Goodlife Health Clubs have announced an exciting new support partnership with AFL Diversity programs, which will see its personal trainers help up-and-coming players reach a higher level of health and fitness.

The announcement was marked today at Goodlife’s newly acquired Camberwell club with AFL superstars Shaun Burgoyne (Hawthorn FC), Bachar Houli (Richmond FC), Goodlife Personal Trainer Mel Bolton and Michael Turner from the AFL’s Indigenous development program.

The AFL Diversity programs, including the Australia Post AFL Multicultural program and the Coles AFL Indigenous program, aim to promote cultural diversity in the AFL and provide more opportunities to aspiring young players.   

Coles AFL Indigenous ambassador and Hawthorn star Shaun Burgoyne said the high performance training, nutrition education and career advice provided by Goodlife would significantly bolster this year’s program line-up.  

“I am proud to see how far AFL Diversity programs have come and its continued growth – with 25 per cent of elite players now coming from diverse backgrounds,” he said.

“The addition of Goodlife Health Clubs as a supporting partner to the AFL Diversity programs is a natural fit given we’re always looking for innovative ways to improve the health and wellbeing of the AFL’s next generation.”

Goodlife’s partnership includes the provision of personal trainers for high performance camps, health and nutrition education seminars, sessions on pursuing careers in health and fitness and access to the Goodlife Health Clubs network, which spans five states and 68 clubs.

Goodlife Health Clubs National Corporate Partnerships Manager Mahamoud Fahour said the AFL Diversity program closely aligned with the company’s core business objectives.

“Our goal is to educate, motivate and support more Australians to get moving and live a healthier and more active lifestyle,” he said.

“This dovetails perfectly into the AFL Diversity program and we feel privileged to support football stars in the making.”