We’re back to spread some wellness for your Fall! This week on #WellnessWednesdays, we chat with Ernest Barbaric on stress and workplace wellness. Ernest is a digital marketer by trade but shares some great personal stories on what… Read More
If you would have told me a few years back that conscious breathing would have made a difference in my life, I would have laughed out loud. A few times. I remember going to a yoga class more… Read More
After a slight hiccup, we’re back to spread some wellness for your Fall! This week on #WellnessWednesdays, we chat with a very special person, my mother Gisele about fitness as you get older, and the outdoors. Gisele was a… Read More
So I got nudged (or conned depends how you look at it) by my buddy Dion (again) to do another low-key MEC event. Let’s just say when my alarm went off on Sunday morning at 6:30 and it… Read More
Hey there again, a bit of a crazy week so this week’s #FridayFindings post is on Saturday. Better late than never, right? Gotta roll with the punches… Sugar or fat? What’s worse for you? The answer is getting more and… Read More
In a rare video blog post, I talk about my experience with intermittent fasting. How it affected my brain,my routine and my workouts. It’s been quite the revelation for me, with more energy, clearer thought process and some weight loss…. Read More
After a healthy break for the summer, we’re back to spread some wellness for your Fall! This week on #WellnessWednesdays, we chat with personal trainer Jen Higgins on fitness, nutrition and workouts. Jen is a personal trainer, bodybuilding enthusiast and a… Read More
I remember graduating from uni and back then I thought I knew everything. Oh boy has life changed my attitude on that… Recently I’ve been updating my nutrition library and realizing most of what we were taught about nutrition has… Read More
If you’ve been reading my blog, you know I’ve been obsessed wih fat recently, but not for the reasons you think. I’m solidly (and slowly but surely) becoming a fat burning machine. I’m all about using fat as a… Read More
So I’d classify my experience at the 2016 Edition of the Raid International de la Gaspesie as a small success. If you look at the results (our team name is 2 paires de freres), you’ll see we did better than last year, especially… Read More
So I got suckered again to take part in the upcoming Raid de la Gaspésie by my brother. Or maybe I’m just a sucker for punishment? It’s funny, I was mentioning the race to a friend who quipped… Read More
I’m not sure how this brand got into my life to be honest. I can almost guarantee it was through the web and/or social media though. After the brand caught my eye (looking good Vice!), I started doing… Read More
Another weekend, another fat fasted session. And it was probably the last substantial “training” session for the upcoming Raid de la Gaspésie. Now I’m kinda looking forward to it and kinda scared still… It turned out to be… Read More
I know most of you love adventure, especially of the outdoors variety. Well old friend and adventure superstar Simon Donato is bringing a new event to the area: the Amphibious Challenge. It’s born out of his desire to help bring the… Read More
Here is my latest v-log where I talk about why you should relax your ankles when you run. It had been a while since I did a video blog so why not? Now look at the ankles of the… Read More
Watching the Olympics and our amazing Canadian women? So much inspiration! Speaking of the Olympics, ever go for a long run and unknowlingly qualify for them? Well this guy did! Here’s a look at runner Michalis Kalomiris in Canadian Running Magazine…. Read More
So I took a few days off to kick back and help my lovely mother celebrated her 29th birthday again. It was nice to relax, cook, hang out with family and get active on my own time. And… Read More
You are what you eat, right? Well that’s kinda true and in that spirit, here’s a Some good advice coming from Dr. Aseem Malholtra, a doctor in the UK. He talks about us needing a healthy dose of lifestyle medicine , instead of meds. He’s also… Read More
Another summer weekend, another fat fasted adventure! So the part of the past weekend was spent in Hermon in upstate New York with my buddy Trevor and it included a nice hike by nearby Wolf Lake. What a beautiful morning to… Read More
Another great week, another Friday! Funny how that works… Check out this cool picture/diagram up top about the effects of exercise on the body. It’s a bit technical but it showcases what the body does to keep up…. Read More
So I picked up another book about fitness last month, what else is new? This one was Primal Endurance by Mark Sission . You might know who Mark is without really knowing. He’s not only a former standout triathlete (4th at Kona) and… Read More
I’ve been listening a lot of podcasts and reading a lot of books, a lot of them fitness and wellness related, so I could put out a #FridayFindings every day it seems. But I won’t bore you. See… Read More
This week on #WellnessWednesdays, we chat with Healer Tania Frechette on energy, yoga and books of course. Tania is a traditional energy healer and crystal healing practitioner. She’s also a kickass yoga teacher and a pretty darn good runner…. Read More
So my brother and I usually do one or more epic rides every summer. It’s getting tougher for us to get together with him having two young kids. They always get in the way, right? But they’re so cute ! So we… Read More
This week on #WellnessWednesdays, we chat with Podiatrist Dre Julie Gauvreau on feet and cryotherapy. And we even address foot fetishes! Dre Gauvreau has always wanted to work in the health field and help people. It wasn’t until… Read More