Mel Tempest - Ignite Fitness Business

19/08/2025

It's time - we need you to register as soon as possible.

Members who register and complete 75 moves a day, anywhere at any time, and register their moves will go into the draw for a $500 VISA.
Non-members who register and complete 75 moves a day, anywhere at any time, including our gym and register their moves will get 21 days free at the club and go into the draw to win a 12-month membership.
You'll need to register using the link below. Also, copy and paste and send it to as many friends as you can.

The objective of Million Moves is to collate data for research; your personal details are not recorded, just the moves, your age and gender are recorded. Australia has a significant problem with chronic illness and obesity; type 2 diabetes is on the rise in young toddlers and children, and young adults are being diagnosed more and more with chronic diseases and mental health issues. Movement matters exercise is the main product to help decrease and eliminate health issues in society.
Our health care system cannot cope. Our medical staff are overworked; we need to decrease their load and get people healthier.

Register now, and you can get your friends, workplace and schools to register.

This is a government initiative, and our club receives NO payment. Everything we are doing, we are doing off our own back.

You dont need to live in Ballarat if you want to participate.

Can you complete 75 moves a day for 21 days?

14/08/2025

The AUSactive Million Moves campaign starts in just 2.5 weeks, running from September 1- 21!

✔️Pledge your commitment online to join the challenge and complete 75 moves every day for 21 days. Click the pic below to see freebies.

✨ Inspire your community and get moving, as 75% of Aussies don’t meet the activity guidelines.

💻 Head over to www.millionmoves.org.au to see what it’s all about, find our page Genesis Ballarat, redeem free resources and discover prizes!

🗺️ Although the campaign is focused on QLD, WA, Ballarat & Wollongong, it’s open for anyone to join….!
Everyone can join our team and be eligible for prizes.

Stay tuned for more updates!

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12/08/2025

Are you a teacher, parent or guardian of school kids, a student, a sports team, or just an interested individual who wants to see kids more active in Ballarat?

If so, pay attention 🙏

The AUSactive Million Moves challenge, running from 1-21 September, takes place in Ballarat and Wollongong, and a significant prize is two school gym fit-outs valued at $25K each courtesy of Matrix Fitness Australia equipment.
The challenge is free to enter and involves teams and/or individuals completing 75 moves a day over 21 days.
75 represents the percentage of Australians who dont move enough, and 21 is the number of days it takes to form a habit.

A move can be whatever you choose; a squat, a swim, a jog, Kids playing at lunchtime or recess, sports teams playing netball, footy or even a game of tiggy!

How good would it be for your school to win the equipment?
Time to get moving and register now.

Create your own school or sports team, or if you're an individual just wanting to join in, you can join under Genesis Ballarat.
All MM new Genesis team members receive 21 days free.

Sign up here: https://millionmoves.org.au/signup

Get our kids moving, let's create a healthier future for them and our community.
Movement Matters, and it starts with us.

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07/08/2025

Friday's Frivallous Thoughts.

06/08/2025

🏆 BALLARAT LEADERS – LET’S MOVE TOGETHER 🏆
From 1–21 September, the Million Moves Challenge is our chance to make Ballarat a city that moves, supports, and inspires.
We know the stats:
1 in 4 Aussie kids is overweight or obese.
1 in 2 adults lives with a chronic illness.
Mental health issues are rising fast in teens and men.
This challenge is simple – 75 moves a day for 21 days – but the impact could be huge.
Our club, Genesis Health And Fitness Ballarat 24/7, is opening its doors to all.

It’s open to everyone – members and non-members – and it’s about community, connection, and health.

I’m calling on our local leaders to step up, register, and inspire others:
Catherine King, Federal MP
Juliana Addison MP MP
Michaela Settle MP MP
Saunders Councillor
Lapkin, Local Brown Hill Councillor
Taylor, Local Councillor Bunninyoung
McIntosh, Local Central Ward Councillor, Ballarat
Hargreaves GAICD, Mayor of Ballarat
Morgan Local Golden Point Councillor, Ballarat
Rinaldi Local North Councillor
Hudson Local Councillor Sebastopol
Jay Morrison - Wendouree Ward, City of Ballarat
Sussan Ley MP Mark Butler MP Matthew Guy MP David Hodgett MP Melissa McMahon - MP for Macalister Australasian Leisure Management

📌 Register under Genesis Gym Ballarat – link in comments.

🏢 Businesses – get your staff involved, receive free promotion in our gym and across our socials.
🏫 Schools – go in the draw to win funding for school equipment.

Ballarat, this is our moment. Let’s lead the way.

01/08/2025

Women Lead the Fitness Floor – So Why Aren’t More Leading the Industry?
Walk into almost any gym in Australia and you’ll see it:
🧘🏾‍♀️Women teaching the classes.
👩🏻‍🏫Women driving member engagement.
☎️Women are running the day-to-day operations of business and home.
🍿But when you look up the food chain?
💨The leadership picture changes — fast.
👉🏼Here’s the reality:
Twenty-five per cent of board chairs in Australian sports bodies are women.
How many women sit on fitness, leisure, supplier or private sector boards?
Only 35% of private sector organisations have gender-balanced leadership.
Globally, women hold only 36% of leadership roles in the fitness industry, compared to 47% held by men.
This is not just a diversity problem.
It’s a business problem. It's our problem. We work in an industry that inspires and creates opportunities for people to achieve better health. Let's inspire and create opportunities for our women.
Too many women are being stereotyped into soft roles.
Women are being appointed to tick the boxes.
When leadership teams lack diversity, they miss:
✅ Fresh ideas ✅ Better decision-making
✅ Stronger member retention and acquisition
✅ Challenging Opinions for betterment ✅ Experience
Women already lead on the floor; they invest more in their education.
The majority of your members are women. Your marketing is predominantly targeted at women, so why not open the door of opinion and power to them?
It’s time they led; it's time they had a bigger voice; it's time those at the top of the food chain stopped and listened.

