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I Exercise A Lot, But Don’t Lose Weight, Why?
Why Aren't I Progressing in the Gym? We've all experienced it, we workout like crazy in the gym for hours a week, but the scale and our measurements don't show it. What's going on? Does Nutrition Matter? Yes, if your eating habits are way out of whack, your body will...
Your Grandparent was More Active Than You!
It's all About the Glutes When your Grandparents used to tell you they walked to school 5 miles each day and both ways were uphill, a portion of what they were trying to explain is true. Our ancestors did actually have it tougher than us from a physical perspective....
What are the Best Upper Body Exercises?
Strong Arms are Sexy! So many of us lack upper body strength. A strong upper body is so critical in everyday life. Arm strength is needed to carry groceries, shovel snow, perform the yard work or housework, and pick-up and cuddle pets or babies! Nicely toned arms are...
What Are the Best Fitness Tools?
My Favourite Exercise Stuff in 2017 & Why As a personal trainer, many of my clients and friends often ask me what my favourite fitness tools and exercises are. Here's what I tell them. My Favourite Exercise Equipment I've gotten simpler with my tools this year....
What are The Best Abs Exercises and Why?
A Healthy Core Leads to a Strong Body! My Personal Training clients often come to me with their #1 goal being to shrink and strengthen their abs. Building a strong core is a great goal because these muscles are part of every activity you do. They keep your spine safe...
How Can You Burn More Calories on a Business Trip?
How Can you Make Business Travel Healthier? Make your next business trip a healthier one, by fitting in exercise for one thing. Nutritious eating is also important, I've covered this concept in my earlier blog, "What Does Healthy Eating on a Business Trip Look Like?"....
Enjoy our Lakes While you Can!
Swimming is a Terrific Total Body Exercise! I love the fact that we Ontarians live so close to a wide variety of amazing lakes. Nothing compares to using our Canadian Great Lakes for swimming for exercise or for just standing in the water to cool off on a hot summer...
Kickboxing – An Innovative, Effective and Challenging Work Out!
Kickboxing Has it All! I finally found it, a new tool worthy of my already-quite-full fitness toolbox - kickboxing! I recently received my Fitness Kickboxing Specialist certification so it's official - I can start showing my clients how to kick-box! This style of...
3 Tips to Get Moving More at Your Office Desk Job
How to Exercise When You are Chained to Your Desk We've all heard that sitting is the new smoking. Too much sitting can lead to tighter and weaker hips, knees and core muscles. It can lead to looser and weaker spine and neck muscles. But what if our job is...
6 Effective Exercises you can do Anywhere!
Body Weight Training Resistance training is a critical training format required to build muscle. A strong body with toned muscles helps: reduce body fat & stimulate the metabolism aid in exercise recovery and maximize performance and balance decrease cortisol...