Meet the Team
Lukas Chodat
Director and Head Trainer
QUALIFICATIONS;
Master Trainer level 1
Certificate III Fitness Instructor
Certificate IV Personal Training
Bachelor Management and Marketing (UOW)
Level 2 Athletics Sprints Coach (Athletics Australia)
Level 1 Strength & Conditioning Coach
Group Punch Fit Instructor
First Aid and CPR
EXPERIENCE; Starting in the Fitness Industry in 2000 after his career in athletics was finalising due to injury, Lukas followed his passion and pursued a career in the fitness industry. As a National Champion he won 5 national gold medals, and 8 state gold medals in the 100 and 200 meter races. He also played representative rugby league for the Illawarra Steelers RLFC in the junior ranks. His career in fitness has now allowed Lukas to work with clients whose goals range from weight loss, muscle gain and general fitness and also specialises in sports specific programming for individuals, teams and small groups. Chodat Fitness under his guidance has trained clients ranging from the sporting elite for example: AFL, NRL, A-League, National Netball League, Australian Touch Football team, Australian/NSW Sprinting Representatives, Australian/NSW Swimming Representatives to name a few.
SPORTING INTERESTS; EVERYTHING!
Emily Chodat
Director and Personal Trainer
QUALIFICATIONS;
Master Trainer level 1
Certificate III Fitness Instructor
Certificate IV Personal Training
Certificate IV Management & Business Administration
Level 1 Strength & Conditioning Coach
Exercise During Pre & Post Pregnany
First Aid and CPR
EXPERIENCE; Graduating from the Australian Institute of Fitness and awarded team ‘Energiser’, Em is a passionate group and personal trainer that engages all clients to help them achieve and become enthusiastic about their personal success. Em has competed in a range of sports from athletics to swimming from a young age, excelling in both. Fitness and a healthy balanced lifestyle is a large part of her existence and believes everything should be in moderation, even moderation! Emily has previously had a career in business and management solutions.
SPORTING INTERESTS; Surfing, snowboarding, lifting weights & dancing in all fun forms.
Fabian Iacovelli 
Personal Trainer
QUALIFICATIONS:
Certificate III Fitness Instructor
Certificate IV Personal Training
Level 2 Athletics Sprints Coach (Athletics Australia)
Level 1 Strength & Conditioning Coach
Group Punch Fit Instructor
First Aid and CPR
EXPERIENCE;
SPORTING INTERESTS; Soccer, Running, Obstacle Racing, Power lifting
Kelly McMullan – on maternity leave
Personal Trainer Accredited Exercise Physiologist
QUALIFICATIONS;
Bachelor of Science (Exercise Science) Graduate Diploma (Exercise Rehabilitation)
Certificate III Fitness Instructor
Certificate IV Personal Training
Health Change Australia Accredited
First Aid and CPR
EXPERIENCE; Kelly has worked as an allied health professional since 2009. As an Accredited Exercise Physiologist Kelly has helped clients with a range of chronic health conditions reach optimal health outcomes. She specialises in health coaching and behavioural change therapy, with a passion to motivate clients to achieve their fitness, nutritional and weight management goals. Kelly has a dedication to health promotion and prevention, which is reflected through her community engagement and holistic approach to life.
SPORTING INTERESTS; Running, Strength and Cross Training, Netball, Surfing, Community or Charity Sporting Events
Cass Evans
Personal Trainer Accredited Exercise Physiologist
QUALIFICATIONS;
Bachelor of Exercise Science and Rehabilitation
Certificate III Fitness Instructor
Certificate IV Personal Training
First Aid and CPR
EXPERIENCE; Cass is our Accredited Exercise Physiologist is an allied health professional and Work Cover rehabilitation specialist She has helped clients range of chronic health conditions recover, repair and progress. Along with a passion for motivating and encouraging holistic health and fitness Cass has a passion and skill for Karate, she is a black belt! Cass holds a number of State and National titles and has taught across all levels and ages.
SPORTING INTERESTS; She will have a go at anything and everything, but loves Running, Karate and Netball.
Ben McKay
info@chodatfitness.com.au
Personal Trainer
QUALIFICATIONS;
Masters in Research (current)
Master of Clinicle Exercise Physiology
Bachelor of Exercise Science
Cert III Fitness Instructor
Cert IV Personal Training
Level 1 Strength and Conditioning Coach
CPR & First Aid
EXPERIENCE; After completing his university degree, Ben is now undertaking is Masters in Research in the sporting field of strength and conditioning. Recently returning from the USA after a placement working with the Oregon Ducks Football team collecting his data for his research project. Needless to say Ben has a solid passion for ball sports and a personal skill of succeeding in coaching clients with this focus. His interests are in physical preparation and rehabilitation for team and individual sport as well as working on health and fitness goals. Personally he has been involved in sport from a young age playing, basketball achieving ‘Most Valuable Player’. He competed in the country championships for basket ball and then and moved to AFL managing to be apart of four grand final victories. Amongst his winter sports he has been a competitive iron man competitor winning gold at the country champions and competing at an national level for surf life saving specialising in board and ski events.
