COMMUNITY
MEMBER
PROFILE:
MARIAN ROBERTSON
GROUP EXERCISE
INSTRUCTOR, NSW
Where do you live and work?
Queenscliffe, near
Northern Beaches.
Manly
on
Sydney’s
What fitness qualifications do you
hold?
I became a qualified fitness instructor in
1989.
What is your main role in the fitness
industry?
Group exercise instructor specialising in
teaching older adults
How did you arrive at where you are
today in your career?
I moved to Australia from the UK in 1979
when I was in my mid-twenties. I was a
registered nurse and soon started working
in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA) in
Sydney. I was always into keeping active
(I’ve since played competitive squash and
tennis and have been playing golf for 20
years), but my interest in helping others
get fit started in the nurses’ home next
to the RPA. With a tiny cassette player
by my side I started teaching, mostly
grapevines and easy steps, to four or five
fellow nurses. I ended up leading a class
of 40 girls every week. So, I decided to do
Working
as Event
the right thing and became registered and
qualified in 1989.
After that I started hiring local community
ha