More Than A Workout!
3RD DEGREE
Training
Your body is your gym!
Owner/Operator
Pam Collette
Contact Information
“Our tagline is ‘your body is your gym’; functional fitness is making everyday movements easier.”
16C Myrtle St, Stratford 902.370.7575 www.3rddegreetraining.com
At 3rd Degree Training in Stratford, clients do more than work out; they become part of a community. Pam Collette, 3rd Degree’s co-owner and co-founder, says this is done by personally getting to know each of the clients. Staff will often ask them how they are doing in and outside of class. “For a lot of places, you just sign up for a membership, and they take your dues— so, if you don’t show up, it doesn’t matter,” says Collette. “We’re the
opposite. We want you to show up.”
jumping, moves on the floor where they’re doing push-ups or planks,” says Collette. “In our Adaptive Athletics program, we adapt all of these movements and take the impact out, so that everything is a step movement.” Another barrier that people often face is having the time to do programs. To help parents who don’t have childcare, 3rd Degree offers family-friendly classes, which Collette says helps kids, as well as parents. “It shows the children that physical activities are important at a young age, and it’s not just sports,” she says.
And while there are many other programs offered at 3rd Degree, including weight circuits and personal training, they are all adaptable to some degree. This flexibility, says Collette, reemphasizes 3rd Degree’s motto. “Our tagline is ‘your body is your gym’; functional fitness is making everyday movements easier. Squatting mimics picking up children or groceries, lunges mimic climbing stairs,” she says. “[It’s] helping strengthen your everyday life.”
Along with providing a sense of community and accountability, 3rd Degree’s programs are designed to break down “the barriers people feel they have when trying to jump into fitness,” says Collette. One such program is Adaptive Athletics, a zero- impact program designed for those with mobility issues. It uses a modified workout structure that allows participants to move at their own pace.
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