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Where I sweat: The ATC

12 Thursday Nov 2015

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With an assist from my wife and one of my best friends, the Athlete Training Centre probably changed my life. For sure it changed the way I live my life, so. Close enough. This is a true story and if you’ve been thinking about fitness you might want to read it.

This is a long read. Get a coffee. I’ll wait.

I mentioned a few days ago ATC — where I work out — is having an open house later this month (Nov 28, 1p to 5p and more info here). If you live in the west GTA, it might make sense for you to check it out.

The Athlete Training Centre is a gym, not a health club. High-end athletes from numerous sports train here with the goal of maximizing their fitness. Created to service elite pro, national-level amateur and college athletes, ATC now also offers a program for ordinary adults who aren’t elite but want to be fitter.

Sometimes the worlds collide and I’ll find myself sweating on the turf doing sprinter situps next to a member of the Canadian world champion field lacrosse team across from a working mom of three. He thinks nothing of it. And neither do I.

Welcome to ATC. Continue reading →

Just another Saturday at the gym

25 Sunday Oct 2015

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It was just another Saturday at the gym.

Saturday at the gym is like Saturday in a lot of places in our part of the world — a little more fun, a little more relaxed, a little richer with the anticipation of a blank canvass and a day or two free from the office to colour it in.

Laura has been getting up on Saturdays and heading to her workouts for a long time but I’m a relative newcomer to the routine, but I’ve jumped in with both feet. Guys my size always make a splash. Not always elegantly, but you know when I’m in the pool.

Anyway, my point is that the Saturday class is something I look forward to and I hate missing it. I don’t need to race for a commuter train or answer emails or wear a suit. And I like the people.

And it was just another Saturday at the gym. Continue reading →