Body Positive Fitness

08/28/2025

Lifestyle, diet & fitness THRIVES off short-term gimmicks.

Unfortunatley, it's what sells.

It sells purely because it focuses on peoples desperation and insecurities that they would love to have an easy solution to. Fitness shouldn't be looked at as a "solution" to solve problems, but rather a way to live your life in a way that will serve you in the long haul.

08/26/2025

08/25/2025

08/21/2025

These short term fitness challenges aren’t going to change your life, they are selling you a fantasy.

The industry (and the trainers pushing them) know that lasting change doesn’t happen in a packaged and sell-able timeline.

Habits take months, years, and a whole lot of real-life messiness in between. These challenges push you in a way that isn’t realistic, therefore it won’t be long lasting

08/19/2025

(Most) Fitness influencers are the new women’s magazine at the checkout line, giving you false promises, misleading “quick fixes,” and completely unrealistic narratives about bodies and health.

Just like those magazine covers shouting “Drop 10 pounds in 10 days,” as soon as we show interest in fitness and movement, our feeds are filled with “hacks” that ignore science, sustainability, and real people’s lived experiences.

It’s bu****it that is designed to sell, not to support.

Your body deserves more than clickbait advice. Unfollow, block, curate your feed to fitness advice that actually makes you feel motivated and excited.

08/18/2025

🍂✨ September is the Better New Year ✨🍂

September is the best fresh start month— routines are coming back, the air feels crisp, and it’s the perfect time to focus on YOU!

This fall and into winter, Body Positive Fitness is helping you finish 2025 strong so you can roll into 2026 feeling your absolute best. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

👉 Aurora & Toronto studios:
Unlimited – Fall Special 4 months of unlimited studio classes (Sept 1 - Dec 31) for $799 (reg. $996)
✅ Includes all in-studio group sessions
✅ Plus FREE access to our full online membership (live & on-demand)
‼️ Only 10 spots available

👉 Online Unlimited
Get unlimited access to all live-streamed classes + on-demand workouts Sept 1–Dec 31 for just $599 (reg. $199/month). That’s 4 months for the price of 3!
💪🏼 Only 10 memberships available

✨ September is a great chance to reset, recommit, and create momentum that carries you into the new year with strength, energy, and confidence!

08/15/2025

I’ve been doing some decluttering lately, and tucked away in a drawer in the basement I found my business cards, from way back in 2015, before Body Positive Fitness was even born.

Back then, I went by “JD PT” and called myself a body positive personal trainer. This was about 2 years before the first Body Positive Fitness class. I had started to despise the gyms I’d worked for over a decade — spaces where I’d felt unsafe, disrespected, and constantly battling against a toxic culture. I was ready to do my own thing, even if I was terrified.

I remember starting an anonymous Instagram account about body liberation and body love, too scared to show my face because I knew the backlash from the gym world would be ugly.

In time, I started running my own body positive classes and showing up online as myself — and everything (quickly) changed.

The media came calling — CBC, CTV, Metro Morning, The Toronto Star — all wanting to hear from “the trainer in a plus-size body” who was calling out the industry. Back then, that was… unheard of.

Looking at these old cards and news clippings, I’m reminded just how far we’ve come, and how much I’ve grown, (both physically and emotionally). What we’ve built together is so fu***ng exciting, and I’m nowhere near done.

08/14/2025

We’ve been sold the idea that consistency means doing the same thing every single week. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, weights here, cardio there, forever.

But real consistency comes from giving yourself flexibility. Some weeks you might do four strength sessions, other weeks just two. Some weeks you do more cardio, other weeks less. It’s showing up in a way that fits your life.

Once you give yourself the flexibility you need, consistency becomes (almost!) effortless.

08/07/2025

We've been sold the lie that fitness *looks* a certain way. Slim bodies, defined muscles, cute matching sets. We've seen it sexualized, glamourized, and used to prey on our insecurities.
We want you to know that fitness isn't a look. Fitness is a relationship with your body and movement. It's a practice, and it should evolve with you over time. Fitness is walking, it's strength training, its dancing in your living room. Its swimming, hiking, stretching. It's showing up for yourself over and over again. You don't have to look a certain way to "be fit". Your body doesn't have to change for your fitness practise to be meaningful!

08/05/2025

We will literally rebuild the entire plan for that day to match your needs (and wants) and its *acutally* no sweat for us to do that. Thats what happens when you hire trainers who are educated and experienced in making fitness *accessible*. Fitness is not and should not be a cookie cutter program!

08/05/2025

We’ve seen virtual personal training completely change the game for so many people.

•Maybe you don’t feel safe or welcome in traditional gyms.
•Maybe you just want to move your body without dealing with a commute, crowds, or being watched.
• Maybe it’s just way easier to train from home when the kids are at school, or the house is finally quiet, or you just want to wear pajama pants and blast your own playlist.

Online personal training makes movement more accessible, more private, and more personalized than ever.

✨ It’s a booked time in your calendar so it’s easier to stay consistent.
✨ Every workout meets you exactly where you’re at that day.
✨ Some days it’s strength training, other days it’s stretching or just moving your body gently.
✨ Our trainers will never push you to do something that doesn’t feel right.
✨ You can build a real connection with your trainer, or keep it strictly business. Your call.
✨ And yes, you get to wear whatever the hell you want.

Not everyone has access to inclusive, body-positive studios… if only we could have one in every city (lol, one day?!!! ). But for now virtuak training is bringing a safe, affirming space straight to your home.

If you’ve been thinking about it, hit us up for a free consult and try your first 4 sessions for just $249.

Oh and did we mention? We have the best body positive, inclusive trainers on our team. 💪🏼🫶🏼💪🏼🫶🏼💪🏼