MEET THE TEAM

JEFF Instructors

Get to know the JEFF team on screen!

DOMINIQUE LECLERCQ

INSTRUCTOR

Physiotherapist, Sports Enthusiast & Pilates Instructor.

Biography

Dominique Leclercq is our JEFF physiotherapist and pilates instructor, currently pursuing her master’s degree in women's health. As an endurance athlete Dominique delights in testing her physical boundaries with a positive attitude and smile on her face. If she’s not pursuing her passion for helping you along your unique health and fitness journey, you’ll find her seeking adventures with her mountain bike.

Specializations

✓ Strength Training
✓ Nutrition
✓ Women’s Health
✓ Pilates
✓ Pregnancy and return to sport post-partum

INSTRUCTOR

Honours in Psychology & Body Weight Training Specialist.

Meet Joe

Biography

Coach Joseph is a firm believer that through creating holistic lifestyle changes one can positively affect the development and advancement of the human mind and body.

With an honours degree in psychology, he is extremely passionate about helping others become the best versions of themselves. Coach Joe’s approach is to lead by example, hold his clients accountable, and provide them with an individualised plan to succeed.

High-intensity training, running, swimming, squash, and yoga describe Coach Joe’s weekly routine. With personal training experience and leading an active lifestyle over the past few years, he understands the importance of balance and moderation when it comes to implementing lifestyle changes.

As a proud member of the LGBTQ community, Joseph strives to create a safe space for individuals, helping them find confidence within themselves, no matter their circumstances.

“It takes courage to seek a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards change. If you are ready to take that step, I am here to support and empower you.”

Specializations

✓ Fitness & Nutrition
✓ Weight Management
✓ Strength & Conditioning
✓ Behaviour Change

EDGAR KATUSHABE

INSTRUCTOR

Elite South African Powerlifter.

Biography

Edgar Katushabe, an elite South African powerlifter with a background in biokinetics and a master’s in human movement science, is powered by his passion for strength, conditioning, and the amazing capabilities of the human body. With a happy and enthusiastic personality that permeates into his unique style of training, he forms lasting bonds with his clients. He’s excited to have an open conversation with you about what makes you tick, and why.

Specializations

✓ Weight Management
✓ Strength Training
✓ Fitness & Nutrition
✓ High intensity interval training

SERI KRAVITZ

INSTRUCTOR

Professional water polo player with over 10 years international experience.

Biography

Amy Wilson Hardy comes to JEFF with years of sporting experience in rugby, having competed in the Rio Olympic Games, Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, and more. Motivated by that post-workout high, she inspires her clients to give it their all when reaching for their health and fitness goals. Outside of rugby and training hard, she loves being outdoors, cooking, and relaxing evenings snuggled up on the sofa with her boyfriend and two dogs.

Specializations

✓ Sports Conditioning
✓ Weight Management
✓ Strength Training
✓ Fitness & Nutrition

AMY WILSON HARDY

INSTRUCTOR

Professional rugby player and fitness enthusiast.

Biography

Amy Wilson Hardy comes to JEFF with years of sporting experience in rugby, having competed in the Rio Olympic Games, Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, and more. Motivated by that post-workout high, she inspires her clients to give it their all when reaching for their health and fitness goals. Outside of rugby and training hard, she loves being outdoors, cooking, and relaxing evenings snuggled up on the sofa with her boyfriend and two dogs.

Specializations

✓ Sports Conditioning
✓ Weight Management
✓ Strength Training
✓ Fitness & Nutrition

GREG MALLETT

INSTRUCTOR

Experienced fitness & sports coach.

Biography

Greg Mallett is a fitness instructor with 15 years experience, as well as sporting experience in water polo and provincial rugby. Coming from a lineage of coaches and teachers, Greg emanates an infectious passion for health, fitness, and nutrition. Having previously undergone major surgery, he's returned to the fitness industry with a host of life lessons that empower his clients to realise their health and fitness dreams. Greg is nurturing and enthusiastic and can lead you along the road to success.  

Specializations

Fitness and Nutrition
✓ Sports Conditioning
✓ Weight Management

JADE SIMON

INSTRUCTOR

Former water polo player & the JEFF cheerleader!

Meet Jade

Biography

Jade is a former South African water polo player with her honors in psychology. She believes that a positive mindset is a fundamental building block in achieving anything in life. She is passionate about making a positive impact on people, helping them to achieve their goals through cultivating a love of fitness, nutrition and movement.

