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High Intensity Interval Training: #1 Fitness Trend of 2018
November 9, 2017|Fitness
A worldwide survey on fitness trends revealed high-intensity interval training, otherwise known as HIIT, to top the list in 2018 (Walter, 2017). So, what is HIIT? It is a new way of training which involves short bursts of high-intensity energy input followed by short periods of rest or recovery. HIIT is different from continuous cardiovascular exercise or steady state cardio (e.g. one hour jogging) which is usually performed at 60-80%...
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March Challenge
February 23, 2017|Fitness
For the month of March we are heading back to the cardio machines. This challenge will be to see who can get the fastest time on a 1500m row on the Concept2 rower. History Looking for a way to continue to train for rowing in the winter months, the two Dreissigacker brothers put their heads together and in 1981 came up with the idea for an indoor rowing machine. It...
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February Fitness Challenge
February 7, 2017|Fitness
February Fitness Challenge  Congratulations to our member Chris Palamos for winning January's fast 3mile stationary bile challenge with a time of 4:04! Also congratulations to strength coach Jonathan James for having the fastest overall time of 4minutes flat! Our second fitness challenge of the year will be to see who can do the most burpees in a single minute. Push your lactate threshold and allow yourself to go anaerobic during...
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Exercises That Develop Muscular Strength
November 19, 2016|Fitness
Muscular strength is the ability of muscles to apply maximum force in a single repetition, or very few repetitions. Generally 6 reps or less to fatigue. Training muscular strength is not for the feint of heart. It requires you to be brave and get under a very heavy load. It is recommended that technique in an exercise is mastered before adding a very heavy weight. The benefits of training strength...
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Pursuing Excellence in the Gym and in Life
July 13, 2016|Fitness, Inspiration, Lifestyle
For too many people the concept of pursuing excellence may seem like a big, scary and hard task to accomplish, let alone on a daily basis! At Function Health Club, we strive to continually pursue excellence in our fitness and mindset with the goal that in doing so in the gym, it will transfer to the rest of our life outside of the gym. But often times the question is,...
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Summer Nutrition Check In
May 26, 2016|Fitness
Summer has come to us early this year. Although sometimes it doesn’t stick around consistently in Vancouver, we want to stay energized to take advantage of every second. Back in January we talked 2016 resolutions and then yesterday followed that up with a Summer Fitness Check In. For part two of our Summer Fitness series below Caroline Mundell, Certified Sport Nutrition Advisor has 5 simple steps to keep you hydrated and properly fuelled...
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