by Coach Mauricio | Jan 9, 2023 | Blog
Since the pandemic, exercising at home is the way to go for a lot of people for many reasons. But motivation to exercise at home is particularly challenging because it’s the same place you… do everything else you do at home. If your goal is health-related, you...
by Coach Mauricio | Jan 6, 2023 | Blog
It’s that time of the year again. That time where you get saturated with fitspiration and shaming about your body and the holidays, and how now is time to repent. Just change your mindset; just try harder; stop making excuses; work the problem; just take action. How...
by Coach Sarah, FNP-BC, MSN | May 1, 2022 | Blog
What is your earliest memory of a chia seed? Mine is purchasing one of those fancy chia and kombucha combo beverages and the sensation of the slimy, weird, chewy seeds interrupting the liquid of my favourite fermented beverage. So, not altogether a positive...
by Coach Sarah, FNP-BC, MSN | Mar 9, 2022 | Blog
The world of fitness is fraught with all kinds of protein variations of your favourite carby sweet thing. They promise to taste delicious, but still let you get the gains. Pancakes are one of the most common things that people try to juice up with protein, adding...
by Coach Sarah, FNP-BC, MSN | Mar 6, 2022 | Blog
I’ve always been a little weird about lentils. I like them when I’ve had them, but grew up in a house where they weren’t often on the menu and I’ve developed this irrational fear that I don’t know how to cook them. They also tend to take...
by Coach Mauricio | Oct 13, 2021 | Blog
I see so many saying that stress can cause you glucose numbers to not go down, I feel like I’m stressing so much over this and that is sabotaging my numbers. I’ve cut carbs and sugars. I do 30 mins of cardio 5 days a week and I’m starting to do strength training...
by Coach Sarah, FNP-BC, MSN | Oct 7, 2021 | Blog
Protein is a critical part of a healthy diet, it is essential to building and repairing muscle, and is a foundational building block in hormones. It also has the added bonus of making you feel full. When appropriately added to meals and snacks can be very helpful,...
by Coach Mauricio | Sep 29, 2021 | Blog
Walking vs. Weightlifting? Which one has the greater overall benefit or return on investment (ROI)? This is a question that came up recently as it pertains to managing Prediabetes, for which exercise plays a unique role with blood sugar control. While it is tempting...
by Coach Mauricio | Sep 2, 2021 | Blog
In April 2015, I was diagnosed as prediabetic, having a hemoglobin A1c just above the 5.6% threshold. I found this result shocking at the time, because I was 32 and had otherwise been in the best fitness shape of my life, recently competing in the 2014 and 2013 CF...
by Coach Mauricio | Jun 30, 2021 | Blog
I’ve been spending some time recently thinking about your journey. When I say you, I mean all the different people I have spent significant time helping, and their respective journeys. It’s your unique journey, but to generalize it from a coaching perspective, we call...