4 Tips: Maintain Your Fitness and Still Enjoy the Holidays Hydrate Like Crazy We all know drinking adequate water is important. More so important during the holidays when extra goodies are being handed around. Being hydrated will not only help keep you feeling satiated but can help boost your metabolism and not to mention […]
Scale Won’t Budge? Here’s What To Do Picture this: Your fitness goal is to lose a bit of weight, get a bit stronger and just generally get a bit fitter. Not asking for much right? So with your goals all set, you’ve been consistently working out for a year and half now.. You go to […]
People are rushing to the mountains for a day on the slopes! So fun! So exhilarating! So sore the next day… While we adore our access to winter sports in Vancouver, our bodies can get a bit cranky with a sudden change in activity if we don’t warm them up properly. All it takes is […]
One great way to stay motivated is to find a sport or activity that you enjoy participating in. Running, hiking, cycling, tennis, hockey, basketball or whatever works for you, your abilities and your schedule. This choice works 2 fold 1. The activity itself is an opportunity to burn calories and increase your fitness while getting […]
The Right Breathing Pattern to Optimize your Performance and Fitness: If you have worked out with a friend or trainer, you probably have heard someone tell you – don’t hold your breath! It makes sense that we should be breathing when we exercise, or else we will probably pass out fairly quickly. Why do we […]
Are You An All Day Desk Dweller? Fast and easy ways to add more movement and stretching into your day: May the force be with you. Gravitational Force that is. Don’t let sitting get the best of you. By creating as many facet points for your framework to be against gravity, you can curb ailments […]
At Rep 1 Fitness we’ve seen our older adult clients achieve amazing health and fitness results. Perhaps the word ‘amazing’ is downplaying their achievements and we should say ‘life changing’! Our senior clients can be seen working on single leg balance drills, learning to lift weights or even venturing into weekend cycling races. No […]
Motivation, Dedication and Crushing your Fitness Goals! With New Years resolutions right around the corner it seems like everyone in Vancouver is thinking about fitness and health motivation. How many times have you set a resolution at the beginning of the year just to watch it fade away a few weeks later? […]
How You Can Use Intermittent Fasting to Fast Track your Weight loss! If you’ve been working out in a gym or training with a personal trainer in Vancouver lately you’ve most likely heard of intermittent fasting or maybe you’ve heard just whispers of it from fellow fitness enthusiast sea-wall runners as they wiz past! So […]
Do I need to Train my Core? It is impossible to step into a Vancouver personal training gym without hearing a trainer talk about the core! Core exercise has been a hot topic in the health and fitness industry for many years. So which core exercises are best and why is it so important!? Improving […]
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 […]
The #Rep1 team wants to remind you to push yourself, but never too hard! Sounds easy enough, right?!