Experiences
We had a fun morning at the StrengthBox this past Monday with Jennifer Valentyne and the Live-Eye crew from Breakfast Television Toronto! A huge thank you to Jennifer for braving a few challenges and to the BT gang for cheering her on back in the studio. There were a few hilarious moments…
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“Paleo Solution” author Robb Wolf was in town last week to deliver one of his awesome road-trip seminars here in Toronto, which he aptly sub-titled “Fad Diet since 3 Million BC!!” It’s always exciting when Robb is in town — he’s part educator, part mentor, part friend and all-round good guy. Once again I had [...]
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What’s more fun that a barrel of monkeys? Why an adult jungle-gym to play on, of course! We’re big fans of climbing, an essential MovNat skill, and we’ve played around with everything in the gym from pull-up bars, climbing walls and even a log that hangs from the ceiling, but our new MovNat climbing platform really does take the prize for all-out fun.
Attempting to represent a modern-day Vitruvian Man was quite the challenge, as da Vinci’s original sketch is based on the Classical concept of ideal human proportions. While I may not be the epitome of his “Canon of Proportions”, the illustration also relates man to nature, and that’s a concept I can certainly identify with. Leonardo believed the workings of the human body to be an analogy for the workings of the entire universe.
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When the temperature drops to an “extreme cold-alert” status, it would seem logical for most to stay indoors. And that was the case for most today in Toronto, as the temperature hit -20°C and the wind-chill made it feel closer to -30. That’s brutally cold.
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Why would I pour a bucket of ice-cold water over my head in the middle of the winter? The concept isn’t as crazy as it sounds, as people have been doing cold water therapy for eons. Reporting benefits of improved circulation, healthier skin, overall vitality, and faster recovery from injuries, people from many cultures still swear by the age-old practice and it is recommended by Russian Systema and other Martial Arts practitioners.
It may be January 1st, but the weather is feeling less like winter. A warm push of air from the south has brought the temperature to a high of 12°C, and has brought light rain showers along the way. Hardly the setting for an icy polar bear dip…except perhaps for a bear caught in the throws of global warming. Nevertheless, it’s become an annual tradition for me, and so for the third year in a row I got sucked into braved the icy waters of Lake Ontario for a cool winter dip.
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Want to get back into shape, work towards a leaner physique, and learn more about natural movement? StrengthBox Beginnings may be for you. It’s a new month-long class that’s being offered three times per week (M-W-F at 7am) at the StrengthBox gym in Toronto that’s designed to get you moving again in a safe, fun and co-operative environment.
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What: Practical Martial Arts and Self-Defense Training — covering the fundamentals of striking, joint manipulations, grappling, locks, throws and submissions.
Where: StrengthBox (#5-45 Cranfield Rd, Toronto, ON)
When: Monday evenings at 8:30pm and Saturdays at 12:00 noon
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My good friend Femi Doyle-Marhsall, hosts a weekly community radio program called “The Pursuit of Fitness” for CHRY 105.5 FM in Toronto. Last month, Femi took the opportunity to interview MovNat founder Erwan LeCorre to get a bit more perspective on his style of training. I met Erwan and Femi at the StrengthBox, an industrial gym in Toronto that specializes in MovNat and natural movement training.
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