Gold Winner Evolve Fitness Silver Winner ProEdge Sports Conditioning Bronze Winner Cyclone Group Fitness “Really, it’s about a sense of community,” Matt Benvie, owner of Evolve Fitness, explains in the gym’s well-lit waiting room. “We add value to people’s life and they add value to ours.” He adds that he’s often emailing recipes and fitness […]
Cyclone Cycling
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Cyclone Group Fitness spins to Barrington
“This is the second chapter, and it’s so exciting,” says Elana Liberman of her Cyclone Group Fitness’ brand-new location at 200-1717 Barrington Street. “I look at Barrington Street as growing up. I look at Cyclone that way too, it’s kind of grown up. We now know what the community wants and needs and we’re trying […]
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Up and at ’em
5:30am Lane swim, Canada Games Centre, 26 Thomas Raddall Drive If you’re still rubbing the sleep from your eyes, a dip into this chlorine bath should help wake you up. Swim lengths of Clayton Park’s amazing competition-sized pool in the wee hours (5:30-9:45am), Monday through Friday. 6am Bootcamp, Evolve Fitness, 5540 Cunard Street Nothing like […]
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Best Gym
Gold Winner Evolve Fitness Silver Winner ProEdge Sports Conditioning Bronze Winner Cyclone Fitness The best part of his job as head personal trainer, says Evolve Fitness’ owner Matt Benvie, is seeing the success of his clients. “It’s the look on people’s faces when they realize how far they’ve come, and the fact that we get […]
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Best Fitness Instructor
Gold Winner Elana Liberman, Cyclone Cycling Silver Winner Lyndsay Anderson, GoodLife Bronze Winner Jarvis Googoo, GoodLife Elana Liberman left her career as a lawyer to bring Halifax a spin-centric fitness studio in 2012, and she hasn’t looked back since, continuing to expand the facilities, class offerings (which now include barre, yoga, TRX and kettlebell) and […]
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Best Gym
Gold Winner Evolve Fitness Silver Winner 360fit Bronze Winner Cyclone Group Fitness While studying kinesiology at St. FX, Matt Benvie started to reconsider his plans to become a gym teacher. After getting inspired by some courses on personal training, and being encouraged by a couple of trusted profs, Evolve Fitness was born in 2009. Now […]
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Cyclone Cycling’s expanding
It was two Christmases ago that Elana Liberman had the idea for Cylcone Cycling, her spin-class-centric fitness studio that would open at 2-5187 Salter Street just over six months later. And it’s been a wild ride since then. A recent nominee for the Halifax Business Awards’ New Business of the Year, Cyclone’s grown its membership […]
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Ommmmmg, it’s yoga week!
Some like it hot Hot yoga is so hot right now. But the trend factor isn’t why you should turn up your practice. With options in Bikram Yoga, Moksha Yoga (Halifax and Bedford) and Shanti Hot Yoga (Dartmouth and Bedford), we’re cranking the thermostat, and not just because summer’s too short (fair point, though). “It […]
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Cyclone Cycling opens
Ever feel like you’re spinning your wheels when it comes to staying fit? Well Cyclone Cycling (2-5187 Salter St, 405-7433) may be just what the spin doctor ordered. This newly opened exercise facility is Atlantic Canada’s first indoor cycle-only gym. Owner and fitness enthusiast Elana Liberman was inspired to open Cyclone Cycling after her own […]