Month: August 2016

10 Delicious Banana Smoothie Recipes

When most people think about smoothies, they assume that it's all about health and don't taste that good. Also, when people consider bananas, they cringe – well cringe no longer! Below are ten healthy and delicious recipes for banana smoothies that are sure to have you asking for more!

Intense Core Workout For Six-Pack Abs

Whittle your waist and get ripped Abs with this intense workout routine! Give this intense abs routine a try for a solid six-pack and define your core with these abs exercises.

7 Knee Strengthening Exercises To Relieve Knee Pain

Millions of people suffer from knee pain. Try these seven exercises three times a week, 15 repetitions each, to help maintain pain free knees…

Work Your Core With Our 7-Day Plank Challenge

Work your core from every angle with this week-long plank challenge that will tone, strengthen, and sculpt your middle with a variety of dynamic moves.

Calorie Counting Doesn’t Work. Here’s Why

How many times have you obsessively tracked and restricted your daily calorie intake to only find the scale won’t budge? If the answer is too many times to count, you’re not alone. Signup & Get Early Bird Access To Our Personal Training App We are often led to believe that a calorie = a calorie = a calorie, but it’s not as simple as that. Many popular weight loss programs are based on the basic math of eating fewer calories than your body burns each day. While this simple science of creating a calorie deficit makes sense in theory and has ... Read more

5 Expert Tips For Kick-Starting Your Weight Loss Journey

Getting ready to lose weight? Weight loss is not as simple as many want you to believe. It is often broken down in an annoyingly simple equation of “calories in vs. calories out” that simply is not helpful.

8 Boot Camp Exercises That Burn Major Calories

The name of the game for exercise is efficiency. Boot camp exercises check off the box for efficiency because they usually require minimal, if any, equipment and can be done anywhere.

How To Measure Your Fitness Level

Are you a beginner? Intermediate? Advanced? Surprisingly, there isn’t a universal way of measuring someone’s fitness level. But for different purposes we might be interested to know how fit we are or how much we’re benefiting for our workouts.

6 Tasty Clean-Eating Snack Ideas

Think it's too hard to eat clean? Think again! Check out these 6 clean eating snack ideas for you and your family to enjoy!

Eating Myths That Nutritionists Want You To Stop Believing

We busted 10 eating myths that you should stop believing immediately! Some are sure to surprise you.

Fitbit Releases New Waterproof Flex 2 And Charge 2

Fitbit has just released its new lineup of wearable devices, which are now available for pre-order in Canada. Signup & Get Early Bird Access To Our Personal Training App The two biggest updates? The Charge 2 (pictured above) and the Flex 2. Priced at $199.95 in Canada, the Charge 2 is an upgrade from the original Charge. Now there is only one model, which already comes with the PurePulse heart rate tracking built-in (so there’s no need to pay extra for the more-expensive, higher-end Charge HR). The new Charge 2. In addition, the Charge 2 has a display that is four ... Read more

10 Easy Hacks To Add More Protein In Your Diet

Are you bored of chicken breasts and protein powder? We’ve got 10 ways to bust you out of that protein rut.

5 Basic Yoga Poses For Beginners

When most people think about meditation, they imagine sitting alone in a dark room and perhaps chanting “om” to oneself. While this is a perfectly valid way to meditate, it is not the only one. You can also meditate while you move.

Yoga Vs. Stretching: What’s The Difference?

Non-yogis may find it hard to understand the difference between a good stretch and a yoga pose. Could it be that yoga just a fancy form of stretching? Signup & Get Early Bird Access To Our Personal Training App Both yoga and stretching emphasize placing the body in various positions to help lengthen and strengthen. But while it’s true that stretching is a big part of yoga, there is so much more to it than that. So what, exactly, is the difference between stretching and yoga? Let’s begin to answer this question by diving deeper into the purpose and origins of yoga. What is ... Read more

Top 5 Flat-Belly Exercises

Having a toned midsection takes dedication and time, but the results are definitely worth it!