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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 [...]

Summer fitness guide: Stylish workout gear is the great motivator

FASHION Staff — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:00:30 +0000

Aesthetically pleasing workout gear is a great motivator. Consider these your new personal trainers. View our favourite workout gear items of the season now »

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 [...]

Toronto: Our favourite new spot for a (healthy) power lunch

Rani Sheen — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:00:12 +0000

A working lunch is all too often an exercise in indulgence, crammed with cream and butter and overly salted. Four (187 Bay St., Toronto, 416-368-1444, fourtoronto.com), in Toronto’s financial district, is a subterranean spot with the same frenzied lunch-hour crowd and cookie-cutter décor as your typical tower eatery, but its menu offers a different take [...]

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: India Hicks talks (and runs) marathons

Lara Tobin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:30:04 +0000

India Hicks is a glorious force to be reckoned with, somewhat in line with the Energizer bunny and a tornado that keeps picking up speed and momentum. Between spending time with her husband and four children, blogging, tweeting, and working with Crabtree & Evelyn on her India Hicks Island Living and Island Night fragrance collections, [...]

The daily steal: Glass water bottle, $12

Rani Sheen — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:00:21 +0000

I’m too terrified to drink my water out of plastic bottles, and can’t get over the slight metallic aftertaste of aluminum reusables, so I’m loving this stylish glass version ($12, tapwater-bottle.com) that looks pretty on my desk and lets me achieve my eight-glasses-a-day with ease.

Yoga for Olympians (and you, too)

Siofan Davies — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:05:45 +0000

As everyone pours into yoga studios this month to pursue their 2010 resolution to trim down, those who have had enough of the post-holiday crowd should stay home with Eoin Finn’s latest yoga DVD, The Pursuit of Happy Hips ($25, at Lululemon and Chapters. Visit blissology.com). Along with partner Insiya Rasiwala and some past and [...]