I know there are a lot of people who see endurance running as the end all be all of being fit and healthy. These people will also tell you that lifting weights will make them ...Read More

That’s because you suck at it. Pretty simple. I know I suck at running; it is without a doubt my biggest weakness. At least it was. I didn’t know how to run properly; hence I ...Read More

CrossFit Kelowna, located at 111-2955 Acland Road, is holding its Grand Opening Event on Saturday, 21 February 2009, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. This is your chance to find out all about CrossFit and how ...Read More

The Christmas season is approaching and with it comes holidays, parties, snacks, family, travel, etc. It’s a challenging time of year for anyone who is trying to change their lifestyle by eating better and getting ...Read More

Detailed goals are your road map to success. Without setting proper goals, you won’t know what you need to do to achieve them, whether you are actually making progress towards achieving them, or making the ...Read More

This is one of the big criticisms of CrossFit. That we sacrifice all semblance of form and technique for the sake of intensity. When asked if I want good reps or heavy/fast/intense reps, I will ...Read More

Our addiction to chairs is ruining out butts. Desk jobs make this almost an epidemic. You spend all day sitting at work, sit in your car, and then sit in front of the TV in ...Read More

When it comes to getting healthier and fit, you have to pick programs that can be maintained indefinitely. This means, no fad diets that will drop 20 pounds real fast but if you tried to ...Read More

I know lots of people who do the same workout every day. They get up and do 25 pushups and situps every morning, they go for a 3km walk, they go swim their age in ...Read More

Most people are under the impression that they need to spend hours at the gym. Start it out with x minutes of cardio to warm-up at y% of their max heart rate. Then do 3-5 ...Read More

Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness. Everyone gets it when they train. The degree at which you get this varies with how hard you push the intensity. Usually it’s bad the day after training, and worse the ...Read More

I don’t know why people think eating no meat is a good idea. We are omnivores, that is why we have pointed canine teeth as well as flat molars. It all comes down to amino acids. ...Read More

Here is another one of those myths about health that really needs to be dealt with. Eating low fat foods in order to get or maintain a low fat body… This is bogus because eating ...Read More

When looking around for a personal trainer, coach or fitness program there are a few things you need to keep in mind. Lets take a look at fitness classes first. These are great to meet new ...Read More

When it comes to intense physical training, building fitness, this is a common thought that “old” people have. As we age for some reason it is believed that walking around the mall, and splashing around ...Read More

People will blame anyone and anything for their failures and shortcomings before accepting that it was their fault. This is true almost everywhere… The gym is the one place where personal responsibility still reigns. Your maximum ...Read More

Despite what you might think, you don’t get stronger at the gym. You don’t get faster on the track. These are the places where you put stress on your body to force it to either ...Read More

For most of us, the only gauge of progress towards fitness is how much we weigh. Slave to the scale we are, agonizing over every pound lost (or not lost!). This is probably the worst ...Read More

“What’s better to lose my tummy flab… crunches or situps?” You can replace the location and the exercises with any other relevant area or body part. And people think it works. The problem here is that ...Read More

A lot of people are of the mindset that just going for a half hour walk in the evening is enough. Or doing their age in sit-ups every morning, or (insert minimal and ever the ...Read More

If you’re finding yourself at a plateau, or simply not progressing as fast as you’d like, or not seeing the results you were hoping for, then it’s likely you’ve forgotten the “as you can” What is ...Read More

A lot of people are afraid to dead lift. My wife was one of them. Her biggest concern was hurting her back by doing it incorrectly, followed closely by the simple fact that she did ...Read More

I see all these adds on TV and the internet for all these products and programs where you can “get fit” without even breaking a sweat, or doing anything yourself. Do people actually believe these ...Read More

Metabolic Conditioning (Metcon) What is it? Metabolic training is refers to conditioning exercises aimed at increasing the storage and delivery of energy for any activity. There are three distinct biochemical means that energy is provided for ...Read More

No, this is yet another misconception about exercise. Done incorrectly any activity can be injurious to any person at any age. Done correctly and responsibly, weightlifting will be a huge benefit to any child’s development. This ...Read More

So many people go to the gym, wander around aimlessly and just hop on whatever machine looks fun at the time, do a few sets, move on to something else that looks interesting and do ...Read More

This is this first thing my wife told me when I got her into heavy barbell lifting. The thing about it is people don’t understand how it works, and I will admit I used to ...Read More