Welcome to Chroma Strength and Conditioning
The word Chroma means “the purity and intensity of colour” and at Chroma S&C we say it with respect to movement – “the purity and intensity of movement”.
To explain, we start by helping athletes create good quality movement, striving to achieve the purity of movement. Once we have that, we add intensity to see where we can really push performance, resulting in the intensity of movement!
Our team of expert coaches and allied health professionals have a combined experience of over 20 years and are continually educating themselves to ensure the best service is delivered.
Chroma S&C is a place where athletes of all endeavours receive specific coaching and knowledge that enables them to reach their goals. On top of this our athletes get behind each other, creating an environment that feeds progression and improvement.
Purity Before Intensity
Meet the team
Dean played soccer for 18 years, reaching the highest level in South Australia before following his passion as a coach.
He studied a Bachelor of Human Movement specialising in exercise science and performance, and soon after became a personal trainer, specialising in functional training and strength & conditioning.
Dean is passionate about developing people and pushing them to higher levels of performance.
His qualifications include:
- Bachelor of Human Movement
- Australian Weightlifting Federation Level 2
- Australian Strength & Conditioning Level 1
- Power lifting Australia Level 1
- Russian Kettlebell Challenge (RKC) Level 1
- Unconventional Training Movement Practitioner. Including kettlebells, bulgarian bags, power bands, mace bells, bulgarian bags, muscle energy techniques and mobility
- CrossFit Level 2 & Gymnastics
- Seminars with Sonny Webster & Max Del Santo (Olympic Lifting), Australian Strength Coach (Power lifting), Jorden Biggie Stephens (Strong Man), Simon Nieland (Gymnastics), Christian Woodford (Athletic Performance), Sam Hall (Powerlifting).
This wide variety of education and Dean’s continued push for learning ensures he is using the most contemporary tools to build performance for all athletes he works with.
Dean has coached Chroma members into victories in local, qualifying and interstate CrossFit competitions while competing himself. He is also coaching six SA NPL Women’s players.
If you’d like to work with Dean, get in touch!
Sai is the resident gymnast and skill specialist of the team!
She has always been active, through a variety of interests including yoga, boxing, scuba diving and team sports.
Her interest in coaching came from years of scuba instructing, teaching rescue diving, and first aid. Following her scuba diving days, Sai started CrossFit and has since developed into a top CrossFit athlete.
Due to her involvement in CrossFit and a drive to develop as a coach, she is well versed in gymnastics, olympic lifting, kettlebells, movement correction and much more!
Sai is a quality coach and helps people push their boundaries through skill development and structured progressions.
Her qualifications include:
- Unconventional Training Movement Practitioner. Including kettlebells, bulgarian bags, power bands, bulgarian bags, muscle energy techniques, mobility, sports taping and trigger pointing
- CrossFit Level 1 & Gymnastics
- Seminars with Sonny Webster (olympic lifting), Eugene Tao (optimising muscle engagement), Simon Nieland (gymnastics) and Sam Hall (power lifting)
- Fighting Fit for Life Boxing Level 3
- Pre and Post Natal
If you’d like to work with Sai, get in touch!
Shankari is the resident cardio ‘engine’. Give her a body weight piece or light loading and she will crush it!
Her sporting and performance background is in athletics as a sprinter, and she is now using those skills to help push herself as a CrossFit athlete.
Shankari loves learning about the body and holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree. She is an expert at passing on that knowledge through her coaching and helps people better understand their bodies while supporting their development.
Her qualifications include:
- Unconventional Training Movement Practitioner. Including kettlebells, bulgarian bags, power bands, bulgarian bags, muscle energy techniques, mobility, sports taping and trigger pointing
- CrossFit Level 1
- Certificate IV in Fitness
- Seminar with Eugene Tao (optimising muscle engagement) and Sam Hall (power lifting)
- Boxing Level 2
- Pre and Post Natal
If you’d like to work with Shankari, get in touch!
Jac is our resident sportsman representing South Australia in lacrosse on multiple occasions. He is also a CrossFit athlete in local competitions.
Jac’s health and fitness background comes from over 10 years as a qualified chef before becoming a Personal Trainer.
He focusses on movement correction and strength & conditioning for sports and like all our coaches he is continually developing himself through courses and learning opportunities.
His qualifications include:
- Unconventional Training Movement Practitioner. Including kettlebells, bulgarian bags, power bands, mobility and trigger pointing
- Certificate IV in Fitness
- FTI Barbell Fundamentals
- Certificate IV in commercial cookery (qualified chef)
Jac is fast developing into an expert S&C coach who enjoys working with individuals, helping them reach their performance goals wherever they’re starting from.
If you’d like to work with Jac, get in touch!
Jacob is an all-rounder but if you ask him, he’d say he prefers low rep ranges and sprint style workouts.
He has a history in sports, including gymnastics and team sports before his focus shifted to developing his strength, skills, and capacity as a CrossFit athlete.
It’s through these various training modalities and experiences in different sports that he developed his interest in learning about human movement. This interest led him onto becoming a coach and studying a physiotherapy degree, facilitating his understanding of physiology and biomechanics.
As with all coaches at Chroma, to get the best out of his athletes, Jacob focuses on developing good movement and uses that foundation to develop strength, skills and metabolic conditioning.
You’ll see Jacob working in classes as well as helping members with 1-on-1 coaching.
His qualifications include:
- Cert IV Fitness
If you’d like to work with Jacob, get in touch!
memberships
CLASS TIMETABLE
Chroma has two styles of classes…
First we have our hour long functional fitness style class which incorporates a mix of skill development, strength and metabolic conditioning. Our skill development focuses on body control and movement centered around gymnastics (pull ups, toes to bars, muscle ups, ring muscle ups, pistols, skin the cats etc.). Strength is focused around lifting load after working on the skill and movement patterns in big lifts ranging from traditional power lifts (squat, bench, deadlift) all the way through to technical lifts in Olympic lifting (clean, jerk, snatch) as well as plenty of accessories to these. Finally with metabolic conditioning we bring in all the different modalities from kettlebells, barbell, gymnastics, monostructural movements, even strongman and animal flow. With these modalities we modify the time domains, rep ranges, weights etc. to change the stimulus on the body and train different energy systems to create different varied adaptations. All of these combine to create a well-rounded training system!
Second, we have our speciality classes. These include specific classes on body maintenance and mobility, Olympic Weightlifting (OLY), and Gymnastics. Our OLY and Gymnastics classes are an hour entirely focused on skill development and accessories to progress your movements. Our Body maintenance classes are 30 minute classes focused on teaching people how to look after their bodies outside classes to get the most out of the classes and to reduce the occurrence of niggles and pain.
Allied health Partners
Located in South Australia, PositiveStep Podiatry has provided professional services to the community of Adelaide since 2016.
They specialise in lower limb health, anywhere from the knees to the toes. Their experienced and dedicated podiatrist provides a range of services tailored to your individual needs.
Their goal is to help maximise your daily function whilst minimising pain, and to help you get back on your feet to take a positive step in the right direction!
At Functional Physio SA, your speedy recovery is the priority. Thier holistic approach will help you achieve long-term wellness and improve physical health and performance.
Whether you visit for a one-off treatment or a longer course of action, they’ll make sure you play an active role in your recovery so you can remain pain-free once treatment ends.
Offering the highest standard of patient care since 2019, their team of dedicated professionals have treated patients with integrity, devotion, and compassion.
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Please contact us with any questions you may have or interested in taking your strength & conditioning to the next level by joining the Chroma community