ExerciseToronto.Com At The Downsview Park Ball Hockey Tournament
On January 30, the annual Hockey Day in Canada, 3 on 3 ball hockey tournament in support of “Shoot For a Cure, Spinal Cord Research” took place at Downsview Park.
This year’s event saw a tournament record 118 teams participate across eight different skill levels and was considered to be a success by all parties involved.
A true passion for ball hockey was mandatory at this year’s event as the over 800 participants were forced to brave -17c weather for each of their twenty-five minute games.
“Thankfully, we were on top of things and made sure we all
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The Toronto City Blues Hockey Tournament
When: February 5 - February 7, 2010
Where: Chesswood Arena (Sheppard & Allen Rd.)
Cost: FREE
If you’re looking for some top-notch minor hockey action in the coming weeks, than look no further than the Escape the Blues, AA Minor Hockey Tournament, taking place February 5 to February 7, 2010.
Hosted by the Toronto City Blues, the event will take place at Chesswood Arena, and will welcome 42 hockey teams across six age groups. Many of the participants will be hailing from the Greater Toronto Area, but hockey teams from as far as Detr
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Name: Jessenia Martinez
Age: 23
Exercise/Sport: Fitness Competitions & Boxing
5am: Wake up.
6:15 am– 7:30am: Hit the gym (weights and cardio).
8am – 9am: Get 5 year old son ready for the day and drop him off at daycare.
9am – 4pm: Work.
4:30pm: Pickup son up from daycare.
4:30pm – 7pm: Quality time with son (dinner, homework, reading and play).
7pm – 8pm:
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Running From the Elements...
How to prepare for your outdoor run in Toronto’s winter.
“How cold is to cold? Toque on or off? Jacket on or off?”
If you enjoy exercising outside during the winter, these are all questions that you will ask yourself at least once this winter, as you prepare to get out and enjoy our Greater Toronto Area weather. And, if you’re like me your answers to these questions will always end up as one of two extremes:
a) Either sweating buckets and ripping off layers faster than a gourmet chef peels onions.
b) Incorrectly predicting the freezing wind chill and entering the
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Name: Paul Statchuk
Age: 25
Exercise/Sport: Running, Hockey, Golf
Living and breathing sports since he was old enough to participate, this week’s ExerciseToronto.Com Athlete of the Week was born with a passion for sports and fitness that goes beyond that of the everyday exerciser.
Growing up just north of Toronto, 25 year-old Paul Statchuk, is a true inspiration to the Toronto athletic community, with years of involvement in organized sports and an ever-evolving drive to succeed.
The always modest Statchuk says he views himself as “a pretty decorated athlete for not having achieved much in my career.” We disagree.
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The Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club
Making a Difference in the Ring and the Toronto Community
Meet Savoy Howe. Owner and founder of the Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club, the city’s only women’s and trans-gendered boxing club, located in the heart of east Toronto. Considered a trailblazer in the Toronto boxing community with over 18 years of experience, Howe is responsible for pioneering one of the fastest growing boxing clubs in the Toronto area.
“I was fairly new to Toronto in 1992 and wanted to learn a form of self-defense,” says Howe. “I tried martial-arts, and while effective, it just didn’t seem right for me. One day I saw a
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Name: Sarah Vance
Age: 22
Exercise/Sport: Dance & Theater
Inspirations:
Mia Michaels (Choreographer)
Michael Jackson (Musician/Dancer)
Amanda Seyfried (Actress/Mamma Mia)
When asked to describe this week’s Exercise Toronto.com Athlete of the Week in five words or less, we could only begin with dancer, student, hard-working, committed and talented.
Residing in Toronto, Sarah Vance, a native of Waterloo, Ontario, has lived and breathed everything dance for virtually her whole life. At the young age of 22, Vance has now been performing for over eighteen years and has already acquired a very impressive theater resum
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Toronto's Hidden Gems
Skating goes hand in hand with hockey, hockey goes hand in hand with winter and winter goes hand in hand with Canada...
Therefore, skating is Canada.
If you’ve ever experienced a January evening on an outdoor rink or frozen pond then you no doubt understand both the joys and discomforts of roughing it in a Canadian winter on the ice.
While the opportunity to skate on frozen ponds in the Toronto area may be scarce due to over-development and ‘yo-yo like’ weather conditions, the chance to skate on outdoor skating rinks in the Toronto area is plentiful.
The city of Toronto is home to an astounding 50 outdoor skating
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The Top 10 Spin Class Songs of 2009
As we enter into 2010, it’s hard not to get caught up in some of the lists that are giving credit to the best and worst that 2009 had to offer.
Best sports play, most fascinating person, greatest athlete, best movie, biggest scandal and of course, biggest news story were some of the lists that were dominating the headlines as the clock wound down on 2009.
That being said, we here at ExerciseToronto.com could not help ourselves from giving our ‘two-cents’ on one of these top ten lists… But of course, with a little bit of an Exercise TO
spin.
Because we are a niche website that
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Toronto Marlboros, International Holiday Hockey Classic
The Toronto Marlboros International Holiday Classic that ran December 26 - December 30 throughout Toronto, showcased some of the very best talent that minor hockey has to offer, as well as some of the brightest, future stars the game is eyeing.
An annual event for over twenty years now, the Holiday Classic has grown into one of the largest and most successful tournaments of its kind. This statement was validated, when The Hockey News recognized the Toronto Marlboro Holiday Classic as one of the top five hockey tournaments in North America, and this year’s event only added to that
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