Meet the compassionate trainer team behind Recess Fit Club

We’re in it with you for the long haul.

We're all-in to nurture your safe & sustainable fitness journey.

Meet millie & adrian

We created a safe space for you to re-imagine your relationship with fitness.

A welcoming, community-focused third place to empower your quality of life.

We appreciate that exercise is not everyone’s passion and that it can be a struggle to start or maintain a healthy fitness habit.

We created Recess Fit Club to make exercise accessible to people who want to feel strong in their bodies, and exercise thoughtfully and sustainably.

Our values drive everything we do:

Make fitness approachable and unintimidating.
Prioritize safety and technique.
Provide alternatives so exercise is never painful.
Be inclusive and create a safe gym space for every body.

Fun facts about our community

Get ready to meet your neighbours.

8 Minutes

Average Walk Time to the Gym

6:00PM

75%

Have No Prior Experience Weightlifting

2 Classes

Average Class Visits Per Person Each Week

RECESS FIT CLUB HEAD TRAINER

Adrian's all about pain-free exercise.

A welcoming, community-focused third place to empower your quality of life.

Adrian Nicola’s fitness journey began later in life. At 40, he decided to leave the office behind to become a full time personal trainer with a focus on pain-free exercise.

Formerly the head of the personal training team at the West End YMCA, Adrian brings not just professional expertise but a genuine understanding of individual fitness journeys. Navigating challenges like bone spurs, a hip impingement, and arthritis affecting his own journey, he understands the necessity for a personalized approach to exercise (including participating in a group class setting).

Adrian has supported his clients in building a resilient and sustainable relationship with fitness that starts with listening to your body and is underlined with practicing self-compassion through the ups and downs of your fitness routine.

Every class is beginner friendly.

We spend the time to teach you technique, and find an appropriate intensity so you can learn safely.

Learn more about our small group fitness classes.

Did you know?

We offer a class that our circuit class Get Sweaty is "MIIT" - medium intensity?

All about the Circuit Training fitness class.

You can learn the fundamentals.

Check out the Lifting Fundamentals course to learn the basics of hip-hinge, push & pull.

Find out if the Lifting Fundamentals course is for you.