(01) The team · Ballarat & Geelong
The people
you’ll meet.
Every CS coach is a trained, experienced disability support worker with a fitness qualification in hand or in progress. Tap anyone to read their bio and refer to their studio.
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- HSPhoto to comeHenry SquireGeelong leadGeelong
- ABPhoto to comeAmelia BakkerMovement CoachGeelong
- CFPhoto to comeCaity FinnMovement CoachGeelong
- CPPhoto to comeConnor PaechMovement CoachGeelong
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- JJPhoto to comeJake JansonMovement CoachGeelong
- LMPhoto to comeLynda McDonaldMovement CoachGeelong
- OWPhoto to comeOskar WalterMovement CoachGeelong
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(02) Ready when you are
Work with this team.
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Alex Bryan
Founder
Alex co-founded Circle Square alongside Micah and Jono, and owns and operates Human First, a disability support provider he built from nothing over the last five years. Both businesses came from the same place: time spent on the floor across disability support and fitness coaching, and a growing conviction that the sector could do better.
As a Registered Disability Worker and qualified fitness coach, he's not managing from a distance. He's in it.
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Micah Darby
Co-Owner & Operations Manager
Micah built Circle Square from the ground up, and still shows up to the floor every day to run it. His background spans functional fitness, CrossFit coaching and disability support, which means he understands both how the body moves and what it takes to make someone feel genuinely safe doing it.
Level 1 CrossFit Coach. Registered Disability Worker. Currently completing his Certificate IV in Disability, not because it's required, but because he's still learning.
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Jono Bui
Co-Owner & Movement Coach
Jono came to Circle Square through fitness, and that's still the lens everything runs through for him. He holds a Certificate IV in Fitness and lives on the floor, programming, coaching, adapting on the fly. He knows how to take a goal, break it into something real, and build a session around what the person in front of him actually needs that day.
Participants don't feel pushed, they feel coached. There's a difference, and Jono gets it.
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Shane Bryan
Co-Owner & Movement Coach
Shane co-founded Circle Square with a background most people in the sector simply don't have: law enforcement, education, community coaching across AFL and basketball, and an Advanced Diploma in Human Resources. That breadth means he reads situations quickly and connects easily with people who've had complicated experiences in support settings before.
Certificate IV in Mental Health. Works across Ballarat and Geelong. The experience is wide. The focus is simple.
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Jamie Te Moananui
Team Leader & Movement Coach
Jamie holds a Certificate III and IV in Fitness and leads the coaching team on the Circle Square floor. He works a lot with kids and teens, and with anyone who walks in unsure about exercise. His sessions mix strength and conditioning, cardio and functional training, adjusted to each person's ability and confidence on the day.
Respect comes first for Jamie. If someone doesn't feel respected, they won't feel safe, and they won't trust their coach. So he greets people properly, matches their energy, keeps early sessions simple and takes an interest in their hobbies and their wins outside their sessions.
Jamie was born in New Zealand and has lived in Australia since 2009. He reads about the stock market (his favourite book is The Snowball, about Warren Buffett), collects One Piece and Pokemon cards, and plays Fortnite and Age of Empires on Xbox.
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Hollie Anderson
Movement Coach
Hollie holds a Certificate IV in Fitness and is also a qualified hairdresser, two very different backgrounds that point to the same thing: she's a people person, and people know it the moment they meet her. Her style is warm and unhurried. Participants feel at ease not because the work isn't challenging, but because Hollie makes the environment feel safe enough to try.
She came to Circle Square to combine her love of health and fitness with something that actually meant something. That's exactly what she found.
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Nathan Carpenter
Movement Coach
Nathan holds a Certificate III in Sport and Recreation and a Certificate III in Fitness, with a background in strength and conditioning, resistance and plyometric training. Plyometrics is his favourite thing to coach. He works well with kids, teens and young adults, and with people starting from zero.
He started training at 16, a scrawny kid without much confidence, and the gym taught him discipline and consistency. He wants participants to feel that change too. Nathan is patient, explains things in a way that makes sense, and adapts each session to the person's energy and needs that day.
His Christian faith and relationship with Jesus are an important part of who he is and shape how he approaches life. Outside work he's a big nerd for videography and photography, and a fan of Star Wars and Spider-Man.
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Riley Hinchcliffe
Movement Coach
Riley is studying his Certificate III and IV in Fitness and coaches resistance and functional training. He works a lot with kids and teens. Gyms can feel intimidating, so Riley gets to know people before anything else, then breaks a big goal into smaller steps they can tick off.
Fitness built his own confidence, from everyday tasks to talking with new people, and the relationships he makes along the way are why he coaches. Participants describe him as approachable, friendly and full of energy.
He spends about 80% of his life in activewear and the other 20% hunting for the perfect outfit. On days off he's in the surf, even in the middle of winter, though he admits he's not much good. He's also a die-hard Essendon supporter who hasn't seen a finals win in a long time. Don't open a bag of lollies around him.
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Erin Maree
Movement Coach
Erin is completing her Certificate III and IV in Fitness and has completed trauma and diabetes training. Her work in disability support has taught her to listen closely and plan around the person in front of her. She also remembers walking into a gym for the first time herself, and how intimidating that felt.
She grew up swimming and playing tennis and netball, and these days trains in strength and Pilates, both reformer and mat. Along the way she's tried karate, volleyball, boxing and HYROX. Erin coaches strength and functional movement, focuses on what each person can do, and celebrates every win, big or small.
At home she spends a lot of time with her cat, Mara, and will happily show you photos if you ask. She'd love to hear about your pets too.
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Al Holland
Movement Coach
Al holds a Certificate IV in Fitness, and most of his coaching comes back to confidence. When one way to reach a goal doesn't suit someone, he finds another and adds a new skill along the way. Boxing and circuit training are his favourite sessions to run.
New participants hear the same thing from him early on: everyone here had a first day, and getting things wrong is part of learning. He starts from wherever a person is and builds up from there. The best part of the job, for Al, is knowing he's made someone's day a bit easier or better.
He follows sport of every kind and has visited some of the most famous sporting arenas in the world. He also worked permanent night shift in a factory for several years, and still struggles to get out of bed in the morning.
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Alexander Trigg
Movement Coach
Alex brings one of the strongest academic foundations on the Circle Square floor, a Bachelor of Exercise & Sports Science backed by hands-on experience in both one-on-one and community-based support. Sessions are structured and evidence-informed, but never rigid. He understands how the body moves, and how to read when someone needs more time before they're pushed further.
Currently completing his Certificate IV in Mental Health. The degree gave him the science. The floor is giving him everything else.