Expert tips and research on how to move better.
Inspired by the teachings in ‘The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion’ by Simon Marshall, PhD & Lesley Paterson I just ran the worst 10k race of my life, and I’m okay with it. I am in the process of rebuilding my athletic identity. My athletic identity is how I […]
The Athlete We’re Supposed to Be – Rebuilding Our Athletic Identity Read More »
One major thing that sets humans apart from other animals and organisms on this planet is our ability to walk on two feet. We weren’t always this special. At one time, millions of years ago, we were 4-legged mammals designed for climbing and short-distance travel. Our species slowly evolved to become upright, bipedal endurance machines.
Can You “Walk the Walk”? Read More »
The problem with rehabilitation is the very definition of it. To “rehabilitate” means “to restore to a former capacity.” When it comes to injury rehabilitation, this implies that we are trying to restore someone’s health or capacity to the level they were at pre-injury. However, the state of health or physical capacity pre-injury was not
Effective training is a careful balancing act over the long haul. A balance of training and recovering, to maximize performance and avoid overtraining or undertraining. We have to remember that each workout is weighted differently, and the point of “balance” is always changing. How do you train hard without overtraining? How do you recover without
The Over-Under on Training Read More »
If you’ve been around “older” people, you’ve likely heard things like “getting old sucks” or “it’s just part of being old” when they discuss their aches and pains. As living organisms, we naturally degrade over time – we grow old, our skin loses elasticity, our muscles degrade, our joints wear down, etc. We call this
CARs Morning Routine Read More »
THE CHALLENGE: The La Cloche Silhouette Trail is an epic 78 km backpacking trail in Killarney Provincial Park that runs through the 2.3 billion-year-old La Cloche Mountain range. At one time its peaks were taller than the Rocky Mountains. Years of erosion from wind, water, and frosts have caused these once massive cliffs to transform
The Rocky Road to Conquering ‘La Cloche’ Mountain Range Read More »
Men and women have roughly the same core body temperature (37C), so why are my hands and feet freezing while I am burning up and my partner is lying in bed comfortably? If we really are all the same temperature on the inside, why does dual zone climate control even exist? Popsicle toes explained: Our
WHY WOMEN ARE HOTTER (& COOLER) THAN MEN Read More »
“Your recovery time should be proportional to your training intensity level.” In the strength and conditioning world, it has been long understood that the warm-up and cool down is essential for optimal performance and recovery. In the athletic world, you will quickly realize that warm-ups and cool-downs all look different. Some people warm-up for 5
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Is your body ready for Stage 3? Here in Toronto, we are all expecting the re-opening of gyms and fitness facilities very soon. After several months at home and away from our regular fitness routine, we have been forced to either sink or swim – stop our fitness routine or adapt our fitness routine. For
Pull Back the Training Reigns Read More »
What is mobility and how do we improve it? For the last several years, one of the coolest kids on the fitness industry block has been “mobility”. Yet, whenever you ask someone what mobility IS, or what mobility training LOOKS LIKE, the story never lines up. Now, some people may throw around the term “mobility”
Mobility – Behind the Smoke & Mirrors Read More »