
Tricia Dong, Owner/ Operator,
Code 5 fitness
Tricia is a registered Can-Fit-Pro Fitness
Trainer, Russian Kettlebell fitness coach, and Kettlebell Sport (GS) Coach. She
is also the head instructor of the renowned Police Training Program at the Vancouver
YWCA, where she trains law enforcement hopefuls to pass the demanding physical
fitness requirements.
As a proud leader in the kettlebell field
since 2006, Tricia has presented workshops and demos for large and small groups
at local, national and international conferences and seminars. Highlights include working with: The Justice
Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) Police Academy, CFB 19 Wing Comox, The
British Columbia Regiment (DCO), Can-Fit-Pro, BCRPA, YWCA, Ryan Lee Bootcamp
(Stamford, CT), numerous fitness events and promotions, various corporate
workshops (BCIT, MacDonald Dettweiller), and was an Assistant Instructor at the
2008 RKC at UCLA and 2010 RKC in Philadelphia.
Diversifying her
love for kettlebells, Tricia
has also had the honour to train Girevoy (Kettlebell) Sport (GS) under World
Champion Russian Kettlebell Sport coaches Sergey Rudnev and Sergey Rachinskiy
in Los Angeles, CA in Oct 2010. In her
first kettlebell competition in September 2011 in Seattle, she placed first in
the 10 min snatch (12kg) and Long Cycle (16kg) events, attaining IKFF Rank I
(Snatch) and Rank III (L/C). In May
2012 Tricia earned her GS Level 1 coaching certification with IKSFA in Tacoma,
WA, and competed later that month in Seattle, WA (IKFF) and Victoria, BC (WKC),
earning Rank 1 with the 16kg in both Snatch and L/C. At the IKFF National
Kettlebell Championships in Detroit, MI, Nov 17, 2012, she had the honour of
competing as the only Canadian on the inaugural IKSFA Sport KB Nationals Team,
along with Russian World Champions Aleksander Khvostov, Sergei Merkulin, and
Sergey Rudnev. There she achieved the
rank of Candidate, Master of Sport (CMS) in professional Long Cycle with the
20kg bell, 65kg weight category. In Feb
2013, at the OKC Cali Open KB Competition in Costa Mesa, CA, Tricia competed
both in the 5 min Snatch event with 12kg bell, and braved the 24kg bell for the
first time on the platform in Long Cycle, earning two more gold medals under
the watchful eye of World Champion Denis Vasiliev. In February 2014 at the OKC
Championships, she reached her goal of Master of Sport ranking in OALC with the
20kg bell, for a total of 106 reps. She has also been an advocate for Two-Arm
Long Cycle being recognized as an event for females, and has performed
exhibition sets (as there are no current official rankings for TALC) with double 12s
and 16s at various competitions in 2014 & 2015.
Thanks to her Kettlebell expertise Tricia has
appeared in the Vancouver Province, Vancouver Sun, Georgia Straight, National
Post, Metro, Vitalics Magazine, Breakfast Television, Channel M, Shaw TV, CBC
Radio-Canada International, quoted and interviewed in numerous online blogs and
fitness resources, and has appeared in two kettlebell DVDs as well as The Great
Kettlebell Handbook and Poster series. Since
2013 she successfully hosted two One-Hour Long Cycle charity events, as well as the
OKC International Vancouver Kettlebell Open Competition.
A former Police Constable and career Firefighter,
Tricia is currently a private security contractor, and Level 3 Occupational
First Aid Attendant at BC Place Stadium. A blue belt with the Police
Judo Club, she is also learning other fighting and defence systems, namely
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (gi only) and Filipino Martial Arts (Modern Arnis, Kali
Ilustrisimo, Eskrima). She’s raced 5km,
8km, and 10km runs, two half- and two full marathons and a sprint distance
triathlon as well as the 2011 Whistler Warrior Dash and 2012 Tough Mudder. On
the more artistic side, Tricia is also a semi-professional Polynesian dancer,
recreational salsa dancer and freelance photojournalist. She also has a BA in
Criminology, a Certificate in Journalism and is fluent in Spanish.
In addition to Police and Kettlebell
training, she has also prepared Canadian Forces Primary Reservists (BCR DCO 39
BDE) for workup training and overseas deployment to Afghanistan. Drawing on her experience in Fire, she is
proud to offer Firefighter Fitness Training, designed to prepare firefighter
applicants and pre-recruits for the demanding fitness standards for structural
firefighters. In addition, she collaborates
with champion JuJitsu coach Todd Smith, Filipino Martial Artist Guro Brent
Matsuda, Ikatan Kali founder Guro Louie Lindo, and USS/ Modern Cimande Guro Ed Wong to offer Street Self-Defence Workshops, Intro to FMA, and KB for Combat Martial arts, both for women-only and co-ed civilian
participants.
Tricia and her associates are available for
police, fire, military, self-defence or kettlebell training, coaching and
instruction, as well as fitness workshops, seminars and presentations.