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I once ran the Montreal in 3:30.

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Can you balance a daily beer with a daily workout? 🍺💪

YouTuber Kyle Brown put this to the test, lifting weights and drinking every day for 90 days to see if fitness can truly offset the booze.

Surprisingly, he ended the challenge stronger, with more muscle and less body fat. The secret? It wasn't the beer—it was his unwavering consistency in the gym. While the science still cautions against alcohol, Kyle’s experiment shows it can have a place in a healthy lifestyle if you’re strategic about it.

How to stay on track while enjoying a drink:

🔹 The "Zebra Stripe": Match every alcoholic drink with a glass of water to stay hydrated.
🔹 Watch the Clock: Drink earlier in the day to avoid ruining your sleep quality.
🔹 Smart Swaps: Trade empty snack calories for your beer and prioritize your protein intake.
🔹 Know Your Limit: Stick to 1–2 drinks rather than letting one turn into five.

The Bottom Line: You don’t have to be perfect to see progress. If you’re training hard, sleeping well, and staying disciplined, you can still enjoy the things you love.

As Canada celebrates Black History Month the time has never been better to honour the legacies that “Army” Howard and Harry Jerome left to our country, on the track and off.

These outstanding black athletes challenged the discrimination of their times and serve as role models to Canadian youth on the power of believing in yourself.
Canada’s first black Olympian, John “Army” Howard, and his grandchildren, Olympians Harry and Valerie Jerome, leave a legacy of courage to all Canadians.
While the name John Armstrong “Army” Howard may not be familiar to most Canadians, perhaps it should be.

The Winnipeg-raised First World War veteran dominated Canadian sprinting from 1912 to1915. Not only does Howard appear to be Canada’s first black Olympian, he passed on his passion for running to his grandchildren, Olympians Harry and Valerie Jerome.
Howard was born on Oct. 6, 1888. Trained as a mechanic, the tall handsome athlete eventually made his mark on the Canadian scene as a sprinter. Howard easily qualified for the 1912 Olympics held in Sweden, but the path to Stockholm was not smooth. The playing field that was Canadian society in the 1910s was far from level for black Canadians.

“My grandfather headed off to Stockholm enveloped in controversy,” said Ms. Jerome, noting for example the Olympic sprinting team’s coach, Walter Knox, described Howard to the press as outspoken and disobedient. She added that when the Canadian Olympic team mustered in Montreal before setting sail for Stockholm, Howard was barred from staying at the same hotel as the white athletes. In addition, when traveling by boat to Sweden, he was not allowed to eat in the dining room with his white teammates.

In Stockholm, a stomach ailment ultimately derailed Howard’s medal hopes.

Ironically, observed his granddaughter Valerie, all three medal winners of his events had been beaten by Howard at track meets just prior to the 1912 Olympics.
He came back in full force at the Canadian Outdoor Championships in 1913, winning all of his races. Howard also showed his athletic abilities as a catcher for the Crescent Creamery Baseball Club in Winnipeg.

Howard’s athletic career was cut short by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. He was conscripted into the Canadian Expeditionary Force and began his military service on April 12, 1918, as a private with 1st Depot Battalion, Manitoba Regiment. He served in England, first as a sapper (the Canadian Military Engineers term for those of private rank) with the Canadian Railway Troops, a railway construction unit.

He later transferred to the 11th and 18th Canadian Reserve Battalions, which provided reinforcements for infantry battalions on the continent. Howard ended his deployment with the Canadian Army Medical Corps, most likely serving as a stretcher bearer moving convalescent patients.

In 1920, Howard returned to Canada with his English fiancée Edith Lipscomb and a baby girl who was the first of their three daughters. Married in Winnipeg, the inter-racial couple soon encountered severe prejudice. Valerie Jerome says her grandparents were stoned to drive them out of town when they tried to homestead at Ste. Rose du Lac, north of Winnipeg.

“They didn’t even get their buckboard unloaded and they had this infant daughter with them,” she said.

The Howards finally settled near the Crane River Indian Reserve in Manitoba, though the marriage eventually broke up. The First World War veteran worked as a railway porter and taught boxing until he died of pneumonia in 1937 at the young age of 48.

Howard never got the public acclaim in his lifetime that his accomplishments deserved, but his legacy lives on. He was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2004, and two of his grandchildren, sprinters Harry and Valerie Jerome, were also Olympic competitors.

Harry Jerome’s story bears some striking similarities to his grandfather’s, both in his athletic success and the racist attitudes he encountered. As multi-talented as Howard, Mr. Jerome turned down an offer to play with the Montreal Alouettes football club. He set seven world sprinting records and competed in all three Olympic Games in the 1960s, earning a bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1964 games.

