Running is a great way to increase cardiovascular fitness, muscle tone, and bone density. It burns calories, helps you lose weight, and you can run just about anywhere. Follow the three steps to running success.
As the temperatures rise to the high twenties and beyond, you may find yourself swapping your evening jog for a cold drink in an air conditioned basement. Outdoor exercise may be a challenge when the summer heat, but that doesn’t mean you have to forgo your plans to keep in shape. Here are a few tips to stay active and safe this summer.
While surfing the net and playing video games are popular out-of-school activities for children and teens, the summer provides many great opportunities for families to be active. Engaging in physical activity as a family is a great way to spend quality time together while becoming healthy and fit. Parents who engage in exercise with their kids are role models and help children develop healthy habits.
Now that June is here and the sun is shining, many of…
Before becoming a parent, quantifying the negative aspects of having children is relatively easy. Children are a financial expense, they take away a lot of your freedom, they break things, they make a mess in the house, and they require a lot of energy and attention
Before becoming a parent, quantifying the negative aspects of having children is…
Strength training is a vital part of any fitness program. Whether you chose fixed machines or free weights, strength training will make you look and feel better.
As a fitness challenge for clients and friends, I put together a team for the Vancouver Sun Run. After a steady training program and a few group training runs, we set out early on race day to tackle 10 kilometer route. By taking part in the Sun Run, and listening to others share their experience of the event (both training for and racing), I was quickly reminded why we take part in running events.
Time is precious, and not something you want to waste at the gym. Given the same results, most people would rather spend less time working out. In my last article I discussed ways that you may unknowingly sabotage your cardio workout.
Today at the gym eight people were on the treadmill- and six…
