Flex Fitness

Being awesome can be as easy as telling yourself that you are!

The physical health aspects of walking a lot, consistently, cannot be overstated. The mental-health aspects are largely underrated. I love and swear by weight training each and every day, but walking is a great part of my daily 'movement maintenance,' as I like to call it.

Walk your way to good health The 10,000-step threshold is very real. It’s been said by others smarter than I that walking 10,000 steps a day is a barometer for good health, solid weight management and overall good feelings. I started joining this club regularly in 2010, when I was managing four community weeklies in two langu...

Summer is coming and it is important to keep space now for your exercise routine. Your summer -- and your life -- will be sooooooo much better. Promise!

Make the most of your summer by planning your workouts ahead of time With just a few weeks left until the carefree first few days of summer are upon us, it’s important that some of our habits remain the same even if the weather is more pleasant and the possibility of increased social occasions beckon. For those of you who have been working out regularly to this poi...

Can't afford the time to exercise? You can't afford NOT to.

Can't afford to work out? You can't afford NOT to! My year without sugar is almost six months old. It’s not much of a challenge anymore to eschew cookies, treats and candy in favor of other, more healthy and balanced options. In fact, the more I practice my willpower, the greater it becomes and the easier it is to resist the impulses that go with ...

Joy, hope and optimism. What's NOT to like about getting into the gym on a sunny holiday Monday?

The joy, hope and optimism of working out on sunny holiday Mondays Movement Mondays are here! It’s one day past the long weekend Monday, so you know what that means, don’t you? I love the May long weekend, whether you call it Victoria Day, Journee des Patriotes or Community Day – none of that matters to me. What does, in fact matter to me is the idea that it....

The power of gratitude is incredible. Now, I have some delightful wall art for branding on my business. Thanks, Media!

The power of gratitude I am incredibly grateful for so much in my life. There’s a song by The Indigo Girls that has a line in it that has always resonated with me and it’s from the song Closer to Fine, a lovely singalong song that says at one point ‘darkness has a hunger that’s insatiable and lightness has a call ...

Today we are busting weight-room myths and showing off what five months without sugar can look like. I am no longer ashamed of my body and that has taken so much work -- physically and emotionally.

Busting weight-room myths The medium is the message. Marshall McLuhan said that, and I didn’t really understand what that meant until I was a little older and started to understand how what we do daily impacts our lives in ways we can’t possibly hope to understand. So, daily, I preach the restorative and therapeutic effe...

We can help you, teach you, guide you, support you, be there for you, answer your questions and show you how to eat and exercise to improve your body and by extension, your heart, mind and soul.
But you have to step into the gym.

Five months into my year without sugar, I am courageous enough to post a shirtless photo again.

This is a monumental occasion. Last fall I was 65 pounds heavier, couldn't get up and down stairs and felt at times like an old person who was just waiting to die. Now, my quality of life has improved so dramatically, my outlook has changed and my eating is mindful -- and I'm no longer living in fear.

It's SO GOOD. I am supremely grateful I get to do this each and every day.

Perspective is everything, no? So, part of my healing journey throughout this last six months has been the realization that, for most of my life, my self-esteem was very, ery low. I had been conditioned from childhood – for whatever reason – that I was too loud, too noisy, too emotional and too…everything. I have internaliz...

The secret to getting abs How do you get abs? It’s a big secret – and I can tell you what the answer is. It’s not more crunches or more abdominal exercises. It’s not doing a longer plank or some secret pill that you can take. It’s none of those things. How might we finally discover those fine abdominal muscles hidi...