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Run, Don’t Walk. OR Walk, Don’t Run

Chris — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:32:39 +0000

I’m not sure how one person can take one study and then propose 2 completely opposite conclusions, and get both of those published.

However it does make for an interesting article. The age old discussion of quality or quantity. Personally I don’t think it’s that easy. Everyone’s different and has different goals. One thing pointed out in the article that is important to note is that weight loss does not equal getting fitter.

“Run, Don’t Walk.” “Don’t Run, Walk.”

New Year’s Resolution post!

Chris — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:24:27 +0000

Seems like everyone HAS to put up a Resolutions post. I was recently asked for my 5 best tips for the new year and so I figured I would post them here for all to see.

Top 5 health and fitness tips to start 2013 on good note:

Eat REAL FOOD! So many diets, so many buzz words, too many promises. It’s very simple, eat REAL FOOD and you can’t go wrong. What is real food you say? Again super simple. REAL FOOD does not come with an ingredients list and nutrition label. Your fresh fruits and veggies don’t have ingredients on them. The grass fed beef you get from your local butcher also doesn’t. Before trying to debate organic vs non or which vitamins you might be lacking, do yourself a favor and start eating real food. Eliminate anything in a BAG, BOTTLE, BOX, OR CAN.
Apply your fitness! Whether you do Yoga for mobility and balance or Olympic weight lifting to gain power and strength. You may be strong, and you may be mobile, and you may have a great body , but what can you actually do with it? Go out and find a way to apply what your achieving that’s the only way to truly be fit. Play a sport, go hiking, climb a mountain, take a gymnastics or circus training class. Martial arts! Apply your fitness to something and you’ll see where you are truly fit and truly lacking.
Set positive goals not negative ones! Sounds like a give in but it’s not. Most people set goals that focus on a “negative” like I will LOSE weight or STOP smoking. Change those words and the goals. Instead, say you will START to eat better or you will START working out more consistently. It’s much easier to START something than STOP something and when you start something positive it usually acts as a catalyst and the bad habits stop on their own. Everything falls into place.
Breathe! Stress is the ultimate wrench in every one’s plan. It affects sleep, appetite, hormone production, you name it. It wreaks the ultimate havoc on everyone. Find a way to combat this. Something that helps that everyone knows how to do is Breathe. Takes 5 min every morning, put on your favourite song, close your eyes and focus on breathing in and out until the song is over. Beat that stress back and benefit greatly.
Sleep!! Rest IS recovery. Proper sleep is going to help you perform better in everyday life. Less stressed. More alert. Better recovery from workouts. It goes against our instincts but we actually GAIN more in rest when it comes to fitness. You burn more calories while sleeping than you do while awake. Lack of sleep results in increased cortisol levels which will hinder weight loss. If you really want to make an impact on your health, get your sleep right.

Regulate “Natural” ?

Chris — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:19:35 +0000

This happened a couple months ago. Been busy so only getting to it now. Interesting article, basically about prop 37 that didn’t pass in the US. It would have put awesome new restrictions on “food product” labeling.

Why the government doesn’t—and shouldn’t—regulate which foods are “natural.”

The post details some of the issues with the law which I think are all pretty much BS. Wording could clear up all the tiny problems. They say it’s hard to define natural. It’s really not if that’s exactly what you’re trying to do. Basically if you are holding something in your hand, and you can go outside into the wild somewhere in the world and find that same exact thing in that exact state, then that’s natural. I’m not talking on a big production farm, I mean out in the wild somewhere.

Some people would then say certain veggies that you get in the store then are not natural because of careful cross breeding and what not, you can’t find Brocolli in exactly that state out in the wild. Very true. However when’s the last time you saw the label “All natural” on a brocolli?

So see it’s really not hard to define natural . What is hard is defining it in order to protect the millions of dollars that big companies make every year by tricking people into eating wrong. Vince (our trainer) said it best. Real food doesn’t have labels or ingredient tags.

EASY

Oakley Active

Chris — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:14:37 +0000

UNI Training is proud to associate itself with Oakley Active, a program designed to motivate women to train and feel good.To accommodate a “women only” Oakley group class, we will be closing the gym once a month on Tuesdays evening at 6:30pm:

November 6th , December 4th, January 8th, February 5th, March 5th, and April 2nd

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you and thank you for your understanding.

On the other hand, please note that if you are a woman and you want to participate, ask us how to register (for free!!) and we will be happy to have you around for the class!

Entrainement UNI est fier de s’associer avec Oakley Active, un programme construit afin de motiver les femmes a s’entrainer et se sentir bien dans leur peau. Afin de combler les besoins des cours de groupe “Oakley pour femmes”, nous fermerons nos portes une fois par mois les mardis soirs a partir de 18h30

6 novembre, 4 decembre, 8 janvier, 5 fevrier, 5 mars, et le 2 avril

Nous nous excusons a l’avance pour tout inconvenient que cela peut vous causer et nous apprecions votre comprehension.

D’autre part, si vous etes une femme et souhaitez participer a ce cours, n’hesitez pas nous demander comment vous inscrire (gratuitement!!), il nous fera plaisir de vous voir parmi nous.

Baby Needs Meat

Chris — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:16:43 +0000

More good meat news! Also more great Canadian news. Gotta love when our country makes awesome strides towards better health.

Hold the pablum: Give that baby some meat, new Canadian guidelines advise

Roots Fitness Retreat – Location

Chris — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:34:16 +0000

This year’s Roots Fitness Retreat is to be held at Jakes Hotel and Resort in beautiful Treasure Beach, Jamaica. It’s really hard to explain Treasure Beach to those that haven’t been there. You leave Canada, fly to Montego Bay Jamaica, drive another 2.5hrs south and it feels like you just arrived home. Home is most likely not a southern Jamaican paradise for most, but the people of Treasure Beach and Jakes make you feel like this is exactly where you need to be. As exaggerated as that sounds, I assure you it’s really not. Here’s a short video that talks a bit about the area, the people, and a great foundation that we are happy to support, Breds.

Roots Fitness Retreat

Chris — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:29:40 +0000

Roots Fitness Retreat 2012

It’s on! Your awesome trainers from U.N.I will be on hand with some other great professionals to host the first ever Roots Fitness retreat. 7 days of Yoga, Meditation, Great workouts, and other activities. Local organic meals and beautiful accommodations in none other than sunny Jamaica!Treat yourself to a full week of nothing but fitness where you can’t be distracted by the outside world. Immerse yourself FOR yourself!

For the first time ever we’re bringing our own brand of personalised functional training to the fitness retreat format. Every day will include a Guided Meditation session, functional workout led by our amazing trainers, afternoon out of the box activities, and Yoga. This is all in the goal of providing an overall fitness experience for an entire week. Also included will be organic meals and snacks provided LITERALLY by the fat of the land. All local healthy produce from farms right in the Treasure Beach area.

Come join us from Oct. 27 – Nov. 3 2012. It will be an experience not to be missed. For more information and registration contact us at info@unitraining.ca or (514) 487-6183

A Calorie Is Not A Calorie

Chris — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:03:46 +0000

In all the diet and eating confusion out there you often here people spouting out the old school “Calories in calories out” mantra for weight loss. Basically saying that as long as you burn more than you consume you will achieve weight loss success. It’s not as simple as that, and weight loss doesn’t always mean good health.

This article does a good job of breaking it down. Eliminate anything processed.

Which Diet Works?

Smart Car, Smart Training, Smart Choice

Chris — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:41:25 +0000

It’s out there! All summer long!

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Chris — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:02:05 +0000

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