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A letter from Anthony Carelli I was born at the Mississauga General Hospital (now known as Trillium) on March 14, 1974 at approximately 8:32 a.m., as per my Mom. This was the same year that Mississauga became a city. As a youth, I was quite aware of how lucky I was being able to grow up here simply by watching the news. We didn’t have any wars, or starvation, or floods, or earthquakes or anything catastrophic for that matter. We seemed so far away from these types of things. We were very safe, and you could feel it.

Almost all of my friends were from different cultural backgrounds. Many of our parents were born in other countries. Often, we were comprised of more than one cultural background. However, despite our cultural differences, we understood each other and we all seemed pretty happy growing up here. Our parents didn’t have it as easy as we did, and we were taught to be appreciative of that. I grew up at a time that proceeded the information age, a time when people interacted much more. I got to see life in Mississauga evolve and grow from a farming community to the thriving young city it is today. I guess you could say that we kind of grew up together.

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Simply put, I love this place. It’s a part of me. We are so lucky to be able to live here and we really should be grateful more often. After all these years, it still feels so fresh and still provides a world of opportunities for its residents. We get to enjoy all four seasons. It’s still quite safe and it will be a continued pleasure watching it bloom.

We, the residents of Mississauga, have been showing the world how it’s done with regards to living in harmony, for some time now. We are a living, thriving, miniature global community living in one city.

Our wonderful blend of ethnic diversity makes us one of the greatest cities in history.

Simply put, we are what the world needs more of — and that is something to be very proud of.

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The benefits of dumbbell training

By Sarin Mildounian, The Treadmill Factory

Dumbbell training is very common.

Most people like to incorporate this into their workout routine at least a couple of times each week. There are many benefits to dumbbell training and those who use dumbbells are sure to agree. For those who are new to this form of training, or are simply thinking about starting to use them, here are a few reasons why many people enjoy using dumbbells and how they are beneficial.

Unlike large pieces of fitness equipment, dumbbells are convenient and very easy to own. They are not expensive, especially compared to large machines, yet still allow you to achieve a powerful workout.

Most people love to use them within their home for two reasons: a large space is not required for dumbbell exercises, and secondly, the convenience factor of storing them away once you are finished with your workout.

A big bonus is the multitude of routines you can perform with just a simple pair of

dumbbells! The range of exercises is endless which means you can change up your routine so you are doing something different everyday using the same equipment. Once you see that you are not feeling the burn as much as you once were, you can move up to a higher increment and continue with your routine. With dumbbells, it’s hard to come up with excuses! Dumbbells are inexpensive, easy to have in a home and require only a little training space both for working out as well as for storage.

on one leg or one arm at a time because single dumbbell exercises can be performed as well. This is great because if you have a sore arm or leg, you do not have to stop working out and take a few days off. You just perform single dumbbell routines by using the arm or leg that is not injured or in pain.

Many people who have busy schedules express that they would rather workout at home than join a gym. Dumbbells are a wonderful suggestion because of the limited space needed for both the workout and the storage of the equipment. Dumbbell exercises are safe and easy to learn which means, once again — no excuses!

Dumbbells are the perfect tool to help anyone get into shape and achieve a fit, toned and healthy body.

Another benefit is that dumbbells can be utilized to train the entire body whereas other pieces of fitness equipment cannot.

These days, every weight increment is available meaning everyone can find a dumbbell suitable for him/her to work every muscle and get a total body workout. Since dumbbells can be held in each hand, you can create an array of different movements and routines to develop and increase your strength. A unique aspect of dumbbell training is that they allow the user to focus

Our friendly sales staff at our Mississauga Treadmill Factory store can assist you in choosing an increment suitable for you and provide you with the correct information to lead you in the right direction!

