What’s the Best Way to Start Meditating?
How Should I Meditate? With all of the positive press surrounding meditation, I understand why so many people are interested in starting to meditate. Meditation helps calm your busy mind, enabling you to think before impulsively acting. It brings you into the present...
What is ‘Gut Health’?
A Healthy Gut is Important for so Many Reasons There's a lot of research being done on gut health, and rightfully so - the gastrointestinal (GI) tract does a lot. It transports and digests food, absorbs nutrients and ejects waste. Despite its size and power, our gut...
If You Don’t Move it, I Promise You, You’ll Lose It!
"Help, I'm Falling Apart at 60!" I can't count the number of people who have told me they feel like they're starting to fall apart as soon as the hit the age of sixty. They complain about aches and pains they've never felt before, sense a loss of balance, experience a...
What Stretches Can Help Ease My Lower Back Pain?
Help, I Can't Get Rid of My Low Back Pain! Low-back pain affects so many of us. In fact, more than 50% of my personal training clients have been impacted by low back pain at one point or another. Those of you who have experienced it, know how debilitating it can be....
What’s the Easiest Way to Measure Food Portions?
What Does 3 Ounces of Chicken Look Like Anyway? We're all taught that the amount of food we eat in a day matters, especially when it comes to weight loss. However, when it comes down to figuring out what a healthy portion size is, things get really confusing. As an...
Divorce your Gym Now!
Just End Your Gym Relationship Already! It may be time for you to quit your gym. What's it really offering you anyway? Is it truly the gym that you drive 15 minutes to get to, that's motivating you to exercise? Is your gym really interested in getting you successful...
What did Doing 1000 Burpees Teach me?
First of All, What is a Burpee and Why Did I Do 1000 of Them? Burpees work on your muscular strength and endurance simultaneously. I love them because they can be done anywhere. Here's me doing them on my driveway at home: https://youtu.be/uFD1ZwSskDo The Burpee is...
Do I Need to Eat Carbs?
Can I Just Skip the Carbs Entirely? With all of the craze surrounding the Ketogenic diet out there, carbohydrates are getting a really bad reputation. It's too bad, because this is an important macronutrient that shouldn't be avoided. There are some carbohydrates we...
What 3 Leg Exercises Are Often Done Incorrectly?
Proper Exercise Form Matters! I usually love seeing people working hard at the gym. There are so many benefits to regular exercise. However, when I see individuals performing an exercise with incorrect form or poor posture, I get nervous. Correct form in an exercise is critical. In fact, improper form can…
What Exercises Should You Do at Your Desk to Improve Your Posture?
How we Move in the Office Matters! Most people spend more than 25% of their time at work so the quality and quantity of movement in the office, matters. Getting up from your desk at least hourly, not only increases the number of calories you burn, it also helps minimize…
The Canadian Government Does Care About Our Health!
Food Guidelines That Can Finally Make us Healthier! Although it took them twelve years to finally release a new food guide, Canada has launched a package we should be proud of! The guide’s refreshed format and look make it easy to navigate. What’s New in Canada’s Food Guide?
This Fitness Tool Exercises Your Entire Body in Only 15 Minutes!
Simply Glide Through Your Workouts With This Fitness Tool! We all understand exercise has many benefits and it should be done to some extent, every day. To stick with working out for the long term, fitness needs to be fun…