#COVID19 #virtualtraining #freeonlinetraining #onlinetraining #yoga #yogaforathletes #yogafortriathletes #spinning #zwift #run #runwarmupWhen the official notice stated that Canadians should consider implementing “Social Distancing”, to slow the virus down, we knew that the best decision for the health and safety of our club and its members was to discontinue all programs for at least 3 weeks.
Once this decision was made, the coaches and I started discussions on contingency plans for our members to be sure that they can have a reasonably stress-free time while they are self-isolating or social distancing in order to do their part in slowing down the spread of the virus.
We felt a good option was virtual training via Facebook Live. We sent out a schedule and launched our first Facebook live strength training class on Sunday, March 16 with great success! Since then we have done Yoga for Athletes and Cycling on Zwift. On Wednesday and Saturday at 9am we plan to do a group spin class on FB Live. All you have to have is a your laptop open and any kind of stationary bike and you can join! On Sunday we will be having a virtual St Paddy’s 10km Race and posting the results on Strava.
While we want to help our members, we thought that we would like to extend the invitation for some of the scheduled Facebook lives to the surrounding community, so that others could take part. We are all in this together. Please follow our Facebook page @teamtriumphottawa to see what classes will be taking place in the coming weeks. We would love to have you join us.
Another area that COVID19 is affecting is our local businesses. Please consider supporting your local business in any way that you can. They are going to be hit hard and need our support. We have many business owners in our Team Triumph family so we are highlighting one a week with suggestions on ways that we can help support them. This week we are supporting Anna Belanger’s massage clinics by asking members to buy a gift card that they can use at a future date. www.annbelanger.com. Please consider doing that in your community as well.
“I don't want to live in the kind of world where we don't look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who needs a helping hand. I can’t change the way anybody else thinks, or what they choose to do, but I can do my bit.”― charles de lint
Julia Aimers
Head Coach
A huge thank you to my Triathlon coach, Julia Cooper-Aimers. She took the time last week to drop off (from a distance because of COVID19 restrictions) some tri shorts I ordered along with a well-appreciated note to remind me that there will be ups and downs and that things will get better. She has gone above and beyond to support all of her athletes and our Team Triumph club, by providing almost daily strength, yoga, and spinning videos that have been uploaded to Youtube for anyone who needs a little motivation during these challenging times as well as many words of encouragement. I am grateful for her support and encouragement. ❤️
Anita Lacelle Taylor
Training with Team Triumph for 7 months (so far) made me faster and stronger while building nourishing connections with like-minded fitness nuts and shattering the expectations I had of myself. TT is a crew of inspiring people pursuing epic individual goals and encouraging each other along the way. Julia and her team have expert knowledge and provide a thoughtful evidence-based group program that works. I am privileged and thankful to have Team Triumph in my neighborhood and can't wait to get back to the pool!
Alex Bourne
I want to thank you for always putting our well-being at the forefront of your business model. You suspended face-to-face programs in a timely manner, leading the way in a fitness business world that took much too long to respond and put their members’ health and the community at risk. You « triumphed « in quickly acting to flatten the curve.
Your caring nature resulted in a series of innovative and fun virtual sessions and opened them to the community. I am missing the live interaction now that I am working for a few months but I appreciate that I can access the videos according to my schedule. Yin/yang session tonight, just what I needed.
Not to mention the check-ins, the home deliveries, the charitable events. Priceless.
Simone Rose-Oliver