My good friend and fitness expert wrote a funny but true article that I felt was worth sharing… A Letter from Your Belly Fat By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS http://goo.gl/s35RT Dear Friend, This is a letter from your ol’ pal, belly fat. We had a great run this holiday season, didn’t we? Lots of good [...]
I was out with my dog on Sunday, sort of lamenting the end of summer and thinking about the great hill workouts I had at my summer home. Fall comes fast in Calgary where I live, and I know I won’t be able to have many outdoor workouts till spring. Desi (my boxer) and I [...]
Everyone has their own issues in relation to fitness and fat loss. There are some solutions that will work in general for the main stream, but there are those with their own issues that may want to dial in their program so that it’s totally personalized. If you’re one of these people, then I have [...]
Recently I got an email asking what a lady could do to tighten up her inner thigh area. I promised a blog post about the issue as I thought if this was an issue for her, it may be for others. I want to encourage you to email me or post comments on the blog [...]
Yes, that’s me at the top, just a little dot… This wasn’t my plan. (Note to self: stay upright on a 35 ft cliff jump!) You might not be able to see in the video, but my left leg is black and blue. Turns out that when you cliff jump, you should try to go [...]
I’ve been talking a lot about metabolism on the blog. I can’t tell you how important it is to keep your metabolism running high. There are two ways to keep your metabolism up even while you’re losing fat: build lean muscle mass, and maintain a healthy diet. Two of my mentors and top in the [...]
I know that some of you have a TRX or you’re interested in getting one. In this video, I show you a circuit that I did on holidays. I also suggest alternatives to do if you don’t have a TRX. My sincere apologies that I only demo one exercise as I had some camera difficulties, [...]
As promised, my pal Lindsay Vastola and I put together this awesome hotel workout for you. We meet up every six weeks or so to meet with the best fitness trainers from around the country. Although we have a ton of work to do and people to meet, we always want to provide you with [...]
I thought I’d share a workout that we did in boot camp and it was a big hit. This is just two of the sets. We did each for 15 minutes. This is a super little workout. You may have to modify to work with the space that you have. Given that it’s summer now, [...]
I thought I’d share the killer workout the ladies and I did in Canmore on the first day of our getaway. The park I wanted to go to was teaming with kids, so I thought I’d keep the girls in the resort gym and show them a great home or travel workout. Six peeps had [...]