First Race of the season under my belt! So first things first- a confession, my last blog was all about getting more rest, and I didn’t exactly succeed. For those of you that may not be aware, I am splitting my time between our Blitz Calgary and Edmonton locations. Last week saw me coming back into Edmonton early Monday morning training into the late evening, have very early mornings and more late evenings, leaving me quite exhausted by Wednesday evening as I was on my way back to Calgary. … [Read more...]

The body is an amazing thing, and how it works wonderful yet mind boggling. We'll be presenting a simplified version of how the body creates energy that helps you move. First of all, what does the body use for energy? It uses adenosine triphosphate (ATP), it is what all energy systems create in the body, and what all body systems use for energy. There is a little amount of ATP stored within the muscles, but is used rather quickly, within 1-3 seconds of work. When used by the body ATP become … [Read more...]

This week was a swim focused training week. My next couple weeks are all focusing on one discipline at a time. The swims left me feeling pretty tired and I was grateful for a rest day on Wednesday, but even with some time off I still felt pretty beat. Food was a main focus for me last week. At the beginning of the week I made sure to do some grocery shopping and get stocked up- I paid close attention to my carb intake and had some lovely protein packed dinners in the evenings. I still felt … [Read more...]

There's a word that has been ringing in my head for the past few months.  It's been a crazy ride both with expanding our community in Edmonton and Calgary, opening up a specialty clinic with our partners at Revive Wellness, and  starting the Viva Program (our online nutrition and fitness program, if you haven't gotten a free trail yet, click here).  Whenever I'm in meetings or chatting with people the talks move from an idea or concept to reality very quickly.  Whenever the discussion gets … [Read more...]

Life can sometimes be frustrating and provide road blocks that prevent you from perfectly achieving fitness success. I’m a perfectionist and I find that if I can’t be perfect I will cease moving forward or pursuing some of my goals – this is not just a reflection on fitness but other areas of life too. In the wake of the Coronation Triathlon, a race that I wanted to compete in, I felt a bit of shame and let down that my dedication to training failed to meet my desire to compete and my … [Read more...]

What’s not to love about a rest week?! In one sense, on a rest week you can’t help this feeling of ‘I should be doing more’ but in the end when you start up your next week of training, its amazing how great you can feel! Last week I felt like I finally got the chance to breathe again- although it didn’t really hit me until Thursday.  Coming off a pretty big week, the week before I was surprised how long it took me to really recover, both physically and mentally This is the sort … [Read more...]

This past week was a tough one, I’m not going to beat around the bush about it. I took one look at my training schedule, and thought ‘how am I going to do this’?  It was a peak week in my schedule and the hours and mileage were a bit intimidating.  All I could think was- holy cow its begun, my life from now and for the next 3 months is going to be, training, work, eat, sleep.  And then I became frustrated with myself, thinking of course it is, you knew this when you signed up for … [Read more...]