WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.720 Welcome to the Transformation Station Podcast. I'm Christina, owner, operator, 2 00:00:09.759 --> 00:00:12.839 and founder of the Transformation Station, and this is where 3 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:16.399 we talk about getting stronger while navigating real life. If 4 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:19.280 you're trying to stay consistent through the ups and the 5 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:24.800 downs and everywhere else in between, this is for you. Hey, listeners, 6 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:27.760 welcome back to the podcast, The Transformation Station Podcast. 7 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:28.440 Today. 8 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:32.960 I am so excited because one of our own coach, Tina, 9 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:34.200 has joined me today. 10 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:37.520 Hey, hey, I'm excited. 11 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:39.119 We trying to do this for a while. I know 12 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:41.119 the time has come. 13 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:43.640 Yes, I'm excited. We're both excited. 14 00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:45.439 I think the listeners are going to be excited here. 15 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:48.399 They'll be like, it's staying out, Yeah, I'm here. 16 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:50.880 It's so cool though, like it's nice that we actually 17 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:53.240 have this time to get together. And I know, like 18 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:56.399 we're like ships sailing in the night sometimes and we 19 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:58.439 don't always see each other because I'm usually here in 20 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:00.479 the morning and you're here in the evening. But then 21 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:02.280 when we do get to see each other, we're like, yes, yeah, 22 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:06.040 this is exciting. No, absolutely, And also the members like 23 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:09.040 they'd love to know more about you. But if they 24 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:11.319 are in between classes and you're coaching a class, they 25 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:14.000 don't really have that opportunity. So I feel like I 26 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:16.079 learned something new about people and you and like the 27 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:18.560 other coaches and members, like something new every single day. 28 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:20.480 So I was like, oh, when you think you know somebody? 29 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:22.439 So I got a couple questions for you. 30 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:24.959 I'm excited. Let's get into it all right. 31 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:29.120 So the first question is what was your relationship with 32 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:31.799 fitness growing up? Was this something that was always part 33 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:34.480 of your life or what does that look like for 34 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:37.400 you as you became Tina? 35 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:41.480 Honestly, I mean, I'm Nigerian, love being Nigerian, but it 36 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:44.760 wasn't really part of any conversations growing up, Like fitness. 37 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:46.599 I mean, I think when I got into high school 38 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:48.879 that's when I had more conversations about it. And even 39 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:52.400 from the older people write what they're doing, what sports 40 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:54.599 they're playing, and all that stuff. So growing up, it 41 00:01:54.640 --> 00:01:57.400 wasn't much of a conversation. I want to say nutrition 42 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:00.359 was more than that was really like the core of it, 43 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:02.480 like what are you eating at home? What are the 44 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:04.680 ingredients that like that my mom is making? She just 45 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:06.400 kind of talk about it here and there, But that 46 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:10.520 was really just talking about food, not necessarily like aligning 47 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:13.159 food at what you're doing outside of the house or 48 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:16.400 just in terms of activities, right, But that was really it. 49 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:19.159 In terms of growing up, It wasn't really a major topic. 50 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:20.759 It would come up here and there, and I want 51 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:22.680 to say it was through like my parents and my 52 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:24.680 brother because my friend, my brother was like a fitness 53 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:27.479 grew he was. He played basketball like in his like 54 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:29.719 teen years and stuff like that. So I got to 55 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:32.960 give him props definitely for adding that as a layer 56 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:34.840 of conversation at home for sure. 57 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:38.280 Well that's awesome. Yeah, So what what did a typical 58 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:41.000 day look like for you growing up? Like when you 59 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:42.960 went to school? Did you play any sports or did 60 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:45.120 you did you do any extracurricular activities or were your 61 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:46.080 theater kid? 62 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:48.240 No, I wasn't a theater kid. I was a dance girl. 63 00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:50.680 So I did do dance. I was in a few 64 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:53.759 competitions growing up, and that was literally my high school days. 65 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:57.159 Middle school, I did like sports and Dad's classes as 66 00:02:57.240 --> 00:02:59.599 part of like some programs and stuff like that. Never 67 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:02.879 I'm like competitive level. But I think when I went 68 00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:06.639 to high school is when I started to do dance competitions, 69 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:09.199 take it more seriously and then do a couple of sports. 