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Power Training: Increase Your Speed and Strength
When strength training, you use resistance (weights, body mass, resistance bands, etc.) to build the strength of your muscles. When training for strength, the focus is increasing the load from...
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Client Kudos: Cathérine Hoff the Kettlebell Star
The reason we are here is to support people in reaching their fitness goals with our experience, coaching, and knowledge. Nothing makes it more worthwhile than seeing our clients succeed. So many...
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Meet Trainer Art Chaykin: Kettlebell Training in Vancouver
As a kettlebell training pro and as a personal trainer, Art is a valued member of our personal training team. His hard work at the gym is only exemplified by his passion for helping people find their...
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An Expert’s Guide: Finding the Right Training Program
You’ve probably found yourself on our blog because you’ve been searching for a personal trainer in Vancouver, researching the best fitness class to take, or considering buying an online coaching...
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Eating for the season – Holistic Nutrition Vancouver
Warming foods for the changing seasons – Holistic Nutrition Vancouver As the days grow shorter and nights grow longer we naturally feel the need to be home more eating our favourite comfort...
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5 Keys to Training Success – Powerlifting Vancouver
Are you tired of going to the gym and not getting results? I know this is an over-used marketing tag line. But the truth is many people do go to the gym day after day, week after week, year...
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Get Pumped About the Plank
The Last Word on Fitness by Craig Boyd If a client asks me what the best abdominal exercise is, I invariably tell them it’s the plank exercise. This simple yet powerful exercise targets the entire...
Read MoreCrosstraining & Fitness Challenge: “Filthy Fifty”
Our new challenge for the fall is the “Filthy Fifty”. Here’s how it works: Set your baseline: On Monday, Sept. 19th OR Tuesday, Sept. 20th, set your baseline time from which...
Read MorePrecision Nutrition: Water or Sports Drinks?
We often get asked what is the best type of hydration for outdoor sports. Is water enough? Are sports drinks really necessary? The research behind Gatorade, the original sports drink, was done on...
Read More“Frallenge” Results
‘Fran’ is a CrossFit workout involving 21 thrusters (@ 95lbs for men and 65 lbs for women) and 21 pull ups, then 15 reps of each exercise and then 9 of each. Exercises are performed as...
Read MoreOutdoor Training with Pepe
Vancouver has much to offer in the way of outdoor fitness, from running and rollerblading on seawalls, to hiking and trail riding on the mountains. Another thing that our beautiful city has a lot of...
Read More“Fran” Challenge
This is an original Crossfit benchmark timed workout that our Crosstraining & Fitness class members are working on over the next 6 weeks. It involves alternating a set number of thrusters and...
Read MoreCrossFit Junkie’s legs are killing!
Urgh, my legs! Between Tanya and Julie’s class my legs and abs have taken a beating. Just two more months till beach time so I have to get to it. During Saturday’s CrossFit class with...
Read MoreCrossFit Junkie. Survived stag…
But almost died on Tuesday with Julie. My body was still in recovery mode from a weekend of heavy partying so I thought I was going to take it easy on Julie’s CrossFit class on Tuesday. She...
Read MoreCrossFit Junkie. Saturday morning
Urgh, that first step towards the door on my way to work out on a Saturday morning is always the worst, but I just think about how good I feel after a workout and I’m on my...
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