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MATHEW BENVIE
I grew up in Hilden, Nova Scotia and had the best upbringing with a great family who taught us hard work and supported all the things we were involved in. Our childhood was spent outside playing sports and I don't think my parents ever missed a game.
My whole life I wanted to be a gym teacher and coach so I could be like the amazing coaches growing up. It would be my way of paying it forward.
Thankfully, while at St.FX taking Human Kinetics, I discovered a passion for helping people with their fitness goals, which is a different type of teaching/coaching. September 1st 2009 I started Evolve Fitness with a small personal training studio in downtown Halifax.
It would be way too much for a bio to talk about the fate that was involved in starting the business and the progress that has been made in the last 12 years. I've had ups and I've had many downs but I always felt supported and always had a great community around me to push forward.
2009 was just me offering one on one training and we have progressed to two locations, a virtual gym, with group fitness being our predominant offering. The last thing that is important is that I am Canada's biggest country music fan. Music and giving back to the community are my equal passions to helping people with their fitness!
MITCH BENVIE
Hello. I am Mitch! For those of you who don't know I have a twin brother and his name is Matty. I graduated from Dalhousie in 2008 with a BSc in Kinesiology and have been with Evolve since January 1st 2012! The gap between graduation and starting at Evolve was spent teaching English in South Korea and working out enough to make sure I was bigger than Matty by the time I got home (turned out to be pretty easy).
The two things I love most about Evolve and being a personal trainer are working out everyday with the best clients in the world, and also helping to educate people on nutrition and healthy living. Nutrition has become a huge passion of mine with a main focus on weeding through the BS and contradictory information we see on social media and digging into what the research says works.
Favorite trip--Lebanon 2019
Favorite TV show--The Night Manager
Favorite Food--Pizza
Favorite Brother--Tyler
CHRISTINE INGHAM
Christine joined the Evolve team at the end of 2020 to help with the additional administrative tasks that come with adding a virtual fitness offering to a busy boutique gym.
Originally from Pictou County, Christine moved to Halifax in 2014 to attend Saint Mary's University for a Bachelor of Commerce. She had initially planned to move to a bigger city after getting her degree, but after spending a semester studying in Spain, she realized how much she loved Halifax and is here to stay.
Christine thrives on being able to wear multiple hats, working on an array of projects at once and making her colleague's jobs easier, which is what drew her to working in an assistant role. Evolve's tight-knit community and love of giving back were how she knew this position would be a perfect fit.
At Evolve, you can find her answering questions for clients, organizing the space, planning challenge parties or uploading content to the member site. In her free time, you can find her hiking with her dog, baking mediocre cakes or attending bootcamp. Christine's favourite exercise is deadlifts, and her favourite post-workout snack is a banana!