How to Eat a Healthy Breakfast at Restaurants

I am a seasoned breakfast/brunch goer.  When I moved to the city about five years ago with my family, we started going out for breakfast every Sunday. Over the years this tradition petered out, but the boyfriend and I now go for breakfast pretty much every Saturday together. Breakfast is…

Hanging Crunches, Waterball Throws and a Raw Food Update

Check out my previous HITT at Aspire Fitness blog posts: Week One: HITT and the City Week Two: Tracking food and exercise online with Aspire Fitness Week Three: Looking for the Ultimate Workout Week Four: The HITT Diet Plan Week Five: Seeking Motivation Week Six: Resting Between Workouts Week Seven:…

How to Walk the Plank

...well, maybe not "walk". We're not pirates around here, after all. The plank I'm talking about is related to fitness (what else?). The plank is a fantastic exercise for core strength. It engages the entire body. It is a great indicator of total body strength and endurance. Imagine a static…

Be Flexible

Check out all of my previous HITT at Aspire Fitness blog posts: Week One: HITT and the City Week Two: Tracking Food and Exercise Online with Aspire Fitness Week Three: Looking for the Ultimate Workout Week Four: The HITT Diet Plan Week Five: Seeking Motivation Week Six: Resting Between Workouts…

Organic Urban Community Garden

Sharing a Garden in Downtown Winnipeg Yesterday I spent a wonderful hour and a half across the street from my condo in the virtually-empty fourth floor of a warehouse in the Exchange District of Winnipeg. I was there with Nicole and three others, including Jeff, who rents the space. It…

Reduce, Rework, Recover

On Wednesday night, I had the opportunity to attend an event at the Park Theatre: the premiere of the documentary "Fresh, the Movie", followed by a panel discussion of four local farmers. Nicole and I both attended as representatives of The Food Label Movement. It was great to see that the…

Resting Between Workouts

Check out all of my HITT at Aspire Fitness blog posts here: Week One: HITT and the City Week Two: Tracking food and exercise online with Aspire Fitness Week Three: Looking for the Ultimate Workout Week Four: The HITT Diet Plan Week Five: Seeking Motivation Learning to Rest Last week…