Fitness experience like no other
When Saltwire Network roving photographer Mark Goudge dropped into Fitness Experience in Middleton recently, he thought he had come home.
They were installing a new wheelchair ramp at the front door, so he slipped in a sliding side door and made his way into the front office/lounge where he met Trish Bruce and Kelsey Nogler at the counter.
It was all so laid back and friendly. Mark’s no stranger to working out, so he was indeed at home. He can lift a weight or two. Then he met Danny Frame. That brought whole knew meaning to physical fitness and training. Danny drags massive tires along a concrete floor as part of his workout experience.
Frame is a Highland Games – heavy games – veteran who even consulted on Amazing Race Canada a few years ago.
Mark toured the gym with Frame and was suitably impressed.
Fitness Experience is a popular place to train – get fit and stay fit. That’s where Paralympic athlete Ben Brown goes. Derek Smith works out there and he’s setting Highland Games records.
Personal trainer Sandy Murray was also in the building, and Fitness Experience part-owner Jamie Peppard, arrived just before Mark was packing up.
Here was the real thing. Peppard played football and hockey for Acadia, was a Nova Scotia Powerlifting champion, tried out for the Toronto Argonauts, was Nova Scotia and Atlantic Heavy Games champion, fourth in Canada, second at Worlds, won Strongest Man in Canada and was ninth at Worlds. Plus his team won the World Indoor Rugby title.
But you don’t have to be a top athlete to work out at Fitness Experience. You just need to want to get fit.
Fitness Experience is located at 65 School Street in Middleton and get’s two thumbs up.
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The dominant men’s swim team at Dalhousie had a challenger at a Jan. 20-21 swim meet in Halifax.
The Axemen swim team fell short by 9.5 points in matching the Tigers’ output in the AUS’S last regular season swim meet of the season.
The Acadia swim team finished second in combined points and the Axewomen finished fourth in the women’s competition – the lowest this season.
“The men’s team battled hard all weekend and came within a hair’s breath of winning,” noted head coach Gary Macdonald.
The Axemen captured gold in the only two men’s relay events on the weekend, including the 400m Medley and 400m Freestyle.
On the women’s side, Kelsea Vessey grabbed a silver finish in the 400m Freestyle and bronze in the 200m Freestyle.
“Looking ahead to AUS, the ladies faired well, but missed their team captain Ali Maceachern, and her dominance, due to sickness. Both teams are looking ahead to two weeks of hard work and then a big rest going into AUS,” said Macdonald.
The Axewomen and Axemen will spend the next three weeks preparing for the AUS championship hosted by UNB in Saint John, N.B.
Medal summary: Adam Deutsch
Silver – 200m Individual Medley Gold – 50m, 100m, 200m Breaststroke
Brett Liem
Silver – 200m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke
Gold – 100m Freestyle
Walter Guiscardo
Bronze – 50m Backstroke
Ben Henger
Silver – 50m, 100m Butterfly, 100m Backstroke
Patrick Henger
Gold – 100m Butterfly
Chris Johnson
Bronze – 50m, 100m, 200m Breaststroke
Isaiah Grambo
Bronze – 50m Butterfly
Benito Di Nizio
Bronze – 200m Backstroke
Jessica Pelletier
Silver – 50m Backstroke
Kelsea Vessey
Silver – 400m Freestyle Bronze – 200m Freestyle
Hannah Doiron
Bronze – 200m Breaststroke