Tom is the founder of Praksis. During his university years, he took his studies seriously and his body paid a price for it, becoming compromised by endless hours spent sitting at a desk. These deficiencies revealed themselves on the sporting field, resulting in repeated subluxations of the shoulder, bone spurs and labral tears in both hips, and stress fractures in the lumbar spine…

Soisci was by no means an athletic person growing up, but big life challenges pushed her to find empowerment through hard physical practices like grappling, gymnastics strength training, weightlifting, Wushu, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai. The sport she spent the most time on was Muay Thai, ultimately becoming a world champion upon winning the WPMF world title belt in 2011…

Tom grew up in Forbes, NSW, where he spent most of his free time outside exploring the nearby bush. He played soccer throughout high school but otherwise avoided sport and opted out of physical education as soon as he could. After school was over, he shunned all things physical. His lack of activity, combined with a very poor diet, caused him to gain weight significantly…