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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....

Terms like blood pressure, cholesterol and heart rate are common when talking about health. We have been taught over and over again to measure the readings for these biometrics, and how important it is to keep those readings within "healthy" ranges. But what if biometrics are not the most important thing to consider when it comes to your health? Well this is exactly the case. Biometrics are an indirect way...

We all know it's coming. Winter is just around the corner. The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting longer and the sun hasn't been seen for many days, at least here in Vancouver. At times it's enough to make you want to pack it all in and just hibernate until the spring comes again. But hibernation isn't the best answer when it comes to the winter, because too...