Iron Lion Training is a new boutique fitness facility, providing clients with compassionate and well researched nutrition and fitness coaching.
Our emphasis is on helping our community achieve balance and strength, while keeping the approach as simple as possible. Our specialty is safe, progressive programs for fat loss, improved performance and lifetime fitness! With certifications in nutrition, coaching, personal training, and functional movement, we are able to help a wide spectrum of clients at every level of ability.
Our Services
Fitness for everybody and every body.
Semi-private training
Group Classes
Online Coaching
Nutrition Counselling
Iron Lion is inclusive not exclusive.
It is our goal to provide something different from the norm to our fitness clients — a fun and healthy fitness experience for all, with flexible, affordable training packages. We also provide a safe, fun and unconventional place for women and girls to train and compete, with world class training and supervision.
Testimonials
We want to hear you roar!
“This gym really stands apart from every other gym I’ve joined in the past, all thanks to the crew who run it. Classes and training sessions are fun, challenging and personal, and I’ve never feel intimidated. It’s a great space for all body types, ages, and fitness levels, for queers, for lifters, for new parents who want to work out with their babies, and for people who simply want to feel stronger in their body. Would 100% recommend if you, like me, don’t think you vibe with gyms. This place is great.”
Hannah D
“Iron Lion is one of my favourite places to go to work out. I have been at this gym for close to 2 years and I have never stayed at any gym for that long. Not only are the coaches amazing to work with I also made many lasting friendships. The classes are always a great work out and I feel energized at the end. I recommend this place to everyone :)”
Janine and Nia
“Iron Lion is unlike any other gym I’ve tried. The owners Steph and Ron have cultivated an environment that feels great to be a part of; there’s a great sense of community. Gyms I’ve tried in the past felt alienating, especially being a young woman. Iron Lion made me feel extremely confident and comfortable in myself and my body. Highly recommended!”
Jijo Q
Your Team
Meet the pride
Steph Iron Lioness
Steph is the co-founder, Creative Director, Martial Arts Coach at ILT. After 10 years of working in Finance and Insurance for companies like AGF, BMO, and TD Meloche Monnex, Steph made the decision to pursue her joy of health and wellness full time in 2012.
From the office boardroom, to the ring, Steph and her husband, Ron have created a gym environment, Iron Lion Training Inc., in which all bodies, abilities, ages, and stages of life are welcomed. Their main objective is to help people move better, and feel better, and live better.
Steph offers a unique skill set, and experience, as she has both technical, and practical knowledge as a former boxing and kickboxing champion, and active powerlifting athlete. Examining, and fine-tuning activity, and nutrition, while helping individuals be mindful of body, mind, and spirit, Steph takes care guiding clients along their individual fitness journeys, while helping them feel strong and empowered along the way.
Ron Dykstra
Ron is the co-founder, program director, and strength coach at ILT. Ron is former champion powerlifter, and weightlifter, and with fifteen years of coaching experience, has worked with more than 500 clients both online and in person!
At ILT, Ron programs, and trains clients with a variety of goals, that range from fat loss, to health and longevity, to improved performance for sport!
Careful assessment and exercise programming are important in helping those clients make progress, and keeping movement sustainable. But the most important thing Coach Ron offers is the ability to meet you where you are, figure out where you want to go, and then help you get there — step by step!