LPS Athletic

🏆 National Canadian Championship for our client Eric Peng. Was his dream this BIG? Let me share with you a story about Eric.

When Eric first came into LPS, his dream was to be able to qualify for provincials (Ontario). Soft spoken, barely even done any Olympic Weightlifting movements before. We told him it will be hard, but he didn't realize how hard it would be to be at that level of power that less than 0.1% of people can achieve.

He trusted the process, showed up to every session dinged up or not. He pushed past injuries. It was so bad at one point that his body was hurting every step he made. But we made sure he knew it was part of the adaptation process. He kept going, he pushed through modified programs.

He started to heal faster, he started to feel better, and he started to lift more.

He won provincials, and qualified for nationals.

Years later, now today, he became a Junior National Champion. He's more confident than ever. He's less shy. He walks around with great posture.

Failure in sports have taught him resilience, and its more than just a thing that drags you down. He experienced it, so he's now stronger to deal with more adversity in his life.

The power of dreaming, and having the right people by your side to guide you to exceeding those dreams.

🏆 Congrats to our client Alicia Chen for coming first at the US Kids Golf Tournament U12 Girls at Willodell Golf Club with a round of 74.

Alicia’s parent were initially worried about using weights, semi-private coaching at such a young age and an lingering foot pain for years, but we asked them to put trust in us and commit.

They agreed, driving from Markham (30-40 mins), 4x a week during rush hour to get to the gym. Alicia at first was shy, but we welcomed her and praised her efforts. She failed a few times at the beginning, but we encouraged her to pick herself back up. Learning new things, making new friends, and fitting right into the culture. She worked hard, love competing, and challenging herself.

In a short time, she has more balance with her body, she’s swinging it a lot faster (driving greens!!! see video), no more foot pain, and best of all, she’s become more confident (more birdies)! That’s what we love to see. So proud and happy for her first win of the season.

🏆 We’re proud of our client Olivia Westfall for smashing the TDCAA record for the Javelin by ~3m. Notable mentions are 3rd in the shot put, setting all new personal bests.

Olivia trains 4x a week in the off-season for softball, and 2x a week during the in-season. She rose to being one of the top players. Works hard, puts in 120% all the time. We are so happy to see her success.

🏆 Congrats to our client Helen Yuan and her team for becoming the D1T1 14U National Champions!

Helen comes from downtown Toronto up to our gym (often times 1 hr commute) to train 2x a week during the in-season, and 4x a week in the off-season.

Helen works hard, gives it 120% effort, and the results show. So happy for her, and look forward to her off-season training starting now.

🏆 Congrats to our client Kai Wellington on winning the Ontario UWW Cadet Open Wrestling Championship in Windsor 👏🔥

🏆 We’re excited to see our client Charlize Smith for being selected to attend the recent Swim Ontario Podium Development Camp at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre as part of the province’s Olympic Stream pathway.

Charlize trained ~4x a week in the off-season to get stronger. Easily repping more than 15 chin ups at 13 y/o. She comes in, does the work, extremely focused. So proud to see her ongoing success.