Human Engine Personal Training
1:1 personal training in Canberra, whether it's your first time in the gym or your hundredth. Built around you and what you enjoy doing, to get you stronger, more athletic, and more explosive.
Human Engine Operations
1:1, online, or Hybrid Engine sessions. Whichever way you go, we cater it to suit you.
Face-To-Face 1:1
One-on-one coaching at Fitness First Deakin and Canberra City. Sessions built around you, your goals, and what you enjoy doing.
View Weekly 1:1 Plans →Online Coaching
Specific programming catered to your goals, with check-ins and coach support through the app. Wherever you are, I'm there. Just not physically.
See Online Coaching →Group Hybrid Engine Sessions
Small group strength and engine sessions on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. All levels, no experience needed. Bring a friend, the more the merrier.
See Group Sessions →Don't Know Where To Get Started?
Book an Initial Engine Block so we can get to know you, what your goals are, why you actually want to achieve them, because goals are much more achievable when there's real meaning behind them.
Initial Engine Block
A quick chat to get to know you and your goals, a 30-minute movement screening, then a finishing chat on how we can help you improve.
Book Consultation →Engine Starter Pack
New to Human Engine? Two sessions for $120 to figure out the training you'll actually stick with, then pick the weekly plan that fits.
Claim The Engine Starter Pack →Weekly 1:1 PT Sessions
Ongoing weekly 1:1 PT sessions, from one session a week up to five, catered to your goals. We're with you every step of the way to help you get there.
View All Plans →Can't Get To Our 1:1 Sessions?
Get everything you'd get from face-to-face coaching, but online.
Human Engine Essentials
Perfect for self-motivated individuals looking for a personalised training program and the structure to stay on track.
- ✓ Personalised training program
- ✓ Exercise video library
- ✓ Training app access
- ✓ Monthly program updates
- ✓ In-app messaging support
- ✓ Goal-setting video call when you start
- ✓ Monthly progress check-in
- ✓ Progress and PB tracking in the app
Human Engine Performance
Everything you need to build strength, improve performance and stay accountable with regular coaching and ongoing support.
- ✓ Everything in Essentials
- ✓ Weekly program adjustments
- ✓ Weekly check-ins
- ✓ Nutrition guidance
- ✓ Exercise technique reviews
- ✓ Priority messaging support
- ✓ Monthly challenges
- ✓ Quarterly progress review, strengths and next steps
- ✓ Sleep, stress, and recovery check-ins
Human Engine Elite
Our most comprehensive coaching experience. Receive high-level support, personalised programming and ongoing accountability designed to maximise your results.
- ✓ Everything in Performance
- ✓ Unlimited program adjustments
- ✓ Weekly video calls
- ✓ Personalised nutrition coaching
- ✓ Form analysis & feedback
- ✓ Priority coach support
- ✓ Goal reviews and strategy sessions
- ✓ Personalised comp, race, or season prep
- ✓ Programming review after every comp or race
- ✓ Annual 12-month planning session
- ✓ 1 group Hybrid Engine session every 4 weeks if you're Canberra-based (optional)
The Coach
My name is Charly, I'm a PT based in Canberra, coaching out of Fitness First Deakin and Canberra City. I started personal training because I love helping people achieve and reach their fitness goals, and the confidence that comes with it. I love seeing people bloom out of their shell through fitness. Holding themselves more accountable, creating healthier lifestyles and healthier habits, it makes a world of difference for those who haven't entered it yet.
I've got such a passion around fitness. The gym has helped me through a lot, I've spent plenty of alone time in there, and there's more in the gym that correlates to real life than you realise. A lot of what you apply in the gym, you can apply to your life. So to me, the gym is so much more than just coming in and exercising. You're holding yourself accountable every day, holding yourself to a high standard, pushing yourself past your limits, figuring more and more out about yourself every day, and growing as a person, physically and mentally.
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Frequently Asked Questions
No. Programming is built around your starting point, whether that's your first time training or you've been at it for years.
Weekly plans are in-person, 1:1 sessions run in the gym. Online coaching gives you the same programming principles, but remotely, with check-ins and support instead of in-person sessions.
It's a quick chat about your goals, plus a 30-minute session in the gym so we can see where you're at. No cost, no obligation, just a chance to figure out if we're the right fit before you commit to anything.
