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Featured Highlights for January 2022
At PWFC we believe Education Leads to Motivation, so each month we will share a variety of fitness, motivation, health, nutrition tips, humour, featured equipment, recipes, workouts, classes and [...]
2022 Goal – Improved Mental Wellbeing
"The absence of Mental Health is often as bad as the presence of mental illness. It is the loss of good mental health that precipitates mental illness." Cory Keyes [...]
Featured Member: Dawn Grant
Our Featured Member for December is Dawn Grant. Dawn has been a member of PWFC for a little over 9 months now and has quickly become one of our [...]
Featured Members: Charlene & Greg
October is upon us, which means it’s the season of falling leaves, pumpkin spice everything, Halloween and our favourite; Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month. To honour the occasion, we selected [...]
Healthy Workplace Month
October is Healthy Workplace Month Every October PWFC hosts a Workplace Wellness Challenge to bring awareness and change during Canadas Healthy Workplace Month. For 2021 we have chosen a [...]
Give’R Week
It’s that time of the year again for our annual event known as ‘Giver Week’. What is Giver Week? It’s a week in September where we open up our [...]
Move of the Month: Chest Flye
Move of the Month: Chest Flye Benefits of a Chest Fly The dumbbell chest fly is an upper body exercise that can help to strengthen the chest and shoulders. The traditional [...]
Featured Staff Member: Darlene Pinnell
For the month of September, we are taking a break from spotlighting a member to instead feature a beloved staff member, Darlene Pinnell. After 14 + years as a [...]
Move of the Month: Clam Shell
Move of the Month Benefits of a Clamshell The clamshell exercise can specifically help to strengthen the gluteus medius, which lays on the outer edge of the buttocks and is responsible for [...]
Survey Says (Top answers from our Survey
Available Now (Some of your requests we have in place and you may not have realized) Locker Rental- We rent lockers by the month, you can bring your own [...]
Move of the Month: Pistol Squat
Move of the Month Benefits of a Pistol Squat It is an extremely challenging exercise that requires very strong leg muscles, a high level of balance, and a good degree of [...]
Featured Member: Gavin Giles
We’re happy to announce that Gavin Giles is our featured member for this month. Gavin, also known as ‘Double G’ around PWFC, has been a member with us for [...]