Martyn Park

Martyn Park
Born	England
Occupation(s)	Writer, Director, Health & Training Coach
Years active	1957–present

Martyn Park is an Australian writer, director, and Health & Training Coach.

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Born in England, Park's family immigrated to Australia as Ten Pound Poms when he was six years old. After a short stint living in a Nissen hut at the Wacol Hostel in Wacol, Queensland, they moved to Cronulla Beach in New South Wales. He left school at fifteen and worked at the local Cronulla Cinema as an assistant projectionist. A year later he joined Hoyts Theatres in the city of Sydney, where he completed his apprenticeship. Working the suburban relief roster, he screened a double feature at a different cinema every night, ten different movies per week. He credits this with creating his passion for cinema.

When the work of projectionists became fully automated, Park changed careers by moving into the fitness industry. In 1975 he studied to be a Naturopath at the St Leonards College of Natural Therapies in Artarmon, NSW. After finishing his studies, between 1978 and 1982 he worked at City Gym, and the Squashlands Chain, as a fitness and aerobics instructor, and at the John Valentines Health Club, as a weight loss and diet consultant. In 1982 he worked as the manager and head trainer at the first Golds Gym in Australia located in Ashfield, NSW.^[1]

In 1985, he took over a dilapidated building in

In 2005 he sold the gym (which is still operating as a natural bodybuilding gym after 37 years in business[3]) and moved into freelance coaching and teaching.

Park's first