As a past client of the JEFF 1-on-1 Coaching Program, Jade fully understands the commitment required and what an incredible impact (both physically and psychologically) that JEFF has on one’s life. In her spare time, Jade prioritises her family and friends. She enjoys going on scenic hikes in the Cape and getting stuck into a compelling sci-fi series on Netflix.

Specializations

Sports Conditioning
✓ Weight Management
✓ Strength Training
✓ Fitness & Nutrition
✓ Human Physiology

KATHLEEN BOOYSE

INSTRUCTOR

Certified yoga teacher and mental health advocate.

Biography

Kathleen Boyse is a certified yoga teacher and mental health advocate. At the heart of her teaching technique, inspired by her mother's 30-year dancing career, Kathleen sets out to promote the deeply healing benefits of yoga and meditation, both mental and physical. As a lifelong learner she stays on top of the latest practices to continually evolve, grow, and bend alongside her students.

Specializations

Yoga
✓ Mindfulness
✓ Fitness & Nutrition

JEFF Coaches

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JANELLE BODDY

COACH

Certified marathon coach, and qualified in cognitive behavioural therapy.

Meet Janelle

Biography

Coach Janelle studied sports and nutrition through the Canadian NAASFP association and is a certified marathon coach, and qualified in cognitive behavioural therapy. She is passionate about health and ensuring her clients reach their genetic potential. She loves taking part in CrossFit competitions as well as the Comrades Marathon, and is motivated by testing not only her physical capabilities but enhancing the mental toughness that comes with endurance sports.

Spending quality time with her children and family is an important aspect of Coach Janelle’s life. She believes there is always a reason to smile and approaches her client relationships with a positive, encouraging, and upbeat energy.

Specializations

Marathon training
High intensity interval training
Weight management
Fitness & Nutrition
Functional training

COACH

Former rugby player and coach, certified personal trainer.

Meet Shaun

Biography

Meet Coach Shaun: a former rugby player and coach, certified personal trainer, and lover of all things fitness. After achieving qualifications in sports management and fitness respectively, Shaun wasted no time to begin his own fitness journey culminating in an incredible career of nearly 15 years.

Being raised on the sunny shores of Durban, Coach Shaun never found it difficult to be outside and active. When he completed his schooling years he was certain he would pursue a career that allowed him to instil this kind of passion in others, and guide them toward reaching their goals and dreams that they may have previously thought impossible.

Outside of the fitness world, Shaun is usually found at home with a fire on the go, sports playing in the background, surrounded by his beloved Jenna and his 4 dogs.

Specializations

Fitness & Nutrition
✓ Strength Training
✓ Weight Management
✓ Sports Conditioning
✓ HIIT

COACH

Sports Scientist & certified Transformation Life Coach

Biography

Coach Zamo is a sport scientist who fell in love with the fitness industry while in Norway where she participated in a number of sports as part of her schooling. Her introduction to different sports triggered her further interest in the science of movement and its effects on the human body, physiologically and mentally. This led to her studies in sports science where she majored in both physiology and psychology. She then furthered her studies and completed her honours in high performance.

She firmly advocates that everyone can be their own superhero and believes fitness and health is a big key in helping people realise how awesome they really are.

As a mother to a toddler she has adopted the beliefs that, “you will never have the time, unless you make the time” and “children are great imitators, so give them something great to imitate”.

Specializations

Sports Conditioning
✓ Weight Management
✓ Strength Training
✓ Fitness & Nutrition
✓ Marathon Training

COACH

Fitness instructor & EMS Trainer

Biography

Coach Zamo is a sport scientist who fell in love with the fitness industry while in Norway where she participated in a number of sports as part of her schooling. Her introduction to different sports triggered her further interest in the science of movement and its effects on the human body, physiologically and mentally. This led to her studies in sports science where she majored in both physiology and psychology. She then furthered her studies and completed her honours in high performance.

She firmly advocates that everyone can be their own superhero and believes fitness and health is a big key in helping people realise how awesome they really are.

As a mother to a toddler she has adopted the beliefs that, “you will never have the time, unless you make the time” and “children are great imitators, so give them something great to imitate”.

Specializations

Sports Conditioning
✓ Weight Management
✓ Strength Training
✓ Fitness & Nutrition
✓ Marathon Training