Yes. As your schedule or goals change, get in touch and we'll adjust your plan to fit.
Whatever you've got access to, a full gym, a home setup, dumbbells, or minimal equipment. Programming is built around what you tell us you have.
Get In Touch With Us
Send a message or book a call and we can have a chat. We'd love to get to know you.
Prefer to talk it through? Pick a time and we'll call you, no calendar links, no back-and-forth.
Built On 7 Years
In The Trenches
Not theory, not guesswork, seven years of coaching real people through real progress, and everything that's been learned along the way.
What You're Actually Getting
Anyone can write you a workout. This is about the difference between a plan and a program built to actually get you where you want to go.
Programming Built For You
Not a template pulled off the shelf. Your program is built around your goals, your schedule, your injury history, and where you're actually starting from.
A Coach In The Room
Real-time feedback on your form, your effort, and your recovery, not a PDF you're left to figure out alone.
Built On What Works
Seven years of testing, adjusting, and refining what actually gets results, and just as importantly, cutting out what doesn't.
Accountability That Sticks
Consistency is the actual variable that changes outcomes. Every session, every check-in is built to keep you showing up.
7 Years In The Industry
I started coaching seven years ago, and the biggest lesson hasn't changed since day one: consistency beats intensity, every time. The perfect program that someone follows for two weeks loses to the average program someone actually sticks with for two years. That's the whole game.
The second thing I learned the hard way: generic plans don't work for real people. Everyone's dealing with something, a bad shoulder, a demanding job, three hours of sleep last night. Programming that ignores that isn't programming, it's a guess.
And the third: coaching is about the person more than the program. Understanding what actually motivates someone, communicating in a way that lands, and adjusting when life gets in the way matters as much as any exercise selection ever will.
Human Engine is built on those three lessons. Whatever you're working with, the program adapts to you, not the other way around.
Let's build your program
Start with a $0 Engine Block, or go straight to the plan that fits.
Let's Get The
Full Picture
Before we build your program, we need the full picture, goals, injuries, training history, lifestyle and what success looks like for you.
Can't Get To Our
1:1 Sessions?
Get everything you'd get from face-to-face coaching, but online.
Human Engine Essentials
Perfect for self-motivated individuals looking for a personalised training program and the structure to stay on track.
- ✓ Personalised training program
- ✓ Exercise video library
- ✓ Training app access
- ✓ Monthly program updates
- ✓ In-app messaging support
- ✓ Goal-setting video call when you start
- ✓ Monthly progress check-in
- ✓ Progress and PB tracking in the app
Human Engine Performance
Everything you need to build strength, improve performance and stay accountable with regular coaching and ongoing support.
- ✓ Everything in Essentials
- ✓ Weekly program adjustments
- ✓ Weekly check-ins
- ✓ Nutrition guidance
- ✓ Exercise technique reviews
- ✓ Priority messaging support
- ✓ Monthly challenges
- ✓ Quarterly progress review, strengths and next steps
- ✓ Sleep, stress, and recovery check-ins
Human Engine Elite
Our most comprehensive coaching experience. Receive high-level support, personalised programming and ongoing accountability designed to maximise your results.
- ✓ Everything in Performance
- ✓ Unlimited program adjustments
- ✓ Weekly video calls
- ✓ Personalised nutrition coaching
- ✓ Form analysis & feedback
- ✓ Priority coach support
- ✓ Goal reviews and strategy sessions
- ✓ Personalised comp, race, or season prep
- ✓ Programming review after every comp or race
- ✓ Annual 12-month planning session
- ✓ 1 group Hybrid Engine session every 4 weeks if you're Canberra-based (optional)
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Ready to start online?
This form is separate from in-person bookings so online leads stay organised.
Weekly 1:1
Engine PT Sessions
Weekly 1:1 sessions of your choice, you choose the times that suit you best.
Sessions you'll actually enjoy. I only train my clients with the things they enjoy doing. That way I can push you hard, and you can enjoy yourself while doing it.
Basic Engine
One 45-minute session a week, built around the training you actually enjoy. Locked in, so your coach can plan around it.
