Body, Mind, Beauty

01/18/2018

It's not just cancer or heart disease that sneak up on us without any (major) symptoms!

Are these findings in people without pain normal... or just part of life? 😊

Great infographic made by Jørgen Jevne! 👍

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12/04/2017

Check out my next two classes at Get Serious Fitness!

December 8th – Upper Body (Part 1): Breaking up is hard to do!

Do your shoulders need to break up with your ears? Many of us carry “tension” here in our neck and shoulders…the question is, how can we help balance this out and allow us to move better? We’ll work on creating some stability in our shoulder blades and explore some push/pull movements while learning how to make push-ups fun!

December 15th – Upper Body (Part 2): Walk this Way!

When we walk, we rotate our torso and swing our arms and depending on how fast we are walking, our breathing changes…that’s a lot going on! Let’s break this down, balance things out and then challenge these movements and finish off with some traditional exercises for our arms…who doesn’t love to work their pipes?!

Be sure to register ahead of time to save your spot. www.getseriousfitness.net to register!

Get Serious Fitness is more than a gym. Our new ‘state of the art’ studio provides small intimate personalized classes and private one-on-one trainings tailored to each persons specific needs.

12/01/2017

I saw many dead-lifts that look like the one on the left today during my workout. Dead-lifts are a complicated exercise...the hardest part occurs when your muscles are in their weakest position (i.e fully lengthened) which if done with improper form can set you up for injury, tightness and pain!

Form is so important if you truly want to get the most benefit from your workouts...below is a great little article emphasizing the importance of good form. I still hire coaches and trainers to help me with mine, lose the ego and do it right...you're too important not to!

https://www.boxrox.com/proper-form/

11/22/2017

"True self-care is not salt baths and chocolate cake, it is making the choice to not build a life you don’t need to regularly escape from."

Did you use the right filter for that ‘gram of your impeccably prepared acai bowl?

08/24/2017

I get that in sports we *sometimes* sacrifice our bodies for the finish line, but this is NOT ok!

Warning...difficult to watch.

Editor’s note: the video included in this story is difficult to watch and may not be suitable for all viewers.

08/23/2017

Internal vs external...I often give clients an external cue or focus which then helps them create an internal focus or awareness (or vice versa). Pretty cool stuff!

08/20/2017

I attended a healthy focus weight loss seminar today. Most would tell me that I don’t need to “lose weight” and you are perhaps right, at least not anymore with where I’m at in this point in my life. However, what I learned today can be applied to any goal and believe me, I have many! A comment was made recently (something I have heard from others in the past) that suggested things happen easily for me because I’m so enthusiastic or such a go-getter, or I’m not like them/they’re not like me whatever it was…it’s a complete brule (bullsh!t rule – a new term I learned today). I am no different than any other person who struggles to achieve a goal, whatever it may be. I have learned to and continue to find resources and use them; I have focused on becoming and not trying and yes there are setbacks and struggles, let me be clear. Have you ever noticed that the harder you tried to achieve something, the further away from that something you got? You cared too much about what others would think, you were afraid to fail, ended up distracted and told yourself you're a failure etc., but when you focused on becoming and doing i.e making small changes that become a lifestyle and eventually who you become as a person, the thing you wanted was much easier to attain? I attended this workshop with open ears and an open mind because I am learning to believe that I am worth it and am enough. I no longer want to make excuses for the things I want to see happen in my life…if you believe you are worth it, you are enough…so stop making excuses and find a way to go get the things you want. I’m here to help in any way I can so shoot me a message and if you're in Lethbridge, check out www.jamescastelli.ca. I'll be sure to post when he holds more seminars/workshops as they are worth attending!

08/07/2017

Worth the read!

When it comes to body talk, there really is no rightest way to do it.

07/20/2017

Who takes it easy in their first group class at a studio or gym that encourages you to go heavy, go hard and go all out? Even if you are advised to take it easy because you are a beginner, no one can seem to lose the ego to listen, or the individual attention isn't there to guide these people safely...imo.

Newbies to spin classes can land in the emergency room, as doctors say they are seeing more of the rare but dangerous rhabdomyolysis.

07/18/2017

Love this!

The only way to get stronger and better as an athlete is to get outside of your comfort zone, learn how with off-road triathlon World Champion Lesley Paterson at Liv-Cycling.com

06/29/2017

Check this out!

LOOK, FEEL & FUNCTION BETTER WITH ISOPHIT™

“It is concluded that isometric strength training as used in the present study can cause increased recruitment of the available motor unit pool, improved efficiency at submaximal loads, and surprisingly also enhancement of the oxidative metabolism in the muscle.”

Komi, P. V., et al. "Effect of isometric strength training on mechanical, electrical, and metabolic aspects of muscle function." European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology 40.1 (1978): 45-55.

06/20/2017

I worked with an 8 year old girl in a squash program who couldn't lift her arm due to all the other activities she was put in...why she was signed up for squash is beyond me.

Let kids be kids...or at the very least provide them with appropriate training opportunities (like isometric exercises) to better prepare their bodies for their chosen activities.

During a soccer game early last year, Tiffany Lin began experiencing a sharp pain in her right knee. Then a freshman at Manhattan’s Beacon School, Lin tried to play through the pain but sought out …