Hi Peak Fitness Athletes! I hope you had a great weekend and are ready for a fantastic week! Fitness testing. Everyone’s favourite. Just like taking measurements, assessing your fitness level is an important part of staying on track, and keeping motivated to continue your exercising regime. In Personal Training programs and Boot Camps, both fitness tests and measurements are part of the regular routine.
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I don’t use cardio machines a lot, but when I do, I prefer the StairMaster (stepper, stair climber, whatever you want to call it). It’s different enough from running, which I can do outside, I tend to work harder on it, and I can read a few paragraphs from a fitness magazine (I can read- I just can’t talk!) while working out. I cannot
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Do you ever hop on a machine for some mindless cardio? Maybe you listen to music, watch the Last 10 Pounds Boot Camp on Slice TV or read a magazine. I get it… I do the same from time to time. I know I’m not working out as effective as I could be, but sometimes just doing something is good enough, and catching up
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Hi Peak Fitness Athletes, Day 7 of the 30 Day No White Stuff Challenge and I have a new workout to share with you. Be prepared for the leg and bum burn! What you need: You, your running or walking shoes, somewhere to sprint (I did the workout on the Rotary Trail by the Vedder River), an interval timer or stop watch, and the
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Hi Peak Fitness Athletes, I want to share with you a fantastic full body workout you can do in 30 minutes… with a special focus on those six-pack muscles. I did this workout at Anytime Fitness. With a few modifications you can also do it at home. Warm up: Body weight squats x 10 Body weight lunges with trunk rotations x 5 each side
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It’s Sunday morning. 8:30am. The temperature reads 0 degrees. Many people are still lounging in their house coats, sipping their morning coffee or enjoying a brunch of pancakes and bacon. But not Ascend Fitness Athletes. Instead, we are bundled up and gearing up for a tough workout. The kind where your lungs are on fire and your legs turn to jelly. The workout is
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Hi Peak Fitness Athletes, Day 5 of the 30 Day ‘Cut out the White Stuff’ Challenge. I spent my 30 minutes of exercise (actually closer to 38 minutes today) running with my family around James Bay and Dallas Road in Victoria. No family run is complete without a stop at the park to play. Keith took the opportunity to do a few push-ups and
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Hi Peak Fitness Athletes, Today’s workout is one you can do anywhere- outdoors or on a treadmill, walking or running or other cardio machine. I prefer to get outdoors as much as I can. I started doing this workout in high school- it was one of the workouts when training for cross country. I do it often, and never get bored of it. I
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Hi Peak Fitness Athletes! It’s Day 3 of the ‘No White Stuff’ 30 Day Challenge. Today I had two obstacles to overcome. The first was a rushed pack to make a ferry to Vancouver Island to meet my husband (making me think twice about fitting in my 30 minute workout). The second was going out for dinner at the Noodle Box. Thankfully, many restaurants
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Hi Peak Fitness Athletes! After yesterday’s dodgy workout, I am back on track! I did this workout at Anytime Fitness in Chilliwack. All you need is a set of dumbbells and your own rockin’ body! Warm up: 5 minutes (I did skipping, high knees, and trunk rotations) Workout: 5 exercises. 50 seconds on, 10 seconds rest. 60 seconds after each round. 4 rounds. Exercises:
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