Movement
7 Social Benefits of Exercise for Children
Exercise helps children build the social skills that they need to get through life’s ups and downs. And, the more active that they are, the better those skills! For starters, parents need to teach the importance of exercise to children, even if there’s a promise of a reward at the end. When exercise is taught…
Read MoreKettlebell Functional Training
We all want to move pain free in our daily lives, though we often forget that the best way to accomplish this is training through functional movement. Training functional movements is to apply basic training of movements that mimic day-to-day living that allows your body to work efficiently as one unit. We do not walk…
Read MoreMovement of the Month: Flow from Home or Outdoors
July is here, summer is well on its way, and we are now some four plus months into our “new reality”, if you will, since COVID hit back in mid-March. This month I wanted to once again offer up something that we could easily perform indoors as well as outdoors, and most importantly, benefit your…
Read MoreA Safe Return to the Gym
For many, the prospect of returning to the gym is accompanied by mixed emotions. Aside from the obvious concerns over invisible viruses anxious to make us their next hosts, we now have to get used to exercising in a public setting all over again. Even people who have applied themselves to a light-to-moderate exercise regimen…
Read MoreFalling Into the Expertise Trap
When you’re an expert you can charge more. You have an unequivocal new level of professionalism. It can be associated with being a high performer. It can separate you from your competition. It can also lead to arrogance and a blinkered view that will be detrimental to your success as an expert. For true expertise,…
Read MoreThe Power of Connections
Women Who Influence has grown to become one of the largest, most popular events at canfitpro and has sparked a movement within the fitness industry globally. This event is not only a chance to have fun while slipping on a dressy outfit; it’s also an opportunity to connect with industry leaders, build networks, celebrate SHEROs, be…
Read MoreMovement of the Month: Single Leg Bounds With Perturbations
Reality is a strange thing, is it not? One day we’re living with all of the freedoms the world has to offer and the next minute we’re at the mercy of a virus, COVID-19. The entire WORLD. It’s hard to ever have imagined it in this day and age. Many have suffered discomfort and pain…
Read MoreMovement of the Month: Loaded Lateral Bound Single Leg Ice Skaters with Pause
I’ll be the first to say it. I’m EXTREMELY happy to be so, so close to summer! Now, that does not mean I let winter be an excuse for anything at all, no. No winter blues here, that’s just something we manifest in our own minds. It simply means that I realize that winter is…
Read MoreStrength Training for the Pregnant Athlete With Tracie Smith-Beyak
Exercise during pregnancy is generally good for both the mother and baby. In this episode, Tracie Smith-Beyak discusses the specifics of strength training during pregnancy. This includes both risks and benefits associated with working out. Interested to learn more about training pregnant as well as pre- and post-natal clients? Take our online course Understanding a Fit…
Read MoreMovement of the Month: Single Leg Reach Forward Assisted Squat
Last month I spoke about how our daily fixed positions of standing, sitting, using computers and electronic devices, to name a few, can reek havoc on our thoracic spine and shoulders. All of which have shown to lead to decreased levels of performance and increased risk of injury. Now, what I didn’t get into was…
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