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Each month we celebrate members of the Iron Lion Pride for their contributions to our awesome community and for their accomplishments inside and outside the gym. Our Lion of the Month for February 2020 is Amie “Speedin” ! Amie is a hard worker and a tough competitor. She has won medals and set records as […]
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Each month we celebrate one of the members of the Iron Lion Pride for their contributions to our awesome community and for their accomplishments inside and outside the gym. Our Lion of the Month for November 2019 is Renée Hlozek! Renée has been coming to Iron Lion Training since her first class in December 2018 […]
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I’ve been in the fitness industry full-time for 6 years, 9 years part-time before that, but it wasn’t until recently that I began to notice (in the last 5 years) the term “body positivity”. Body positivity is acceptance and appreciation of all human body types. It encompasses and includes all body types, abilities, and […]
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Guest-blog by Amanda McGoey When people heard we were expecting our second child, and that is was going to be a sister to our four year old son, they told me, “You will have the million-dollar family!”. I knew what they meant. Isn’t it nice to have two kids, one boy, one girl, perfectly matching […]
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My Story by Janine Pynn I was always overweight as a kid, was never athletic, and I dreaded gym class. Especially track and field, because I was always the last to be picked for any team, and always came in last place. I remember going to the doctor as a child to talk about […]
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Mr. Nice Guy, that’s me. And it’s a shame, too. Because nice and kind are two different things. And sometimes to be kind, you can’t default to being too nice. Here’s what I mean by that. The difference between nice and kind is that sometimes you want to be nice. You want to go along […]
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Both sides of my family are Dutch immigrants who came over to Canada after World War II. Like many immigrants they had to learn a new language and deal with prejudice. Canada’s attitudes towards immigration were different at that time. My Mom sometimes talks about being referred to as a “dirty DP” when she was […]
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This is why Iron Lion Training exists. To provide a safe, sane and rational place for normal people to get fit, and feel awesome!
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I’ve written before about my experiences with bullying. When I started lifting weights it was with the express goal of making myself a physical deterrent to bullying. So I wanted to be big and strong. And that’s the direction I took for many years — eating and training with the goal of size and strength. […]
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Well. This page is staring at me and I owe it words. And I’m scared in a weird way. I’m scared that I am not a good enough writer. There are writers who are giants of talent compared to me. I’m not scared because I can’t write. I can write a little bit. I’m scared […]