Despite this success, Valerie Jerome said her brother often faced heavy criticism in the press, particularly when he had to withdraw from the 1960 Olympics 100 metres semi-finals due to a potentially career-ending injury.

Sadly, as his grandfather, Harry Jerome also died young, succumbing in 1982 to a brain aneurism at 42. Mr. Jerome was awarded the Officer of the Order of Canada in 1971 and a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2001. Mr. Jerome’s accomplishments are also remembered by organizations like the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA), which holds annual Harry Jerome Awards celebrating outstanding achievements in the African-Canadian community.

The BBPA also offers the Harry Jerome Scholarship Fund, providing financial support to African-Canadian youth pursuing higher education. B.C. Athletics offers its own Harry Jerome Scholarship Award for post-secondary education, given to an applicant in financial need with promise in athletics and showing leadership qualities.

Asked what traits her grandfather and her brother may have shared, Ms. Jerome answered, “I think they both had a lot of self-confidence. They had a lot of courage. They went beyond the limits of what they were expected to do.🇨🇦🎖

How are you all doing with your 2026 resolutions?🥛💪

🧂
"SALT.. The most misunderstood life topic we have!

We have been told for decades that salt is dangerous, that salt causes high blood pressure and that salt is something to beware of.

That's one of the biggest lies in modern nutrition.

The truth is simple, brutal and uncomfortable, without salt you die.. Not figuratively but literally!

What salt actually is..?!

Salt is not a spice, not a choice and salt is not a flavor..

Salt is sodium chloride and sodium is one of the body's absolutely most important minerals!

Sodium is not decoration, it's electricity, it's nerve signal, it's muscle contraction, it's fluid balance, it's blood volume, it's the function of the brain and it's the rhythm of the heart..

Every thought you think, every step you take, every heartbeat you take and every breath you take..
Everything is powered by electrolytes and sodium is the king of them all.

The question is, why does the body need salt..

The body does not function like a machine that just runs itself, it functions as an electrical system in a wet environment and without enough sodium this happens.

Nerve signals become weak, muscles cramp, blood pressure drops.. You get dizzy, you get tired, you lose focus, you lose energy, you lose stability, you lose zest for life and finally you collapse..

This is not theory, this is physiology!

But, where does salt come from, really..

Salt is not a modern invention, salt is older than civilization.

It's coming from two places..

The sea!

Where all life was once born and where our blood still reflects the same mineral composition..

Urbergs and salt mines!

Mineralized seas from ancient times, locked in the earth for millions of years.

And when you take real salt, sea salt or mountain salt, you are literally taking urine mineral from the earth's childhood.

It's not "spice", it's geology that has become biology..

What comes with real salt..?

To begin with, refined table salt is a joke,
It is chemically cleaned until only sodium chloride remains, it is completely dead, empty and isolated. In other words as far from natural it can come.

Real salt, on the other hand, contains magnesium, potassium, calcium, zinc, iron, traces of iodine, traces of selenium, traces of manganese. Not in mega doses, but in biologically relevant quantities! Exactly the way nature has always delivered minerals, together, in a natural interaction!

That's why the body recognizes it and that's why it works!

Why salt got a bad name is not because salt is dangerous, but because junk food is dangerous!

When you eat ultra-processed food, you are getting refined salt, refined sugar, refined oils, chemicals, empty energy and inflammation.

And then you blame the salt, not the system that destroyed the food!

And it's something like blaming car accidents on the seat belt!

The man without salt is not strong, he is dehydrated.

All while the new religion says..

“Drink more water. " "Eat less salt. ”

The result then..??

People walk around flooded but poor in minerals, the water spills out electrolytes, the body loses pressure, the nerves lose signal, the muscles lose power and you call it all from fatigue, stress and burnout ".

Oh no! It is often just a mineral deficiency in a nice suit.

Truth without filter..

Salt is not the enemy, salt is a cornerstone.

It's not salt that hurts people, it's..

Sugar, seed oils, processed foods, mineral deficiencies, insulin resistance and chronic inflammation.

Salt only becomes scapegoat when the system does not want to take responsibility.

Bottom line, salt is not dangerous, salt is life.

No salt, no signal.
Without signal, no movement.
Without motion, there is no life.

So the next time someone says salt is the problem
do you know the truth and the problem is not that we have too much salt.

The problem is that we have too little reality, especially in our diets!

Source of it... "SALT.. The most misunderstood life topic we have!

