Fukumoto Fitness

"𝗣𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀!" Annual re-post of FF fave Kimberly and her journey to self-acceptance. THANK YOU!

"What I wish my third-grade self could see now, is her nearly 46-year-old self wearing shorts out in public, at the lake, at the gym, at school pick up, to the grocery store, wherever she pleases because it is hot out. Where there use to be self consciousness and worry, is now freedom to move my body, let my thighs touch and be comfortable in my own skin in hot weather.

It is crazy to think that in the third grade at age 8 I was told I had thick thighs in gym class, and it stuck. Never mind those legs moved me through handsprings, soccer games, paced me through track meets and pushed my bike pedals like the wind, I hid them a lot. I think the last time I wore shorts I was about 15 and then not again all the way through my adulthood until I was middle aged.

It was July 2018; I had just turned 41 and it was so very hot out. I was tired of wearing my long leggings to the gym in the summer. I had always just resigned to the fact that I would be extra hot all covered up. Until the day I decided I would have, as I called it, Zero F**ks about those nagging self doubts or what I presumed other people would think, and I put shorts on and went to work out. Out in public with my thighs touching and showing in all their glory! And you know what? I did not die of embarrassment, nobody even looked at me with a second glance and I was much more comfortable in the heat.

It was the relief of after decades of worry and self consciousness I just let it all go. I came to be thankful for my body, the fact that it moves me through life. I posted my little self victory on Instagram because I was so darn happy with myself and quickly found out I was not alone in my body shaming, the sadness in how it changed my behaviour, and some even said they were going to dig out their shorts after reading it.

So, I now post a yearly reminder to “put on the Damn Shorts!” because it may help someone else feel comfortable to love themselves more, because it is hot AF out there and we all have better things to focus on than our thighs-like living life and getting better.

👏👏👏𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗢𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: Liz!

𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘍'𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 2009. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘌𝘌𝘗𝘌𝘙 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘓𝘪𝘻 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴.
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Hello everyone!

Liz here, long time member, first time coach! I may be a familiar face to many of you, as I have been a member at Fukumoto for 7ish years.

Over my years at Fukumoto, I have really enjoyed working out in such a supportive community where everyone is welcome, so much so that now I am getting even more involved and becoming a coach!

I have always been active and I've tried many different sports over the years, soccer, tennis, swimming, basketball, and I was even a group fitness instructor for a couple of years while I was in university. The sport that has stuck the longest is running. I have done a number of road races and in the last couple of years I have gotten into trail running, which is a blast, plus trail races have the best snacks. I only got into strength training when I started at Fukumoto and my only regret is not starting sooner.

When not at the gym, you might find me downtown at my other job, I work in employment services, helping Winnipegers to find work. Or you might find me out and about with my dog. She loves to run and swim and we go bikejoring and skijoring depending on the season.

I am very excited to start coaching at the gym and to see what we can do together.

See you in the gym,

Liz
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Let's give Liz a great welcome in the comments👇👇👇below! She's already been working with some evening groups and Saturday as well and she's doing a phenomenal job so far!

💪💪💪𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗬 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧!🚨🚨🚨

Often people discredit workouts....they say (or have you ever said):

"That wasn't intense enough..."
"I used to do more last year...or when I was younger"
"I was just out of it today..."

How is it realistic for each workout to be better than the last?
How is it healthy to expect a PB/PR ongoing?

👉In every 10 workouts, even when you're in a groove its probably more realistic to feel:
1 was awesome
8 were decent/average
1 was brutal

The point is that you will 𝗪𝗜𝗡 showing up and just doing the best you can.

This is 'fitness maturity' and is can come when you are 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧.

If you miss a day, 𝘯𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭.
If a month or two in the year isn't ideal, 𝘯𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭.
If a year or two in 10 aren't so hot, 𝘯𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭.

You can't control the micro as much as you think but you can often 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗨𝗣.

