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The Personal Trainer as Craſtsman


Thinking like a sculptor, carver or builder can create a process that moves clients through the stages of transformation


BY SHON WONG


floors were coated in sawdust and his hands were always fixing and building and solving problems. At a young age, I knew that I wanted to be a craftsman just like my father. I grew up practising martial arts,


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specifically wing chun and kickbox- ing. In later years, I completed the


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hen I was a young boy in Vancouver, my father had a workshop. The walls were covered with tools, the


BCRPA Fitness Registration Program, worked at Gold's Gym for several years and trained with the military in Beijing. Today, I am the proud owner of


Vancouver’s Eastern Edge Training. My facility—I think of it as a workshop— is located in my home near the waters of Sunset Beach. Clients enter via a flight of stone steps and through a colour- ful and refreshing garden. Once inside, the space’s red walls exude energy. The


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