70 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:11.879 I loved volleyball. It's been a while though since I 71 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:14.240 played volleyball, so no one tests me on it, but 72 00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:16.199 I just love that sport. It was just one of 73 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:18.159 those things. And then cheerleading. A lot of people know 74 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:20.159 that I always wanted to be in the movie Bring 75 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:22.439 It On. That was a thing for me. It's my 76 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:26.280 favorite movie of all time, and I just yeah, so 77 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:28.800 that is as far as it went, like from middle 78 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:31.599 school and like early high school or halfway through high 79 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:33.719 school of like the extra stuff that I would do, 80 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:35.000 But cheerleading is a thing for me. 81 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:36.639 Oh, I have no idea. 82 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:38.599 Yeah, I love the movie Bring It On. It's literally 83 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:41.319 my favorite. And I remember a core memory growing up 84 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:43.560 is after that movie, I was four of my friends 85 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:45.919 and the movie cleared out as usual, and we went 86 00:03:45.960 --> 00:03:48.120 to the front and we started doing cartwheels, started to 87 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:50.439 pretend like we were in the Bring It On movie 88 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:55.080 at Woodbine Mall in Toronto, literally yes, Woodbine Mall, and 89 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:57.280 it was just yeah. So I always tell that to 90 00:03:57.360 --> 00:03:59.599 members here and they're they'll laugh and I'd be like, 91 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:01.599 so there some moves that we do with like y 92 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:03.800 raise or whatever, and I'm just like this is channeling 93 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:07.120 the inner cheerleader in me. And then people ask, oh, 94 00:04:07.159 --> 00:04:09.840 you did cheerleading, No, which is a wish of mine. 95 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:15.360 So do you recognize this, I said, birt, it's code hear. 96 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:20.759 Yeah, oh my god, that is a cheer like yeah, 97 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:25.000 can you tell I love everything about that movie? Yeah, 98 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:26.920 and the original. I love the original. I know they 99 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.319 did a few more, but yeah, that one's But now. 100 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:32.639 I loved cheerleading, and I loved I loved volleyball, like volleyball. 101 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:37.720 I did do volleyball competitive and high school. And then dance. 102 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:38.720 I love to dance. 103 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:40.519 What was your favorite style of dance? Like, did you 104 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:43.240 ever get intoel like jazz or hip hop or so? 105 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:45.040 Growing up it was like hip hop and whether it 106 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:47.199 was hip hop movies, I mean, bring it on too, 107 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:50.160 But it was contemporary actually that I really liked because 108 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:52.680 it was like a mixture of like all the different things. Right. 109 00:04:52.759 --> 00:04:54.839 And my teacher at the time, she had a background 110 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:57.240 in hip hop, and when she said you want to 111 00:04:57.279 --> 00:04:59.560 do contemporary, I'm like, what's that. She's like, trust me, 112 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:01.720 like you come from a hip hop background. We'll do 113 00:05:02.199 --> 00:05:04.000 different things. We'll do jazz, we'll do a little bit 114 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:06.240 of this. And then she's open to getting like critique 115 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:08.120 from like the team, right, like how do we spice 116 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.120 this up or make it a little bit more unique 117 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:12.839 which allows us to stand out. But I really like 118 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:15.199 contemporary and I just kind of rolled with that for 119 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:17.800 the longest time because I'm always interested in learning new 120 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:21.120 things and trying things that maybe didn't work before. So yeah, 121 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:22.319 that was my thing. 122 00:05:22.519 --> 00:05:25.120 Yeah, that's super cool. Did you like the fast contemporary 123 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:26.639 dance or like the slower. 124 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:29.639 We did like because she was open to try and 125 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:31.920 e merge it. So it was mainly contemporary and those 126 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:34.000 are the competitions and stuff like that that we would 127 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:36.399 go for, but she would have parts in it depending 128 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:38.160 on the music that she chooses where we're doing like 129 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:39.800 something fast, and then we would bring it back and 130 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:42.399 like slow it down and so but yeah, I agree 131 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:45.160 to love that, which I don't know. I literally thought 132 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:46.600 I would just be like the hip hop girl. But 133 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:49.000 I'm a contemporary girl now too, And probably why the 134 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:51.240 reason why I like zumba because zoomba is just a 135 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:53.639 mixture of different things, So I appreciate it for what 136 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:55.519 it is because of my background, right. 