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      <description>named one of canada's top fitness instructors of 2021. functional fitness should be fun and accessible at every level, that's the whole pitch.</description>
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<h2 id="simon-thor-damborg-34">Simon ‘Thor’ Damborg, 34</h2>
<p><strong>Group fitness instructor and owner of Raincity Athletics, Vancouver, B.C.</strong><br><a href="https://www.raincityathletics.ca/">www.raincityathletics.ca</a> – <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thor604/">Instagram</a> – <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thor604">Facebook</a></p>
<p>The Raincity Athletics head coach/owner focusses on building community around fitness. Simon is president of the BC Functional Fitness Sports Association and as a group fitness instructor teaches functional fitness and Olympic lifting. Raincity’s Fit Club is an approved behaviour interventionist provider which allows Simon to work with kids on the autism spectrum and at schools across the Lower Mainland where he shows that everyone can benefit from a proper fitness program.</p>
<h2 id="i-believe-functional-fitness-should-be-fun-and-accessible-to-athletes-of-any-level-age-and-physical-or-mental-ability-we-provide-two-things-community-and-accountability">“I believe functional fitness should be fun and accessible to athletes of any level, age and physical or mental ability. We provide two things — community and accountability.”</h2>
<p><a href="https://impactmagazine.ca/features/cover-stories/canadas-top-fitness-instructors-2021-british-columbia/">Impact Magazine Blog</a> <a href="https://issuu.com/impactmagazinecanada/docs/impact-jan-feb21">View Magazine on issuu</a></p>
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