Mike evolution ambassador 2017

3rd place in the Novice Division at the Paramedic Fitness Challenge at the Paceexpo 2019 in Winnipeg. What a great experience and so much fun with my competition partner, fellow Paramedic and good friend Blasia S Benko. Next Paramedic Fitness Challenge Saskatoon 2021. Back to training with a great early morning session yesterday at 6am. This experience just helps me become even more laser focused to train even harder. I truly want to drive to be the the best possible version of me that I can. I don’t know what the future holds in regards to my fitness. But with my amazing coach Jon Loper and my awesome fitness family in my corner every step of the way it continues to be a fun incredible journey.

This is a team competition being held during the EMS Paceexpo 2019 in Winnipeg. My teammate and fellow paramedic Blasia and myself will be testing our fitness against 12 other Paramedic teams from across Canada. Going to be so much fun!!!!!

My trip of a lifetime continues. After one last day in Amsterdam which included the Anne Frank museum and a walk through Amsterdam’s world famous red light district on the way back to the houseboat hotel(an actual room on a boat docked in the harbour). Certainly eye opening experiences for vastly different reasons. Then it was on to Bruges Belgium for a couple of days. A medieval city that used to be a major trading port in NorthEast Europe. One of the things I have noticed where we are. Is the amount of people who ride bikes are amazing. The infrastructure is there to encourage it as well, separate bike lanes and traffic lights etc. They ride so much they even have parkades for bikes(see pic). So Bryce and I decided to join the crowd and rented a pair of bikes as our mode of transportation. Now we are in Leuven Belgium(a city of around 100 thousand approximately 30 minutes outside of Brussels) as this is where Bryce’s conference is. After a hotel room workout last night consisting of wrist mobility, static wall handstand holds and 21-15-9 reps of Pike Push Ups and Tricep Extensions with 20 Airs Squats each round. It was time to continue the CrossFit part of my journey. Thus today I was able to attend a WOD at CrossFit Super 7. 1 of 2 of the local Boxes in the city. Once again a great workout with great people. I was kinda nervous at 1st to attend a different box. But each time I have been welcomed and the encouragement during the WOD and high fives when done to celebrate a good hard workout are the same no matter where you are or what language you happen to speak.

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Life gets busy and I apologize it’s been awhile since my last post. A little back story my eldest son is a microbiologist and is attending a microbiology Conference in Brussels Belgium so I was very fortunate to accompany him to Europe. Thus this post comes to you from a quaint canal side cafe in beautiful Amsterdam. I still feel I need to pinch myself!!!So even thou I have taken a little break from my regular training due to this incredible opportunity I haven’t taken a break from exercise. Thing is it’s pretty easy to do something no matter where you are and what you are doing when you truly enjoy it. Not only has my fantastic coach provided me with a list of body weight workout’s then can be easily done in my hotel room our wherever I happen to be. Today I was able to attend a drop in WOD at CrossFit Amsterdam. What a fantastic experience and a great group of welcoming people. I have been having tons of fun in what is probably a once of a life time opportunity and as will as spend some quality time with my son that since he is all grown up and has is own life in Winnipeg is unfortunately something I don’t get to do as much anymore. But still felt awesome to get a good workout and sweat on with the wonderful and very welcoming folks at CrossFit Amsterdam. I am hoping to drop in to a CrossFit in Belgium as well so stay tuned.

I apologize as I haven’t posted for awhile. About 6 weeks ago I had a major change in my life in that Evolution Athletics closed. The gym has become such a huge part of my life it took me awhile to work through it as I wasn’t fully prepared for how much it affected me emotionally and mentally. From a training perspective it has worked out okay for me. My coach(Jon) decided to start his own gym and agreed to continue as my coach. So the only thing that really changed for me was the location on where I train. I will be keeping the page active and will continue to post. I will also not be changing the name of the page. As even thou the physical location Evolution Athletics is no more. The concept of what Evolution is and what it has done for me is still there and always will be. Therefore I will always continue to be the Evolution ambassador. Thank you for following😀😀

I don’t make New Years Resolutions. And being the fact it’s the middle of March I kinda would have missed the boat anyway. But if I was to sum up my training goals. This statement by one of the Fittest people on the planet pretty much says it all for me.