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AMANDA:

“We first met in 2007 through our

mutual coach Jon Davie. I first saw Lindy

on Jon’s wall and said, ‘Can you make

me look like her?’. He introduced us and

we immediately warmed to each other.

I did’t see her again for another year

though, until we discovered we both

lived on the Sunshine Coast. We began

training together with PT Greg Dolman,

and I travelled overseas with her and

Dallas.Andwe’vebeenbestiessince

then. Lindy is the first person to find out

anything – she’s my go-to.

OXYGEN'S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF LINDY OLSEN AND

BEST FRIEND AND 'SISTER' AMANDA STEER, HAVE

BEEN FRIENDS FOR MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS. THEY

SHARE THEIR LOVE OF FITNESS WITH US AND SHOW

THEIR FAVOURITE FIT MOVES.

MODEL LINDY OLSEN & AMANDA STEER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY DALLAS OLSEN

QUALITIES IN LINDY I

MOST ADMIRE-LOYAL,

STRONG-WILLED,

SOMETIMES STUBBORN,

TRUSTWORTHY.

LINDY:

“If I need a kick up the butt, Amanda

will give it to me. When I was

competing in Las Vegas, I was sick in

bed the week before the competition. I

was feeling sorry for myself – I’d put in

two years of training for this one show

and there I was, ill. I wasn’t up to giving

it everything I could. She sat me down

and told me to stop being so pathetic,

and that I couldn’t blow two years of

training because I felt I couldn’t do a

training session. She dragged my sorry

arse to the gym and put me through

a training session (while working out

alongside me). To me that’s somebody

who cares more about others. That’s a

true fitness sister.

She truly loves me.

She’s so honest. There’s not many people

I trust in that way – just a small handful

of people I’d die for, and she’s one of

them. And that’s pretty rare.”

QUALITIES IN AMANDA

I MOST ADMIRE-

“AMANDA IS GENUINE,

KIND, AUTHENTIC, REAL,

HUMBLE, AND IS ALWAYS

THERE WHENEVER I NEED

ANYTHING. I CAN RELY ON

HER FOR THE TRUTH.”

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