We have been told for decades that salt is dangerous, that salt causes high blood pressure and that salt is something to beware of.

That's one of the biggest lies in modern nutrition.

The truth is simple, brutal and uncomfortable, without salt you die.. Not figuratively but literally!

What salt actually is..?!

Salt is not a spice, not a choice and salt is not a flavor..

Salt is sodium chloride and sodium is one of the body's absolutely most important minerals!

Sodium is not decoration, it's electricity, it's nerve signal, it's muscle contraction, it's fluid balance, it's blood volume, it's the function of the brain and it's the rhythm of the heart..

Every thought you think, every step you take, every heartbeat you take and every breath you take..
Everything is powered by electrolytes and sodium is the king of them all.

The question is, why does the body need salt..

The body does not function like a machine that just runs itself, it functions as an electrical system in a wet environment and without enough sodium this happens.

Nerve signals become weak, muscles cramp, blood pressure drops.. You get dizzy, you get tired, you lose focus, you lose energy, you lose stability, you lose zest for life and finally you collapse..

This is not theory, this is physiology!

But, where does salt come from, really..

Salt is not a modern invention, salt is older than civilization.

It's coming from two places..

The sea!

Where all life was once born and where our blood still reflects the same mineral composition..

Urbergs and salt mines!

Mineralized seas from ancient times, locked in the earth for millions of years.

And when you take real salt, sea salt or mountain salt, you are literally taking urine mineral from the earth's childhood.

It's not "spice", it's geology that has become biology..

What comes with real salt..?

To begin with, refined table salt is a joke,
It is chemically cleaned until only sodium chloride remains, it is completely dead, empty and isolated. In other words as far from natural it can come.

Real salt, on the other hand, contains magnesium, potassium, calcium, zinc, iron, traces of iodine, traces of selenium, traces of manganese. Not in mega doses, but in biologically relevant quantities! Exactly the way nature has always delivered minerals, together, in a natural interaction!

That's why the body recognizes it and that's why it works!

Why salt got a bad name is not because salt is dangerous, but because junk food is dangerous!

When you eat ultra-processed food, you are getting refined salt, refined sugar, refined oils, chemicals, empty energy and inflammation.

And then you blame the salt, not the system that destroyed the food!

And it's something like blaming car accidents on the seat belt!

The man without salt is not strong, he is dehydrated.

All while the new religion says..

“Drink more water. " "Eat less salt. ”

The result then..??

People walk around flooded but poor in minerals, the water spills out electrolytes, the body loses pressure, the nerves lose signal, the muscles lose power and you call it all from fatigue, stress and burnout ".

Oh no! It is often just a mineral deficiency in a nice suit.

Truth without filter..

Salt is not the enemy, salt is a cornerstone.

It's not salt that hurts people, it's..

Sugar, seed oils, processed foods, mineral deficiencies, insulin resistance and chronic inflammation.

Salt only becomes scapegoat when the system does not want to take responsibility.

Bottom line, salt is not dangerous, salt is life.

No salt, no signal.
Without signal, no movement.
Without motion, there is no life.

So the next time someone says salt is the problem
do you know the truth and the problem is not that we have too much salt.

The problem is that we have too little reality, especially in our diets!

Source of it... "

As 2025 comes to a close remember this...
The best resolution isn’t a promise — it’s a practice.
Carry discipline, movement, and purpose into the year ahead.

Wishing everyone a great new year 2026! 🥂✨️🎈

Last call for shopping tomorrow from 12:00 to 5:00 before our Holliday closing.🎅

Nous sommes ouvert jusqu'au 24th Décembre 17:00!🎁🧑‍🎄

We are opened until the 24th 5:00 pm!🎅🎄

Don't forget that summer bodies are made in the winter. We are here to help you since 1986.
Name it we have it!

He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything.💪

Happy Birthday to the Action Legends Dolph Lundgren & Jean-Claude Van Damme 🎂🥊✨💪
🥊 Dolph Lundgren
From his unforgettable debut as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV 🥊 to roles in Universal Soldier, The Expendables, and Aquaman, Dolph embodies intelligence, strength, and longevity — not only a martial artist and actor, but also a scholar and director. 🎬💪
🥋 Jean-Claude Van Damme (JCVD)
The Muscles from Brussels 💪 — master of martial arts and star of classics like Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Universal Soldier, and Timecop. Known for his iconic splits, fighting spirit, and heartfelt charisma, JCVD brought emotion to action cinema like no other. 🌀🔥

swimming, track and field, and weightlifting... What are your toughs? 🏊‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏋️‍♀️