Maybe you feel like you’re in a bit of a fitness rut. Or you’re just keen to add something new to your workout routine to make it a little more exciting (there’s only so many times you can run the 5k around your neighbourhood, and at some point, even the hottie instructor in Spin class isn’t enough to keep you interested and motivated during class). Then Tryfit may be just what you need to discover a new workout or studio.
This new fitness pass in Toronto gives you access to 20 specialty fitness studios around the city — with Tryfit you get to try one class at each of them over a period of six months. All for $49. When a single trial class can cost about $20 at some studios, that makes it a pretty good deal — that’s if you’re up for trekking to different spots around the T-Dot to get your sweat on.
Studios include Flirty Girl Fitness, Moksha Yoga Downtown,Think Fitness Studios and Totum LifeScience (Roxborough) to name just a few.
I’ve got mine and hope to hit up a few of the studios over the next six months. How ’bout you?
July 21, 2014
Who sweats a lot? You? Me, too.
Sigh. I hate it. It’s nothing short of a miracle that I train for marathons through Toronto’s hot, humid summers.
It’s rare that I hit the gym (running takes up much of my time, but I’ll be hitting the gym more often — more details on that soon), but when I do, the new workout towels from Baktuli are my saviour — you’ll want one, too, if you’re as anti-sweat as I am.
They’re made of lightweight Turkish cotton, and feature Microban (so they resist the growth of bacteria and mildew). And the new Workout collection is shaped like a scarf (so it’s easy to throw around your neck, or drape on the workout bench).
What I really love, though? The sayings on them. When I saw the Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger one, I had to have it (it’s often what I repeat to myself when I run — well, close to, I repeat “Harder, Fitter, Faster, Stronger,” when I’m having a tough moment or really trying to push myself to go faster). When I saw the Baktuli towel, I felt like it was meant to be.
The other towels are just as fun. We Can Work It Out and Let’s Get Physical – how’s that for a conversation starter with the hottie on the treadmill next to you? Prefer something more simple? Sporty stripes for you, then!
June 3, 2014
In this polar-vortex winter that is draining the life out of many of us (I know this is just about the toughest winter I’ve had to train for a race in — my new neck gaiter is my new BFF, I don’t even care that I look like I’m about to mug someone), perhaps this can be seen as a bit of a silver lining:
Shivering for 10 to 15 minutes has the similar effect on our body as exercise at triggering our body’s white fat (the kind we store) into “good” brown fat (brown fat being the fat that we burns energy and keeps us warm). Shivering muscles release a hormone called irisin and the new research from the Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia, found that when exercising on a bike for one hour, participants released the same amout of irisin as when they shiver for 10 to 15 minutes.
At the rate this winter is going, maybe we’ll all emerge in spring as svelte little foxes.
(And that pic above, btw? Not Antarctica. Lake Ontario. As in just a few blocks away from where I live. Snapped it a couple of weeks ago during a frigid, frigid, frigid run…did I mention how cold it was? Freezing.)
February 12, 2014
