January 2013

Exercises to Bring Out Your Inner Kid!

Written by Staff Writer - Posted on 5 January 2013

Make exercise fun and become a big kid again!

Remember your monkey bar days? Exercise can be that fun, it’s true…

Remember the days when you used cute, colourful plastic plates for your veggies and always had recess to run wild in the playground? I’d lying if I said I didn’t miss them sometimes, especially in the middle of a workout! Back then, working out wasn’t called “working out.” It was just play time in the great outdoors! Now, exercise is all too often a series of boring, mind-numbing repetitions and staring blankly ahead at the next machine in your gym routine!

Well, maybe we can’t completely lose the repetitions but the exercises can be more fun than the average push up! Jay Cardiello of Shape Magazine shares hi top five exercise moves that will have you feeling like a scampering young’un in 5 Exercises to Make You Feel Like a Kid Again!

Remember, fitness can be fun and if the whim hits you, grab a friend, go to the park and frolic like nobody’s watching!

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To Camp or Not to Camp

Written by Staff Writer - Posted on 4 January 2013

Spring Time Activities: Camping & Hiking

It definitely feels like Spring out there but is it too early to head into the great outdoors?

As we enter into the month of April, Vancouver is experiencing one of its best starts to Spring that its had in several years. While we can only hope that the sun continues to shine on the Lower Mainland, the sunny days open up a whole new realm of activities that many of us put aside last Fall as soon as the clouds (and rain) rolled in.

One of my favourie outdoor activities, that I don’t get to do nearly enough, is camping. I love the chance to spend an entire weekend outdoors and go for walks, hikes and the occasional swim. However, I’m one of those people who is always (and I mean always) cold. So, I’ve been grappling with the question: is it too early to head into the great outdoors for a weekend trip?

I turned down an opportunity to go this past weekend, thinking I’d been freezing throughout the whole trip – I mean, it was still March! But, as the gorgeous Vancouver weekend drew to a close, I found myself feeling as though I’d missed out.

So, I leave the question to you PGX’ers: Is March/April too soon to camp?

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Fitness Trend: Dancer’s Body Workout

Written by Staff Writer - Posted on 3 January 2013

It’s Friday and we’re talking fitness!

Get that long, lean and scultped look of a dancer’s body with this Friday’s Fitness Trend!

I’ve got good news for you and me! We don’t need to be a professional dancer to look as sculpted, long, lean and toned like one! Today’s Friday Fitness Trend is from the creator of Barre 3 , Sadie Lincoln: the Ballet Boot Camp Challenge. This challenge consists of exercises that will work out all the muscles in your body, incorporating techniqes from yoga, Pilates, light weight workouts, and barre work, and combining them with cardio. What I love most is that you don’t have to leave the comfort of your own home to proceed with this challenge!

This type of dance-inspired exercise routine helps strengthen core muscles, pull in your waist, trim and tone legs and arms, and firm the gluteus maximus (now who doesn’t want that?)! Basically, these exercises emulate the work muscles would do if you were doing pli?s, ballanc?s and arabesques but without the pain of pointe shoes! This workout can also help straighten posture and that alone has its many benefits! It’s the exercise method where “ballet meets yoga and pilates,” to help strengthen and lengthen the body.

So if you always wanted to have the figure of a ballerina but didn’t feel coordinated enough, this might be the workout for you (and me!). It’ll take some work but I know you can do it 😉

Have a fabulous weekend! Dance and get your daily fibre!

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Join the PGX Health Challenge!

Written by Staff Writer - Posted on 1 January 2013

If you live in Burlington, ON, take the PGX Health Challenge from now until February 15th!

Join Cedar Springs Sports Racquet and Fitness Club and enter the PGX Health Challenge today.

If you are a memeber of Cedar Springs Sports Racquet and Fitness Club in Burlington, Ontario, sign up for the PGX Health Challenge and start achieving your weight loss goals today! Not a member? There’s no better time to join!*

After joing the PGX Health Challenge, points are awarded for working out, taking PGX, losing weight and losing body fat percent. Challenge runs from January 1st to February 15th, 2013.

*You must be a member of Cedar Springs Sports Racquet and Fitness in order to enter the PGX Health Challenge. New memebers are welcome!

UPDATE: PGX Health Challenge extended till February 28th! Draw for prizes March 2nd!

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