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Farewell Adam & Andrea Greene: June 9th

If you're new you may not know Andrea as she hasn't been in since COVID - but if you're an OG you'll definitely remember her as a bubbly little bundle of joy!

If you come in on any day with deadlifts or heavy cleans, then you've at least seen Adam's name on top of the leaderboard if not dramatically watched him hit the floor post wod... and by wod we mean barbell complex with more than 3 reps.

Unfortunately they've decided they've had enough of Vancouver housing prices and are moving to the island. After being members of our community for over 5 years they will definitely be missed! So come join us for a farewell <3 (details below)

PLEASE RSVP!

This event is not hosted / managed by Raincity Athletics - so please make sure to RSVP via the link below so Ryan (also raincity member) knows you're coming :)

When: June 9th 6pm to late Where: Hero’s Welcome 3917 Main St, Vancouver. RSVP: https://ift.tt/lSvfm3X Invites: Please circulate this invite.

Open invitation to anyone who would like to wish Adam and Andrea farewell. Contact Ryan Casselman for questions or suggestions. Text at: 778-233-6261

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#RaincityBio - Amanda S.

If you haven’t met Amanda, you can find her smiling her way through every single workout (no matter how much she’s dying) especially during Saturday morning [FF] Team WOD or the Sunday morning (and maybe our upcoming midweek) [SC] JUST LIFT class (pictured above). 

She started out attending our [SC] classes in June of 2017 and quickly decided to do her OnRamp and go all in on the [FF] program! Amanda is a perfect example of your ‘casual but not’ [FF] Athlete... On the outside she’s a friendly, bubbly, cheerful addition to any class - but if you get in her way mid workout you may see the other (only slightly competitive) side! All while still smiling of course.

Read more about Amanda... 

What do you do for work? Law enforcement by day, Polynesian hula dancer by night! 

Why did you join Raincity? Saw a former #rathlete (Kate Raven) in a bikini and asked her how she got her body. She said she worked out at Raincity so I signed up!

What did you do before us? A bit of everything (including half marathons and triathlons) but mostly soccer.

What's your favorite part of Raincity? The community.

What's something we probably don't know about you? I moved 8 times and worked at 5 different offices/institutions within the first 5 years of my career, and I do Polynesian dancing - come watch! (but seriously: https://www.instagram.com/p/B6tjkTYAwjg/ ) 

If we made you your own workout, what would it be like? Running, burpees, box jumps and toe to ring #allofthecardio

If we let you steal a @dogsofraincity which one (or 3) would it be?#Raincitytots, #RaincityLucy and #RaincitySunday

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#RaincityBio - Matt H

If you haven’t heard Matt’s story, he’s a prime example that ANYONE can #FindYourFit at Raincity - even after breaking 16 bones and spending 2 weeks in a coma and 9 months in the hospital…

After his accident in 2003 it took him years to appreciate his health and fitness again, but then one day he remembered how lucky he is to be alive - and decided it was time to do something about it. 

Matt came in for his first free trial on September of 2017, and has been in 3 or more days per week since, having attended almost 500 sessions now!

Matt, thank you for being a staple in our community, an inspiration to so many #RAthletes and a reminder at the importance of taking care of our bodies, no matter what adversity we may have faced.

Read his full bio…

Who are ya? Matt Hstlmatt

What do you do? Property management

How did you end up at Rainctiy? A much needed change in life

When can we find you at Raincity? Evening 4 - 9 PM

What did you do for fitness before hanging out with us? Everything non-fitness

What’s your favorite thing about Raincity? It’s a second home away from home

What’s something we probably don’t know about you? On Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003 in Mallorca Spain was the day that changed everything.

At 120km/h I lost control of my motorbike and crashed. I survived and woke up Dec. 6 out after a 2 week coma with little to no memory of what happened.

The head leading doctor had told my parents that he had no confidence in me waking up again. However, I did. I endured 16 bone fractures. Injuries to my face and dentures. I spend 9 month in hospital and had to undergo 4 more operation in addition to the emergency surgery at the start which was the longest the leading surgeon had ever performed lasting 14.5 hours.

It took a better portion of 10 years to get my health in shape, but the biggest boost in strength and fitness I reached by joining Raincity.

I’m still standing and have never driven a bike again. I’ll keep it that way! I promise!

