The health and fitness industry has seen massive changes over the last year! People are preferring the convenience of doing workouts right from their home over travelling out to a gym. Think about when you first heard about personal training being done over video. Maybe you were skeptical of the benefits. You might have asked yourself if a trainer can really correct your form over a screen, or if the program would still be tailored to your goals. The answer to both of those questions is yes. I have been told time and time again how blown away people are by the virtual training experience. No more battling traffic, carving hours out of your schedule or cancelling last minute because your kid is home sick from school. Your Virtual Training Experience: No matter where you are training from, a great personal trainer will start your initial session by discussing your goals, injuries, past movement history, lifestyle, and will perform a movement assessment on you. This first session is pivotal for you two to build a strategy that will get you lasting results. Each body is unique and so it is my opinion that every workout program should reflect that. If you meet with a trainer and they throw you into a workout without giving some sort of movement assessment, run the other way! It's a crucial process so that your trainer can determine imbalances, weaknesses, poor movement patterns, etc. All human movements can be categorized into the following types: - hip-hinge - level-change - push - pull - rotation - core It is through a comprehensive Functional Movement Assessment that you gain the information that you need to have a program specially designed for you and your needs. During the Movement Assessment, your trainer should make notes on areas in the body that need improvement. For example, during a bodyweight squat, perhaps the client can’t reach full depth maintaining good positioning. The trainer may then determine that the client’s program must address hip and ankle mobility and core stability. Do You Need A Gym To Get A Great Workout? In your second session, you will start your specially tailored program. When it comes to workout spaces, I’ve seen it all. Some people are lucky enough to have a fully decked-out basement that rivals most commercial gyms, and some people have a closet. I kid you not, I have virtually trained someone who only had their walk-in closet to work with! A knowledgeable trainer will be able to give you a great workout in even the smallest spaces with very limited equipment. I always tell people as long as they have a cleared space on the floor and their body, that’s all we need. So if you’re curious about virtual training, I encourage you to try it out! It could be exactly what you needed to crush your goals! If you are interested in working with me, head on over to https://www.amilia.com/store/en/team-triumph-ottawa/shop/multipass and signup today. We offer packages of 3, 6 and 10 sessions.Kathleen Holt - BSc.HK | Functional Trainer + Lifestyle CoachFounder of Boundless, instagram: @kathleen.holt_
I love the accountability and the structure of the Virtual 70.3 Half Ironman training program. I don't think I would have gotten this far without the program. The accountability is huge for me!
Deborah Jackman
My coach Kevin Willis is amazing. His swim practices have been a real game-changer for me. A great communicator regardless of your swim level. The whole club is supportive of everything you do. You don't need to be an Ironman to benefit from their programs. 5 stars all around!!! - Denise Pittuck
I just wanted to thank you and your team (Gabi! Brenda! Maggie! Dawn!) for making last weekend's event so amazing. I had tried to do a try-a-tri on my own last summer, and the experience was night and day.
Even though I didn't make every virtual session, I felt so prepared... I knew where to go for information, and I knew I had a team of people (coaches and our beginner tri group!) who were all there to support me.
It was interesting to watch Eric train on his own (without access to the TrainingPeaks workouts and without the weekly meetings to ask questions and learn more about proper form and race-day stuff). When we left on Sunday, he looked at me and was like "we're DEFINITELY doing the training with Julia if we decide to go for the olympic distance, right?".
So glad to have found this club and looking forward to many more triathlons in the near future!!! Tai Teleso
Julia is incredible, I once had a coach who told me to get good at biking and running as he couldn't do anything with my swim technique. Then I was introduced to Julia who is so patient and has an amazing ability to translate it all into a way I could understand. I knocked a minute per 100m off my open water swim times after only a handful of sessions with her. The team is also really welcoming, inclusive and most of all FUN!
Triumph is a warm and fun place for every level of triathlete. Whether you’re just getting started and learning all about triathlon or have been at it for decades, like some of us, you will find camaraderie and expertise in this group with Julia Aimers’ support and caring. She keeps up-to-date in so many areas of training, especially for women and including women’s issues whether it be nutrition or menopause. I highly recommend Team Triumph for swimming, biking, running or putting it all together in one package. There is no other place or group, I would rather be training with. So many of my close friends were met in this group.
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
