Senior Personal Trainer

With over 13 years of experience, Celleste is one of the most trusted coaches at Average Joes Gym.

Her calm, supportive approach and genuine care for her clients make her especially good at helping people feel comfortable, capable, and confident in training.
With a broad background across personal training, group fitness, boxing, TRX, fondly reffered to as 'The Kettlebell Queen', she brings both depth of knowledge and an ability to support people through many stages of life, including those rebuilding strength and confidence after illness, cancer or major challenges.

Celleste is the kind of coach who makes people feel seen, supported, and in very safe hands.

Senior Personal Trainer

IPF World Masters medallist.
Oceania and NZ powerlifting champion.
Former President of the Auckland Powerlifting Association.

Lance coaches beginners to national-level powerlifters.

Lance leads the strength training on our 8 Week Body Recomposition Challenge — helping members learn how to lift properly, progress safely, and build real strength.

Lance coaches beginners, men and women, 40+, peri/menopausal women, and anyone who wants to learn to lift heavy, progress, and change your body shape with proper coaching.

Personal Trainer & Strength Coach

Andrew brings a thoughtful, strength-focused approach to coaching, with a strong interest in helping people train in a way that supports both performance and long-term health.

He combines practical programming with knowledge around recovery, nutrition, sleep, and overall wellbeing, giving clients a more complete approach to getting stronger and feeling better.

Andrew helps people train with purpose and build habits that last. He is a coach people trust when they want guidance that is well-researched, relevant and well considered.

Senior Personal Trainer + Boxing Coach

Jerome 'Pinkfilla' Pascua is a highly skilled qualified personal trainer & boxing coach, with deep expertise across strength, conditioning, boxing, and combat sports.

He is a NZ title winning Muay Thai Kickboxer (2022 NZ ISKA & 2023 Northland ISKA).

Jerome is respected presence in the gym, known for his exercise knowledge and humility.

Jerome works with teens, men and women of all levels on strength, boxing, HIIT sessions, making training both challenging and approachable while never losing sight of good technique and genuine connection.

He brings a combination of professionalism, energy, and experience that clients immediately feel.

Senior Personal Trainer + Pilates Instructor

Aimee is a qualified Pilates and movement coach and PT.
She helps people feel stronger, more confident, and more connected in their bodies.

Her coaching focuses on core strength, posture, and quality movement, with an approach that is both supportive and empowering.

She has a natural ability to help people start where they are and build from there, whether they are new to exercise, returning after time away, or looking to move with more strength and ease. Aimee brings warmth, clarity, and a strong eye for the details that make movement feel good.

Personal Trainer + Girl Gainz Coach

Tash is a versatile coach who brings warmth, positivity, and a genuinely holistic approach to her work.

With experience across strength training, boxing, youth fitness, and working with teen girls, she has a natural ability to connect with people and create an environment that feels both supportive and uplifting.

As a final year counsellor student focusing on teens/youth, her experience gives her a holistic lens and aids her coaching, helping clients feel understood as well as challenged in the right ways. Tash is especially valued for her energy, positivity, encouragement, and the confidence she helps people build through training.