Meet Elis Mimmo of Fit4Mom Wakefield Lake in North Shore

Today we’d like to introduce you to Elis Mimmo.

Thanks for sharing your story with us Elis. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
I am the mother of three (Emma 9, Ava 4, Dante 4months) and the proud franchise owner of Fit4Mom Wakefield Lake. Fit4Mom was started out in California in 2003 and slowly began to spread across the country as new moms looked for ways to continue their fitness as they entered motherhood. I was born and raised in Brazil and came to the USA in December of 2003. In April of 2004 I met my husband and we got married in October. Three years later on 7/7/07 my first daughter Emma was born. Soon after her birth I began looking for mothers group in my area, being a first time mom I was looking for things to do for me and my baby girl, and that’s when I discovered Fit4Mom. I became a member on my first class and took classes for over 2 years before the franchise owner decided to sell. After falling in love with the program and all that it does for mothers, my husband and I decided to buy the franchise. I relocated some of the territories to include Wakefield and Lynnfield so we could enjoy the beauty of Lake Quannapowitt in our outdoor workouts and changed the name to what it is today, Fit4Mom Wakefield Lake.

Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
As a small business, there has been many challenges in the first three years. Trying to reach out to our local community of mothers to inform them out the program and trying to find an indoor location for our moms to use when the outdoors is unavailable has been a real struggle. After over two years of using small rooms in local churches, we finally found a perfect gymnasium, thanks to the Wakefield Recreation Department, at the American Civic Center on Main Street in Wakefield Mass, just a few minutes from Lake Quannapowitt.

Fit4Mom Wakefield Lake – what should we know? What do you guys do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
Fit4Mom offers so much more than just a 1 hour workout class. We are a village of moms raising health families in this busy motherhood life. I personally have made my best friends from moms I have met in this group and so have my children as we watch our families grow up together during our fitness classes and other group events we host along the way, Like family classes, moms night out, playgrounds and fieldtrips classes to the zoo and farms.

Fit4Mom offers multiple classes for all stages of motherhood.

We offer a Prenatal Class called Fit4Baby. Fit4Baby is a 1 hour workout class design for pregnant moms.

We offer a stroller based class for mothers with children ages 6 weeks to 5 years called Stroller Strides. Stroller Strides is a 1 hour workout were the moms engage with their children through song and activities while including the stroller in the workout the entire time. After the class the children have play time with teacher while moms cool down and socialize.

We offer Stroller Barre. Stroller Barre is a 1 hour class of a unique blend of ballet, Pilates, barre, yoga and stroller-based exercise designed to help moms build strength and muscle tone.

We offer a mom’s only workout for all moms called Body Back. Body Back is a high intensity 1 hour workout for moms only, who want to get their pre-baby body back.

What moment in your career do you look back most fondly on?
The proudest moment so far is being a leader of fitness for my family and watching our children grow up with fitness in their life and not even knowing it. One memory that stands out in my mind was one summer beach day a few years ago when my family was enjoy the summer sun and I look at my 3 year Ava playing in the sand, but instead of digging a hole, she was doing Mountain Climbers like her mommy. It brought tears to me and my husband eyes. That’s when I realized that your children are always watching everything you do from birth and by setting a good example they will follow your lead.

Pricing:

• We Offer a Unlimited Membership For Stroller Strides and Stroller Barre for $ 65 monthly
• We Offer a 10 Pack Class for $150

Contact Info:

• Website: Fit4momwakefieldlake.com
• Phone: 978-809-0551
• Email: elismimmo@fit4mom.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fit4momwakefieldlake/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wakefieldlakefit4mom/