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As some of you know I recently returned from a trip to Nicaragua.  What you may not know is that I came back with a bad concussion from trying to surf waves I had no business tackling.   Nicaragua was the perfect opportunity for me to get some work done and start my professional surfing [...]

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Sorry to be so graphic – As I was standing there in yoga doing a Tree Pose, my stomach tensed as I felt my breakfast come up my throat, and as it hit the back of my mouth… It all started last night when I was driving back from Vancouver after having a phenomenal session [...]

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I went to my first Moksha Yoga class here in Kelowna.  I am not too sure how I really liked it as yet compared to the hot bikrham yoga, but I am committed to going for the next 30 days. I did find it not as uncomfortably hot as the Hot Bikhram Yoga.  When I [...]

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  Yoga is truly testing my will of perseverance lately.   Today I had to leave class for a while and the instructor with a smile on her face said.  “Fred, if you are walking out for a break you better not come back without throwing up.” To which I mentally responsed, “That will not [...]

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Today was my 8th class at the Bikram Yoga. I think, I do say, I just think that today might have been the day. I finally started feeling a sense of progression.  (In my mind this was the pose I was doing.  In reality you do not want to know.) The amazing thing is not [...]

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So today was my 3rd day at the Bikram Hot Yoga. Yesterday I was a having a conversation with an individual that has been doing yoga for 10 years.  Wow! I can’t imagine doing this for 10 years, was my first thought. All of a sudden the thought went through my head, WoW! wonder how [...]

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Today I went to my second class of Bikram Hot Yoga.  Wanted to try the 6:15 am class.  I must admit, I kicked and screamed my way out of bed.  Its amazing how many times I had to consciously talk myself into going. I wonder at times how many things that we want to try [...]

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Wow! Wow! Wow! – And I am not pertaining to the scenery.  Hot Yoga is difficult!  I was so exhausted, dizzy, and for sure starving half way through – But all of it was worth it in the end.  That being said, if I did not have food hiding in my car, I probably would [...]

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One great thing about my career is that I get to talk to a lot of different people. One of those people is Sandy Pembroke. I met Sandy at the gym and he was pretty hard to miss. Over time, Sandy and I have become friends and he let me sit down with him on [...]

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Going to the doctor can be stressful, full of uncertainties and vague possibilities. It’s hard because most of us go to the doctor to find out things we can’t figure out on our own. We have to put our faith completely in the doctor, trusting our very health to his/her expertise and knowledge. My recent [...]

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How my 10 km run turned into a 42 km marathon.  All I can say is OUCH! The BMO marathon was last Sunday.  Taking a break from running for a while due to a calf injury, I intended to do the 10 km run last Sunday. The longest distance I have ever ran is 14 [...]

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Losing weight is easy! The perfect diet is here –The Bucket Diet. We have created a culture in our environment that consists of quick fixes, lack of delayed gratification and lack of awareness of the long term impact towards our health choices. I was having a conversation with a good friend of mine that is highly [...]

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I can now see why they say the Apple Triathlon is the most respected Olympic Distance triathlon in all of Canada, where even our  world class OLYMPIC Athletes come to race at this event. Simon Whitfield, kyle Jones, Paul Tichelarr, Lauren Groves, Kathy Tremblay. Karina Clark, 3 time world champion triathlete, said it best “Of the [...]

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Oh my god! Can it get any more confusing?  Eat this, don’t eat that, carb’s give you energy but they shoot your insulin level up, meat is bad for you, meat is good for you, eat eggs, eggs are bad for you.  What the (*&%^&^*)*(, no wonder people fall off the “eating well” wagon. This fast [...]

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I was asked this question the other day by Andrea Thatcher, a fitness and health consultant.  Is your eyeball made out of a McDonald Big Mac or a Certified Organic food?   Andrea went to explain the complexity of our cellular regeneration in the most simplest terms: When you cut your hand, do you need [...]

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