About Find a Trainer Melbourne
We help people discover trusted personal trainers, coaches, studios and fitness businesses — and we support public confidence through the Quality Fitness Awards and award verification pages.
Our mission
Fitness is full of bold claims. Our job is to make it easier for the public to find professionals and businesses that can back up performance with evidence, and to recognise excellence with a process that’s difficult to game.
Independent assessment
Scored against clear criteria, not popularity.
Verification & audits
Enhanced checks when there’s doubt.
Privacy-first
Consent required for client evidence and sensitive data.
Positioning and authority (plain-English)
We are an independent platform and awards program. We are not AUSactive, and we don’t claim affiliation with any external peak body. We do, however, build our standards in a similar spirit: professional expectations, transparent processes, and consumer protection.
Enquiries & corrections
If you have a question about a listing, an award, a verification ID, or you want to request a correction, email our support team.
Email: support@findatrainermelbourne.com.au
For privacy and safety, we only publish what is necessary for public verification.
What we do
Local discovery
Help people find trainers and studios by suburb, service and fit.
Quality Fitness Awards
Recognise standout performers across Melbourne, Victoria and Australia.
Verification pages
Each winner receives a unique verification code and public record.
Our approach is designed to be practical for entrants and trustworthy for the public: clear criteria, evidence expectations, and escalation when something doesn’t add up.
Standards we expect (high-level)
Exact requirements are defined in the Awards Hub (Rules, Rubric and Verification Policy). Here’s the essence.
- Evidence of outcomes (with consent for transformations and client materials)
- Authentic reviews and links (checked for legitimacy where needed)
- Business basics: policies, pricing clarity, and service consistency
- Safety & professionalism signals (e.g., CPR validity and insurance)
- Conflict-of-interest controls and confidentiality for judging
Evidence pack (typical examples)
- Analytics snapshots (weekly/monthly/quarterly trends)
- Active insurance (public liability + professional indemnity)
- Current CPR certification (valid through judging)
- Reviews: verified links + authenticity checks
- Transformations: consent + timeline + objective markers
- Media/authority: relevance + proof of earned coverage (where used)
We minimise sensitive data collection and request only what is required to verify a claim.
Integrity controls (how we reduce doubt)
No pay-to-win
Awards cannot be bought, sold, or influenced through gifts or incentives.
Enhanced Verification
Entries escalate if there’s doubt or a claim needs stronger proof.
Right to respond
Procedural fairness: we request clarification to remove doubt where possible.
Transparency reporting
Program-level reporting (audits, ineligibles, improvements) builds trust.