About us

This is our 3rd official group under the MTL OWN umbrella, focused specifically on bringing people in Montreal together around fitness, staying active, accountability, and reaching their fitness goals.

📌 Quick context on MTL OWN groups:
🧠 Main OG Group → https://www.meetup.com/mtlown = Fighting Loneliness — sit-down group vibes 🧋☕️
🎉 2nd Group → https://www.meetup.com/mtlownw = Weekend Socializing & community hangouts
💪 3rd Group (This one) → Montreal Fitness Community

📍 Our community is already well established:
✅ 150+ active WhatsApp members → https://chat.whatsapp.com/BZMVJAZ2FlR8hzc1OqllHs
✅ 8+ organizers
✅ Strong, welcoming, and engaged community
✅ Certified personal trainers within our community

MTL OWN started by bringing people together socially. Now, I want to expand that into something else I care deeply about: fitness, accountability, staying active, and bringing people together through fitness.

I’m Zen, a YMCA Certified Personal Trainer, author of The 7 P’s Principles, and a jiu-jitsu purple belt.
For over 10 years, I’ve also worked in self-defense simulator training for women and teens, assisting and leading workshops for more than 1,000 women, from schools to corporate offices.

My approach to fitness comes from the same mindset I’ve used in martial arts and wrote about in The 7 P’s Principles: pressure, patience, consistency, and accountability.
And through MTL OWN, we also have a small network of certified personal trainers with different backgrounds and specialties who are part of the community.

## 🎯 What We’re About

Whether your goal is to:
🔥 lose fat
💪 build muscle
🏋️ get stronger
🏃 improve your conditioning
🥗 improve your nutrition habits
🎯 or simply have someone keep you accountable
The goal is to bring people together, stay active, share knowledge, keep each other accountable, and work toward our fitness goals together.

## 💪 What We’ll Do

🏋️ Group workouts
🏃 Fitness and conditioning activities
🚶 Walks and outdoor activities
🥊 Fitness and martial arts-related activities
🎯 Fitness challenges
💬 Discussions around training, nutrition, and accountability
🤝 Meet other people in Montreal who are working toward their fitness goals
Whether you’re completely new to fitness or you’ve been training for years, you’re welcome.
You put in the work. We’ll keep each other accountable.
Welcome to the fitness branch of MTL OWN! 💪

### Et oui, on est bilingues! 🇨🇦🇫🇷