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How do I Know if My Core Muscles are Weak?
A lot of people come to me looking for help to strengthen their weak core. This is a great fitness and strength objective because having core strength is critically important! Core muscles get used in every movement and action we perform throughout the day. Our core...
My Favourite Yoga Poses
Yoga is a great form of exercise that strengthens and stretches you all at once. There are so many yoga poses that get some muscles firing while simultaneously opening up the opposite muscles groups. I especially love yoga poses that help those of us who spend too...
Have a Positive Return to the Gym After COVID-19
Many of us, myself included, have avoided the gyms for over one and half years now. I didn't notice much of a change in my fitness routine because I'm lucky, I have my own studio set-up. I know how to continue building muscle with tools including the TRX, Swiss and...
Pandemic Posture is Concerning
For over 1 year now, many of us have spent numerous hours sitting at an ergonomically incorrect desk set-up, while working from home. This bad work set-up has led to a lot of people starting to have a hunched over appearance. Kyphosis, which I term "pandemic posture",...
3 Back Exercises the Can Damage Your Back
Those of you who know me, know I'm a firm believer in the critical importance of regular exercise. When you workout with me, you'll quickly learn I'm a stickler for performing an exercise with proper form and posture. Correct exercise form is critical to avoiding...
The Power of the Mind-Body Connection
When you slow down and take time to figure out what your body is telling you, you'll figure out pretty quickly that your body is often just as smart as your brain. To be the healthiest and strongest version of yourself, you need your mind and body to be working...
3 Ways to Keep Moving all Day Long
So many of us have been working from home for almost one full year now. Working from home often leads to less walking; it's more challenging to keep moving throughout the whole day. We no longer have to walk to the public transportation, or from our parking spot to...
The Best Fitness Tools to Use During COVID-19
So many people don't feel comfortable exercising at the gym right now with Covid-19 still looming. In fact, gyms are very tough to get into with a 10 person maximum, in hot spot areas like Toronto. As a personal trainer, many of my clients and friends have been asking...
3 Common Fitness Myths, or are They Facts?
There is so much information out there on the 'best way' to exercise. Hundreds of fitness chains claim that their unique exercise technique burns the most calories and builds the most muscle thereby making their program the most effective way to workout! Thousands of...
3 Mistakes Most People Make After a Workout
Congrats - you just finished an awesome heart pounding workout and you feel great! And you should feel good about yourself for prioritizing exercise, fitness is important for so many reasons. But, working out isn’t the only thing that matters; what you do afterwards...