Healthy and Inspired Living
If you’re stuck for gift ideas check out Fitness Goop’s Must Haves for the holidays. We have chosen several delicious and healthy food suggestions, as well as fitness gift ideas that are sure to make workouts more fun, and help you or your loved ones stick to those healthy New Year’s resolutions. The Grid Foam… [Read Full Story]
Did you know that in order to gain five pounds from now to the end of January, all you have to do is eat an average of 220 calories per day more than you actually need? The holidays typically encourage us to indulge in high-fat, high-calorie foods that are low in nutrients, and this is… [Read Full Story]
When it comes to achieving goals, a lot of people respond well to external accountability. After all, how can we rely on our own self-discipline 100% of the time, when we are feeling, responding creatures with all sorts of moods and fluctuating motivations? Because it can be all too easy to justify one’s way out… [Read Full Story]
Sometimes we can find a groove in our fitness routine, in which we’re motivated to workout every day, we’re feeling optimal and hitting our fitness goals – what could be better! – And then everything comes to a screeching halt. Any number of unforeseen events can come along and pull you away from your groove:… [Read Full Story]
A few weeks ago I celebrated my very first Father’s Day. The birth of my daughter, Grace, has taught me so many lessons on life and it’s hard to believe she is only five months old! With her being here, she has put some things into perspective when it comes to life, goals and mentalities.… [Read Full Story]
They are all around us. As seen on TV, as read in magazines and as heard in gyms across North America are fitness myths. Among the common fitness myths are: A person needs to specifically perform ab exercises especially crunches in order to get a 6 pack. It’s impossible to get a great workout in… [Read Full Story]
Have you noticed that the thought of working out by yourself isn’t so appealing? Or, have you found that unless you commit to someone else, the chances of you keeping your word on a fitness regime are pretty slim? To tie this factor in with the ubiquitous excuse of “I’m too busy to exercise”, a… [Read Full Story]
The ‘Material Girl’ has been ranked 10th on Forbes most recent Celebrity 100 List with $58 million in earnings. She has starred in numerous independent and Hollywood motion pictures and in 1997 she won the Golden Globe for her role in Evita. She also has published a line of children’s books. Recently she has launched… [Read Full Story]
If you have ever lifted a dumbbell or survived a boot-camp class you will be following two of the top fitness trends for the coming year. The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has just released what fitness trends will be hot in 2011. While several of the activities past fitness trends – such as… [Read Full Story]
It was Friday evening and I was looking forward to my second class at Barre Fitness. The newest of the fitness facility’s studio to open in Vancouver’s hip neighborhood of Yaletown, provides a new kind of class for fitness enthusiasts, both beginners and intermediate. As you walk in the front door it is the décor… [Read Full Story]
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