by Kathleen Trotter | Sep 27, 2017 | Workouts and Exercises.
Globe and Mail: Sweat Test: Need to mix up your workout? Try the organized – yet fun – chaos of aerobics If loud, upbeat music and choreographed “dance-esque” moves – not to mention the potential to trip over your own feet as you turn, twist and often...
by Kathleen Trotter | Aug 28, 2017 | Walk Run Jog, Workouts and Exercises.
Don’t buy into the common – and often dangerous – assumption that running on a treadmill directly mimics running outside. You set your body up for injury if you assume that winter treadmill workouts have prepared you for comparable outdoor workouts. A 30-minute...
by Kathleen Trotter | Aug 28, 2017 | Workouts and Exercises.
The Globe and Mail: Sweat Test: Aerial yoga is a fun and novel workout, but it has the potential for injury These Toronto aerial-yoga joints mix things up with body-suspending ‘silks,’ but it will only be fun if you survive injury-free. If working out...
by Kathleen Trotter | Aug 19, 2017 | Article, Workouts and Exercises.
The Globe and Mail: Making land-based training a friend to water-based athletes Mastering a sport – the formation of athletic flow – requires practice. The brain needs to adapt to specific motions, environments and skills inherent to the activity. Water sports, unlike...
by Kathleen Trotter | Jul 29, 2017 | Article, Workouts and Exercises.
The Globe and Mail—Sweat Test: Martial arts-based workouts require investing your time and body If becoming a sweaty mess by kneeing, punching and kicking (barefoot) is your idea of a good time, there are innumerable martial arts-based workouts to try. I dragged –...