We are getting close to that time of year again…an abundance of fresh local produce!
Sometimes it can be hard to know exactly what to look for to guarantee freshness and also ways to prevent spoilage before you get to enjoy it! I have put together some of my top tips for choosing, storing, and freezing local produce so you can enjoy it while in season and all year round.
Recent evidence suggests that static stretching immediately before activity decreases performance and may actually increase injury risk. This is in sharp contrast to the predominant thought leading up to this time that static stretching was an essential part of a performance enhancement and injury-reduction pre-training routine. A study (2009) specifically focusing on golfing found:
Over the past year many people have made the transition to working from home. Dropping the daily commute and wearing business casual sweat pants to work are just some of the perks, but what happens when working from home impacts sleep? Sleep and quality of sleep are two of the key factors that determine overall health. The lack of sleep has been proven to…
The golf season is just around the corner. This workshop aims to help bring the most out of your early season game. If you haven’t been as diligent as you would have liked performing your off-season golf fitness routine, don’t despair; there is still time to prepare your body for the upcoming season. This workshop will give you
Does any of this sound familiar to you: feeling “hangry “ when you miss meals, anxiousness/nervous feelings are relieved by eating, you crave sugar, bread, or alcohol regularly, you have a hard time concentrating or staying on task, you have trouble sleeping through the night, frequent headaches, frequent “midnight snacking” - or any late-night eating, dizzy or fainting spells throughout the day? If you are reading this and saying YES! to any of these, the issue may…
As the days start to get longer and warmer many people start to experience the drive to “get healthy” and get moving again. I hate to break it to you, but you are a year older than you were last year, so it might not be as easy just to jump back into your old routine. Here are some tips to help you get back into an exercise routine and avoid injury.
Originally daylight savings was implemented to make better use of daylight and conserve energy. The first recorded time change in Canada occurred in Thunder Bay in 1908. Many people report a transient disruption in sleep quality during the adjustment of the time change, a study published in 2020 actually demonstrated a number of adverse health side effects observed from the time change.
