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What a great day yesterday at the Vancouver Sun Run! The weather was beautiful. The people were happy and having fun. All-in-all you couldn't have asked for a better day. Buuuuut...I'd venture to guess that today is a different story for many people who took part. Tight sore muscles might be seriously messing with your warm and fuzzy vibes when trying to relive the fond memories of a 10 kilometer...

  The Do's   Get enough sleep Sleep is number one thing the body needs to recover and for the brain to function well. If you are restricting calories in the weeks leading up to your competition, you may find that you have trouble sleeping through the night. You will need to find ways maintain or even increase the amount of sleep you get to help cope with the added...

It's that time of year again. Sun Run 2016 is just around the corner! And with that in mind, here are 5 tips to help you improve your running technique: 1. Keep Your Legs in Front of You When running it's important to be efficient to avoid wasting energy. A common mistake that makes people less efficient is that they run with their torso leaning too far forward and their...

Are you a lone wolf in the gym? You know the type I'm talking about, you train solo. The headphones go in and the outside world goes away. You may not even talk to anyone the entire time you're in the gym besides muttering hello to the front desk staff as you quickly walk by and perhaps the odd inquiry to another member, "how many more sets do you have?"...

Firsthand experience is one of the best teachers. And what better way to learn what works and what doesn't in a personal training session than experiencing it from the client's perspective? A lot of trainers think they're delivering a good session but if they were on the receiving end they might think twice. And I'm not just talking about exercise selection here. I'm talking about the whole session, everything from...

In my 14 years working as a personal trainer one of the largest barriers I see to people's success is a lack of motivation. Pretty much everyone these days understands the importance of exercise and physical activity for health, you'll be hard-pressed to find anyone who says otherwise, but even with this knowledge there are still people who can't light that fire under their butts to get off the couch....