- Monthly strategy session on goals and progress
- Locked-in weekly session time
- Priority booking over startup clients
- InBody scan every 4 weeks
- Form and technique corrections
- Movement screen when you start
- Quarterly audit, strengths, weaknesses, next steps
Engine Starter Pack
New to Human Engine? Two sessions for $120 to figure out the training you'll actually stick with, then pick the weekly plan that fits.
- Two full 1:1 sessions
- No ongoing commitment
Standard Engine
90 minutes a week, split how it suits. Two 45s, three 30s, or one longer session. We lock it in once we set it, so your coach can plan around it.
- Everything in Basic Engine
- Priority booking over Basic members
- Monthly programming review
- Weekly accountability check-ins
- Weekly messaging support for any questions
- Quarterly strength testing on the key lifts, or sport-specific
- Personalised comp, race, or sport prep
- Extra monthly challenges
- 1 group Hybrid Engine session every 4 weeks (optional)
- Specialised programming
Advanced Engine
135 minutes a week, split how it suits. Three 45s, a 60+45+30, or any mix that fits your week. More time, more of what you like doing, pushed harder.
- Everything in Standard Engine
- Priority booking over Standard members
- 24/7 messaging support, any question, anytime
- $300 intro package for family and friends you refer
- Sleep, stress, and recovery check-ins
- InBody scan every 2 weeks
- 1 group Hybrid Engine session every 2 weeks (optional)
- Video lift reviews between sessions
- Specialised programming
Engine Detailing
For clients chasing serious change. More time, more frequency, fully tailored to the goal. Scope and pricing on application.
- Everything in Advanced Engine
- Top booking priority, first pick of times
- Direct access to your coach, message anytime
- Programming built around your season and comps
- InBody scans as often as useful
- Unlimited group Hybrid Engine sessions (optional)
- Annual 12-month planning session
- Specialised programming
Talk To Me Directly
No booking systems, no back and forth with a calendar. Tell me the plan you're keen on, and I'll get in touch to lock in a time that actually suits your week.
Prefer to write it down? Use the form and I'll get back to you the same day where I can.
Get In Contact
Send this through and I'll reach out to book your first session.
Let's Talk Before
You Commit To Anything
A quick chat plus 30 minutes in the gym to figure out what your goals are, where you're at, what you like doing, and how we can help you get there.
Calendar
Click an open day to select your date, it fills in the form automatically.
Consultation Request
Already know what you want?
Skip the consult and go straight to booking a session or a weekly plan.
Human Engine Personal Training ("we," "us," "Human Engine") respects your privacy. This page explains what information we collect through this website, why we collect it, and how it's handled.
What we collect
When you fill out a form on this site — the contact form, a booking request, the client intake form, or an online coaching enquiry — we collect what you enter directly: things like your name, email, phone number, and for the client intake form, information about your goals, injury history, training history, and lifestyle.
We don't use tracking cookies, analytics scripts, or advertising pixels on this site at this time.
How we use it
Information submitted through our forms is used solely to respond to your enquiry, schedule sessions, and build training programs tailored to you. We don't sell, rent, or share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
Where it's processed
Form submissions on this site are processed through Formspree, a third-party form-handling service, which forwards submissions to our email inbox. Formspree's own privacy policy governs how they handle data in transit — see formspree.io/legal/privacy-policy for details.
How long we keep it
We retain submitted information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide coaching services or respond to your enquiry, and delete it on request.
Your rights
You can ask us at any time what information we hold about you, request a correction, or request deletion. Just reach out using the contact details below.
Contact
Questions about this policy or your data? Email us at humanenginept@hotmail.com.
This policy is provided as a general summary and isn't legal advice. Privacy and health-data obligations vary by location — we'd recommend having this reviewed by a legal professional to make sure it fully covers your specific situation.
Who we are
Human Engine Personal Training, run by Charly Bruinsma, operating from Fitness First Deakin (81 Macgregor Street, Deakin ACT 2600) and Fitness First Canberra City. Contact: humanenginept@hotmail.com, +61 444 514 279.
You don't need a Fitness First membership
Human Engine clients do not need their own Fitness First membership to train with Human Engine PT at Fitness First. Your sessions with us cover your access for those sessions. Simple as that.
