Blog Posts
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Are you suffering from COVID fatigue?
If you’re finding it hard to keep up with COVID precautions, you might be feeling ‘COVID fatigue’. If so, you’re not alone. After nearly ten months of hand washing, staying home, avoiding family/friends and even disinfecting around our house, who can blame you. I know I have let things slip. After months of daily disinfecting…
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Viewing Obesity as a Chronic Disease
Asthma, diabetes and cancer. They’re all chronic diseases. But what about obesity? Is it a disease, or something else? According to the American Medical Association and the Canadian Medical Association it is. But not everyone feels that way. The American Heart Association lists obesity as a behaviour (although this may change). At first glance, the…
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Not Everyone Has the Same Response to Exercise
Ever try the same thing as someone else and get different results? A friend gives you a recipe and you follow it to the letter. But your bread, casserole or soup just doesn’t turn out the exact same way. Perhaps your blender doesn’t mix as fast, or your oven temperature isn’t quite accurate. It couldn’t…
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Health Benefits of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
We’re all wanting to do more in less time. And exercise is no different. We often use a lack of time as a reason not to exercise. Or try to figure out how to squeeze a full workout in between other obligations while still getting the benefits. But what if you could exercise less and…
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How to Stay Healthy Working from Home
This pandemic has led to a lot of us working from home. A transition that will likely stick around for many of us even when workplaces open up. There are definite benefits to working from home (no commute, greater flexibility, shaving less) but there are also a number of downsides, which can affect your health.…
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Should I use a mask for exercise?
With regions re-opening many people are eager to get back to their local gym, park or community centre. As a result, the question of whether one should wear a mask for exercise has gained significant attention. In some areas, masks are mandatory in all indoor public spaces. And recently, Hong Kong mandated masks to be…