I’m not a hater, I promise. I know I rag on the online fitness industry regularly, but it’s mostly because I want people to see that it’s not all as it seems. I AM part of the online fitness community (on a very teeny scale), and I appreciate most of the things that bringing health […]
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Food Is Not The Enemy
Food is not the enemy. It’s summer (yes, I’m still clutching onto it with all that I have) and it seems that everyone falls into the “gotta get a slim summer body” trap. Same, honestly. Around June I started making small changes in my diet to make it a little “healthier” and less calorie dense. […]
Leg Day With Low Back Pain: It IS Possible!
So you have low back pain and working out your lower body has become virtually impossible to do without pain. You’re sad because leg day used to be your favourite day of the week, and now you dread it because of the pain it inflicts on you – yet you don’t want to give up […]
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Everything You Need To Know About The Deadlift
Deadlifts are hands down one of my favourite exercises to do if I want to feel strong and powerful. I can’t say my deadlift is really that strong but hiking up a mass of weight from a dead stop on the ground really does something to get me amped for my workout that is following. […]
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Upper Body Mini-Band Workout
I’m thoroughly enjoying training my upper body these days… like almost as much as I enjoy training my legs (I said almost), and something I’ve been incorporating into my workouts more is my mini-bands. Previously I only used a band on my leg days or during an at home glute workout, but after some experimentation, […]
HerbaLand Protein Gummies Review
Protein GUMMIES!? A very new concept to me as I’m sure to many of the people reading this post. Last time I checked protein supplements came in the form of a powder or a bar. Gummies?? Ew? I was recently sent a complimentary Balance VoxBox by the company Influenster. In it contains a number of […]
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What Kind Of Shoes Should You Workout In?
You can walk into the gym on any given day and see a wild array of many different shoes. If you’re new to the gym, this is likely confusing – I know when I first started working out I hadn’t the slightest clue what I should be throwing on my feet. I was a wrestler […]
15 Best Songs For A Killer Workout
It’s a simple kinda blog post day today folks. Literally just a list of songs and their YouTube videos so that you can enjoy them all as much as I do. We all know that a workout can only get better with music (unless your my boyfriend who doesn’t listen to anything when he works […]
Resistance Training Vs. Cardio: Which Is Better?
The age old question(s) when it comes to getting started in the gym: What is better for me to do at the gym; cardio, or weight lifting? Can I do both? What is better if I want to lose weight? Become more defined? Feel more energized? Unfortunately, this is not a this-or- that scenario – […]
Fitness Myths You Need To Know About
Going into the New Year you’ll likely be holding onto some fitness goals that you would like to accomplish. You’re (hopefully) getting started on these goals armed with fitness knowledge that you’ve plagued the internet for so that you have the best chance at accomplishing what you have set out to do. However with the […]