We must open the door and let women in.

29/07/2025

Gym Owner and Operators hat on:-

Monday, I spent the day in Canberra at the AUSactive Leadership Forum. From CEOs to suppliers, speakers, educators, and fitness business owners, we were there, and we were there to learn, listen, and advocate for better health for our nation. I'm not going to bang on about it all, I'll let the AA team do that, they deserve it, they did an incredible job putting it all together - getting a room full of MPs and Drs together at the same time for the betterment of our industry and the health of the nation—extra special congratulations to Mariana Ivantsoff. If you weren't in the room yesterday, you should have been. If you're not a member of AUSactive because you feel you don't get value, I suggest you speak to those who were there.
Value is not all about discounts off 'things'. Value is not about recognition on a global scale of who you are and what you have achieved; if you want that, then hire a social media manager. Here's what my thoughts are on value when I pay a membership or fee. Yes, I am a paying member of AUSactive, as I operate and own a gym. It's about going into bat for my brand at a level that I as an operator cannot achieve, it's about doing the long-term hard yards so my business prospers, it's about someone else being my voice when a crisis occurs, it's about another person fighting for my rights as a business. When I pay a membership fee, I want someone to do it for me; my voice alone is not enough. If the fight AA put up for the industry during CV19 wasn't enough, then yesterday was. You see, when we fight for a level playing field so our industry truly gets what it deserves, everyone wins, even those who do nothing to advocate; they still benefit. AUSactive, through its collective action and advocacy, ensures that even those who do nothing still benefit. So, let me ask you: where do your values and integrity stand? Mine sits with those who put up a good fight for all. Mine sits with those who have spent the last two years hammering out a fairer membership system; my team will benefit from this. Mine sits with those who fight for my business and the overall betterment of my industry; it's the foundation that keeps our doors open, it keeps our members moving, and the generations to come. Today's fight is tomorrow's future.
Where does your value sit?

Thanking the sponsors pictured below for their participation, events cannot run without them.

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27/07/2025

I’m honoured to be attending the AUSactive Leaders’ Forum at Parliament House in Canberra this Monday.
In this event, key decision makers and industry leaders come together to shape the future of our sector.
On the agenda:
👉🏽 The health and well-being of Australians
👉🏽 GLP-1 and what it means for our industry
👉🏽 The role of advocacy and collaboration with medical professionals
👉🏽 AUSactive’s Million Moves campaign Launching Ballarat
1st September
👉🏽 Natural Therapies Review & Private Health Funds
👉🏽 Physical activity, mental health and community engagement
👉🏼 Excited to announce my role as the Million Moves Ambassador, a government-funded initiative powered by AUSactive. My goal is to get every person in Ballarat moving for 21 days, just 75 moves a day for 21 days.
😄We hope for at least 800 Ballarat people to register.
✅I need to recruit 30 businesses, schools, fitness, and sporting clubs to be involved - inbox Mel for details.

26/07/2025

AUSactive - A New Membership Model for a New Era.

Elevating Professionals, Empowering Businesses, Supporting You.

AUSactive has launched a significant reform of its professional membership system, a move designed to modernise, simplify, and better reflect the diverse, multidisciplinary nature of Australia's exercise and active health industry.

At the core of the changes is a new two-tiered structure:

* Accredited Exercise Professional, for those committed to continuous development (20 CPD points over 2 years), with enhanced benefits and recognition.
* Registered Professional, for qualified, insured professionals with current First Aid and CPR, but no (CPD formally CEC) requirement. Ideal for casual or returning practitioners.

For more information about the changes, head over to the AUSactive website:
At https://ausactive.org.au/

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25/07/2025

I’m honoured to be attending the AUSactive Leaders’ Forum at Parliament House in Canberra this Monday.
In this event, key decision makers and industry leaders come together to shape the future of our sector.
On the agenda:
👉🏽 The health and well-being of Australians
👉🏽 GLP-1 and what it means for our industry
👉🏽 The role of advocacy and collaboration with medical professionals
👉🏽 AUSactive’s Million Moves campaign Launching Ballarat
1st September
👉🏽 Natural Therapies Review & Private Health Funds
👉🏽 Physical activity, mental health and community engagement
👉🏼 Excited to announce my role as the Million Moves Ambassador, a government-funded initiative powered by AUSactive. My goal is to get every person in Ballarat moving for 21 days, just 75 moves a day for 21 days.
😄We hope for at least 800 Ballarat people to register.
✅I need to recruit 30 businesses, schools, fitness, and sporting clubs to be involved - inbox Mel for details.



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23/07/2025

I’m joining the AUSactive Million Moves challenge as an ambassador. I aim to promote daily movement in my community and emphasise the importance of exercise; everyone deserves good health.
Everyone deserves the opportunity to live a healthier life.
As an industry, we need to do more to encourage children, teenagers, adults, and our older generation to move.
Movement matters.
Million Moves is laying the foundation for change.
On September 1st, we launch in Ballarat. If you're a business, local or national, and would like to be involved as a partner, please send me an inbox message.
Join us at Genesis Health And Fitness Ballarat 24/7

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