Personal Trainer Sam

About Sam Roberts

As Fitness Director at 5th Element Wellness, Sam combines over 15 years of industry experience with a Bachelor’s in Nutrition and certifications in Functional Diagnostic Nutrition, exercise programming, and mindset coaching. He focuses on strength, metabolic health, and functional movement, using a science-driven, holistic approach.

If You’re Over 40, Don’t Train Like This

2025-09-01T13:51:38+11:00By |Holistic Health, Personal Training, Sustainable Progress|

When you hit your 40s, your training needs a mindset shift. Many people still train based on what worked (or what they could get away with) in their 20s. High intensity. Heavy lifting. Minimal recovery. But your body is different [...]

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Is Dehydration Sabotaging Your Results?

2025-05-26T19:46:45+11:00By |Holistic Health, Hydration, Performance Optimisation|

When people think about getting results in the gym, hydration rarely makes the top of the list. Most people focus on training harder, eating “clean,” or cutting carbs. But what if you’re missing one of the simplest [...]

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Train Smarter, Not Harder – The Power Of Reps In Reserve

2025-05-26T19:44:26+11:00By |Holistic Health, Injury Prevention, Recovery, Training|

When it comes to training, most people think more is better—more reps, more volume, more sessions. But this “go hard or go home” mindset often leads to the opposite of what you’re aiming for: fatigue, soreness, plateaus, and even injury. [...]

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What People Get Wrong About Tracking Macros (And What To Do Instead)

2025-05-26T19:43:49+11:00By |Behavioural Coaching, Holistic Health, Nutrition|

When people think of nutrition, they often start with calories. Maybe they’ve used MyFitnessPal, tracked their intake, or simply focused on eating less. But calories alone don’t tell the full story. To take things further, many people look to macros [...]

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How To Stop Riding The Health & Fitness Rollercoaster

2025-05-26T19:42:25+11:00By |Health and Fitness, Personal Development, Sustainable Progress|

Ever feel like you're doing all the right things – training hard, eating better, trying to make healthy choices – but nothing sticks? You're not alone. In fact, the stats tell a pretty sobering story: 80% of people don’t set [...]

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Why Carbs Aren’t the Enemy (and How to Eat Them for Energy, Muscle, and Better Sleep)

2025-05-26T19:40:49+11:00By |Holistic Health, Nutrition, Training|

Let’s be honest: carbs have copped a lot of hate over the years. You’ve probably heard things like: "Cut carbs to lose weight" "Carbs make you fat" "You should avoid carbs after 5 PM" But here’s the truth: carbs aren’t [...]

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The Real Reason Counting Calories Keeps Failing You (And What to Do Instead)

2025-04-10T19:26:33+11:00By |Nutrition, Personal Training, Wellness|

You’ve been told it’s simple: Eat less, move more, and the fat will drop off. Maybe you’ve tracked every gram, weighed every meal, skipped dinners out – all to hit your calorie target. But instead of feeling leaner, stronger, and [...]

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Sleep Isn’t the Problem… Your Stress Load Is

2025-04-10T19:26:06+11:00By |Recovery, Sleep Optimization, Stress Management, Wellness|

Why Sleep is Harder (and More Important) Than Ever If you’re training hard but still waking up exhausted, there’s one area you’re probably missing – sleep. At 5th Element Wellness, our personal trainers see it every day: clients working [...]

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Infrared Sauna for Recovery, Sleep and Results — Why You’re Probably Overlooking This Game-Changer

2025-04-10T19:25:42+11:00By |Recovery, Sleep Optimization, Stress Management, Wellness|

When we program for clients at 5th Element Wellness, we make sure that recovery isn’t an afterthought — it’s essential. Too often, people double down on hard training but ignore the restorative practices that actually unlock results like muscle growth, [...]

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How Often Should You Change Your Workouts? (Hint: Not as Often as You Think)

2025-05-26T17:28:43+11:00By |Fitness, Personal Training, Wellness|

Why Do So Many People Struggle With Progress in the Gym? We see the same challenge weekly at our personal training studio: people either change their workouts too often or stick with the same plan for too long. Both [...]

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