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Konga Fitness, a modern style of training “Konga” Konga is the name personal trainer extraordinaire Khaled Fahim adopted as a three-time World-Egyptian Kickboxing champion while he competed as a professional fighter. Konga is a symbol of balance, a concept that describes Khaled’s philosophy of training. As a fighter, he quickly learned that in order to achieve optimal performance and health, he needed to balance the mind, body and soul. This is a fundamental tenet that he spent more than 15 years perfecting while becoming successful in the fitness industry. Part of his success also came from his unremitting drive to help his clients achieve their goals and become stronger, functional individuals. The first thing people often note about Khaled is his charismatic and humble demeanor. He is very respectful and determined to help, yet he is always willing to say and do what is best for the client. Khaled will make sure you learn more than you thought you would, achieve more than you expect, and realize more than you previously envisioned.

Konga Fitness, the brand Konga Fitness is the movement Khaled established in 2014 that people across the GTA are becoming increasingly aware of. It currently has two branches and is continuing to expand to meet the demand of its clients. The company uses a very individualized program for each of its clients that follows a systematic approach that includes personalized assessments, nutrition plans, client-centered training, goal setting, and regular reports. Khaled’s hand-selected team of diverse fitness experts in their respective fields have

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a wealth of knowledge and training experience that can get you to your goals faster and more efficiently. Their expertise extends into athletic/functional training, movement science, sport-specific training, mixed martial arts, and Olympic lifting. The goal of Konga Fitness is to empower clients to use their body as a tool to change their lives.

How you can benefit It’s simple. Khaled’s philosophy will bring your body back to its natural and optimal state. It begins with the notion that our bodies are structures that are meant to move. Society has a way of taking us away from this natural inclination. That is why Konga Fitness focuses on retraining your functional patterns, which can help you: 1) 2) 3) 4)

Improve your posture Reduce your musculoskeletal pain Use proper biomechanics during lifts Increase your power, strength, and endurance 5) Boost your confidence and well-being

Come, try out a session What better way to find out what makes Konga Fitness the movement it is today than to try out a session with one of our specialized personal trainers and see for yourself! As challenging as the session will be, we guarantee that you will find yourself able to get through it with a sense of accomplishment and a resonating astonishment at your feat. Join the movement!

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The Missfits mean to be in the ring

By Perry Lefko

A few years ago, a Hollywood movie called Million Dollar Baby told the fictitious story about a woman determined to become a pro boxer, learning from a crusty male coach.

In Mississauga’s Battle Arts Academy, a real-life story is playing out with six women with no previous boxing experience learning to fight under the direction of a successful female pro-fighter.

Natalie (Sugar) Brown, a six-time U.S. national champion and two-time world silver medalist, has developed Missfits. The program offers women a chance to train three times a week at Battle Arts Academy (BAA), which has become a spawning ground for aspiring wrestlers.

BAA is owned by Anthony Carelli, who achieved fame and success in the WWE as the character Santino Marella. Five months ago, Brown, who is an instructor at BAA, approached Carelli with the idea of developing a women’s boxing program and now it’s a reality and gaining traction.

Brown is teaching the novice fighters about the science, psychology and athleticism of the sport and helping them to develop their inner fighting spirits. The women come from different backgrounds, but they are united in their desire to box.

Brown is a professional fighter with a record of six wins (four by knockout), and two losses. The 37-year-old Maryland native notes that the market for pro boxing, particularly in Ontario, is limited, and for women fighters there are even fewer chances.

Brown continues, “I believe my program at Battle Arts Academy can help and be a good resource for women who are green like my ladies or women that have had experience in the game and would like to have a place to reap some more knowledge.

Selling boxing to women is not like selling boxing to children or the averaged consumer of such a recreation. Women are thinking, ‘Am I going to get hurt? Is my face going to be broken? Will I be able to do this? This is so masculine.’ They only know it as being taught in a masculine way.”

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“Mixed Martial Arts is cool and Ronda Rousey has made it sexy, but female boxing is still a bit underground. Other than the pink gloves that make it look cute, a lot of people don’t understand the game from a female perspective.

A lot of the lessons I teach are in-house.

