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Workout: 6 tips for an added twist

Emilie Dingfeld — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:00:37 +0000

Can’t face another blah session on the elliptical? From trapeze to monkey movements, we offer six ways to spice up your routine. 1. TAKE IT TO THE ZOO Spend an hour at Aeküus in Montreal (aekuus.com) and your body will have a light-bulb moment. You’ll find yourself bounding from one corner to the next like a [...]

Vancouver fitness pick: The Bar Method

FASHION Staff — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:27:49 +0000

By Jennie Jin We feel a bit of ballet mania in the air–maybe it’s just our excitement for Black Swan. In Vancouver, we can feed our obsession at the first Canadian location of U.S. fitness studio The Bar Method (837 Beatty Street, 604-681-6188, vancouver.barmethod.com). The studio features an hour-long workout that mixes Pilates, yoga, and [...]

Fitness: Nike ups the high-tech ante with their latest running app

FASHION Staff — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:30:38 +0000

By Corrine Aberdeen When I went to Toronto’s flagship Nike recently store to learn about the new Nike+ GPS iPhone app ($1.99 on iTunes), I prayed that they wouldn’t ask me to run. Thankfully they didn’t, but after inspecting the application I actually wished they had. The app gives runners of all skill levels extra [...]

Fitness pick: CYKL’s model-approved spin classes

FASHION Staff — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:32:58 +0000

By Karen Cleveland My first introduction to spinning turned me off: Terrible house music, boring repetition and sauna-like studios put me off for years. But now CYKL (68 Bathurst St., Toronto, 416-504-2955, cykl.ca) at Bathurst and Wellington, has lured me into a love affair with indoor cycling. The brainchild of a fashion photographer and former [...]

Q&A: Adriana Lima’s trainer tells us how she got back into pre-baby shape

FASHION Staff — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:30:52 +0000

By Valeria Nekhim When one of the planet’s most famous Angels, Adriana Lima, had two weeks to get her body looking otherworldly for the Victoria’s Secret 2008 fashion show, she turned to Michael Olajide Jr., a former boxing champion and the co-founder of Aerospace, Manhattan’s sleek, machine-free boxing fitness centre. Fast-forward one year to November [...]

Fitness: Detox yoga, spinning and more on the menu at Spynga

Anna Cipollone — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:30:51 +0000

The best part about participating in a month-long workout challenge is the motivation you gain. Before enrolling in Spynga’s Dare to Do 30, finding the time to exercise five or six times a week seemed impossible. Now I know that I can physically achieve this goal, and that finding the time is really just a [...]

The daily steal: Ballet boot camp class, $10

Rani Sheen — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:00:58 +0000

Dancer and certified fitness instructor Jennifer Nichols (extensionmethod.com) leads you through a one-hour ballet bootcamp that is hard work but fun–a great way to relive the glory of those under-10 ballet-class days. Watching Nichols gracefully lead the class is almost worth the (very reasonable) price of admission. At 99 Sudbury, Toronto (99sudbury.ca), Fridays, at 6.30 [...]

Confessions of a (freshly-minted) Spynga-holic

Anna Cipollone — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:30:03 +0000

I wish I could blame my recent gluttony on the holidays, but really I’ve never needed an excuse to overindulge in cookies. Needing the extra push to get back in line with a healthy routine, the Dare To Do 30 challenge at Toronto’s Spynga’s (spynga.com) seemed like the perfect fit. The four-week program includes unlimited [...]