Gold Winner Alan Dalton, Evolve Fitness Silver Winner Emily Herman, Evolve Fitness Bronze Winner Amanda Shulba, O2 Wellness Alan Dalton’s job at Evolve Fitness is “busy and enjoyable and always a little bit different,” he says. The fitness instructor has been with the gym for five years, and being active has always been a huge […]
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Gold Winner Evolve Fitness Silver Winner O2 Wellness Bronze Winner Zatzman Sportsplex “The gym is a very scary place for a people who haven’t been, or even people who do go to a big gym with lots of new people,” says Matt Benvie, founder of Evolve Fitness. But Benvie says Evolve’s laid-back and intentionally not-intimidating […]
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Gold Winner Mitch Benvie, Evolve Fitness Silver Winner Andrew Mitton, Fit2gether Bronze Winner Devin Sherrington, 360fit “Everything about our job is rewarding,” says four-time Best Trainer, Mitch Benvie, of Evolve. His background in kinesiology has always guided the way workouts are planned at Evolve, which offers 88 boot camps a week, until recently all planned […]
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Gold Winner Alan Dalton, Evolve Fitness Silver Winner Janessa Klatt, ProEdge Sports Conditioning Bronze Winner Amber Allan, Canada Games Centre There is a distinction to be made between personal training and fitness instruction, but it doesn’t really matter in this case. Alan Dalton, your gold-winning Best Fitness Instructor, works with your gold-certified Best Personal Trainer, […]
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Gold Winner Evolve Fitness Silver Winner ProEdge Sports Conditioning Bronze Winner 360 Fit This year Evolve moved from its cramped north end home to a huge new space on Strawberry Hill Street, plus opened a second location in Bedford. Co-owner Matt Benvie didn’t envision this kind of growth when he started the gym nine years […]
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Gold Winner Mitch Benvie, Evolve Fitness Silver Winner Shea Lenehan, ProEdge Sports Conditioning Bronze Winner Devin Sherrington, 360fit Mitch Benvie has an awful lot in common with his brother, Matt. They’re identical twins who are both personal trainers and they co-own their gym—Evolve Fitness, Halifax’s gold-winning Best Gym. “We grew up brothers in a small […]
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Gold Winner Alan Dalton, Evolve Fitness Silver Winner Cara Bauld, 3rd Degree Training Bronze Winner Sonny Wilson, Fitness FX When Mathew and Mitch Benvie’s sibling rivalry comes out at Evolve Fitness, it’s Alan Dalton to the rescue. Mathew calls him “the smart one in the group” at Evolve and says he “helps the team atmosphere.” […]
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Gold Winner Evolve Fitness Silver Winner Fitness FX Bronze Winner 360fit Evolve Fitness started off as a place for private personal training eight years ago, but it evolved (ha ha) when it expanded to include bootcamp workouts four years later. “We’re not military style at all,” says owner Mathew Benvie. “We just kind of become […]
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Gold Winner Mitch Benvie, Evolve Fitness Silver Winner Cara Bauld, 3rd Degree Training Bronze Winner Devin Sherrington, 360fit For Mitch Benvie, being a trainer is hardly a job. It’s more like “hanging out with friends, but you’re making them exercise,” says Benvie, who runs Evolve Fitness with his brother Mathew. In his opinion, being a […]
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Gold Winner Alan Dalton, Evolve Fitness Silver Winner Cara Bauld, Third Degree Training Bronze Winner Elana Liberman, 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 […]
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Gold Winner Mitch Benvie, Evolve Fitness Silver Winner Bobby Pedersen, 360fit Bronze Winner Devin Sherrington, 360fit “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 […]
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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 […]