Tanja Shaw

Celebrate your healthy lifestyle choices.

Celebrate your fitness successes

You need to re-evaluate your focus and goals, redefine success, and celebrate success, says Tanja Shaw.

Celebrate your healthy lifestyle choices.
Free weights require balance, integration, and strength of every joint and muscle in your body, says Tanja Shaw.

For a strong, healthy body, choose free weights

Free weights require balance, integration, and strength of every joint and muscle in your body.

Free weights require balance, integration, and strength of every joint and muscle in your body, says Tanja Shaw.
Three steps toward becoming a runner.

Three steps to running success

Anyone can be a runner. Whether you run slowly, quickly, or only on sunny Wednesdays, you are a runner.

Three steps toward becoming a runner.
Getting fit doesn't have to take a lot of time.

Ten minutes to better health

If you have 10 minutes, you have time for to fit in your cardio training.

Getting fit doesn't have to take a lot of time.
Getting into shape for your big day is easier than you think.

How to shape up for your wedding day

The best way to slim down and look ravishing on your wedding day is to eat healthy, exercise regularly and to start early, says Tanja Shaw

Getting into shape for your big day is easier than you think.

Set a goal to help overcome barriers to a healthier you

Set a goal, get committed, learn the necessary steps, take action and get help.

It is wise to have an indoor alternative during the winter months.

Time to get ready for winter

To maintain your fitness level this winter, dress for the weather, exercise with a friend, and be creative.

It is wise to have an indoor alternative during the winter months.
Lower your risk of high blood pressure: another reason to get active

Lower your risk of high blood pressure: another reason to get active

Leading a healthy lifestyle can help control your high blood pressure, or decrease the likelihood of developing high blood pressure.

Lower your risk of high blood pressure: another reason to get active

Conquer your fear of fitness

Living a healthier lifestyle is as much mental as it is physical.

Healthy eating in the great outdoors

For many, camping is also the perfect way to stray from healthy eating. But it doesn't have to be.

When it comes to fat loss, it is important to consider all the components required for success

Top 4 reasons you’re still fat

You do all the right things, but your weight and measurements are not changing. Why not?

When it comes to fat loss, it is important to consider all the components required for success
whole family is the Envision Run for Mom. This Mother’s Day celebration and fundraising event supports programs for women and children at Chilliwack General Hospital.

Feel good Mother’s Day gifts

This year, give that special woman in your life something that truly shows you care about her: the gift of health, fitness and well-being.

whole family is the Envision Run for Mom. This Mother’s Day celebration and fundraising event supports programs for women and children at Chilliwack General Hospital.

What’s your motivation?

When it comes to health and fitness, motivation is what gets you started on a fitness program and healthy eating plan.

How to improve your mental toughness

While the military might push the limits, the principals of this training describe another reason why we civilians should workout

You can enjoy keeping active through each trimester in pregnancy

Keeping fit through the trimesters

With some slight modifications to your workout routine, you can enjoy keeping active through each trimester in pregnancy.

You can enjoy keeping active through each trimester in pregnancy
Next time you hit the treadmill, be sure to avoid these top three common mistakes.

Getting better mileage on the treadmill

Avoid these top three mistakes treadmill mistakes if you want to get the most from your workout.

Next time you hit the treadmill, be sure to avoid these top three common mistakes.

Stick with your fitness plan

Tanja Shaw offers five tips to help you stick to your fitness program.

Set some goals for the new year

Quitting smoking, losing weight and starting an exercise program are the top goals for a new year.

There are a few other points to consider when determining how much exercise you should be doing, says Tanja Shaw.

How much exercise is enough?

I often get asked ‘How much exercise should I be doing?’. Like many good questions, there is no simple answer.

There are a few other points to consider when determining how much exercise you should be doing, says Tanja Shaw.

Measuring your risk of heart disease

If you want to assess your risk of heart disease, skip the scale and take out your tape measure.