Laurie Stephenson Certified financial planner, Starboard Wealth Management Pay down debt. One of the big concerns for Canadians is how much debt people are carrying and it’s one of the things you can really control. The first step, I would take stock of your entire financial situation, and what you’re carrying for debt, and consider […]
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Better together: five ways to get fit with friends
1 CrossFit ”If you attend three to four classes a week, you’ll notice improvements in strength, flexibility, coordination, body awareness and, most importantly, confidence,” says Mel Clarke, CrossFit coach at Blended Athletics (580 Wright Avenue). With tailored work-out plans, CrossFit requires consistency to see results but the strong sense of community mixed with achievable personal […]
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The life and debt of Jordann Brown
What made you focus on getting out of debt as quickly as possible? There was actually a single event that made me realize I had no clue what I was doing with money. I got in an accident in July 2011 and totaled my car, and I had just graduated from school and I had […]
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Pam LeJean’s road to Rio
This time two years ago, Pam LeJean threw a discus just for the hell of it. After watching recurring shoulder injuries keep her from playing basketball, her strength coach suggested that she and her “long arms” might be well-suited for field sports like javelin, shot put and discus. “So, we went out into the gym, […]
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Do I need eight hours of sleep?
For my birthday I got a “wearable tech” gizmo, an UP bracelet that tracks both movement and sleep. Suddenly life was all about numbers: How many steps I walked that day, how much time I was active, how I was sleeping at night. I liked having daily goals—the 10,000 steps proving easier to get than […]
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Making a stand
“The fact that we have mobile devices doesn’t mean we’re mobile while using them,” says Sara Kirk, Canada Research Chair at Dal. She explores the links between chronic diseases and the built environment. Schools and offices, for example, are set up for prolonged sitting—and thus encourage diabetes, heart problems, obesity. “Sitting is bad,” says Kirk. […]
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Custio Clayton: eyes on the prize
The bell had barely finished ringing when Custio Clayton won his first-ever competitive boxing match. He delivered one good punch, sending his opponent (who’d swung and missed already) into the ropes, effectively ending the fight. Clayton’s first nine match-ups would end like this, in victory, but this one made him a champ in just 25 […]
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Wrestle woMania
Just ask any pro wrestler and they’ll tell you wrestling truth: the blood, sweat and tears are real. In entertainment wrestling, pain and pleasure form an almost-perfect union of athletic excellence and performance art. Still, wrestling is critiqued for its over-the-top campiness, which happens to be the same reason why it has one of the […]
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Juiced up
The day before you start a juice cleanse you think the craziest thoughts, like “this is going to be so easy” in between shovel-bites of spinach and cheese ravioli pesto. Almost everything sounds like a good idea three weeks from having to go through with it, and this was no exception. To be fair, the […]
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Pleased to meat you
I’m not a dieter. Sure, I think about it like every other woman in society who has better things to do, but I never get around to doing it. I don’t adhere to any food restrictions. I’ve eaten grasshoppers and live sea urchins and dog and coagulated blood-filled intestines before. If it’s on the food […]
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Group on
Glorious LA Lakers six-time champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once said, “You can’t win if you don’t play as a unit.” Think about that the next time you’d rather stay nestled among chips and Netflix. We know it’s not always easy getting the 60 minutes of recommended physical activity per day to stay healthy and in shape. […]
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Dig into the Well Being Guide
Winter’s when we need motivation the most, it can be hard to get fired up about anything when you’re bouncing between weather bomb and sideways rain. Our annual Well Being Guide doesn’t make any promises to start a Body Revolution or inspire your next 30-Day Shred, but it’s a gentle coax towards getting healthy this […]
