Marcus Matapo, born and raised in Dunedin by his mother who is originally from Cook Islands. He has always been into sports, especially rugby, where he played for various rep teams during high School. He loved playing basketball but gave it up after as he puts it himself “stopped growing at age 13”, I can relate mate. Like many others he benched and curled his way through a few years at commercial gyms and after thinking, there must be more to fitness than this, he decided to study Personal Training at the Otago Institute of Sport and Adventure to further his knowledge. Now into his 2nd year of studying, earlier this year he found out more and more about CrossFit and wanted to pursue it further. That presented the opportunity for him doing his work placement with us.
As many of you know Marcus has been a member of Southern Peak Fitness since day one and he works as hard as anybody. That is one of the main reasons I thought it was a good idea for him to do his work placement here. He walks the walk when it comes to fitness and he is very knowledgable even at his young age. But most important, he is very keen to learn and he believes functional fitness is the right way forward.
He will of course continue his own training in classes but he will also be observing classes to better learn about the many facets of coaching before we get him more involved. You will see a lot more of Marcus so make sure you introduce yourself if you see him for the first time and of course feel free to getting his opinion on various health and fitness subjects.
Christian
Tuesday 20/09/16
Strength: 5 x 5 Back Squats
Sets 1-2 @ 65%
Sets 3-4 @ 75%
Sets 5 @ 85%
WOD: For Time
600m Run
40 Thrusters 50/35kg
600m Run
Finisher: 3 Rounds for Quality
8 KB Box Step ups AHAP each leg
Max Hanging L-sit
Note: We are getting teams involved with the comp now, so it is looking to be a great comp. Make sure to find a partner and be part of our first in house comp this coming weekend Saturday 24/09 10am
