You Should Do These 3 Critical Exercises Every Day
You Only Need 5 Minutes to Exercise Your Total Body! There are so many benefits to exercising, but I know you are sometimes too tight for time to perform a complete half hour or longer exercise routine. The following three exercises, will work almost every muscle in...
These 5 Habits Will Get You Healthier Today!
My Top 5 Healthy Habits You Can Live With Forever! Over my past few years of being immersed in the health and fitness industry, I've learned that following many small, consistent, healthy habits is the best way to make an active and healthy lifestyle something...
How Can I Eat Healthier on a Budget?
Healthy Eating Can be Done on a Shoestring Budget! Healthy eating doesn't have to be expensive. In fact, if you prepare most of your healthy meals at home, it's a lot cheaper to eat this way than to eat out at a fast food restaurant a few times a week. Most McDonald's...
Is Recovery Important in Fitness?
Give Yourself a Break! We live in a stressful world filled with long work days, pollution, smoke, traffic, line-ups and never-ending technological demands. During any of these stressors your heart beats faster, your blood pressure increases and your palms start to...
Should I be Limiting my Alcohol Consumption?
Cut Back on the Alcohol you Drink Now! Canada's "Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines (LRDG)" recommend that woman consume no more than two drinks a day or ten per week and that men consume no more than three drinks daily or fifteen per week at a maximum. I'm sure...
How Can I Make Quick, Healthy Meals?
Strategies to Cut Meal Making Time in Half! Despite the longer hours of daylight we get, we're all busier in the summer. We want to be outside enjoying the sun, versus being inside, either cooking over a hot stove or shopping in a grocery store. Here are my favourite...
What’s the Best Way to Exercise?
Why Is Exercising So Confusing?!? There are thousands of fitness websites you can view online and millions of exercise moves posted on social media platforms each day. You can find hundreds of exercise videos and pick from a ton of different exercise styles. This...
Why is it Important to Eat Fiber?
Why Eat Fiber, and What is it Exactly? Fiber is found in the cell walls of plants; it provides structure and functions like a skeleton for the plant. It’s not digestible by us humans, so it doesn’t provide us with nutrients or calories. It is however, critical to our...
3 Strategies to Build the Best Healthy Habits
Are Healthy Habits Important? Yes, they are critical! In my experience, increasing your healthy habits is the only way to make a fit and active lifestyle something that lasts forever versus just a short term thing. What Exactly is a Habit? A habit is a frequently...
Why is Core Strength Important?
Why Care About Core Strength? I spend a lot of time with my clients working on strengthening their cores. First of all, click here, to learn about what muscles the core consists of. I'll give you a hint, the core encompasses more than just your ab muscles. What Does a...
Why Am I Always Hungry?
Why Can I Never Fill My Growling Stomach? We've all experienced it. Those days when we've just finished eating, and literally, as we're clearing the dishes away, our stomach feels like we should be filling our plate with food, instead of washing it. Don’t worry,...
I Go to the Gym, Does it Matter if I’m Active at Work?
Activity Levels Throughout Your Whole Day Matter! If you exercise throughout your evenings and/or weekends, congratulations this is a terrific habit to be in! You probably have more energy and strength than most of your co-workers and friends. However, is working out...