Afterburn Fitness

Trainer Spotlight 🙌🐬

We are happy to welcome Jarrell to the Afterburn Training Crew! As an experienced performance coach, Jarrell believes in a holistic approach to elevate your athletic potential. Providing group and personal training programs, Jarrell will be there with you every step of the way to unlock your athletic potential. Check out his website therellway.com for more details.

Afterburn provides space for independent healthcare practitioners to run their own business their way. All our Healthcare Practitioners can be found on our website.

Interested in treating or training your clients at our facility? Hit us up!

Our camp is ✨️practically✨️ FUN!

While it's great that kids can learn to build a rocket from a plastic bottle, wouldn't it be awesome if they were also given the chance to learn how to whip up a tasty treat for themselves? 👀🍳 Our campers will practice valuable life skills and take part in STEM focused activities, providing them with tools to survive, thrive, and succeed as well balanced individuals in today's world.

🍎 Our camp is led by an active Ontario Certified teacher
🤚 5:1 ratio (class size of 10 per week)

More details can be found in our link in bio! ☀️

Trainer Spotlight 💪

Welcome Akiel John to the Personal Training team! Akiel runs Emergence Boot Camp on Wednesday and Sunday, as well as personal training through his company BST Fitness. He works with a wide variety of populations and goals, utilizing his extensive sports background to ensure his clients are engaged and grounded in scientific methods.

Afterburn provides space for independent healthcare practitioners to run their own business their way. All our Healthcare Practitioners can be found on our website (link in bio).

Interested in treating or training your clients at our facility? Hit us up!

Special thanks to our SPONSORS 🌟

Through the generous support of our sponsors, we will be hosting the biggest Apex Paddle Erg Cup to date. The ability of our community to come together never ceases to amaze us year after year. We are incredibly happy to feature over $3000 of raffle prizes, finalist awards, and team goodie bags (because who doesn't love free swag??).

All will be revealed soon, stay tuned and keep your eyes locked on the prize(s) 😏






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Ready, set, p'erg.

Our annual Apex Paddle Erg Cup will take place on Sunday, March 24, 2024. Come celebrate the tail end of the indoor training season with incredible paddlers from Ontario, Montreal, Boston, and beyond (?? 👀👀🫵)

The early bird sign-up deadline has been extended, ending on Friday, February 16- mark your calendars and get your p'erg on. Registration link in bio.

A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS 🆘️
We are looking for a handful of folks to help out on our big day. Volunteer registration link in bio.

A CALL FOR SPONSORS 🤝
With over 100 athletes and spectators combined, Apex can bring your business to new heights. If you are interested in becoming an Apex sponsor, email us at [email protected] for further details.

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Ready for a paddle challenge? 🤔🐣🫵

Get our resident duck, Francine, to travel one full lap around our paddle pool the fastest! Easy peezy.

To celebrate our 10 Year Anniversary, we've partnered with to give out some really great prizes 🥳 Top 3 men and women will receive an Oddball hat, and our grand prize winners will take home an Oddball dry bag!

How to compete:
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Submit your time & video to us at [email protected]

Challenge ends on Sunday, February 4th @11:59pm. Winners will be announced by this account. Water must be completely still before starting

Good luck!

Ho-Ho-Hoooold the boat! 🎄

Registration for our Winter Paddle Clinic is OPEN! Beat the winter blues by surrounding yourself with our awesome community of paddlers and experienced coaches.

Program details and pricing can be found on our website. Registration inquiries can be made by email to [email protected] 🐉

Did someone say reading week? 📖👀

If you're back in town for a quick breather, no need to worry about commiting to a month long membership! We offer one & two week Student Break Rate Memberships, which give you regular member access over a shorter period of time. Email [email protected] to get started ✌️

Proof of active student status is required. 13% HST is applied to the indicated prices.

It's time to fall in love with paddling! 😍🍁

Registration for our 10-week Fall Paddle Clinic is open, and spots are filling up quickly. Whether you are new to the sport of dragon boat or a seasoned paddler looking to get detailed feedback, our paddle clinics are designed to keep you educated, focused, and connected as the water season comes to a close.

Program details and pricing can be found on our website. Registration inquiries and program questions can be sent to [email protected]

Our annual food drive is in progress! Did you know that there was a total of 1,462,795 visits to food banks across Canada in 2022?

