About Ben Kelly

I grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney at North Curl Curl. The locals refer to it as 'Seven Miles from Sydney-but a thousand miles from care’. I spent all of my youth surfing the waves of 'Curly’ which were 500 yards from my front doorstep.

At 9 years of age, I started playing Rugby League. Rugby League is a similar game to Rugby for the novice watcher but totally different in that you get hit 20-30 times a match and you are required to make 20-30 tackles in 80 minutes. In a nutshell, the game is brutal, and I loved it. I competed in Surfing Titles all through my teens and competitive Cricket, which I played through the summer months. Of all the sports I played, I excelled at Rugby League, representing the district on representative teams at 13, 15, 17, 19 and 21 years old.

I went to college at Sydney University and studied toward an Exercise science degree. Sydney Uni is regarded as one of the best universities in Australia and afterwards I fell into professional work at a magical fitness facility close to home with a cardio room overlooking Freshwater Beach. It was there working under Dr. Mike Climstein, a cardiovascular/heart specialist, that I earned my stripes in the field. After 4 years there, all the while still playing Rugby League semi-professionally, I moved on to starting my own Personal Training business Body Balance. Juggling a business with Rugby League was very difficult and when the opportunity arose in 2000 to play in the Elite 1 Professional League in France I took the offer.

Villeefranche-De Rougue is the South west corner of France, not far from the famous wine region of Bordeaux was where I played for a year. Whilst playing there I was offered a position to play in the American National Rugby League competition. I took up an offer from the Connecticut Wildcats to play for 3 months and to work at Creative Health and Fitness in Milford.

I have been in this country now for 4 years having won two National Rugby League Titles with the Connecticut Wildcats and also represented the United States of America against Australia in a Rugby League Test match in 2004 in Philadelphia and also represented USA on 2 tours to Australia. I coached women’s Rugby team at Sacred Heart University in 2004 and won the National Rugby title as coach of the Connecticut Yankees in 2004.

My whole life has been devoted to health and fitness and I strive to get the best out of each and every day. I spent four great years at Creative Health and Fitness as fitness director and formed many great friendships. In that time I won 3 National Rugby League Championships with the Connecticut Wildcats and, as I write (June 1st 2008) we are the current 2-time undefeated National champion and about to embark on a repeat.

August of 07 I attained the esteemed CHEK (Corrective High-Performance Exercise Kinesiology) Exercise Coach Certification and I am aiming for Level 4 Certification over the next 5 years.

In November 2007 I was selected to play with the USA National Team in a World Cup qualifier against a Samoan team of fulltime professional athletes and we gallantly went down 32-10.

The last four months I have been busy setting up my studio space in Fairfield “CrossFit Performance” in conjunction with Turcotte Center for Health, a holistic health center. To have my own studio where I am in close contact with the professionals at the Turcotte Center is like working in heaven.

Speaking of heaven, I met a lady 8 months ago who has really helped me grow as a quality human being. She is the kindest, most beautiful, honest woman I have ever met: Janet Vaughn...Thank you for entering my life. I love ya baby!

Life is great.

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