Founder: Michelle Lindstrom

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 The founder and lead instructor of UBU programs and workshops is Michelle Lindstrom: a mom of two girls, wife, runner, group fitness instructor, journalist, editor, fundraising coordinator, and multi-sport enthusiast who grew up playing junior high and high school volleyball and competitive softball from youth into adulthood.

Ever Active Kids - child and adolescent programming for physical development.

Pre & Postnatal - modify group fitness classes for pregnant and postnatal women.

Group Fitness - general awareness of fitness trends, music, cueing, exercise analysis, and special populations.

Portable Equipment - group fitness without machines focused on class structure, choreography, movement combinations, safety, and alternate movements.

Aquafit - lead group fitness classes in the pool for shallow & deep participants at the same time, providing alternatives to challenge both groups.

Older Adult - concentrate on improving strength & flexibility so daily living activities aren't challenging for people ages 55+ & to stay in shape & increase social interaction.

Yoga - YMCA Level 1 training. Working on 200hr yoga training with Empowered Yoga to be completed by fall 2024.

Michelle is a trained journalist (SAIT print journalism diploma) with more than 15 years of experience writing about youth, fitness, and local leaders, while gathering research, and editing for publications including EDify, YEGFitness, IMPACT, LEAP, Heroes, Calgary Herald.

Michelle taught a Next Step Continuing Education Mindful Journaling Adult course that she applies to youth UBU programs to help them express themselves and be mindful.

Links to articles by Michelle include:

Just Show Up – EDify 

Winter Running in COVID Conditions - IMPACT magazine

Body Image Breakdown - new-normal blog.

Michelle was a former Regional Editor for The GIST's newsletter

She is also a trained Architectural Technologist (NAIT Architectural Technology diploma) with roughly 13 years experience of manual and computer-aided drafting (AutoCAD) and design.

• Mount Royal University's Marketing & Strategic Communications Extension Certificate, May-Dec. 2023  
• Leading the Y Way: Leading for Results, June 2023
• Leading the Y Way: Everyday Coaching, Apr. 2023
• Leading the Y Way: Emotional Intelligence, Mar. 2023
• Tim Arnold’s “Leaders for Leaders” Conference, Dec. 2022 
• YMCA Coaching for Peak Performance Training, June 2022
• PLAY GREAT Physical Literacy and You-Greater Edmonton Area Team meetings, 2020 
• Fast and Female “Keeping Girls in Sport” webinar, August 2019
• The Sport Conference at University of Alberta, May/June 2019
• Canadian Women & Sport “Keeping Girls in Sport” online course certification, April 2019
• “Power of Positive Coaching” with Jane King webinar, April 2019
• Health & Physical Education Council (HPEC) 2018 Fall Drive-in Workshop
• John Ratey, MD’s book Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
• Shawn Achor’s books, Big Potential and The Happiness Advantagewhile watching TV.

• Dryland Training for youth soccer teams
• YMCA Fitness Team meetings &
  in-services for 50+ staff & volunteers
• Bottle drive for Greater Edmonton Animal Rescue Society (GEARS)
• Fostering animals from GEARS
• Many pandemic, community-related initiatives from garbage clean-up, fun drive-around scavenger hunts, to group outdoor fitness fun.
• Run/endurance coach for U13 girls’ soccer team to train for a MEC 5K, summer 2018 
• Creation & facilitation of Walk the Talk Speaker School Series, Jan-March 2017
• Creation & facilitation of Girls Group, January-March 2016
• Creation & coach Lakeland Ridge Grades 3 & 4 co-ed Fun Run Club, spring 2016 & 2015 
• Creation & facilitation of “Girl Empowerment” program, spring 2015 & 2014
• Running Room Learn to Run Clinic Instructor, fall 2014