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If you’ve recently started or increased your exercise, and your body is feeling it, you might be wondering: Am I injured? Or am I just sore?  It’s normal to feel soreness, mild pain, or discomfort when you:  It can be difficult though, sometimes, to determine whether you’re just sore, or whether you’re dealing with an… Read more

What’s the most important thing about starting to exercise? Ask a thousand people, get a thousand different answers… Well, maybe not that many. But there are lots of different opinions about this. People who are just starting back to exercising, or those that haven’t done much training before, are the people I work with the… Read more

Results are in! Being strong makes everything better. It’s a huge factor in injury prevention and balance, and strength makes the activities of daily life easier. And if you are going to start doing cardio regularly, strength training might be your best friend. Counter-intuitive? Let’s do some math and you’ll see why this makes sense.… Read more

I’m trying to get back into shape after the last three years of having a really sedentary job. My muscles feel ridiculously tight from lack of use combined with getting older,  and I think they hurt more than they should.  I want to start lifting weights again. Is it best to do cardio or stretch… Read more

Yes, you can. Consistent exercise is actually way more valuable in building strength and muscle size than sporadic gym sessions that leave you feeling sore and uninspired (at best). There’s even a program called Easy Strength that’s built on this concept. Let’s talk about why this might be.  Going to the gym means…  Many many… Read more

Habits drive a huge portion of our daily activities, from small to large. If you pay attention, you might find that you brush your teeth the same way every day, or go through the same actions every day when you get home from work. These are the ingrained behaviours that let us live a lot… Read more