We chose this time to organize a food drive in partnership with our Barbell club because we often forget that those in need also need to eat in the summer, not just during the holidays when we would typically donate - it is equally important to support your local food banks all year round!

Food banks and other programs serving vulnerable Canadians are expected to serve 60% more people per month in 2023 than last year, according to a report by a national food rescue organization.

If you’re planning on stopping by Afterburn in the next two weeks, you can drop by non-perishable goods in our food drive box found in the lobby!

Hey Afterburn members and guests!

If you haven't already heard, our very own Afterburn Barbell Team will be hosting the Scarborough Summer Classic Powerlifting Event on August 26th and 27th! Therefore, please be advised of the following:
* Friday, August 25th: Gym is OPEN however, set up will start from 8pm and onward
* Saturday, August 26th: Closure from 6am-4pm 
* Sunday, August 27th: Closure from 6am - 5pm  
Spectators are welcomed and encouraged to come to the event - a donation of canned goods to their food drive is required for entrance. Please be advised that space is limited and once the capacity limit is reached, we will unfortunately have to turn folks away so you can also tune in through their livestream --> https://youtube.com/

If you have any additional questions regarding the event, please feel free to contact Simone at [email protected] for more information. For anyone else that would like to support the food drive, we will have a donation box in the lobby. Good luck to all participants this weekend!

⚠️ APEX PADDLERS, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO MARSHALLING ⚠️

Registration for the 2023 Afterburn Apex Paddle Erg Cup is LIVE. Check our link in bio for the registration form! Deadline to register is Thursday, March 23.

We are expecting some extra spicy competition this year, including out of province ANNND international visitors 👀👀👀 y'all better not miss out. With spicy competition comes spicy prizes OC memberships?? Yes PLEASE

What you'll need to register:

A team of 4 (2 men, 2 women)
If you're a single pringle, all good - we'll try our best to set you up with a team of other superb athletes

Money, yes money. Pricing is dependent on your choice of an ✨included✨ event shirt! We are proudly partnering with for this year's event shirt 🤩 event fee pricing is as follows:

$50 - cotton shirt (included in race fee)
+$15 - sublimated, dry fit (uh hello, water friendly material?? 🤙 💦)

Full event details can be found on our website. See you THERE!

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This year’s theme is about embracing equity.
Equity is different from equality in that equality aims to give everyone equal resources to succeed, equity provides each individual what they need. Think about giving everyone the same shoe versus giving everyone the right sized shoe to run a race.
At Afterburn we’ve worked to promote equity by first and foremost getting to know our members on a deeper level, so that we can understand their individual needs, also through our accommodative membership plans (fire, EMS, military, time-specific) and in the last year offering feminine hygiene products in our washrooms).
Thank you to all our women for inspiring us all!

Happy International Women’s Day to all Our female members of AB 🫶🏼

Showing Love to our Strong Women Athletes from the Team 💕

AB merch restock is here 🙌🏼
Be sure to check it out during you’re next visit‼️

2 months out 🫡

Registration details will be released in the upcoming weeks. Let's end the indoor season off strong 💪

Come join us on Lift nights every Friday from 6 - 8PM 🫴🏼

RECAP of our 2022 Christmas Party 🎄🎉

Thank you all for those that came by, we hope you enjoyed celebrating with us.

Santa’s coming in to burn some cookies and regain muscle mass. Come join him for pics, bbt and pizza from 1-3pm. Free dropins from 11-3. Bring you fam jams!
Reserve your spot by dming or emailing at [email protected]

Andddd that’s a wrap for our 2022 Christmas Shoebox drive, unfortunately a bit less support this year, down over 50% YoY but still 138 chances to change lives for kids in impoverished countries. Thank you to all our supporters!

In remembrance of Lisa Huang, co-founder and late wife to Andrew. Lisa set the foundations for Andrew's crazy idea to build a paddle pool and a gym. She turned a dream into reality and rooted it in values and practices that continue to drive Afterburn to this day. She passed on this day November 21, 2017 after a 2-year battle from Non-Small Cell Lung cancer. Her life reminds us how great an impact that one person focused on loving others sacrificially can make on a community, how life can be short and must be cherished. She will be forever missed but live on in our hearts and in our gym. Let us know your favourite memories in the comments

This event is about more than just winning its about bringing people back together, safely and we'd hope you'll join us for something super special!

