Are you fit enough?

Ok, I admit that I love to exercise and I know the people in the photo above do too. We understand the benefits that come from doing one workout. Never mind the ongoing returns from a minimal investment of an hour a day. While many people view exercise as “another thing to do” it is one thing where you get …

Moderation Doesn’t Work

It is the season of excess. Everywhere you go there are high calorie, high fat, sugary snacks. It is easy to stay up too late, skip workouts, and overindulge in just about everything, which brings me to the next instalment in The Top 12 Worst Things we are doing to our Health. Moderation. Moderation in all things is not particularly …

Don’t Sweat the Details, Just Sweat.

Are you noticing fewer people around when you are exercising this week? The end of the year usually means fewer people exercising and the beginning of the year means more people exercising. Why? When you decide to change a habit or start a new one, it should fit into your life. So while you might exercise a bit less during …

What are you doing this weekend?

If you weren’t planning on it, I would suggest doing some exercise and if you were going to exercise – don’t stop. I was reading the paper and saw something I found fairly shocking. A study of 2000 adults in the U.S. found that most of them thought that once you were 40 it was too late to start exercising. …

Why You Should Have a Seasonal Training Plan

Having a seasonal training plan can prevent injuries. A training plan helps you stay motivated and improve your fitness. Here is how a training plan can help you.

Three Recommendations

Three books, podcasts and two shows I recommend. Books The Reality Bubble. This is one of the best books I have read (well, actually listened to). The author Ziya Tong is entertaining, engaging and curious about out hidden world. She explores our collective blind spots that make it harder to see (or change) the future. If you are in Vancouver …

Pre-Season Training Goals

You might have watched or heard about the record-breaking marathon times that have been set in the last few weeks. These records are the culmination of many years of training with incremental goals along the way. These records did not fall by chance. What does that mean for your training plans? It means that not having a training plan, or …

Top 5 training goals for your off-season

The top 5 goals of an off-season include the following: Rest and recovery are number one. This doesn’t mean don’t do any exercise, although it can temporarily. It does mean, shorter duration, lower intensity, less focus, and more fun. Go for a run because you love it, leave the heart rate monitor at home. Don’t worry about the distance, just …

You can’t hack it.

Older couple doing planks in the gym

You can’t hack your fitness. You have to earn it. Google “hack your fitness” or “get fit fast” or any variation on that theme, and you will get millions of results. In the latest instalment of The Top 12 Worst Thing we do to our Health hacking your fitness is a popular one. With fitness, like many other things, you get …