Squared Circle with Yvette Raposo

Squared Circle with Yvette Raposo Life is like a boxing match. Think like a fighter, live as a CHAMP!

Let’s discuss sport and its’ positive impact on society, because when we build the person we build the team who contributes to community!

Last night was an epic reminder of the power of sport and the leadership lessons we can learn from the game 📣Congratulat...
05/06/2026

Last night was an epic reminder of the power of sport and the leadership lessons we can learn from the game 📣

Congratulations to Ainka Jess who founded 10 years ago and diligently stuck with the vision to celebrate women in sport, deepen the community and validate the culture in so many important ways.

And what a way to do all of that with this beautiful panel of women who play an instrumental part in sport whether it's on the field, pitch or court or off.

🇨🇦Canada finally has a WNBA team and the game now has a new home!

Through the ‘Her Game Lives Here’ event, She’s4Sports is invited Toronto’s basketball community to celebrate inaugural season and women driving the sport forward. The evening will be a love letter to basketball, an opportunity for fans to connect and mingle and hear from Canadian sports leaders in business and basketball.

Panel included:
🏀Leah MacNab Executive, Head of International Strategy & Operations, NBA

🏀 .k Founder,

🏀, .nurse TSN, Basketball Analyst and former NCAA Division Athlete

🏀 alexander , former WNBA veteran, a proud member of Team Canada, and a global pro who’s dominated courts overseas. She is also an author, an artist, founder of and the creator of the Magic of Basketball program, inspiring young athletes to dream bigger and play with joy.

Extra bonus for me was to take this all in with my friends .smulders founder of .ca and Caroline of
See you all at the game!!

If you missed it ~ then YOU MISSED OUT!! In the age of fitness influencers and an overwhelm of information, it was so re...
05/03/2026

If you missed it ~ then YOU MISSED OUT!!

In the age of fitness influencers and an overwhelm of information, it was so refreshing to virtually sit down with these incredible with all the lived experiences, credentials and personal investment into their craft needed for this insightful panel discussion as part of the canfitpro ASPIRES ONLINE SERIES!

Great news 📣 Each of these experts will be presenting at the in August and you better believe im going to be fangirling all over them ~ soaking in their genius and passion for research, recovery and of course, performance!!!

Things we touched on in this discussion:
➡️ .tom 🗣️ "pain is not a problem, it is a signal for change" .

➡️ 🗣️ " when performance improves, it doesn't mean all systems have improved at the same rate".

➡️ 🗣️ talked about her journey as a woman in a very male dominated space and how she got buy-in from professional male athletes to respect her knowledge.

➡️ 🗣️ discussed biological age vs training age when considering youth athletes and how to recognize burnout while pushing for high performance.

See you all in person at the conference in Toronto 📍this August 🙋🏻‍♀️

Hello personal trainers, wellness experts, fitness enthusiasts and parents of active children~ don't miss this!! After ...
04/29/2026

Hello personal trainers, wellness experts, fitness enthusiasts and parents of active children~ don't miss this!!

After meeting and speaking with each of our panelists in advance of this talk .tom I am realizing just how impressive each of them is ~ WOW you really nailed this one 🔨

Built to perform ~ although our experts on this panel have experience with elite athletes and high performance training, I think we can all agree that performing better is whatever that means for you on your physical journey right now 🏃🏾‍♀️

Link in MY BIO 🔗

Looking back ~ I didn't know WHERE boxing was going to take me but I felt for sure in the deepest most knowing part of m...
04/27/2026

Looking back ~ I didn't know WHERE boxing was going to take me but I felt for sure in the deepest most knowing part of my being that it was going to be SOMEWHERE special and meaningful ✨

Canada's first female professional ring announcer


Photo by .boxing 📸

Working with powerful, strong and super smart women in sport is living the dream ✨ raised $1,506,162 for MacKids & $7...
04/27/2026

Working with powerful, strong and super smart women in sport is living the dream ✨



raised $1,506,162 for MacKids &
$77, 005 for Waterloo Regional Health Network Foundation in this epic event featuring 10 action packed boxing bouts for charity.