137 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:58.000 Anything like as long as I'm moving, Yeah. 138 00:05:57.839 --> 00:05:59.199 For sure, And then I look at other people, I like, 139 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:00.959 I don't have to have to be songs that I'm 140 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:03.560 always like I'm familiar with. I'm open to dancing to 141 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:05.920 any type of music, right, And I have to thank 142 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:08.079 my uh my dance culture at that time, right, because 143 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:10.240 she kind of opened me to that too. Right, Just 144 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:12.240 because you like a particular type of music, that's cool. 145 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:14.079 But when it comes to dancing, you can add some 146 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:16.480 of those moves and that flare into what we're doing. 147 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:19.360 So yeah, that's a lot. That's a lot of skill 148 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:20.639 to develop to do that too. 149 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:22.839 Yeah. Yeah, and I was young, like I was in 150 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:25.040 like high school. Right. Some people will say not that young, 151 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:28.839 but I mean I was young. So yeah, that's really fun. Huh. 152 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:32.040 I feel like in like the first five minutes. Yeah, okay, 153 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:33.720 so I already loved you so much, and now I 154 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:35.199 have many others all. 155 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:41.560 The things about Tina seriously, yes, yes, no, Yeah, moving. 156 00:06:41.319 --> 00:06:43.839 Into like the fitness, where did that start to transition 157 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:47.040 from like doing like sports and dancing and always like 158 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:52.680 moving essentially into strength training and doing cardio and everything 159 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:54.879 else all mixed together and kickboxing. 160 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:57.399 Yeah, I think for me it was like, as I 161 00:06:57.439 --> 00:06:58.839 just mentioned, I had like a little bit of a 162 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:02.040 back background and like sports and dancing and being active 163 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:05.000 here and there. But I will say I am I mean, 164 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:06.680 most people will say I do come across as a 165 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:08.800 very confident person, and she seemed like she's got all 166 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:11.480 her shit together and all that stuff. But I think 167 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:14.160 in my late like when I got into college, so 168 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:16.959 I am a creative director. I studied graphic design and 169 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:19.240 around those years of like me kind of figuring out 170 00:07:19.279 --> 00:07:20.800 what I wanted to do with my career, I was 171 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:24.079 very confident there, but I wasn't really sure what. I 172 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:26.319 didn't have an answer to what I'm doing everywhere else, 173 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:29.199 like my body fitness, like you know what I mean, 174 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:30.639 what are the things that I want to do outside 175 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:33.120 of my career? And those were the years when I 176 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:34.560 was like, okay, and I had a best and I 177 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:36.959 have my best friend, Allison, who's awesome. She was like 178 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:38.839 and I'd had these conversations with her. She's liked, well, 179 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:41.600 how about we start something. Let's just do something together 180 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:44.319 and we'll see if we like it. And I was like, okay, sure, 181 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:46.000 and she's like, I know, you're all about your career 182 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:47.959 and designing. And I also had like a side business 183 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:49.680 at the time, so that was keeping me busy. And 184 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:52.040 the side business was just like providing like design services 185 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:53.680 to people. And I was like, what are you going 186 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:55.040 to get me to do? And she's like, well, I 187 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:57.040 don't really want to do the zoom Bus, she told me, 188 00:07:57.079 --> 00:07:59.160 because I used to be a Zoomba instructor many years ago, 189 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:01.000 so there was that, but it was only for like 190 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:02.879 a few years that I was a zoomber instructor. And 191 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:04.600 that's because my career got in the way. 192 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:04.839 Right. 193 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:07.439 I'm very very passionate about what I do and she's like, well, 194 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:09.399 we're not going to do the zoom Bus and I'm okay, fine, 195 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:11.560 we won't do the zoom Bus, but let's do something 196 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:14.480 else to show. That's when my love for kickboxing started 197 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:18.600 because we tried, Yeah with Alison, we tried two gyms 198 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:21.759 in Brampton, Ontario, and one of them I literally could 199 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:24.079 not keep up, Like I couldn't keep up. She's like 200 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:28.079 very good and like very focused when it comes to 201 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:30.720 the gym, my friend, and for me, I was like dying. 