TOP 5 REASONS TO GET A PERSONAL TRAINER: PERSONAL TIME CONSTRAINTS COMMITMENT RESULTS KNOWLEDGE MOTIVATION All around Vancouver there are fit people running, biking, swimming, kayaking and just being the most dang fit city in North America! Look around, whether it is the beach-side path in Kitsilano or across the water in the mountains of […]
Fitness tracking is not new! ‘Back in the day’ there were books you could buy that supplied programs (for running, weightlifting, cycling, etc) and gave you charts to track your progress… with a pen!!! But as we moved out of the era of the chisel and stone and into […]
On May 9th the Rep1 Fitness Raptors took to the trails in Golden Ears. An amazing, sunny day saw 20 Raptors busting their butts and enjoying the 9km or 14km courses. Highlights of the day: Morgan K doing her first trail run race! Gui Spiteri rolling in at 49 min on the 9 km course […]
If you are a gym rat and have been for the past decade, you’ve noticed a change in the gym. People have been starting to use this weird roller and grimacing while sitting on it. You are probably aware of the name of this practice: foam rolling or self myo-fascial release (SMR). But why are […]
STOP WORKING OUT!! Yes you! You over-caffeinated, push-yourself-to-the-limit, closet A-type personality, fitness disaster-in-waiting. Stop it! Is this a weird thing for a personal trainer to say? Not really, and here’s why… We all love to push ourselves to the limit, in life, in fitness and in the gym. But we seem to forget about the […]
The Why and How of Proper Chin Ups There is nothing more impressive in a gym than a person who can rip off perfect chin ups and make it look easy. If you have spent time in a fitness facility it is something we have all struggled with at one point. The jealousy of someone […]
First time for everything! Here we are in Impact Magazine! We look forward to having a great relationship with them in the future.
OK….September is here! We are all back to our busy schedules and fitness routines, hopefully we have kept up our training, or, at the very least stayed active on our summer holidays. Thankfully I have kept up with my “in gym” training sessions, my shoulder is feeling great and I’m back playing hockey and football […]
Laura had tons of things on her plate leading up to her wedding… including getting her masters! But she did a strong push in her workouts leading up the big day and the results paid off; as you can see by the photos. Laura rocks her workouts Monday nights with her sister Brooke (in one […]
A bigger shadow of my former self went up Cypress mountain yesterday. My legs have been in a funk for over a year and every time I road on them they just hurt. Period. Yesterday was the first time in a long time where they haven’t ‘hurt’!!! But man am I slow… I think the […]
Check out the video… Personal training Rep1 Fitness style. This was a good representation of us on a Friday morning. By Christmas we will be bigger, better and more badass than ever!!! Who wants to join in the fun?? Click the link below!! Rep1 Friday Mornings
I do have to say that one of the great things about being a personal trainer is that you get used to getting up early. On Sunday mornings when most are still a sleep my alarm rings at 4:45 am. Yes you read it correctly 4:45, I am on the rode by 5:30 and it […]