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Gyms should be considered an essential service

Written on January 18, 2022. Posted in Editorials.

Gyms should remain open during COVID-19 lockdowns. Now, more than ever, people need to take care of their bodies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say being overweight can lead to worse COVID-related outcomes. As per the CDC website, people who are obese are at an increased risk...

Exercise-tracking smartwatches are detrimental to a healthy body image

Written on October 29, 2021. Posted in Lifestyle, Student Life.

This article discusses eating disorders and may be triggering for some readers. The Canadian Mental Health Association Crisis Line can be reached at 1-800-875-6213. In the summer of eighth grade, I learned what it meant to be obsessive over my health and body weight. It started with a flimsy purple...

Jump-rope is changing how I feel about cardio, and it can do the same for you

Written on October 29, 2021. Posted in Editorials.

If you’re anything like me, working out can sometimes feel like a bit of a chore—especially cardio. As I’ve recently discovered, however, there’s a not-so novel way of getting in a great cardiovascular workout without some of the added negatives of, say, running—one of the most popular forms of aerobic...

The benefits of yoga in student life

Written on October 18, 2019. Posted in Lifestyle, Student Life.

I still remember how relaxed and calm I felt after my first yoga class in high school. I started bringing the techniques I learned in the classes back to my friends at school. Together, we would lay in the middle of the hallway during our free period. I clumsily guided us through a meditation that...

Swimming in sweat

Written on March 24, 2017. Posted in Lifestyle.

Squats, weights, conditioning, diligence, and dedication, repeat. This is my story of how I went from rolling my eyes at the word crossfit to lighting up when someone says AMRAP burpees and DL. I grew up playing every sport under the sun. It wasn’t uncommon to see me running from piano practice to...

Racquet sports can save your life

Written on March 10, 2017. Posted in Lifestyle.

When you think of fitness, what do you see? Is it someone running in a park, someone doing yoga, someone lifting weights at the gym or someone playing sports? It may be time to think again. Forbes magazine recently rated squash as the healthiest sport in the world. Now, who would’ve thought of that? A...

Falling head over heels for anti-gravity yoga

Written on January 8, 2016. Posted in Lifestyle.

I never truly experienced yoga until I tried it upside down. Initially, I imagined yoga as someone sitting on the floor in a cross-legged position, deeply om-ing while their face rests in an expression of complete inner peace and tranquility. Never did I imagine someone yelping and hanging in mid-air...

Tabata who?

Written on October 6, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

Tabata is one of those fitness culture words that some of us are throwing around now — but have you ever stopped to wonder where it comes from? Tabata workouts get their name from Dr. Izumi Tabata, a Japanese physician who specialized in fitness research. He conducted a study to determine the efficiency...

Gymtimidation jitters

Written on January 23, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

Do you avoid the ARC at all costs? Does the thought of lifting weights in public make you cringe? Do you only exercise during off-peak hours? You may suffer from gymtimidation. The term was coined to describe the fear of working out in public. According to a 2014 survey in the UK’s Daily Mail, the...

Get real about your goals

Written on September 26, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

Have you ever started a diet or exercise program, but didn’t stick with it? Or set out after your goals with the best intentions, but failed to keep the momentum going? We all know how to be productive, get our work done, exercise and eat healthy, yet we’re not any closer to achieving our goals than...

QJ Health: Local fitness resources

Written on September 15, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

Whether you worked out all summer to stay in beach bod shape or took some time off to deal with the summer job grind, back to school time means back to your Kingston fitness routine. Some of you may already be mentally grumbling about the huge line-ups for the machines at the ARC. Don’t get me wrong,...

Tabata

Written on January 16, 2013. Posted in Lifestyle.

By Trilby Goouch Blogs Editor I committed to a Groupon exercise package over the holidays that introduced me to Tabata training, a method that I’ve found to be effective, efficient and surprisingly enjoyable. Tabata training is based on high intensity training (as opposed to something like jogging,...

Water wellness

Written on March 16, 2012. Posted in Lifestyle.

By Carolyn Flanagan Assistant Blogs Editor Sadly misinterpreted as a seniors’ sport, most students overlook the water as a valuable way to get exercise. The Journal spoke to Tiffany Bambrick, co-ordinator of fitness and wellness at the ARC and a certified water fitness instructor, about the benefits...

Tag: exercise

Gyms should be considered an essential service

Exercise-tracking smartwatches are detrimental to a healthy body image

Jump-rope is changing how I feel about cardio, and it can do the same for you

The benefits of yoga in student life

Swimming in sweat

Racquet sports can save your life

Falling head over heels for anti-gravity yoga

Tabata who?

Gymtimidation jitters

Get real about your goals

QJ Health: Local fitness resources

Tabata

Water wellness

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