About

Coaching with
range.

Lifestyle Training started as one coach's rebuild. It runs now as a small team that takes on clients carefully and stays for the long haul.

Founder & Head Coach

Josh McHugh.

Josh built Lifestyle Training out of his own rebuild — a spinal injury and the depression that followed. He coaches everyday people who don't want a meathead in their inbox: parents, professionals, anyone who's tried and felt like it wasn't built for them. Direct, warm, and obsessed with making things stick.

Credentials
+ MNU Certified Nutritionist
+ Certified Personal Trainer
+ Behaviour change & therapeutic support background
+ Specialises in busy parents & everyday people

The story

How we got here.

Then

Spinal injury, depression, restart

A back injury that should have ended training pushed Josh into the dark for a while. Coming out of it through coaching, programming, and the slow rebuild — that's where the framework started.

Build

Becoming a coach

Personal training certs, MNU nutrition certification, and years of working with everyday people taught Josh one thing: behaviour change is the actual job. The training program is the easy part.

Now

Lifestyle Training, the company

Lifestyle Training is the framework Josh wished existed when he was rebuilding — coaching that takes your life into account, not the other way around. Online for most clients, in-person on the Gold Coast for those nearby.

Next

The app

Behind the scenes, the team is building a custom training and nutrition app to replace the third-party platforms. Same coaches, better tools, fewer subscriptions.

The team

People behind the inbox.

Coach

Mel Fellows

Mel joined the team to take on more clients without diluting the standard. Same coaching framework, same check-in cadence, same focus on the person — not the program.

+ Certified Personal Trainer
+ Strength & conditioning focus
+ Specialises in women returning to training

How we coach

The non-negotiables.

/ Custom, not copy-paste

Every program is built from scratch. We don't have a template called 'busy mum 30s' that we send to everyone. Your context, your program.

/ Sustainable beats fast

We can crush you for 12 weeks. We'd rather build something you'll still be doing in 12 months. The two aren't the same.

/ Coaches pay attention

Check-ins are read, replied to, and used to change the next week. The whole point is that someone is watching closely enough to course-correct.

Want to work with us?

Free consult, no pitch. We'll work out if this is the right fit before either of us commits.