Healthy Living
Preparing for Your First 5K
Running season is upon us! I have always loved running – it’s a therapeutic exercise that allows runners to be alone with their thoughts and focus on what’s important while getting fit. It is what I crave before or after a long day. It’s what I do when I have energy to burn and when…
Read MoreOne-on-one with Nadine VandenHeuvel
Get to know Nadine VandenHeuvel and her journey to becoming the 2016 Personal Training Specialist of the Year. How did you first get involved in the fitness industry? Sports were my life growing up, specifically hockey. I was recruited by the University of Waterloo to play varsity hockey and had a very strict training program…
Read MoreNew Year – New Workout
By Jamie Logie You know that you need to exercise. You’re probably even more aware of it during this time of year when you’ve spent the holidays consuming your weight in gingerbread. But if you’ve been slugging away doing the same workout day in and day out, you may be stuck in a rut and…
Read MoreManaging Expectations and Planning Outstanding Workouts
The winter months can be a difficult time for clients and trainers alike, as the motivational techniques used throughout the year can seem less effective. Whether it’s the grey skies, full schedules or the onset of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), humans tend to respond to environmental changes with reduced passion, energy, and discipline. While these…
Read MoreLet Presence be Your Present this Holiday Season 2
In YogaFit training’s, the very first thing we teach is the YogaFit Essence: Breathing, Feeling, Listening to our bodies, Letting go of Judgment, Expectations, Competition and Staying in the Present moment. Whether you currently practice Yoga or not, the YogaFit Essence is a message for everyone to become more aware – both on and off…
Read MoreIt’s Not Too Late…To Have A Hot Date!
Written by: Sexologist, Dr. Stephen de Wit DHS, MPH, ACSTherapist – Consultant – Speaker Ok, ok, if you are anything like me you maybe haven’t kept all of your new years resolutions and it’s not to late to mix things up a little. If you are like most people, your resolutions revolved around your health, money…
Read MoreIs Weight Loss a Good Thing?
By Andrea Thatcher, C.H.N. It’s better to NEVER DIET AGAIN. However, the trend is to spend. And that spending amounts to billions of dollars for plans that promote ‘weight loss’. I’m here to tell you, it’s a sham. The successful ‘dieter’ on the latest ‘insert clever word and celebrity’s name here’ diet loses a lot…
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day 2018
International Women’s Day 2018 is all about progressing gender parity (#PressforProgress). Here at canfitpro, we’re privileged to work with so many strong, influential women. In closing the gender gap, we believe that strong women never go out of style. In their own words, these wonderful women explain what it means to be strong and the…
Read MoreIf You Want Real Results – You Need a Certified Personal Trainer
By Bedros Keuilian If you want to lose weight, improve your athletic performance or build muscle mass, you need a certified personal trainer to help you. There are plenty of good-looking “trainers” who will promise to make you look like them, but that’s not enough. There’s a world of difference between a fitness enthusiast who…
Read MoreIf it doesn’t flow, let it go…
Here we are another year, another chance to begin anew and create all of those expectations and resolutions to become the perfect version of ourselves. BUT, what if this year we didn’t. What if instead we decided to accept ourselves as we are, after all aren’t we just wonderful works in progress everyday? Now please…
Read More