Helping you build strength, confidence, and capacity through movement
With Odla movement, spending time in the gym is about more than improving your body.
Movement can help you feel stronger, more capable and more connected to yourself. It can give you opportunities to do things you weren’t sure you could do yet, and build confidence by experiencing your own strength.
That’s what we’re here for.
We offer 1:1 personal training and small-group fitness for infants through 55+, including dedicated queer and gender-diverse programming. Every Odla program is queer-affirming and body-neutral.
You don't need strength-training experience or to feel comfortable in a gym to get started. We start with where you are and move at your pace.
How we show up for you
We listen before we coach.
Your experience, goals and body matter. We don’t begin with assumptions.
We build trust before intensity.
Challenge matters, but challenge works better when you feel supported enough to take it on.
We build confidence through capability.
Confidence isn’t something we can hand you. It grows from experiencing yourself becoming stronger and more capable.
We care about sustainable progress.
You don’t need the hardest possible workout. You need an approach you can build on.
We honour individuality.
Your body, identity, history, goals and circumstances are part of the conversation, not inconveniences the program needs to work around.
Where we train
All Odla small-group programs take place at EMF Fitness, a private and small-group training studio in Southeast Calgary near Chinook Centre.
EMF is the kind of space that makes it easier to focus on the work without all the noise that can come with a traditional gym. It’s welcoming, low-pressure and built around experienced coaching, smaller groups and people who genuinely care about helping you feel comfortable and capable.
You won’t find sales pitches, egos or the expectation that you need to know what you’re doing before you walk in.
You will find a group of supportive trainers and clients who all want to see you succeed.
You can come exactly as you are. We’ll meet you there and build from there.
We are also available to come to your office or home gym, or train you online from wherever you are.
Our Programs
Movement that’s more than a workout
There isn’t one right way to move, and there isn’t one right place to start. Odla offers individual and small-group options designed to meet different ages, goals, comfort levels and seasons of life.
1:1 Personal Training
Personalized strength and movement coaching built around your body, your goals and where you’re starting. No one-size-fits-all programming, just thoughtful training that adapts to you.
Odla Expecting
Small-group strength and movement for pregnancy, with programming designed to support changing bodies, build confidence and help you stay active in a way that feels appropriate for you.
Odla Kin
A small-group movement class for parents and babies, designed to help you rebuild strength, reconnect with your body and move in a way that works for this season of life.
Odla Sprouts
A parent-and-toddler movement class built around play, strength and moving together. We focus on activities that let toddlers explore while giving parents a chance to move too, without needing everyone to follow the same plan at the same time.
Odla Kids
Playful, age-appropriate movement for ages 7–10 focused on coordination, confidence and discovering what their bodies can do.
Dedicated queer and gender-diverse Odla Kids programs are available.
Odla Youth
Strength and movement for ages 11–14, focused on learning foundational skills, building confidence, and creating a positive relationship with fitness.
Dedicated queer and gender-diverse Odla Youth programs are available.
Odla Teens
Small-group strength training that helps teens learn how to move, lift and navigate the gym with greater confidence and independence.
Dedicated training offered for queer and gender-diverse teens.
Odla Strong
Supportive small-group strength training for adults who want personalized coaching, progressive programming and a little community built in.
Dedicated training for queer and gender-diverse adults is available.
Odla Stronger Longer
Strength, mobility and balance training designed to help adults stay capable, confident and independent for the years ahead.
Dedicated training for queer and gender-diverse adults 55+ is available.
What we’ll build together
Sure, we’re working on your physical strength.
But we’re also building your ability to trust your body, navigate challenges, recognize your capacity, and feel increasingly confident doing things for yourself.
The goal isn’t for you to need Odla forever. It’s for you to leave more confident and more fully yourself than when you arrived.
Start where you are
You don’t need to get fitter first; you don’t need to know what you’re doing; and you don’t need to prove that you belong here.
Come as you are. We’ll figure out what comes next together.