By Yard Athletics – April 26th, 2019

We are BACK with a very special 20 Questions this week! In our humble opinion this series has only been getting better and better, and it’s all due to our #YardHard community and their involvement. Want to get featured?? Drop us a line! info@yardathletics.ca

Today we have the special pleasure of introducing Kelly Lamb and Phil Cabrita, who you may know better as the one and only DJ Flipout.

How does Kelly describe Phil?

“From dj’ing the hottest parties in town, to the 5’oclock traffic Jam, to being Redbull Music 3STYLE’S Official Host, he’s also a legendary BBOY who also acts?! Whoa. A man of many talents with a great sense of humor. He’s also the biggest Kanye West fan who knows every lyric to every song and every sample to ever exist.”

How does Phil describe Kelly??

 “This is Kelly. Born in Osaka, immigrated to Canada when she was 6 years old! Grew up in Ladner. Born from parents who are both creatives, she was heretically gifted with bounds of energy to build upon. Grew up dancing ballet and involved in other arts, a natural athlete, who is also the ring leader for the best parties. From conception to the little details that make whatever she’s involved in, if she’s planned it, it’s special. She has a huge heart and is uber-empathetic. SHES CUTE AF TOO.”

Sounds like an intriguing couple! Now time to read below and see what the perfect weekend plans are, whether you can “Amazon Prime and Chill” and whether Wreck Beach is still a thing.

1. Hometown(s)?

Phil: Burnaby/East Van

Kelly: Osaka, Japan! Our family moved to Ladner, BC when I was 6. Japan will always be home.

2. How did you first get started with Yard Athletics?

Phil: Recommended by Jordan from AllCity. Needed additional help balancing my beer intake vs. body weight

Kelly: All credit goes to our guy Jordan from AllCity. He encouraged me try weightlifting at Yard and was adamant that it was the missing component in my workout routine. He was right.

3. It’s 4:59pm on a Friday afternoon; what’s the plan for the perfect weekend?

Phil: Beer

Kelly: Tommy Cole’s 4PM Hip Hop ride is hands down the best way to kick it off. The perfect weekend consists of early mornings, tough workouts, Slickity Jim’s, a good bottle of Cab Sav or Chianti, Pepino’s, a bike ride, and a movie or patio.

4. Favorite restaurant, favorite dish?

Phil: Pepino’s – Chicken Piccata

Kelly: Pepino’s – Bolognese or Yuji’s – Curry calamari

5. Company you wish would sponsor you?

Phil: Discogs

Kelly: Neighbour & Lagree West

6. Top 3 desert island records?

Phil:  Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of life. Flume – Hi this is Flume Mixtape. Kanye west – Entire discography

Kelly: Kanye West – The Life Of Pablo. Destiny’s Child – Writing on the wall. Anderson.  Paak – Malibu

7. Tell us something we don’t know about you?

Phil:  I was a rapper signed to a recording label in San Francisco

Kelly: I went to a Medium last year and connected with some very important people. Changed my life forever.

8. Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Crave TV?

Phil: Netflix but shoutout to Crave for Letterkenny

Kelly: Netflix!

9. You can change one thing about Vancouver, what is it?

Phil: Liquor Laws and transit hours

Kelly: Reducing stigma about our Downtown Eastside community

10. Wreck Beach, yay or nay?

Phil: Nay

Kelly: Yay but those stairs?

11. Best post-workout snack?

Phil: Beer

Kelly: Stokes Purple Sweet Potatoes or a lil shake with Body Energy Club’s protein powder (Clean Isolate Vanilla)

12. Most exotic place you’ve ever traveled?

Phil: Beirut – Best food, people and history

Kelly: TBD.

13. Ilan, Same or Joce; who’s the toughest trainer at Yard?

Phil: Well we’ll have to set up a boxing match between the three of them for them to sort it. My moneys on Joce

Kelly: They’re all savage

15. Celebrity crush?

Phil: Rihanna & Rupaul

Kelly: Pharrell & Alicia Keys

16. Dream vacation?

Phil: Caribbean or somewhere super rich people go

Kelly: 6 months in Japan to explore all of the places I haven’t yet been to & an exotic place so I can answer #12.

