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While Canada got set last Friday to take on the Maori All Blacks, Phil Mackenzie was looking to recruit another Leansquadder.

Indeed, Mackenzie is looking to recruit at every waking moment.

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Rugby, which was his life, his passion, his profession for so long, isn’t anymore.

Now, he’s all about helping people get fit.

Enter Leansquad, Mackenzie’s name for his online gym.

“It’s really really exciting.”

His target isn’t other elite athletes, rather your average joe or jill.

Take his first client as an example: his mum.

“She’s 54. Hadn’t worked out. Ex-smoker,” he said. “I never really felt training pro athletes was my calling, or even something I really wanted to do.”

His enthusiasm for helping people get in better shape is obvious.

“What I love about now, I love training people from all different backgrounds. It’s so gratifying seeing someone who’s never trained before, or never really ate well, and then in three months’ time, they’re obsessed with running on the tread mill, doing all these sprints.