R3VIVE’s Member of the Month, May 2023

R3VIVE Fitness • May 16, 2023
Woman flexes, smiling, in gym attire, May 2023 Gym Mom for Revive Fitness, against a wood backdrop.
Introducing our Gym M.O.M. (Member of the Month) for May 2023 … Carolyn Collins! ⁠

Since joining us, Carolyn has been one of our most consistent evening members, always showing up with a positive “can do” mindset and a smile which can light up a room! Because of this, selecting her as gym MOM was unanimous by all of her coaches.

We are thrilled to have Carolyn as part of our community and look forward to seeing her achieve her fitness goals with us!

Learn more about Carolyn below:

Q: What made you decide to start functional fitness training?
Started taking group classes at the YMCA, and my mental and physical health improved drastically, but soon realized I needed something challenging with flexibility. After attending various gyms, expos, running groups, workouts, workshops, 5ks (from which I found R3vive), I learned that functional fitness is optimal for what I was looking for: Strength, mobility, endurance, and aesthetics (lol).

Q: Are you a student/working professional/both? What do you do for a living?
Grants Administrator for Mass General Brigham.

Q: What are your hobbies/interests outside of the gym?
Hiking, working out, traveling and shopping.

Q: What are some of your favorite movements (name up to three)?
 Deadlifts, Squats, Single Leg RDLs.

Q: What are your least favorite movements?
 Bulgarian split squat, Burpees, Bear Crawls.

Q: What movements do you want to improve at?
 Standard Pull ups & Kipping Pull ups

Q: What advice do you have for someone considering our gym?
 Great community, welcoming, challenging, supportive, variety of workouts, flexible schedule and fun!

Q: What’s your favorite “cheat” food?
 Chicken Wings.

Q: What is your guilty pleasure?
 Sleeping in late.

Q: Do you have any nicknames?
 No.

Q: Tell us an interesting fact that we probably don’t know about you!

I was born in the beautiful island of Barbados!

I have four children two daughters 31 and 28, and twin sons 22 years old.

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