If we wrote you a workout, what would be in it? Wallballs and squat snatches

If you could steal a #DogsofRaincity which would it be? #RaincityRemus

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Week one of the #RaincityOpen is coming in hot!⁠ ⁠ Join coaches @Thor604 and @tak321 for our Friday Night Lights class this Friday at 7:00PM⁠ ⁠ You can register for it just like any other class, but heat signups will be open at the gym (in person only) at 6:30PM⁠ ⁠ This weeks sponsor is your favorite drink in our fridge - Hydrator⁠ ⁠ This weeks Coach nemesis to beat is @lizcarrier84 and as you can see she's all smiles as she's confident there's going to be some heavy bench press & 'biggest bicep vein' for event 1⁠ ⁠ Beat the coach & you can double the number of raffles you get in the weekly draw for Private Training sessions, #RaincityRetail swag and more⁠! ⁠ [Details in bio - rncty.ca/raincityopen]⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #Raincityahtletics #RAthletes #Findyourfit #FunctionalFitness #vancouverfitness #vanfit #vancouverfitness #vancityfitness (at Raincity Athletics) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3VkHmIBIs_/?igshid=ybv2ewtpdvp4

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Meet the #RAthlete! 

It’s been a while since we’ve done our #RaincityBios but we figured it’s time to get back on them, so we wanted to start with a bang...  Who are you? Megan (Foulds my work alias) Willms aka @ms.foulds

What do you do?  High School Art and Life Skills teacher

How did you end up at Raincity? I have a friend who was harassing me to try CrossFit, after 3 years of haranguing, I gave in and tried it. I was hooked. Raincity was close to my house, so I did my onramp here... 3.5 years later I keep coming back for the people (and the sick GAINZ!)

When can we find you at Raincity? Evening 4 - 9 PM

What did you do for fitness before Raincity? nothing... I literally got up off the couch because I saw a picture of me with my youngest and I didn't recognize myself. Pre-babies I did some Krav Maga.

What’s your favorite part of Raincity? THE PEOPLE! I have truly found my band of sassy, badass, misfits here (I'm looking at you "Breakfast Club"). The coaches are excellent, I really feel like they know me and bring out the best in me.

Tell us something we don’t know about you? I lived in Papua New Guinea for 3 years as a kid. I have extensive dynamite experience. I have 2 kids (girl 7 and boy 4) and a hot husband. I have been to over 30 countries. I'm a little weird, but in a delightful way... 

If we wrote a workout for you, what would it be? It would be an EMOM... I LOVE a built in rest! And it would be all about big lifts... no speed or agility. I am basically a diesel (slow, loud, smelly, but strong) as opposed to a high octane, performance vehicle.

What do you think our favorite thing about you is? My sassy tank tops and "look at me" stretchy pants... I am visually entertaining.

If you could steal one of the @DogsofRaincity - which would it be?  While I feel like #raincitysunday really gets me... Probably #raincitytilley or #raincityabby I feel like they would fit most conveniently under my sweatshirt.

Want to be featured?  Head to rncty.ca/raincitybio

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2019 #RaincityBio Survey

You're awesome. At least whatever staff member that asked you to fill this out thinks you are, and so we want to tell the rest of our community more about you :) Checkout #RaincityBio on facebook & instagram and make sure you follow us so we can tag you! If you haven't already... be sure you've joined and followed all the important things here: rncty.ca/social Now tell us about you! Make it fun, interesting, and special - whatever that means to you :D

Fill out our #RaincityBio survery so we can tell our community how awesome you are :D 

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#RaincityIcecream crawl 2019! Thanks to all the #rathletes and friends who came out for our 4th annual ice cream crawl! Here at Raincity Athletics we embrace balance: Work hard, train hard, eat ice cream hard. Thanks to this year's 5 stops for having us! @beta5chocolates @earnesticecream @roosterseastvan @elephantgardencreamery @thegelatomafia If the weather's good who's in to sneak in one more before the end of the summer? We may need to add a bit more distance between stops... Or some burpees or something 🤢 Thanks as always to @misch_0 for helping us pick our spots & route! We've got a couple pairs of special edition ice cream / popsicle @endurapparel socks in the shop still! Who had a favorite that they'd recommend??? #rathletesdoicecream #raincityevent #raincitysquad #morethanagym #icecream (at Raincity Athletics) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz87V-_BS-t/?igshid=115h7p8tf9dvs

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From yesterday at #raincityclassic, @raincityathls with @_amandalei • • • • • • • • • • • • #keepinspiring #rathletes #rathletics #athleteinsideprofiles #crossfitcommunity #crossfitcompetition #vancity #crossfitwomen #strongwomen #tattoogirl #babe (at Raincity Athletics)