical act of trusting your body's wisdom that it knows how to birth. In my training sessions with Ricardo, I realized that I had energy that was held in reserves and, when I needed it, all I had to do was to tap into it and my body would go further. What a wonderful realization before having a child as I knew that I had the mental and physical strength to handle any challenges that came my way during the pregnancy and at our daughter's birth. What was equally important to David and I was that we learned how each of us prefers to be coached when we reach our limits. So that when it came time to birth our daughter, David knew what cues would be most effective in supporting me when I needed a bit of encouragement. And since we trained together, we felt that it further strengthened our partnership as birthing and parenting are all about teamwork and learning how to work together and support each other.

We have wonderful memories of birthing our daughter Maia together as a team, the three of of working together that magical day when she came into the world. She was born in seven hours at home with our midwife by our sides. We liked to give thanks to Ricardo for helping us realize what we were capable of achieving on so many levels.

Honestly, we originally thought that we were going to Ricardo to become more physically fit, but the benefits of his training sessions really were beyond our wildest expectations. Ricardo is a fabulous trainer and we could not recommend him enough to couples who are preparing to have children and for individuals who want to realize their personal potential through physical fitness.

ADAM AND JULIA JOY

Project Director and Accountant

Dozens of half marathons, 2 Oxfam trailwalkers [100km walk], and a marathon could easily be our testimonial piece on working with Ricardo over the past 3 years, however that doesn't begin to scratch the surface as to what we have achieved and how we have changed during that time.

In the early stages of knowing Ricardo we achieved what most people would expect from a personal trainer: a migration from a sedentary lifestyle, significant improvement in our fitness levels and a few personal running goals met, however before both our eyes we realised that something altogether more powerful was happening, we were changing as people, not just physically but mentally as well.

Working with Ricardo is infinitely more than the 'sessions' on a Monday and Wednesday night, and this can be articulated by his attendance at the start and finish of our half marathons (all of them!), a mentor available to chat when we're finding it tough to do our exercises, a steady word of support before a major challenge, a helping hand when sticking to maintaining a healthy lifestyle seems tough, and most importantly, challenging us every day to not shy away from that which is difficult or outside our comfort zone, irrespective of what area of our life we are applying ourselves to.

This have been a part of the journey that will carry forward with us for many years to come, and goes far beyond the call of what you would likely expect your 'personal trainer' to provide as part of their service.

Ricardo has a unique outlook on life and encourages you to tackle any challenge with both hands and to give it your all, to remember that we are always 'half way' toward our goals, and that determination, commitment and resilience are the pillars of a life lived and loved.

Challenging yet rewarding, tough yet fair, determined yet supportive, this is what you can expect from Ricardo.

His motto 'become possible' is not just a slogan atop a website, it's his ethos, and something we can promise you he is passionate about sharing with you.

MARINA SHTEYMAN

Mother

I started training with Ricardo two years ago at the age of 45. In the beginning I came as a tag along with my daughter. I was overweight, sluggish and felt constantly tired. I was getting out of breath just going up the stairs. I also needed some one to motivate me. Going to gym didn't work, as I would loose interest very quickly.

After meeting with Ricardo, he gave me an eating regime that I continue to use until today. It's not a diet, it's a healthy life style. I continue to exercise with Ricardo on regular basis. He encouraged me to get involved in running. In the last two years I completed 8 km mother’s day run twice, 9 KM bridge run twice, city to surf and 10 KM run at the Olympic Park.

In July 2011, I climbed Mt. Fuji with my daughter. None of this would be possible two years ago.

I feel younger and fitter than I felt ten years ago and wouldn't be able to do it without Ricardo's help.

LOUISA LEE-REIZES

Jewellery Designer and Mother

People tell you having a baby changes your life. It does. But it can also change your body.

I met Ricardo 6 months after giving birth to our amazing little girl. A few months post-baby my weight plateaued and I was finding the weight loss a challenge. During my first session with Ricardo I knew that this type of training would be different. Ricardo is a trainer who looks at your life as a whole : reviewing your diet, lifestyle and motivation. He is dedicated to his clients success in a way that I had not experienced before with other trainers. Within the first two months I had shed half my body fat and was on the road to fitting into my pre-pregnancy jeans.

As a Pilates enthusiast and a certified trainer, I am a stickler for form when exercising. So is Ricardo. He is completely focused on his clients during the session. And you will never repeat the same exercise over and over again. With Rawfit, your body is challenged each and every time, building your strength and endurance. And now, almost a year on, I am training to run 14 kms. (A huge feat for someone who is almost allergic to running).

As a mother of toddler, Ricardo makes training achievable. My training sessions are attended by toddler and dog - who both look forward to their time in the park. Ricardo gives you the tools and support to achieve your goals when you need results. All you need to do is show up.

BRIDGID HUTON

Nurse

I have trained with Ricardo for 5 years. Ricardo is a great trainer, pushing me to challenge myself and reach my desired goals.

His sessions are always different and fun. He has trained me to do competitions that I thought I would never do - a half marathon and a triathlon.

Ricardo is professional and knowledgeable and knows how to push you without over doing it.

He teaches you new things every session weather it be about exercises or your body and what you can achieve.