They spar with each other. I expose them to a lot of footage from around the world (both amateur and pro women) to open their eyes and enrich them to the culture of female boxing. With that understanding, I believe I can take them out into the world or the rest of the community and we can work with other female fighters at other gyms, or maybe we can begin hosting our own in-house sparring sessions at Battle Arts Academy. That’s ultimately what I would like to do,” Brown explains.

“All of them are registered with Boxing Ontario, which regulates the sport in the province. Whether any of them become a real-life Million Dollar Baby is unlikely, but they are broadening themselves and the sport. Anthony Carelli is breaking some ground here with developing a female team out of Battle Arts Academy. I just thought it was amazing that he supported this idea. He has been supportive and encouraging the program and the women with everything that they need to grow.

These ladies have come a long way in the five months. Everyone is learning and doing it impressively and effectively. Everyone understands the game,” Brown adds.

Brown came up with the name Missfits, which has various meanings.

“Every one of the girls are Misses,” she explains. “They are fit for boxing; they are fit for life — for whatever they put their minds to. The other spin on being a Missfit is they go against the grain. What woman signs up for the Hurt Game? In our society now, you’re still supposed to be (in a sense) a lady and there are certain outlines and boundaries about what it is to be a lady.

Being a fighter and getting into the ring and liking to fight and wanting to fight is not within those boundaries. It is not something

that is mainstream just yet. That’s why I named it Missfits.”

“Female boxing has been around for a very long time, back when Muhammad Ali was fighting (in the ‘60s and ‘70s). His daughter, Laila, became a fighter. What MMA did differently that enhanced women in their game (that boxing didn’t) is they promoted their champion. They promoted Ronda. They gave her some of the spotlight.

There have been several female champion boxers that have done phenomenal things, but they were never able to get any of the spotlight.”

“These women are interested in becoming boxers. Speaking for myself, I don’t do it for the fame. I don’t fight for glory. I fight because I like it and I like to perform in that capacity using that art. I love to entertain using boxing and using my knowledge of the art. These guys are understanding the art and how they can perform it as well. Their curiosity and confidence is just growing and growing,” notes Brown.

Incidentally, Brown began in the sport with the nickname Too Bad and that evolved into Sugar. “When I was younger, they called me Too Bad because when I went in there I wasn’t making any friends,” she says with a laugh. “I went in there fighting. It was just a young girl with a chip on her shoulders.

Then I became Miss Too Bad because I found a way as I became a young woman to be a young lady about it. After a while people were saying, ‘You know what Miss Too Bad, you’re so sweet. You could deliver an ass whooping in the sweetest way. We’re going to call you Sugar.’ Everyone started calling me Sugar. My favourite fighter was Sugar Ray Robinson— the greatest fighter that ever lived. At first, I wouldn’t accept the name Sugar. I was like, ‘I’m not sweet like Sugar Ray just yet,’ but I feel like I’ve evolved into a Sugar.”

Now she is passing on the secrets of the Sweets Science to women who are evolving as fighters.

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GET STARTED: In order to build explosive strength for pitching, perform these exercises as a circuit with no rest periods between moves. Rest for 60 seconds, then complete two more circuits.

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Stand perpendicular to a wall in a semi-squat position with your feet shoulder-width apart. Hold a medicine ball with a neutral grip. Keeping your feet motionless, rotate your core and rise up, forcefully throwing the ball laterally against a wall. 10 REPS. 3

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Stand upright and grasp a medicine ball with a neutral grip. Raise the ball such that it’s high overhead with arms fully extended. Reverse the motion, drop your knees, and violently slam the ball at the floor. 6 REPS.

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Assume a halfkneeling position with legs split and your front knee adjacent to your contralateral hand.

Extend your hips and knees powerfully to throw your body into the air laterally. Concentrate on a gentle landing. 4 REPS.

Last fall, Major League Baseball reported that Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman (now with the New York Yankees) had thrown every one of the 101 fastest pitches in 2015. You read that right. His fastest was a 105.1-mph four-seamer.