202 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:32.639 Like it was. We did like a it was like 203 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:35.159 a boot camp kind of kickboxing. It wasn't anything like 204 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:37.399 the kickboxing that I would say that we love Christina. 205 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:39.879 It was like hardcore, do suicides and all this stuff. 206 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:41.960 And I literally I remember halfway through the class, you guys, 207 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:43.960 I stepped out and I was like, I'll be back 208 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:45.720 and I just needed to gather myself. And I think 209 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:47.519 that was one of the wake up calls that like, girl, 210 00:08:47.919 --> 00:08:49.399 we got to get this together. If this isn't your 211 00:08:49.399 --> 00:08:51.679 class for you, let's figure out something else. And then 212 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:53.360 I went back into the class. I'm like Alison, like, 213 00:08:53.759 --> 00:08:56.399 I'm not enjoying this, and I gave her that look 214 00:08:56.399 --> 00:08:57.759 and I was like, I'm not enjoying this. It's okay, 215 00:08:57.840 --> 00:08:59.840 Let's do like five more minutes. And then we ended 216 00:08:59.919 --> 00:09:01.519 up leaving and we had a good conversation and we 217 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:03.759 tried another gym and we ended up going to that 218 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:06.639 gym for literally like four years. Like that gym that 219 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:09.679 we switched to, and that's where my love for I 220 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:12.759 want to say fitness, being mindful of what I'm eating 221 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:17.039 and kickboxing literally came to life in the right way. 222 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:18.559 And I was able to kind of not put a 223 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:20.240 pause on my career but realize I can have my 224 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:22.600 career be good at it, but then also focus on 225 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:25.840 other things too, right, and that will give me long life. 226 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:29.120 That's another thing. So that is really where my love 227 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:32.360 for fitness and kickboxing really started. And it was literally 228 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:35.159 right before the pandemic, where the pandemic was just like 229 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:37.799 I think a couple of years before that, before we 230 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:39.399 all didn't know what was happening with the world. And 231 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:41.480 so I want to say I'm grateful because it came 232 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:44.519 at the right time because when things shut down, Allis 233 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:46.000 and I were still trying to figure out ways to 234 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:48.799 connect but keep moving right in a time in the 235 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:51.159 world where we just there was no gyms and like 236 00:09:51.320 --> 00:09:52.840 we just got to figure it out at home, and 237 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:54.919 we did figure it out. So I really believe that 238 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:59.120 timing is key. Things happened for a reason. And although 239 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:01.360 I did, like you know, the dancing and the past, 240 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:04.240 and I did the Zuma instructor like for a few years, 241 00:10:04.279 --> 00:10:06.440 I wouldn't say that was love Zuma as a student. 242 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:09.120 As an instructor, not so much, but it is part 243 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:12.559 of my journey for sure. But I was like, please, yeah. 244 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:14.480 You're not teaching Zuma because people are gonna listen to. 245 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:17.840 This and You're like, let's have t D Yeah, yeah, yeah, 246 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:20.600 I love being a student. I love being a student 247 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:24.000 when it comes to kickboxing. I love being an instructor. 248 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:26.279 And that's how we met right where I moved to 249 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:28.879 Berry and I was looking for a gym where I mean, 250 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:30.360 I could teach a bunch of things I can learn. 251 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:32.360 I'm always open to learning, but I wanted to do 252 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:34.679 kickboxing really bad. And that's what I said to you 253 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:36.200 when we first met and I reached out to you. 254 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:38.039 I was like looking for someone where I could teach kickboxing. 255 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:41.519 I taught kickboxing Mississauga for many years, and I did 256 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:43.720 when I like when I fell when Alison and I 257 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:45.840 both fell in love with the kickboxing gym in Mississauga. 258 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:47.240 We ended up doing it for a few years and 259 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:49.960 then we both taught. She became a teacher first, and 260 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:51.159 then I did. Yeah. 261 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:52.039 I didn't know that. 262 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:54.480 Yeah, so that was part of like our journey together 263 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:57.279 is just like, yeah, so she started, she took on 264 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:00.679 the thing like being into meet into media and then 265 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:02.559 becoming an instructor, and she's like, you know, you're just 266 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:04.600 as good. You should too, and I was like, I 267 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:06.879 don't know. But then I ended up doing it, and yeah, 268 00:11:06.919 --> 00:11:09.039 I taught a few years before I moved to Berry 269 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:12.159 and then before the world shut down with the pandemic. Yeah, 270 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:13.639 oh wow, that's so cool. 271 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:15.919 That's interesting to see how like your journey like came 272 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:17.639 because like I know you, and I know you right now, 273 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:19.960 and I know the chapter that I walked into your life, 274 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:21.879 and so like I know this and not even the 275 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:24.039 whole chapter because I know a part of. 276 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:24.360 It, right. 