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A good reason to catch up on must-see TV while on the treadmill instead of the couch: every hour in front of the TV (or I suppose sitting in front of a computer, too, not that the study addressed this…) increases your risk of dying from heart disease by 7 percent according to research from the Medical Research Council in the UK. So if you’re typically watching two hours a night, say Vampire Diaries and Grey’s Anatomy on Thursday nights, your risk is up by 14 percent.
(OK, so maybe I kinda just wanted another reason to post a pic of the Salvatores…)
June 24, 2010
Yonge-Dundas Square just about the last place you expect to find some zen? Well, head there Monday, June 21st, as Spynga is hosting Elevate to Exhale (an all-day yoga celebration in honour of the summer solstice).
Leave your mat at home if you’d like and borrow one of the 100 mats Lululemon has loaned for the event. Plus, look forward to shaken green teas and the like from Starbucks, and SmartWater to hydrate post-class.
Here’s the full schedule for Elevate to Exhale:
9 a.m. Lululemon Goal Coaching session; event kick-off, vendors open on site.
10 a.m. Namaste summer solstice vinyasa yoga with Spynga’s Sari Nisker
11 a.m. Lululemon Goal Coaching
Noon Lunchtime power hour yoga and dharma talk on finding stillness daily in a fast-paced world with Jeannine Woodall
1 p.m. Holistic Health Care Practitioner, Tara Antler discussing the impact of yoga, community and health and wellness
2 p.m. Vinyasa yoga flow with Lisa Barkin
3 p.m. Lululemon Goal Coaching
4 p.m. Yin Yang yoga flow with Tracey Belanger Soghrati
5 p.m. Lululemon Goal Coaching
6 p.m. Sunset rejuvenation and groove celebration with Corinne Penstone
June 18, 2010
"No working out with me?"
There’s often research findings on how dog owners get more exercise, but there don’t seem to be a whole lotta studies when it comes to cats and fitness.
So this morning when I was reading about ways you can fit in exercise throughout your day (at the gas pump, for instance) the mention of workouts you can do with your cat caught my eye–and I was pleasantly surprised when celeb trainer Gunnar Peterson popped up on my screen when I clicked the link (figured the workout should have some cred).
Was disappointed to read the ideas, though–the cat exercise options have to do less with working out with your cat, but focus more on you working out and incorporating playtime for your kitten at the same time.
Ah well. Back to the drawing board.
June 15, 2010
