Marcus Collings

Training and Coaching History

Marcus is the founder of SASSOM Fitness & MMA, he built the business from the ground up over a 24-year period. He sold the business in 2026 to Alastair who started training and working at SASSOM in 2005.

Marcus started Martial Arts in 1991, and has continued to train and develop his skills and knowledge since then. He has obtained Black Belts in Zen Do Kai, Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Marcus trained and competited in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, Boxing and Wrestling.

After teaching Martial Arts and training fighters, Marcus decided to learn more about the human body and how to train it better. He enrolled in a Personal Training Course at a local Brisbane college. Marcus started training some clients as a hobby and the word spread that there was a Personal Trainer with passion and experience, so his hobby turned into a PT business. Marcus then joined his PT Business and Martial Arts coaching together and opened his first gym in Woolloongabba.

Not only did the first gym elvove into what it is today, Marcus has also evolved, as a person and as a Coach/Personal Trainer. He was one on the early CrossFit coaches in Qld with CrossFit Brisbane starting out of his gym, this lead him into Olympic Lifting a skill he still enjoys doing and coaching to this day. Due to training high level athelets in many sports, Marcus has gained a high level of injury management and rehabilation knowledge.

For Marcus Personal Training is exactly that… Personal… Some people love to be pushed hard, while most like a moderate approach, others a much softer touch. Marcus has lernt that eventhough results will vary depending on intensity, the main thing when it comes to our health, is that we are active in some way, and doing something is always better than nothing. Marcus believes the best thing about training people is seeing them do what they never believed they could do. To see the look on their face and the excitement that they have when they achieve their goals is what keeps Marcus coming back for more.

Favourite quote
Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary.
~ Muhammad Ali