277 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:26.559 Yeah, So I'm like, that's cool. And I've also met 278 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:29.600 Allison how many times, so now that makes sense because 279 00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:31.399 I don't see her coming for zoomo and else I 280 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:32.159 see her come. 281 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:35.799 For certain training training. Yeah, and then usually I know. 282 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:38.120 Like, oh she's up visiting, and then okay, it's always 283 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:39.759 work out food, working out food. 284 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:43.440 Yeah, yeah, that's our thing. And literally it's from that 285 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:46.480 conversation when I said I need to do stuff outside 286 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:48.720 and worry about my health and what I'm doing and 287 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:51.480 activities and stuff, and so that conversation that we had 288 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:54.919 many many years ago, right is now where we're at. 289 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:56.919 So she still does you know, she lives in Saint 290 00:11:56.919 --> 00:11:59.320 Catholics now she does her own gym, and I'm in Barrie, 291 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:01.200 so we're far away from each other and we hate that. 292 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:04.399 But yeah, so every time. It's funny because people are like, 293 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:06.279 your best friend's here to work out. I'm like, that's 294 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:08.600 our thing. Like we'll work out and then we'll go 295 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:10.759 eat or we'll try new spots and stuff like that. 296 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:12.399 And that's just one of the many things that we 297 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:14.879 like to do together. Right, But there's just a deep 298 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:16.960 meaning in that now that you know, like the history 299 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:18.759 that it just like come and work out, But we 300 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:21.080 remember where we were when we first started this and 301 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:22.759 we had no idea where it was going to take us. 302 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:26.360 Yeah, that's awesome. What made you want to transition as 303 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:29.000 a student then into an instructor and then moving to 304 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:31.960 bury and then wanting to instruct again? Look what's that drive? 305 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:35.120 Yeah? Well, when we did kickboxing, it was all fun 306 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:37.039 and like I said, we wanted to learn things. And 307 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:39.720 one thing that we both realized, mainly me, is that 308 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:43.559 we were in like toxic relationships around that time too, 309 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:47.799 So kickboxing gave us our strength back. Okay, so even 310 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:49.759 though she was my best friend, and I want to 311 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:51.759 say through those years we became even like we became 312 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:54.440 really close friends and then best friends. Like we were 313 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:57.679 going through some hard times like in relationships around that time, 314 00:12:57.919 --> 00:12:59.600 and we would come and we would cry it out 315 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:01.759 and then and we'd come and punch it out. And 316 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:04.080 we weren't doing kickboxing where we didn't have bags, we'd 317 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:05.720 be kicking each other. So a lot of times were 318 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:08.480 putting that stressed out on each other and it was 319 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:12.320 so fulfilling. It was so fulfilling, and I will always 320 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:14.399 share that with people, Like even people who are coming 321 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:16.960 new to TETUS and they're trying kickboxing or any other class, 322 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:19.759 but mainly kickboxing here, Like I would tell them, I'm like, 323 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:22.279 just everything in the bag, Like just put it all. 324 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:24.840 If it's good thoughts, bad thoughts, whatever, everything, the bag 325 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:27.600 can handle it. And there's deeper meaning when I say that, 326 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:30.120 because I knew where I was when I first started kickboxing, 327 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:33.320 and it made me feel like wonder woman, like you 328 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:36.799 can't you can conquer anything, right, And I honestly that 329 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:38.840 kickboxing and you know, Alice and I just having each 330 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:41.279 other it got us out of those toxic relationships. And 331 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:44.159 that was many, many years ago, but kickboxing helped us 332 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:47.879 through it. And not even just kickboxing, but fitness helped 333 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:50.240 us through those hard times. And I'm just so grateful 334 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:52.279 to learn it. And like now the fact that I'm 335 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:55.039 back to teaching it. And so when the pandemic happened 336 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:57.440 and we're all like, what's happening with the world, and 337 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:00.600 I moved here, I was missing that part. And Alison 338 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:04.080 and I always joked that, like we really abandoned fitness. 