Warren Leppan
Founder & Head Coach | Leppan Physiques
Warren is the founder and head coach of Leppan Physiques, a results-driven coaching brand known for its old-school methodology, elite standards, and unapologetic focus on aesthetics over trends.
Originally from South Africa, Warren moved to the UK to complete a Master’s in Aerospace Engineering before commissioning as an Officer in the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm. His years in the military instilled the discipline, precision, and leadership that continue to define his coaching and business philosophy today.
After leaving the military, Warren transitioned into investment banking, working for J.P. Morgan in London and later Macquarie Bank in Sydney. Despite outward success, the corporate world lacked the physicality, purpose, and challenge that had defined his earlier life — leading him to make a complete career pivot.
With nearly two decades of gym experience behind him, Warren left finance to pursue his passion for training and nutrition, beginning his coaching career in central London before moving into online coaching during the pandemic. A year in Dubai, training and learning within one of the Middle East’s leading bodybuilding gyms, refined his knowledge of hypertrophy and physique transformation.
In 2021, he returned to Australia and began building Leppan Physiques from the ground up on the Gold Coast. What started as a one-man operation has since become one of the country’s most respected physique coaching teams, with a powerful reputation for results, integrity, and education.
By 2025, Leppan Physiques had evolved into a full-service physique development hub — combining in-person personal training, online coaching, physiotherapy, contest prep, and posing. The team now includes a growing roster of specialists: expert coaches, a remedial massage therapist and Doctor of physiotherapy (Mana Shigematsu), and a contest prep and posing coach (Pete Hartwig) — making it one of the most complete physique teams in Australia.
Warren’s approach merges classic hypertrophy science with modern tools and data, drawing inspiration from Arthur Jones, Vince Gironda, and Hany Rambod. His methods reject the “influencer coaching” culture in favour of education, discipline, and results earned through intelligent training and real food nutrition.
He is vocal in challenging the misinformation that dominates the modern fitness industry — advocating for sustainable transformation over calorie-obsessed quick fixes. Leppan Physiques’ coaching philosophy is simple but rare: real coaches, real education, real results.
Looking ahead, Warren is focused on scaling Leppan Physiques into a national brand while maintaining the hands-on, client-first culture that built its reputation. Plans for 2026 include the launch of the Gold Coast Fitness Social — a large-scale networking event uniting fitness professionals, athletes, and enthusiasts — alongside continued growth of the online coaching division, educational resources, and mentorship programs for emerging trainers.
Through it all, Warren’s mission remains unchanged:
To raise the standard of the fitness industry, restore authenticity to coaching, and help people build physiques — and lives — that truly reflect their effort.