Exercise and Women's Health
written by Gisele Tennant, PhD; Chair, AFLCA Board of Directors, AFLCA Trainer of Trainers “…despite the ...
Read full storywritten by Gisele Tennant, PhD; Chair, AFLCA Board of Directors, AFLCA Trainer of Trainers “…despite the ...
Read full storyThe human body was made to move. Each week our information-heavy, tech-savvy, but problematically sedentary culture provides more creative ...
Read full storyThis article was written by Michelle Berg, NAIT PFT, Provincial Fitness Unit program coordinator, and first appeared in ...
Read full story‘Twas time for my annual physical, and as I was sitting waiting for my Doctor to enter the room ...
Read full storyThe days of kicking the tires to assess a new car may be long gone, but we all still ...
Read full storyHow do we measure health? Is a number on the scale the most reliable way to determine how healthy we are? Scientists and exercise professionals ...
Read full storyArticle written by Michelle Berg, AFLCA Group Exercise and Resistance Trainer with mind/body and portable equipment accreditations, Read full story
Active Healthy Kids Canada has released its 2014 report on active children in Canada, and the results are not ...
Read full storyExertion-related rhabdomyolysis—aka “rhabdo” —is a condition that is becoming a concern among the general public with the ...
Read full storyA recent Fact Sheet from Alberta Health Services’ Diabetes, Obesity and Nutrition Strategic Clinical Network provides an overview of obesity in Alberta. (See link ...
Read full storyby Dr. Tish Doyle-Baker, Faculty of Kinesiology and Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Alberta, as published in the winter 2014 Fitness Informer Read full story
By Dr. Tish Doyle-Baker, clinical exercise physiologist and doctor of public health, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, as ...
Read full storyKeeping children physically active in their youth can have a lasting impact for the rest of their lives. In ...
Read full storyIt has long been understood that physical activity can help mitigate the destructive effects of aging on our muscles. ...
Read full storyThey’re simple, heavy spheres with handles. They’re portable and affordable. They have a mysterious past shrouded in the mystique ...
Read full storyDid you know that Canadians spend almost 2,000 hours on the job each year? For many people, work is ...
Read full storyA recent study published in November, 2013 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine followed 3,500 healthy people ...
Read full storyDrugs or exercise: is that the question? Researchers based at the London School of Economics, and Harvard Pilgrim Health ...
Read full storyFitdirectory.ca is a registry of exercise professionals in Alberta who have met provincial and national standards. Administered by the ...
Read full storyTraining with heavy weights or explosive motions may intuitively have less in common with the demands of running, but, ...
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