So I’ve been training for FemSport and I’ve been extremely sore (my calves hurt for 3 days). I was talking with one of my friends about muscle soreness and pain and he said to try the foam roller. Well I’ve always been skeptical about the foam roller, what can a little piece of foam really [...]
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Fem Sport – #2
It’s been just over a month since my last post and since I first started my training for Fem Sport. It’s definitely been an interesting month! Christmas certainly presented it’s challenges with food choices and finding the time to workout. I am happy to say that while my eating perhaps was not the GREATEST, it could [...]
Fem Sport
This week I decided to compete in the upcoming Fem Sport competition taking place in March ’09. This will be my first of a series of posts as I move forward in my training. This is the first time since playing high school sports that I have trained for anything specific and am really looking [...]
From Big and Big to big, ripped and athletic – Sebastian’s Workout Journal
I am posting my workout routine for people to critique. I have made some slight adjustments as i found the volume to be very overwhelming the first day. I will be posting in here as i make my progress and keep myself honest of the work i have or haven’t invested in myself.Let me know [...]
Best time to train?
Here’s an artice I found on training times. By : Mike Jesowshek Does it really matter if you workout in the morning, afternoon, or evening? The answer is that it does matter. After reading this please don’t go to your employer and tell them that you quit, because you need to workout at a different [...]
Balance Board Training – My Latest Discovery
So here I am writing this blog while standing on a balance board and I’m totally sold!! I’m a true believer in being well-rounded in my exercise routine so I always like to try everything. Balance boards are something I never paid much attention to. I was reading Rafael’s blog from September 22nd about the Indo Board and decided I would [...]
Inspire Fitness M4 Home Gym Review
If you’ve got the space at home, the absolute best home gym you can purchase is the Inspire M4. This gym is packed full of really cool features that are functional, motivating, and safe. This gym is a true hybrid gym, it’s a functional trainer yet has all the traditional exercise options that you could [...]
Indo Board Balance Trainer for the masses
Want better stability and quicker reflexes. The Indo Board Balance Trainer is such a great product for this. Not only will it optimize your performance in most sports, but also in everyday life. It can be fun way to improve balance, coordination, bring back the motivation in the workouts and give you some serious leg [...]
Fit-Dictionary
There are a lot of words and terms in the fitness world that can be confusing. Here are some definitions and examples of some common health and fitness words. Concentric Contraction: This type of muscle contraction occurs during the lifting phase of any muscle movement when the muscle fibres shorten. When you do a bicep curl, come out [...]
Georgia Straight, Best of Vancouver 2008: Fitness Town voted “Best Fitness Equipment Store”
We’d like to thank everyone for their tremendous support of Fitness Town in this year’s 2008 Best of Vancouver, Georgia Straight reader’s awards. We were picked by you as the “Best Fitness Equipment Stores” in the Vancouver, Lower Mainland. We at Fitness Town appreciate your continued support and look forward to helping all of you make [...]
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