What does this person actually need?
Book a session Why FITBAR?
The exercise is rarely
the hardest decision.
My background across competitive cricket, strength and conditioning, personal training and coaching shaped how I approach the questions that matter before a program is written. FITBAR was built to bring that thinking into one clear coaching process.
The harder questions
Coaching begins with better questions.
What should we prioritise?
How should we progress it?
How do we know it’s working?
We don’t start with exercises.We start with the person.
Shalika KarunanayakeFounder · FITBAR Coaching
Meet Shalika Karunanayake
From competitive cricket to coaching for life.
I’m a personal trainer, strength and conditioning coach, cricket coach and founder of FITBAR Coaching.
Cricket shaped much of my life. I progressed through Sri Lanka’s youth pathway, represented Sri Lanka at the U19 World Cup, and spent more than 15 years in first-class and competitive cricket. I also played seasons in the United Kingdom before moving to Australia and continuing my work across cricket, fitness and coaching.
High-performance sport taught me the value of preparation, progression and honest feedback. Coaching a much wider range of people taught me something equally important: the best plan is not the most impressive one. It is the plan that fits the person, targets what matters and can adapt as that person develops.
That combination of performance experience, movement assessment, strength and conditioning and real-world personal coaching became the foundation for FITBAR.
Experience + education
Performance knowledge. Professional coaching.
More than six years in fitness and strength and conditioning, supported by ongoing professional development and a lifetime in competitive sport.
01AUSactive Registered Exercise Professional
02ASCA Strength & Conditioning Coach
03Functional Movement Systems Coach
04Sports Medicine Australia Sports Trainer
05Former Sri Lanka National Cricketer
06Cricket Australia Coach
My role
My role isn’t to make you dependent on a coach.
It’s to help you train with greater purpose, develop what matters, understand your progress and continue moving forward.
Stronger. For Life.Your first step
Let’s start with you.
Book a complimentary initial session to talk through where you are now, what you’re working towards and what you’d like help with.
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