Fearless fighters
Compassionate Community
Generous donors and sponsors
A whole team of humans working and volunteering tirelessly to bring it all together.

Congratulations and team for another record breaking year 🍾🥂

Every day is a fight👊🏼Sometimes your toughest opponent ~ is yourself. 🔗LINK IN BIO
04/21/2026

Every day is a fight👊🏼
Sometimes your toughest opponent ~ is yourself.
🔗LINK IN BIO

Last night, the city exploded with joy at the court reveal ahead of their inaugural season in the WBNA and I gotta say,...
04/15/2026

Last night, the city exploded with joy at the court reveal ahead of their inaugural season in the WBNA and I gotta say, as a native Torontonian myself, a former athlete and advocate to keep girls in sport as a tool to develop confidence and leadership skills, as Canada's first professional female boxing ring announcer and professional speaker who brings sports analogies into the boardroom: this is darn exciting !!

Women's sports have come a long way.

We still have a ways to go but it's a process and HERE WE ARE WITNESSING HERSTORY AND ALOT OF FIRSTS!!!

Check out this all female leadership team from President to Head Coach to General Manager 💥

Also women leading the way last night: the DJ, MC and Interviewer extraordinaire 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

It was extra special to experience this historical event " before the bounce" with my boxing gal pal and highly decorated international boxing referee Lyla Simon ._but._fair who also appreciates how far we have come from the days when we barely had access to proper change rooms 😳

Let's goooooooooo Tempooooooo!!!! Whatever happens this season, I feel like we already won so much 💕

04/06/2026

For those of you who don't know, I have been a delegate for over 25 years.

It's about time that I give back to this community in this way, as a moderator for this powerhouse panel, for an organization that helps a whole nation with their HEALTH & FITNESS !!

🇨🇦Canadian Proud
📍Nationally recognized
🌎Global Impact

➡️Panel Details
Built to Perform:
Sport Conditioning & Training for Results
Date: Friday, May 1, 2026
Time: 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM (ET)
Host: Yvette Raposo
Panelists:
🗣️Gail Bannister-Munn.
🗣️ Marcellus R. Bowman, III
🗣️Ahjton Roberts
🗣️Tom Swales .tom

Link to register IN BIO 🖇️🔗

🎬Join us for a dynamic panel exploring modern high performance training methods used by top coaches. We will break down energy system development, load management, and evidence based programming to help clients train smarter, not just harder. Learn to optimize movement efficiency, coach high intensity efforts safely, and integrate strategies that support recovery and enhance mental power. Apply key principles that boost strength, speed, and resilience, perfect for personal trainers and group fitness instructors aiming to elevate results and deliver impactful, sustainable training experiences.

As I always like to say:
IT'S FITNESS THAT WINS FIGHTS 🥇

Thank you for another amazing opportunity to be in the same orbit of these incredible professionals.

04/05/2026

One thing ?

We did that 💪🏼Sunday's showed me the real power of networking and building relationships, all year long ! These women...
12/24/2025

We did that 💪🏼

Sunday's showed me the real power of networking and building relationships, all year long !

These women could've been anywhere else on this very busy Holiday Season Sunday Winter Solstice, but they chose to be here ~ supporting a cause, meeting new friends and learning some new skills !!

They moved like boxers while channeling their inner fighter to step into 2026 with their hearts on fire 🔥 ( it is the year of the fire horse after all).

Ogen and Yesica from joined us and prepared a beautiful speech to inform us exactly where and how our donations were helping the community based on the 2025 impact report! So special. What a treat to have them there.

One fundraiser certainly doesn't solve all the world's problems but I can tell you that relationships were made, bonds were created, awareness was raised and hearts and bellies were filled. All together we raised $1187.71 over 15 donations 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Thank you to EVERYONE who shared this event, talked about it, commented on social media and reached out to me privately: your energy and enthusiasm was felt and seen.

To those who donated and participated in class ~ thank you for jumping all over this to make it what it was. WE DID IT!!!!!
clair this would not be possible without your encouragement first and then your added generosity of matching $500.

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