On April 15th, new and expecting mothers are invited to join the ‘Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies’ seminar – taking place at the Pilates For Life studio in the heart of Yorkville.
The Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies workshop will include a 1-hour seminar that will review the latest topics in health for women, babies, and the whole family.
Participants will have the opportunity to learn good health principles, how to improve energy, get a restful sleep and (for those who are ‘on the run’) how to properly eat.
The event will be hosted by holistic nutritionist and trained vegetarian chef, Katie Compton.
Pilates for Life is Yorkville's foremost pilates a
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Like many other Toronto area residents, I woke up on March 18th (the day after St. Patrick’s Day) feeling a little bit groggy. As I went through the motions of my day, I prepared for my interview with this week’s Exercise Toronto athlete of the week, Joe Eigo.
After speaking with Joe for just over twenty minutes, I hung up the phone not feeling tired and groggy, but feeling rejuvenated, eager and passionate about the rest of my day.
I immediately laced up my cross trainers and headed out on a 7km trail run... Joe Eigo has that effect on people.
Although I do not know Joe personally, and the extent of our relationship does not go beyond that twenty minutes we spent on the phone, I can tell you that h
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Toronto is so well known for its diversity, green space, fine cuisine and great night life. While these characteristics tend to dominate our conversations when discussing our beautiful city, Toronto also holds claim to some of the most eye catching and enjoyable running and walking routes in urban North America.
To better showcase, these hidden gems we present the Exercise Toronto ‘
run of the week.’
This week’s run is a favorite of Exercise Toronto follower, Dave. An avid Toronto runner, Dave has taken on pretty much every run Toronto has thrown at him.
It’s a 7km loop that is almost entirely on roads. Pretty quick and simple. The run will sta
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Walking in, I feel an instant surge of feminine power and a sense of confidence making me feel as though I can do anything...
I have entered Felinity, an all-women’s fitness centre located at 794 Broadview Avenue in Toronto, that incorporates fun and unique forms of fitness to get you fit and achieve your fitness goals.
Through the core feminine movement series, the studio has created workouts specifically designed for women that include mind/body fitness, pole dancing and hula hooping, all using techniques from dance, yoga and pilates.
In addition to their wide selection of classes, members can utilize the fitness centre, consisting of cardio, strength training machines and free weight
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This past Sunday, March 14th marked the 11th annual St Patrick’s Day Run & Walk.
Facing high winds, rain and the wrong side of day light savings time, over 2,000 Toronto based exercisers showed up to tackle a 5km urban course that offered support for the non-profit organization, Achilles Canada.
Achilles Canada encourages people with disabilities to participate in running and exercise-related activities. The St. Patrick’s Day event has grown into the hallmark of the organization’s fundraising initiatives.
This year’s event sold out for the fifth consecutive year and included not only a 5km race, but a complimentary post-race beer provided by the Steam Wh
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Skiing? Not likely. Ice Skating? Don’t think so. What about tobogganing? Not this March Break.
Officially spring does not start until March 21st, but this year Mother Nature has decided to speed things up and has given Toronto area residents the luxury of ‘the big melt’ a few weeks in advance.
As a result if you’re a Toronto area exerciser, you’re either counting your lucky stars for the cleared walkways and warm weather (perfect for running or cycling), or damning globally warming for taking away your weekend pond hockey game.
With weather forecasts calling for no temperatures below zero and a mix of showers and sun over the next week, it’s
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It was a battle and the girls played their hearts out, but in the end the Sir Oliver Mowat Mustangs, senior girls volleyball team, ended up just short of becoming back-to-back Ontario champions.
Riding an impressive 48 – 1 record into OFSAA, the Scarborough school had high expectations, and brought their best, but in the end it was Ottawa based, Ecole secondaire publique Louis-Riel, that took home gold winning in three straight sets over Mowat (30-28, 25-21, 25-21).
As defending Ontario champions, Sir Oliver Mowat, had entered this year’s provincials, in Stratford, hoping to become the first Toronto school to win back-to-back girls’ titles since the
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Toronto is so well known for its diversity, green space, fine cuisine and great night life. While these characteristics tend to dominate our conversations when discussing our beautiful city, Toronto also holds claim to some of the most eye catching and enjoyable running and walking routes in urban North America.
To better showcase, these hidden gems we present the Exercise Toronto ‘
run of the week.’
This week’s run is a favorite of Exercise Toronto follower, Annie, who lives in the Annex and completes this run three times a week. She discovered it while training for the Sporting Life 10km two years ago, and it has become a staple in her fitness
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The Best Way to Spend Your St. Patrick's Day!
As Spring approaches it's time to get back outside and start enjoying that warming weather. Perhaps there is no better way to mark this occasion than the annual
St Patrick’s Day, 5km Run & Walk in support of Achilles Canada, taking place March 14
th at the Steam Whistle Brewery.
An annual event for 11 years now, the St Patrick’s Day, Run & Walk has grown into a staple event for exercise-enthusiasts from all over the Greater Toronto Area.
This year, event organizer, Brian Mclean is expecting close to 1,500 participants to show up for a fun filled morning in support of a good cause
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The good old push-up!
We all know this exercise as a classic and this is how it will, undoubtedly, remain. Some things never change, and as the old saying goes, “
if it ain’t broke, then don’t fix it.” In celebration of our love for all things traditional, we here at Exercise Toronto have decided to feature the push-up as our exercise of the week.
Today, we live in an era where the health and wellness industry is full of so much choice that it is easy to get caught up in finding the ‘quick fix’ and easy to forget some of the traditional elements, that have proven results.
While many of these new exercises and technologies are beneficial and certainly serve t
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