339 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:06.840 We both moved. You moved to Saint Catharine's. I moved 340 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:10.039 to Barry and and we just went our separate ways. 341 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:11.720 And it took us both a while on our own 342 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:13.200 to figure out how to we get back to it. 343 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:15.039 And now I can say, like, even when I told 344 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:16.879 her I'm teaching, she's like, good for you. She's like, 345 00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:19.720 I know you love that so much to like teach 346 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:21.960 and stuff like that. I'm like, yeah, And then I 347 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:25.080 obviously invited her to come, But yeah, I really wanted 348 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:27.799 to get back to it because I wanted to go 349 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:29.679 back to feeling how I felt with just being in 350 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:33.000 that environment and then also sharing that with other people, 351 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:35.159 whether it's my story or even if they just don't 352 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:37.440 want to know the full detail, just talking about kickboxing 353 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:39.480 and what that did for my life. So I'm just 354 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:42.000 so grateful to tt As for the opportunity to come 355 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:44.600 and teach. But yeah, Cardio kick is that's my heart. 356 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:45.600 I love that class. 357 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:48.000 Yeah it makes sense. Yeah, I remember, like what you're 358 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:50.840 like dead set, Like you're like Cardioka. This is awesome. 359 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:53.519 So it makes sense because it provided you with something 360 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:56.720 to your soul. Yeah, your whole self one percent. Yeah 361 00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:58.559 Yeahow I'm here trying not to cry. 362 00:14:58.720 --> 00:14:59.799 Yeah, I'm sorry. 363 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:00.279 I know. 364 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:03.159 It's just like the things that we go through. But yeah, 365 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:05.720 you're right. When we first met, I was like Cardiokik, Cardiokik, 366 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:07.960 Cardio creaky. Thank God for Christina, right because now I've 367 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:10.519 been teaching for over a year and I'm teaching other things. 368 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:13.600 But like you know, I was very set on that 369 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:15.519 and you're like okay, and you entertain that for a 370 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:18.240 little bit. Then you're like, I love your personality. We 371 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:20.279 get along so well, like can are you open to 372 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:22.759 doing other things? And I'm like okay, because I like 373 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:25.960 you too, Christina, let's talk about it and so and 374 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:27.679 back to the whole thing about in life, you just 375 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:30.840 have to be open to trying new things. And just 376 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:32.679 because you're set on one thing like I was with 377 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:36.000 Cardio Kick. Yeah, years later or a year later, I'm 378 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:38.320 still teaching other things and I love it. Just as much, right, 379 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:41.159 cardiokick is it's a deeper meaning. But you can't you know, 380 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:43.399 there's nothing wrong with trying other things. And I know 381 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:45.120 at any point if I didn't like to teach any 382 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:47.000 of them, you would have been welcome to that conversation. 383 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:49.679 And have we had that conversation yet No. So I'm grateful, 384 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:53.519 right because it's been so long and I'm still teaching 385 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:55.120 the other things. So you just got to open your 386 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:57.759 mind to try, like I said, try new things and 387 00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:59.399 opportunities that come your way. 388 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:03.759 That's amazing. Yeah, that's another thing where're like when you 389 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:05.559 think you know somebody. 390 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:08.039 Yeah, it's true. 391 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:10.120 I dodn't think they're secrets or just like having the 392 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:13.279 time to actually have a conversation. Yeah, like that's not 393 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:16.240 about the gym. That's not about business or not about 394 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:18.600 like this person needs this or we need to do. 395 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:21.399 This or what's going on right now right? Yeah, Yeah, 396 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:24.080 it's true. I like that so. 397 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:28.720 Insane all of that. This is a nice question for this. 398 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:33.480 What's something that people assume about you that is completely wrong? 399 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:35.600 Like do you think that people do? 400 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:42.120 I think people do. I'm a very moody person, so 401 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:45.600