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.
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 …
The F Word
It is not what you are thinking. I talked about fear recently, the other F Word and how it holds us back from living. I listed a variety of random things that I am afraid of and I have thought of a lot more since then, but what I am truly afraid of is the F word. It is happening to more …
Congratulations! Weight Loss Success Story
Congratulations Myrna on completing all the workouts in the 8-Week Fat Burner Challenge! A true success story. Not only did she start running, but also lost weight and inches. In only 8 weeks! Myrna is the winner of a Team Canada T-Shirt and Sweatpants to stay motivated. Congratulations on your achievements and keep it up! Shayla
Trail Shoe Review
If you run you might have a progression of shoes like this too. You know, current favourites, the old stand by’s and the ones that you now use to walk the dog, or garden, or something. They aren’t good for running anymore, but they aren’t ready for recycling. Recycling? My running shoes? Yes, many running stores have some type of …
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