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Cynthia Vukets

@cynthiavukets

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Strength coach. Single mom. Corporate dropout.
Helping women get jacked in Midtown + Leslieville.
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The first ever Muscle & Mingle. 💪🏽🩷

One hour of strength training. Drinks on the patio after. Participants who showed up for themselves #strongatanyage #womenwholift #torontopersonaltrainer and ended up showing up for each other.

We talked about what we’re proud of. What we’re leaving behind. The small things that make us feel most like ourselves.

And yes, we smashed chicken wings 😉

This is what I’m building. A space where getting strong feels like belonging.

Next Muscle & Mingle: June 18 at 7:15pm in Midtown Toronto @ferris360.

Link in bio to grab your spot. $25. 100% of ticket sales go to Friends of Ruby, supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ youth in Toronto.

(Video: @sirholness) by @cynthiavukets

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4 months ago

At 41 I’m saying “bye!” to my corporate career to start my own business.

Dangerously unhinged or totally badass?!

The last few years have been a grind and the only place I felt completely myself was on the weightlifting platform. So I’m leaning fully into my muscle mommy era and going full-time as a personal trainer and strength coach.

Come join me! If you have also been feeling less than awesome lately, I get it and I can help. Let’s talk about your health and wellness journey and get stronger together. 😘

#womenwholift #strongatanyage #torontopersonaltrainer by @cynthiavukets

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6 months ago

Six weeks ago, Lynn would walk into the gym, glance at the barbell, and walk straight past it.

Not because she wasn’t capable. Because nobody had ever shown her she was.

Now? She’s already on that bar. She’s adding weight every week. She knows exactly what she’s doing and why and it shows. Her body is already changing. Her relationship to the gym is already changing.

That’s what knowing what you’re doing actually feels like.

If the weight room has always felt like it wasn’t built for you, it’s not you. You just haven’t had the right guide yet. Let’s talk 😉

#womenwholift #strongatanyage #torontopersonaltrainer by @cynthiavukets

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5 months ago

8 weeks ago Ekatha had never worked out in her life.

Her first session, I had her push a sled. Most total beginners struggle with that. She just did it. No hesitation.

That’s been the pattern ever since. She asks for heavier weight. Every time. She doesn’t flinch when something is genuinely hard, she just does the next rep.

This week: conventional deadlift!

8 weeks from never having lifted anything to this.

Some people are just built to lift. Ekatha is one of them. It’s such a pleasure to coach you @ekathaann ! You are the baddest. by @cynthiavukets

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a month ago

Muscle & Mingle is taking a summer break 🌞

But we’re just getting started with our “Strength. Community. A space to take up space.” event series.

Tell me what you want to see when it’s back 👇 by @cynthiavukets

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2 months ago

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13 people showed up to Muscle and Mingle last week. Two more wandered in just for the mingle part.

Biggest turnout yet.

We trained hard. We laughed harder. Somewhere in there, three people talked each other into a bonus round of pushups purely out of stubbornness.

Then we closed with a group meditation, led by a friend who had spontaneously offered her help.

Here’s the part that actually got me. I was tired, so for once I didn’t work the room during the mingle.

Nobody needed me to.

The conversations were already happening. The room ran itself.

That’s the whole point of this thing. Not a class. A space that holds itself up.

Taking a break for August so everyone can enjoy their last moments of summer. Then improving and relaunching for September - stay tuned!

$250 raised for @friendsofruby.ca last week. $1,475 total since April. Thanks to everyone who has come out for their support ❤️ by @cynthiavukets

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3 months ago

This is what Thursday looks like.

One hour of lifting then patio + good snacks and even better conversations.

Muscle and Mingle is back in Midtown this Thursday — for women and queer folks who want to get strong and actually enjoy it.

$25. 100% to Friends of Ruby. Link in bio or DM me! See you there 😉 by @cynthiavukets

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3 months ago

Utter privilege to study with weightlifting legend @michaelabreeze this Saturday @academyoflions Toronto!

This phenomenal coach is all about speed under the bar - ie. my weakest link. Watch me struggling to dive under the bar in the video here! 😋

This workshop was so. Many. Reps. and her technical precision/expectations are truly next level. I have a LOT to think about and work on.

As always, it’s more fun to train with friends. So glad @bahamianwifi was there struggling alongside me!

Thank you, Coach Micaela!! by @cynthiavukets

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Unscripted Friday rant here:

Dear Corporate Canada -

You have created an unsustainable culture where thousands of women are burning out mid career because they are struggling to breathe under the weight of your unrealistic expectations. Underpaid and over burdened with low value work while trying to balance childcare, domestic duties and commuting.

The women I see struggle to give themselves permission to take even ONE HOUR per week for themselves.

This is unacceptable. Time to start burning some sh-t.

Sincerely
Coach Cyn by @cynthiavukets

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$1,225 to @friendsofruby.ca since May.

Pride Day @ferris360. Three Muscle & Mingle events. A community showing up for 2SLGBTQ+ youth in Toronto.

This is what strength training can do when it’s about more than the gym.

Next Muscle & Mingle: July 23rd in Midtown. Link in bio. by @cynthiavukets

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3 months ago

I was doing a consultation with a new client last week.

I asked her about her lifestyle, her routine, her goals.

For ten minutes, everything she said was about her kids.

I finally stopped her.

“I’m hearing a lot about your kids. What about you? What’s something you do just for yourself?”

She paused.

Turns out she was training twice a week at a gym she didn’t like, with a trainer who wasn’t serving her well. She was showing up. Doing the work. And still somehow treating her own health like an afterthought.

She signed with me that day.

Not because I sold her anything. Because someone finally asked her the right question.

If nobody has asked you lately, I’m asking now: what are you doing for yourself? Not for your family. Not to keep up. For you.

#womenwholift #strongatanyage #torontopersonaltrainer #womenover40 #torontofitness selfpriority muscleandmingle by @cynthiavukets

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