17. Best advice you’ve ever been given?

Phil: Die empty from Jazzy Jeff (via Todd Henry)

Kelly: “Be more compassionate” – My mom

18. Least favorite exercise in the gym?

Phil: That f****** bike. F*** that bike.

Kelly: Assault bike. Sam knows.

19. Can money buy happiness?

Phil: “Money can’t buy me happiness but I’m happy when I can buy the things that I want” – By The Great Canadian MC from Rexdale, Jelleestone

Kelly: No but it can buy you a nice bottle of Cab Sav amirite??

20. Tell a stranger about Yard Athletics in 10 words or less.

Phil: Fun, challenging, safe, not boring, great trainers, good people, DOPE.

Kelly: An inclusive space to work hard, laugh and reach goals.

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By Yard Athletics – April 5th, 2019

Oh baby, do we have a special edition of 20 Questions for you today.

Obviously we are #YardHard faithful at heart, but that doesn’t mean we don’t put the weights down every once in a while and get a sweat somewhere else. All-City Athletics is a perfect example of that “somewhere else”.

Introducing Anna Farrant and Jordan Bowers, co-founders of the insanely popular Gastown boxing gym whose workouts will have you feeling like Mike Tyson – minus the tigers and face tattoos.

If you haven’t been to All-City, it’s as warm and welcoming an environment as Yard Athletics, but think punching bags and left-right combos instead of kettlebells and squats.

We are huge fans of All-City so wanted to know what makes Jordan and Anna tick… find out below if Ketogenic diets are bogus, where the best dive bar is, and the 5 worst words to hear in an All-City workout.

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10. Fastest time up the Grouse Grind?

Anna: Woof.

Jordan: You go on ahead, and carry me with you.

11. Best post-workout snack?

Anna: Avo Beet Smoothie from Body Energy.

Jordan: Like what do I eat, or what would be the best? I spend a lot of money at Tacofino.

12. All-City aside, what’s your favorite workout?

Anna: Lifting weights at Yard #NotAnAd

Jordan: Sprints! I’ve been throwing some weights around with Loaded Athletics and the Yard Hard crü. So, sprints and chin ups if chin ups weren’t so damn ruthless.

13. Ketogenic diets; way of the future, or unsustainable fad?

Anna: I think eating fats has had a bad rap but I also think people take it too far. Eating bacon or cheese exclusively cannot be good for you. But I’m not a doctor **see Jordans answer

Jordan: Unsustainable. Also, what is the environmental impact of all this coconut harvesting? But really, the way we raise and slaughter animals is brutal and gross and contributes to global warming. Let’s lay off the bacon. Probably scrapping all the wheat and refined carbs is good idea. Can’t we brew beer without hops too? Asking for a friend. Messes with your estrogen, right?

14. Favorite dive bar? 

Anna: I grew up in shit bars and now they have lost their appeal.

Jordan: I’d love a crispy brewski in the park any day. Low overhead.

15. Favorite “classy” bar?

Anna: Pourhouse! Best cocktails 🏽

Jordan: Lighting is everything. The drink is max $6, the atmosphere is the other $12.

16. Dream vacation?

Anna: Puglia on the coast of Italy.

Jordan: Boxing Camp vacation in Cuba or Mexico. I told Anna I want to do an ocean vacation where you sail and dive around collecting trash out of the ocean. I swear I’m not a nature boi, but I did buy a pair of OCIN swim trunks made from recycled polyesters and nylons.

17. Best advice you’ve ever been given?

Anna: Trust yourself and you will know how to live.

Jordan: ”I wouldn’t think too much into it.”

“Everything is always working out for us.”

“Stop talking and do it.”

18. Pet peeve in the gym?

Anna: Boxing gym – when people shadow box profiled to the mirror but watch themselves ; Regular gym – headphones on which equals loud grunting or nosies they don’t think everyone else can hear.

Jordan: When peeps are punching from their waist not their face.

19. Plans for the future?

Anna: Head to Hawaii! Oh and live a blessed life.

Jordan: They are secret right now, even from me.

20. The 5 words no All City client ever wants to hear?

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