Category: physical activity
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What will 2021 mean to you?
The New Year is a time of reflection, looking back at the past with an eye to the future. No matter what year we’ve had, we usually look forward to the new one being better. It’s human nature to want to strive for more. And that couldn’t be truer this year than any other time…
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The Importance of a Warm-Up and Cool-Down
Regular exercise is an important part of maintaining health, improving quality of life and preventing disease. Guidelines for physical activity are great for saying how much exercise you should do and at what intensity. But what’s commonly left out is the importance of warming up and cooling down, and how you should do that. The…
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Snow shovelling: Good exercise or deadly activity?
With shorter nights and winter coming, many of us can expect the snow to be falling soon (if not already). Winter is a great time to enjoy a different set of outdoor activities such as skiing, snowshoeing, skating and tobogganing. Many of us will also have to spend some time getting out a shovel and…
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What is the best exercise for you?
As an exercise professional I’m often asked what is the best exercise? If you search Google, you’ll get page after page of articles highlighting one, or a small number of exercises, as if any single activity is superior to the rest. But there are literally a limitless range of exercises you can do. And each…