Weekly 1:1 plans (Basic Engine, Standard Engine, Advanced Engine, Engine Detailing)
Plans are billed weekly at the listed rate. Engine Detailing is priced on application. Your weekly session times are locked in once agreed, so your coach can plan around them.
Cancelling a session: we need at least 24 hours notice. Sessions cancelled with less than 24 hours notice, or missed, are forfeited. No refunds and no make-ups on late cancellations, unless a genuine emergency occurs, talk to your coach. Coaching runs on accountability, and that session time was held for you.
Pausing your plan: you can pause with at least one week's written notice, for as long as you need. When you're ready, you come back and pick up where you left off.
Ending your plan: two weeks written notice stops your weekly billing. No lock-in contracts.
Engine Starter Pack ($120, first two sessions)
Available once per person, for new clients only. Both sessions must be used within 14 days of purchase. Not combinable with other discounts or the referral package.
Specialised Programming add-on (+$10/week)
Available on Standard Engine and above, for ongoing PT clients only. Added or removed with one week's notice.
Hybrid Engine group sessions and class packs
Drop-in $30. 5-Class Pack $135. 10-Class Pack $250. Sessions run Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at Fitness First Deakin.
Class packs expire 3 months from the date of purchase. Packs can be shared with friends, and every class used off a shared pack is tracked against that pack, however it's split.
Bookings: right now, just turn up. As sessions grow we'll move to bookings so we know numbers, and we'll let you know when that starts.
Pack discount on weekly plans
While you have classes remaining on an active pack, $15/week (5-pack) or $20/week (10-pack) comes off any weekly 1:1 plan. One active pack discount per person, and one benefit at a time: the pack discount doesn't stack with other offers. The discount ends when the pack's classes run out or the pack expires.
Referral package (Advanced Engine)
Advanced Engine clients can refer family and friends. Each referred person receives a $300-value intro package: an Initial Engine Block consult plus two 30-minute 1:1 sessions, run individually across the week.
The package belongs to the referred person, not the referrer, and is one per person. First-timers only: it's for people new to Human Engine, not returning past clients. Not combinable with the Engine Starter Pack or other offers.
Payments
Payment is by direct debit through Square, Square Pay, or Apple Pay, drawn every Thursday. Cash is accepted in limited circumstances, arranged directly with your coach.
If a session is cancelled by us, it's rescheduled or refunded, your choice. Nothing in these terms limits your rights under Australian Consumer Law.
Health and safety
Complete the client intake honestly, including injuries and medical conditions, and tell your coach when things change. We may ask you to get medical clearance before training. Pre-exercise screening is part of starting.
Training carries inherent risk. We coach to minimise it; you agree to follow coaching instructions and work within your program.
The boring but necessary
Prices can change with four weeks notice. Changes never apply to sessions already paid for. We can update these terms; the current version lives on this page. These terms are governed by the laws of the Australian Capital Territory.
Hybrid Engine Group Sessions
Never done one before? Please come, you are more than welcome. This is for all fitness abilities. Whether you're aiming for a faster time or it's your first time, come along and have some fun. Run locally in Canberra at Fitness First Deakin.
What To Expect
Hybrid Engine sessions are pretty much mock HYROX sessions, built to help you get better at HYROX. And if you don't know what HYROX is, come find out.
- Engine strength and endurance
- Your tank, the ability to go for longer / your cardiovascular endurance
Drop In
Try it once, no commitment. Come alone or bring a mate along.
Get Started5-Class Pack
Five classes to use whenever suits. A better rate for showing up more than once.
- Includes $15 off your 1:1 weekly plan, every week while your pack lasts
10-Class Pack
Ten classes, our best per-class rate. Built for the regulars.
- Includes $20 off your 1:1 weekly plan, every week while your pack lasts
Private Squad
Bring your own group of friends and book out a private session just for you.
Get StartedPack discounts: one active pack per person, taken off your weekly 1:1 plan each week while you have classes remaining on the pack.
Every 6 Weeks, We Run A Mini Race
All squads come together at Fitness First Deakin for a mini race day, a scaled-down version of the real thing. It's the best way to see exactly where you're actually at before race day.
Calendar
Group sessions run Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday afternoons. Click an open day to select your date, it fills in the form automatically.
Booking Request
Send your preferred date and time, we'll confirm by email or phone.