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Joe Pemberton is a Strength Coach; owner of Hobart Strength Training in Sandy Bay, and Sydney Strength Training in Sydney; and an online coach for Barbell Medicine - an evidence based online coaching company based in America.
Joe’s swam at Hutchins and Collegiate Swimming Club from ages 12 to 16. A backstroker initially, it didn’t take Joe long to gravitate towards 50 and 100m freestyle where he achieve national age group medals, and eventually open top 10 performances.
When Joe graduated from Hutchins in 2003 he earned a sports and academic scholarship at The University of Sydney, where Joe joined their sprint specialist program.
At the age of 20 Joe was burnt out from swimming, giving it away to focus on a career as a Chartered Accountant. Post-swimming Joe pursued competitive strongman, and powerlifting. After a few years Joe realised that working in an office, wearing a suit, and having a boss, wasn’t for him so turned his attention to personal training.
Joe has worked with a number of high level athletes - of note Joe took care of the S&C program's for James Magnussen (multiple world champion, and olympic medalist), and Lewis Blackburn (open national medalist).
Although Joe’s businesses focus on strength training for the general population, he has a passion for sustainable athletic development not only for short and medium term sports performance, but to ensure people are fit, healthy, and happy across their lifespans.
Geoffrey Huegill is an Australian swimmer and dual Olympian who won seventy-two international medals, including two medals in Olympics and six world champion titles, throughout his career. He held eight world records, including 50 metres butterfly.
Geoff Huegill will be conducting an exclusive session for HC swimmers at the Collegiate Pool, which will be different from other clinics his is running. Further details will be announced soon. The session with Geoff will take place on Wednesday, July 12th, with the following sessions:
Swimming Tasmania has arranged an opportunity for HC parents/guardians to get some more information regarding becoming an official with a date and time to be confirmed. This session will focus on what the process is, why it is a great opportunity, give you the opportunity to ask any questions you may have and also gather information on what you are interested in learning to do.
We are really excited to inform members that HC will recommence the annual Club Championships on Saturday 12th August 2023. This meet is targeted towards Junior Racers, Junior, Matrix, H20, State Gold/Silver/Bronze and Target Squads. National swimmers who are not racing in New Zealand are welcome to participate.
Warmup will be at 4.00pm and first event will commence at 4.30pm