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Stand upright with feet a little narrower than shoulder width. Grasp a dumbbell in each hand using a neutral grip. Raise the weights in an arc straight in front of you until your arms are parallel to the floor. Hold for a half-second and lower to the start position. 8 REPS. 4

MEDICINE BALL OVERHEAD SLAM

It’s a beautiful Saturday afternoon in May at the ballpark and your team of weekend warriors is embroiled in a barnburner. Unfortunately, your main apple chucker has run out of steam and loaded the bases. Your manager points at you out there in the ’pen and it’s up to you to extinguish the fire. The other team’s hitters are warm, confident, and swinging freely. You’re going to have to throw heat.

As a maximal power motion, pitching is improved significantly from specialized resistance training. You want the right moves, from the right angles, for the right number of reps. Try this brief battery of moves (it shouldn’t take any longer than 15 minutes) just three times each week and you may just add another five to 10 mph to your heater.

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What makes a world-class athlete?

When it comes to sport at a national level, what makes an athlete so powerful?

At first thought, one might answer natural talent and ability, and of course, there is one’s own will-power and desire to become a champion. But, what is it that separates two people of equal heart and talent — it’s coaching.

Tony Wallace is a national-level coach who trains clients in the Mississauga and Etobicoke areas. A true coach is not just for a specific age or sport, but somebody who can guide and strengthen their clients no matter what their age or fitness level.

Holding three black belts (judo, karate and kung-fu) as well as a blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Tony is a certified Boxing Ontario coach. He works to develop young boxers and teaches several classes including self-defence and kettle bells, for which he is a level-

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two instructor.

“I never thought of myself much as a sports person, until I tried one of Tony’s boxing classes. Now, I box every week and I love it,” says Bianca, a member of the Battle Arts Academy.

“I was impressed with Tony’s attention to detail and versatility in meeting the

demands of coaching a group with varying athletic abilities,” adds Paul, coach of the St. Marcellinus Football team.

As they say, the proof is in the pudding.

While coaching at numerous schools in the community and leading boot camp sessions at several gyms, Tony has also managed to produce a Canadian National Champion, David Brzezinski. David has won gold at nationals representing the Battle Arts Academy where Tony is the head boxing coach.

As the founder of Tony Wallace Fitness, Tony shows you how far a little push can really take you.

Contact Tony for program information, rates or to schedule an appointment.

Call 416-402-3439, email tonywallacefitness@ gmail.com, website www. tonywallacefitness.com, or @tonywallacefitness.

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Focus on your sport with peace of mind As an athlete, you need to be focused, dedicated and always on top of your game, whatever it might be. Your energy is, and should be, centered on your performance in your chosen sport. However, and unfortunately, as you head towards a career in professional sports, you will be faced with many obstacles and issues, including negotiating and understanding contracts, contractual disputes, branding and trademark registration and protection, tax liability and planning, financial planning, estate planning, and more. To ensure you aren’t the one worrying about those issues, and are able to keep focused on what you do, you need a good team behind you upon which you can trust and depend. The team

at Soble, Davis & Day LLP, a law firm serving clients throughout the GTA, Halton Region and beyond, can help you.

Anthony Carelli, WWE superstar and gym owner.

As lawyers, trademark agents and notaries public, Soble, Davis & Day LLP provides a wide variety of legal services. To learn more about how the law firm of Soble, Davis & Day LLP can assist you in being legally secure, contact the firm’s Managing Partner, Matthew Soble.

As a law firm that strives to apply the law to the circumstances, rather than the circumstances to the law, Soble, Davis & Day LLP address legal issues from an educated and situation specific perspective.

“Matthew Soble and the rest of his team have been excellent. I can always trust them to do a great job and I know they truly care.

Knowing they’re looking out for me and on top of things allows me to focus on my sport and my business without worry,” relates

He can be reached at msoble@ sobledavis.ca or 905.844.8581 (Oakville), 416.842.9002 (Toronto) or through the firm’s website at www.sobledavis.ca.

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