We celebrate a lot at Fukumoto Fitness but consistency is celebrated every week, every day, and many sessions during a day.

1st session, 50, 100, 500, 1000, and everything in between and above our community is hitting milestones of 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗨𝗣 and not quitting!

This is way more effective and about longevity than 1 hardcore month or even 6 months of your life ... this is a sustainable healthy lifestyle going in the right direction! 𝗧𝗢𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥!

Here are just a few photos from the past few weeks of regular people doing consistent things day after day, month after month, year after year. It isn't easy but it IS 𝗗𝗢𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘!

Congrats Jason, Alyssa, Seng, Susan, Laine, Renee, Gerald, Mariquita..and many more!

Every person starts with 1 session ... get off your butt and do something! If you'd like help, let us support you with safe, supportive, 17 years of experience!

👏👏👏𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗢𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲!

𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘍 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 3 week𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 4+ 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.

"My name is Camille Enns, but I usually go by Coach Cam! I am super pumped to be joining the Fukumoto team and starting this journey alongside you, while coaching you to your goals!

Everyone knows me as the ‘Hockey Player’, I played for the Eastman Selects U18AAA for 4 years, the University of Manitoba for 5 years, and continue to play in Indigenous hockey tournaments as many times as I can! I continue my love for hockey by coaching and doing dry-land for the Manitoba Mavericks Hockey Club full time during winter.

I am French and Métis, and pride myself on my culture. As you might’ve guessed absolutely anything to do with hockey I am there however, I spend most of my day cooking, reading, playing boards games or doing absolutely anything physical!

I love fun facts and ending sessions with people smiling, feeling better about themselves, and getting to know everyone better. I also have a quick-witted and punny sense of humour.

I love everything I have learned so far at Fukumoto, and can’t wait to stay with you all for a long time!

Sincèrement,
Camille Enns
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👇👇👇Please FF community, say a welcome or hello below and/or if you have had Coach Cam coach you already, mention something to 👍encourage her!

🆘🆘🆘𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 NEXT WEDNESDAY 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟳 - (𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟰-𝟳𝗽𝗺)

In training room 1 at Fukumoto Fitness...

𝗘𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟬+ 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 for the cause of building a greenhouse for Romanian orphans so they can grow more food to eat, to sell, and to each agricultural skills!

✅Come for 10 minutes or an hour! Your effort is turned into cash.

✅We will provide guidance for what you can do at your level of fitness!

We're currently $6000 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 👎 of our $20,000 goal to support these people for the 14th consecutive year.

We will also do our raffle prize draw for the 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗕𝗤 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲!
$5 for a ticket, $20 for 5 tickets donated by

Any donation $100+ that comes in from now until May 31 and we still gift you a wonderful workout shirt 👕 commemorating this year's campaign!

We are BETTER TOGETHER! Its coming down to the wire people. We truly need your help! (please sign up on Push Press app so we know you may drop in!)



Thank you again to our sponsors

📣𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝟰 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲! 🇨🇦 🇷🇴

👉👉👉𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺 👕 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟴!

For our 𝟭𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, our community will support Romanian orphans through International Teams of Canada and the "Pas Cu Pas" (Step by Step) Foundation!

This year our goal is to raise $𝟮𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 to:
-BUILD A GREENHOUSE 🪴🍏🫛🥬 so the youth can grow more food to sustain themselves, sell at market, and learn agricultural skills

Anything beyond will go to animal care projects (barn, horse care skills etc).

We will attempt to do this by:
👉$100+ donations getting custom workout shirt (see photo)
👉Raffle for BBQ griddle courtesy of via Phil (FF member)
👉5cents per rep done Wed May 27th 4-7pm at Fukumoto Fitness Workout Event courtesy of Fukumoto Fitness, (Jen), Ruban Insurance (Josh), New West Metals (James), Fort Group (Kevin & Christy)

PS - any small business owners at FF who want to get involved please message us asap!

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