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2021 is almost here, and it's time to get back into the swing of your fitness routine after taking a bit of a holiday break (we hope you enjoyed our series on how to not totally lose your fitness over the holidays). Here at Fitness Science, we're big fans of fitness...
Allulose-Sweetened Cranberry Sauce – Recipe
I love cranberry sauce with my Christmas turkey dinner, but I'm not wild about the amount of sugar a standard recipe calls for. This year, I decided to make it with an alternative sweetener recently recommended by one of my favourite progressive online practitioners....
Wanping Kao – a resident healer at Fitness Science
I have had the honour of working with our acupuncturist (also providing acupressure massage) since before her now teenage son was born. She has been a mainstay in my own personal training recovery protocol. I could go on and on about her, but I'll let her other...
Can You Train Every Day?
Standard principles of recovery and periodization of exercise typically dictate we should have some recovery days with no training structured in our program. However, I was recently asked by someone if that was absolutely necessary. He felt taking a day off exercise...
Loss of Your Sense of Self During COVID-19
Not too long ago, I wrote a post on Connection and its Effects on Healthspan and did a Live on Facebook as well. There is no doubt of how concrete this connection is. Also the extreme impact the pandemic is having on connections for many is undeniable and real. I...
Eat Food NOT Macros
My first experiences with macros involved growing up and being falsely educated during the “low fat” era. The macronutrient, fat, was demonized by bad science, medicine, and ultimately the entire food industry. It was a Low Fat = Good world and I fully bought in. I’m...
Stress Incontinence, Urgency and Exercise
“This exercise always makes me need to pee,” or “If that’s what we are doing, I should use the washroom first.” Perhaps you have felt this, or heard someone joke about a certain exercise that makes you “need to go,” or perhaps has you worrying about leaking (or...
Intermittent Fasting: One Big Mistake
INTERMITTENT FASTING IS NOT JUST ABOUT SKIPPING BREAKFAST I have personally tried just pushing my eating window later and seen many clients do the same. IT DOES NOT WORK. In fact, the data out of the Salk Institute by Dr. Satchin Panda and his colleagues, seems to...
Resistance Band Workout III
Are you sick of resistance bands yet? We're not! 😉 Here is the third of a series of workouts we've put together for you using resistance bands. We love resistance bands because they are easy to transport and tuck away, and they are perfect for adding a challenge to...
Connection and its Effect on Healthspan
I have personally lost 4 deeply loved ones in the past two years. This has brought me to a place of questioning my process. What the hell is it all for? Hard training, dietary restrictions, hypothermia, hyperthermia, fasting, and consuming horrible-tasting cocktails...