Tag: Workout

A beginner’s guide to strength training

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So you want to get big and strong? It’s a simple process: lift, eat well, rest and repeat. Continue this routine for approximately four years or so and you’ll be golden.  While this may seem a little intimidating, if there’s one key to success in the gym, it’s consistency. Each training session is...

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Do you even lift, bro?

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An out-of-shape university student walks into a CrossFit gym for a lesson. That sounds like the beginning of a joke, right? Normally, that’s something I’d laugh at, but I was that out-of-shape student.  Let’s just say, I felt every slice of pizza, every bag of chips and every day where my iPhone pedometer...

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Just two guys pole dancing

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While most students spent last Friday night out at bars or clubs, we spent ours swinging and dancing on poles.  While pole dancing may seem like an effortless and sexual activity, we quickly discovered it requires much more skill and finesse than we had previously thought.   When it comes to athletic...

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Everyday workouts by Varsity athletes

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It’s no secret that Queen’s has some talented athletes on campus. But while we see them during games and races, we rarely see their day-to-day training — which is what makes up the bulk of the experience of being a varsity athlete. So, I asked three Queen’s athletes to tell us their favourite workout...

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How to be your own masseuse

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Who doesn’t love a good massage? The candles, the sensual lighting and the zen waterfall music that every single spa seems to play — it’s relaxing just thinking about it. Unfortunately, us university students have a slim budget and, let’s face it, can’t afford to hit up a spa for a weekly massage...

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Tabata who?

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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...

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How to balance stress with health

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We’ve all been there: the readings are piling up, the assignments are coming at you, exams are just around the corner, and on top of that, you haven’t done your laundry in weeks. You’re overwhelmed with stress, so you do what seems logical – eat.    Soon one cookie becomes a row of cookies, which...

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Rugby’s radical regimen

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Dan Moor came a long way prior to captaining the men’s rugby team. He played on the fifth squad in 2008, but scored the opening try last November to lead Queen’s over the Western Mustangs for the OUA championship. Climbing the seven-team rugby club ranks was a long-term project. “It doesn’t just happen...

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