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Have You Been Struggling At (Or Getting To) The Gym?

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I don’t think anyone would argue that exercise is important.  It’s clear that in order to be healthy, we need to move…
Unfortunately, in today’s crazy, busy world, a lot of people we talk to have a hard time fitting a workout into their busy schedule.
In this video Dr. John chats about the 2 main reasons why people struggle at the gym (or maybe getting to the gym!) and what you can do to change that.
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The Good Health Walk

Good Health Walk

The Good Health Walk is a one of a kind community event to raise awareness for the one thing everyone values – HEALTH.

Essentially all charity based walks and runs aim at bringing attention to and raising funds for the treatment of different diseases and illnesses.  In no way is this a negative but it does speak to our cultural focus on disease treatment as a path towards health.

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The Importance of Lifting Heavy

lifting heavy

We are Designed to be active, really active.  In fact, we have clear indicators that our body requires different types of movements and at a higher frequency than is currently “normal” for the average Kanata resident.

For most of human history we had to work for our survival—literally working with our hands, arms, legs, and feet using all of our muscles and energy systems to obtain food, shelter, and security. Physical “fitness” was an absolute necessity for survival. If you couldn’t sprint or climb it often meant going hungry or even early death and the end of the line for your genes. Walking, foraging, crawling, twisting, climbing, squatting, pushing, pressing, lunging, jumping, throwing and carrying were the basic movements that helped shape human evolution for over two million years.

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