Thrive Fitness

I am a middle aged mom who spent many years exercising with home dvds or group fitness classes and never got the results I wanted. I was never comfortable in a gym environment but Mike did not pressure me and was so supportive that I decided to give it a try. He created a workout routine that was appropriate for me and in 3 months I am already seeing progress. I have better flexibility and mobility in my back and knees for the first time in many years. Mike and Carly are professional, knowledgeable, approachable and patient. They are supportive and encouraging and genuinely care about their clients. I am so grateful to have Mike and Carly help me achieve my fitness goals.

I have been working with Michael and Thrive on and off for the last one year. His personalized approach to my well being and the engagement is rarely seen in the fitness/wellness industry nowadays. Highly recommended.

I have been part of the Thrive Fitness community for more than five years. This relationship began when I needed to rehab my right meniscus at a time when surgery wasn't a viable option. Using a holistic approach to diagnosing and assessing the cause of my issues, Michael and the team developed a program that was tailored specifically to my needs. This program combined essential elements that included strength and functional movement training with every session tracked and monitored. In short order a pain I had lived with for years disappeared and has not returned. I continue to work with Thrive for my overall health and wellness both from a general well-being perspective and specific injury treatments (when it is required). Thrive Fitness have also been helpful in recommending additional resources when it necessary - I would never have considered osteopathy (which is amazing) where it not for them. Thrive is an importat part of my wellness team, I'm grateful to benefit from their expertise.

Through my first consultation, Mike has been able to layout a SMART plan to achieve my fitness and nutrition goals. He was able to identify my areas of opportunity such as the intake of the right kinds of food and the importance quality sleep impacts to reaching my goals. This is especially important given my previous injuries though lacrosse and he has put me on the path to reaching my monthly benchmarks. I highly recommend Mike and Thrive Fitness!

I highly recommend working with Mike and the Thrive Fitness team. Mike is truly passionate about health and fitness, and this shines through during our training sessions. Thrive Fitness also referred me to other medical practitioners. Not only were they all superb, but they actively worked together to tackle my injuries and push towards my fitness goals. Overall I'm very pleased with the results.

Mike has been instrumental in helping to relieve pain, increase range of motion and strength in my injured shoulders, by using innovative and unorthodox training exercises. His knowledge of how the body works is impressive and his approach holistic. Not only are we working to alleviate pain and return to normal functioning but also to build strength for everyday living. I highly recommend Mike for both injury rehabilitation and/ or personal training to work on general or specific strength and conditioning goals.

I had my first experience with Mike at Thrive Fitness this week and was overwhelmingly impressed with his ability to assess where small (and large!) deficits in my strength and training exist. I've been given standard exercise and stretch protocols in the past to reach various fitness goals, and after careful assessment Mike was able to explain to me why they weren't adequately catered to my unique muscle anatomy. I'm a third year naturopathic medical student and sincerely appreciated his values of treating root issues and his approach to highly individualized patient-centered care. He developed a plan that took careful consideration of my patient compliance patterns in the past and I am already feeling my body challenged in new ways. Thank you so, so much for the incredible learning opportunity and for teaching me so much! I can't wait to come back for the next session :) Cheers!

I've been training with Michael at Thrive for a couple months now, and it's been an awesome experience. I came into it wanting to get back into shape and address some lingering back/posture issues stemming from a weak core/posterior. Far too often in the past I'd try to get back into things myself and go too fast and unguided at the gym and I'd hurt something or generally be unmotivated without a plan. Michael was super friendly off the bat, totally welcoming of me and my fitness situation - it's clear Michael and his team are ready to help anyone from any walk of life, be it a current athlete or someone who hasn't worked out in years. In the first session Michael spent time evaluating my condition, mobility, etc. in a very precise and knowledgeable way. He quickly diagnosed weak areas (which I'd always suspected) in the hips, posterior, and core. He built a series of progressive stretches and exercises to address these weaknesses that we worked on together in some one on one sessions that I could then take to the Canada Games Pool gym to work out on my own time. I'd always thought going to the gym meant going straight to the bench press and bicep curls - Michael helped me understand what I needed to work on first and laid out the path to getting into condition to eventually get to those more "fun" exercises (e.g. bicep curls) which he does totally advocate for (to keep things interesting). All in all I'm super happy I started these sessions with Michael to get me on track with a kinesiology based approach to my conditioning and making my time at the gym SO much more effective and rewarding. At first I was checking in with Michael once a week, then every few weeks, now looking at once a month. I've never felt any pressure and Michael's been nothing but supportive and motivating. I scheduled my first session on a whim... I'd seen the great reviews and had been telling myself for months to schedule something. Super happy I pulled the trigger, this whole journey has really started me on the right path. So if you're on the fence... just do it!