One of my newer clients wrote me a new review on Yelp! I have to admit, the first time I read it I almost teared up.
You can check it out here:
http://www.yelp.ca/biz/kko-fitness-toronto#hrid:frwKmZC_TNuVHdUEUJZFsw
One of my newer clients wrote me a new review on Yelp! I have to admit, the first time I read it I almost teared up.
You can check it out here:
http://www.yelp.ca/biz/kko-fitness-toronto#hrid:frwKmZC_TNuVHdUEUJZFsw
Baked Eggs in a Turkey Basket I was going to start this recipe with one of a dozen or so awful egg puns I had thought up, instead I'll skip the fowl humour and get straight to business.
Do you enjoy hard boiled eggs? Does their perfect protein packed oval shape please you? Do you also like turkey? What about green things?
These little guys are a great portable snack or on-the-go breakfast option.
Meet your new best friend:
What you do:
So, as a "health and fitness professional" I get asked a lot of questions regarding health and fitness. A lot of these questions come from well-intentioned curiosity and a lot of these questions are a by-product of the relentless stream of "health-fat-loss-fitness-toning-trouble-spots-low-carb-bootcamp-Jillian-Michaels "nonsense that constantly bombards us on TV, in magazines, and on the interweb. "My Nike Trainer app tells me I should be doing 20-30 reps of everything?"
"If I lift heavy weights, I'll bulk up and look like Arnold in the 70s."
"Cardio and salad are the best way to get ready for summer."
"Really, it's the healthiest diet I've ever been on. I only eat things from a straw." (the-horrible-new-diet-that-totally-stinks)
Sound familiar?
Here are the top fitness myths I would like to see die, forever.
1. Women should not lift weights heavier than 12 pounds. Further, women should abstain from: deadlifts, Olympic lifts, barbell squats, bench pressing etc.
This is the biggest crock ever.
Reasons why weight training is in everyone's (but especially women's) best interest:
According to Tufts University, the two leading predictors of lifespan are: How much leanbody mass you maintain over the course of your lifetime. How strong you are.
2. Cardio is the best way to lose fat. In fact, running gets you fit.
3. If you fall of the wagon of your (no-carb, no sugar, no solid food, all grapefruit) super restrictive diet, you are a bad person and your body is broken.
4.But I want to lengthen and tone my muscles, not bulk up.
All genders are guilty of this irrational fear mongering. When people tell me they want to "tone or lengthen" I sigh internally and try to explain what they're looking for is fat loss, not toning. Strong and lean = healthy, functional and less disease prone.
The best way to get lean is to get strong. And we do that by lifting weights. Properly, with respect for the generations of strength coaches and athletes that came before us.