The world champion boxer
Discipline, resilience and the ring. Michael brings the standard of an elite career to everyday people.
The team
Built by people who know the ropes.
The programme was designed by a world champion boxer, a neuroscientist, a coach and a nutritionist. Four corners of change, one programme.
Founder. World champion boxer.
Michael Katsidis
Michael fought at the top of the lightweight division against the best of his era. He has also spoken openly about the hardest rounds of his life, outside the ring: grief, addiction, prison and personal trauma.
Through The Ropes was born out of decades inside the ring and a deep conviction that the discipline of boxing can rewrite a person's trajectory.
Designed from four corners
The experts behind the ten weeks.
The neuroscientist
How habits form in the brain, and how to build ones that stick when life gets loud.
The coach
Mindset, goals and accountability. The voice that keeps you going on the days you'd rather not.
The nutritionist
Fuel, recovery and energy. Small food habits that change how you feel, train and think.
Champions in the corner
World champions who came back to coach.
Robbie Peden
He teaches technique the way he fought, slowly and from the feet up.
Sam Soliman
Built on conditioning and movement most opponents could not read. His sessions are the hard ones.
Supported by Mr Purple
Mr Purple backs Through The Ropes and helped share its story. Watch Michael and Mr Purple talk about the why on our videos page, or visit mrpurple.com.au.
Want to join the team?
Mentors, coaches and experts who want to give back: we'd love to talk.