Training
The gym is fully kitted, the t-shirts are printed, and the inaugural workout has taken place — meaning that the StrengthBox is ready for opening! We hope to see some of you in the Toronto area, so feel free to drop a line or arrange to stop by for a tour.
Continue reading about Natural Movement and StrengthBox Workouts
Today marked a turning point. A dream that has been in the back of my mind for some time is finally becoming reality! Together with partners Howie Tse and Liz McGurrin, we are planning the opening of our own training space in East York, Toronto. And we feel that it’s going to be nothing short of fantastic!
How hard can it be? Well, now that I’m EXPERIENCED, it’s not hard at all. And I got plenty of experience last Christmas making my first medicine ball, and if you haven’t read my post on that particular gem of an evening, I suggest you do it right now. It’s worth the effort and you’ll learn everything not to do in the meantime.
This weekend, Erwan Le Corre was in town to do two one-day MovNat seminars in Oakville at Total Balance Fitness. Having had the opportunity to train with Erwan in West Virginia this summer, I was anxious to see how he would train and coach in an indoor environment. After all, I had collected enough scratches, scrapes and thorns in West Virginia to completely associate natural movement with nature in the raw. How do you take that experience inside?
Continue reading about MovNat revisited: the Toronto clinics
Once you add kettlebells to your workout, it’s hard to go without them. They’re inexpensive, completely portable, and hard to beat for developing core strength, power, stamina, endurance, and overall coordination. They can be used for size and strength programs (typical 5×5 routines) or in longer metabolic conditioning circuits like the one above.
Continue reading about Run, Swing, Clean and Press: Kettlebells and Running!
It’s no secret that our caveman ancestors must have done a few things right. After all, they allowed more than 99% of their genes to be successfully passed along to modern man. Their lifestyle formed the basis for our current genetic blueprint; one that was adapted for diet, activities and environmental conditions that existed for hundreds of thousands of years. If you find yourself pondering all things paleo, it’s because we are perfectly adapted for life as a hunter-gatherer.
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