Need more incentive? Thanks to all our sponsors for providing over $1000 in prizes for our participants.
Burnwater Paddles and Afterburn Basics

And to our entertainment and streaming partners and !!

Yes, the one and only Anne Zeng!

Sign up here!
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/apex-cup-2022-tickets-269741192167?fbclid=IwAR1bCj72Li6YFOANteSCGiKxl25F27mo3c-PrE-HLn27yNyxwX_dnUQULyg

Kickoff the first full dragon boat season in over 2 years with the return of the Afterburn Apex Paddle Erg Cup! In partnership with

Early bird incentives and over $1000 in prizes register here:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/apex-cup-2022-tickets-269741192167

NOTE: Date has been changed to March 27th

While we all know your dreaming of getting back on the Paddle Erg ;) Here's some more incentive to hop back on!

Start planning your training progression the Apex Cup is back!

*COVID pending =)

Afterburn has always focused on consuming just what we need and investing the rest into our community. Over the past two years we have been more intentional on investing into the broader society as well. This past weekend we packed 220 boxes for Operation Christmas Child and raised over $2500 towards Christmas gifts for children in impoverished countries. What was most exciting this year was how many new enthusiastic contributors we have and how much it has grown. Paying it forward just got multiplied. We're excited to see how many helpers we have next year =)

Thank you to our dragon boat and powerlifting communities, friends and family as well as and for offering us the opportunity to spread the love.

Giving to our community at home and globally because it’s apart of who we are as a business. Today we packed 170 boxes with gifts for children around the world with family and friends but we need more help for the last 70! We need “wow” toys and secondary toys, toothbrushes, stationary and donations of funds to buy more supplies. Thank Youuuu!

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🎅🎄It's Christmas time!...Almost... ok not really but the planning and packing starts now! Afterburn will again be participating in our now annual Christmas Shoe box drive. Last year we raised over $3000 and gave over 200 children a shoebox of gifts. This year we're aiming for 225 boxes and $3200!

How you can help:
1) Make a donation by sending an EMT to [email protected]
2) Book your team, yourself or friends to pack boxes *email us to schedule hour packing day & time!!!*
3) Pack boxes
4) Purchase supplies with our money or your money
5) Drop off supplies

CHRISTMAS SHOE BOX SCHEDULE:
10/30/2021 Packing Day
10/31/2021 Packing Day
11/6/2021 Packing Day
11/7/2021 Packing Day
11/13/2021 Packing Day
11/14/2021 Final Packing
11/21/2021 Delivery

Welcome back paddlers, our first paddle clinic begins with Coach Richard kicking it off!

Smaller group sizes and more spacing means even more attention from our attentive coaches.

We have a few more spaces in our current clinic and for our upcoming 2022 clinics.

The largest used outrigger canoe sale ever is happening now. In 2021 we brought in over 50 canoes to fill the need for outdoor physically distanced activity for our paddling community. These boats align with the values of our Afterburn Basics brand of fitness equipment of providing just what you need at reasonable prices.

Don't miss your chance to paddle your own uniquely pre-scratched boat before the season is over. Limited number of boats available.

https://www.afterburnfitness.ca/shop

📢Welcome to Afterburn 2.2🔥

We've been pretty busy over the lockdown and we're excited to welcome new and existing members back to some pretty epic updates:

⭐New squat racks x 7
⭐New flooring
⭐New platforms
⭐New cable machines
⭐New dual leg extension and leg curl machine
⭐New air runner treadmill
⭐New concept 2 rowers x 5

We're calling this AB 2.2 because we still have more exciting updates coming in the near future. So stay tuned, stay strong, stay healthy!

We also would like to take this opportunity to give a big thank you to our hardworking team of staff and volunteers. With all the evolving lockdown stages in Ontario,
we were caught off guard with re-opening but our community came together to bring our gym back to life. From helping with Afterburn Basics shipments, to laying down new flooring - we could not have done this without you. This is what makes Afterburn so incredible! Thank you and we look forward to having a full house training again soon!