R3VIVE’s Member of the Month, August, 2021

R3VIVE Fitness • August 9, 2021
Woman in gym attire lifts a kettlebell. Gym setting, focused expression.

Introducing our Gym M.O.M. (Member of the Month) for August, 2021 … Fatima Lacanlale!

Working with Fatima over the last year has been extremely rewarding for us. Fatima, like a lot of our new members, joined us with very minimal strength training knowledge and experience.

She’s steadily maintained the course, adhering to our structured plan for her, by training under our build track during group classes. Her patience has highly paid off, as she is now capable of performing movements from our perform track, safely and effectively. Yet Fatima, being the patient athlete she is, is still humble enough to know when she must revert to build for other movements.

This is a quality we highly in our athletes value and can sometimes be complicated to teach. Working with Fatima provides us assurance that our plans can work for many athletes, of all fitness levels.

We’re highly honored to highlight Fatima due to her hard work, commitment and coachability!

Read more about Fatima below!

Q: What made you decide to start functional fitness training?
I was jealous of Victoria’s Secret models’ bodies.

Q: Are you a student/working professional/both? What do you do for a living?
Professional sales… “Always Be Closing”.

Q: What are your hobbies/interests outside of the gym?
I like to paint during my free time and even have a partnership with PopSockets.

Q: What are some of your favorite movements (name up to three)?
Stretching, warm-up, and ring rows.

Q: What are your least favorite movements?
Box jumps, biking, and running.

Q: What movements do you want to improve at?
Push-ups.

Q: What advice do you have for someone considering our gym?
I’m a mathlete, not an athlete… don’t be afraid.

Q: What’s your favorite “cheat” food?
Creme brûlée.

Q: What’s your spirit animal and why?
 Seahorse: Because it’s my favorite animal, why not?

Q: What’s your guilty pleasure?
Eating the crusty rice off the bottom of a tapas pan.

Q: Do you have any nicknames?
 Unicorn

Q: An interesting fact that we probably don’t know about you!
I’ve moved to 5 states within 4 years!

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