SPORTING INTERESTS; Football, AFL, surf life saving, spear fishing, surfing
Micheal Chapman 
Personal Trainer
QUALIFICATIONS;
Certificate III Fitness Instructor
Certificate IV Personal Training
Bachelor of Science (Nutrition)
Masters in Public Health
Fitness Australia Kettlebells Certified
Fitness Australia Bootcamp Certified
First Aid and CPR
EXPERIENCE; Mick has had a vast experience with fitness and nutrition coaching has worked with the St George Dragons and the Sydney Swans nutrition and conditioning program. Internationally he as worked in gyms and training clients in America and Canada and British Columbia which in which Jean Claude Van Damme frequented. Some of his experiences with clients focus general weight loss, fitness and toning goals, people with disabilities including dementia patients, athletes with varying disciplines, those training for figure competitions.
Personally Mick is an accomplished Touch Football player and has represented Australia since the age of fifteen. His most recent achievement is competing in Canada in a Triathlon and finishing 8th at worlds in 2014. He has completed marathons and most recently cycled across America from Vancouver to NYC.
SPORTING INTERESTS; Anything that brings out the passion and fire in someone at any level of sport where someone has poured in time and dedication. Pretty much summed up by Michael Jordan’s iconic photo with the 1991 NBA trophy or anyone winning match point in their first tennis grand slam.
Morgan Clarke
Administration Supervisor and Personal Trainer
QUALIFICATIONS;
Certificate III Fitness Instructor
Certificate IV Personal Training
Certificate in Nutrition & Diet
Level 1 Athletics Coach
First Aid and CPR
EXPERIENCE; Morgan has had a love of all things health and fitness from a young age completing her Certificate III and IV in Fitness in 2014. This passion has helped develop Morgan’s career with the ultimate goal to educate people of all ages, how to live a healthy, happier and well balanced lifestyle. She has competed in sports including, netball, water polo, running and currently competing in Surf Life Saving, receiving competitor of the year at Woonona SLSC in 2016 and a Bronze in the beach sprint in the Illawarra Branch in 2017.
SPORTING INTERESTS; Netball, Running, Surf Lifesaving, Swimming and Cross Training
Anelia Mintcheva 
Personal Trainer
Certificate lll Fitness Instructor
Certificate IV Personal Training
Certified Post and Pre Natal Trainer
Punch Fit Instructor
Certified Bootcamp intructer
First Aid and CPR
EXPERIENCE; Anelia starting in the fitness industry in 2007 after having her daughter. Anelia has always had a love of fitness competing in mid distance events such as trail run series, 10km bridge run and even placed 9th overall at trail runs Sydney, but after an ankle injury she found herself in the kick boxing ring and the yoga floor finding another passion. She has worked as a kick boxing coach, a bootcamp instructor, pre and post natal group trainer and is excited to share her knowledge with her one on one and group clients.
SPORTING INTERESTSUFC, Boxing, yoga and weight lifting
Michael Rodrigues 
Personal Trainer
Certificate lll Fitness Instructor
Certificate IV Personal Training
First Aid and CPR
EXPERIENCE; Michael enjoyed playing a range of team sports through juniors playing in representative sides in Rugby League and Cricket. He also played 1st Grade cricket for Shellharbour in the south coast competition in the late 1990’s. He found his passion for multisport racing about 10 years ago starting out in short distance triathlon. After years of aerobic endurance training he has gained a wealth of knowledge and experience at racing various distances now focusing his efforts on longer distance racing and is a 4 Ironman distance finisher racing all around Australia and achieving All World Athlete Silver status in 2016 awarded to the top 5% of Ironman distances racers worldwide. He is passionate about health and fitness and understanding how to get the most out of his body and mind as well as helping others achieve their fitness goals. He is also completing his Diploma in Remedial Massage.
SPORTING INTERESTS; Endurance training and Triathlon racing, team sports including rugby league, soccer and cricket.
Zachary Bynon
Personal Trainer
Certificate lll Fitness
Certificate lV Fitness
First Aid and CPR
EXPERIENCE; Zac has always had a passion for all sport and fitness, with a long-term goal of getting a career in the fitness industry. From an early age Zac has been a part of many team sports including Cricket, Soccer, Football, Oz-tag and Representative Touch Football at a regional level. Zac has recently completed his Cert lll and Cert lV in fitness at the UOW College.
SPORTING INTERESTS;Strength and Hypertrophy Weight Lifting, Cross training, Rugby league and Oz-tag.