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A Space For All: The Women Of Bodysmith International
In this day and age, it is very important for young athletes to know that they have a place to go to train and not be intimidated and I am proud of the community at Bodysmith for creating just that. A space to be empowered and supported; judged for what your body can accomplish instead…
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Avoiding Workout Fatigue: Why Boring Workouts are the Best Workouts
A few things are going on but lets start with the most important factor; consistency. To see good results with a training program, you need to be consistent. Of course, maintaining good nutrition and giving your body time to adapt to the training program is important but if you are not consistent in your workouts,…
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Is There Really A Hockey Off-season?
In the past few years, I have noticed that the typical off-ice rest period that occurs during the spring and summer off season is being replaced by spring and summer leagues or tournaments, prospect games, and players starting back up skating programs three to four times each week. Essentially, there is a much shorter, or…
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Seed Oils: From Toxic Waste to Staple Ingredient
Through clever marketing hacks, seed oils like Crisco became a staple in the North American diet and a product that was seen as a waste product in the 1860s, became a common table food by the early 1900s.
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Nutrition: The Ultimate Facelift
Do these creams and serums really work, and is giving your hard-earned money to these multi million-dollar beauty companies the best way to maintain healthy and youthful skin? The short answer is no. Your skin is an organ, and like any other organ in your body, it’s health and appearance mainly depend on what you…
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What makes a Superfood “Super”: Imposters vs. the MVPs
The term super food has been utilized by food producers for marketing purposes to sell their food as healthy when, in reality, it may not be that “super”, but where did this start?
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The Truth About Creatine: Good or Bad?
Creatine, this supplement has become the most researched supplement in the history of sports supplements and deemed as one of the safest to use. I am always getting asked if creatine works, or if it is good for you; doesn’t it just retain water in your body?
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Diabetes: A Look Into The Growing Health Epidemic, Part 2
This diet along with my medication did not reverse my diabetes, it only ever managed it, and not very well. My A1C would go from 7.5 to 8 at times. Knowing that type 2 diabetes is high blood sugar, this nutrition would keep me a diabetic for ever.
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20/20 Vision: The Benefits of Sports Vision Therapy
Many athletes believe they have perfect vision because they see 20/20. A standard eye exam measures your visual acuity while looking at a stationary chart, however, the concept of vision is much more complex than that.
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Diabetes: A Look into the Growing Health Epidemic
From 1990 to 2013, there has been an increase of 70% of diabetes cases in the USA. Every 17 seconds someone is diagnosed with diabetes and every 6 seconds, someone dies from the disease. How much longer must this go on before we reverse this epidemic?
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The Truth About Cholesterol
Cholesterol, if you have done any research into dieting, healthy eating or just generally care about your health, you have most definitely heard a lot about this topic. But what exactly Is cholesterol? What is the purpose of it and why, for years, have we heard from doctors and dieticians for that high cholesterol is…
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Time off the Skates: The Benefits of Off-time for Young Athletes
In my 30+ years of experience, there is one sport that this commitment and dedication from not only the athletes, but their parents, stands apart from the rest. I think more than any other sport, hockey is the one that parents really push their children, from an increasingly young age, to pursue and excel at.
