Trained Hard For Their Wedding...

Congrats to our good friends and clients Kris and Marie-Lou Meawasige. Both trained hard and stayed disciplined in the months before the wedding and it shows!

Great job guys!

Having Trouble Losing Weight? Check Your Sleep Patterns!

More and more info has been reaching the fitness industry about the effects of proper sleep on weight loss.

Most new clients that we see that are struggling to lose weight have poor sleep patterns, along with other lifestyle habits that need changing.

Your body needs proper deep sleep to function. If you are struggling to lose weight, check your sleep patterns!

Check out these statistics on sleep patterns;

1) On average we sleep 1-2 hours less per night than 40 years ago

2) Helsinki Health Study 2010 - short sleep (less than 5 hours per day) associated with major weight gain in women

3) Mice exposed to light at night tend to eat more at night and gain more weight, even if total calories are the same as placebo mice.

4) Quebec en Forme project - short sleep duration is the STRONGEST predictor of overweight and obesity in adults and children. More than inactivity, TV watching, alcohol intake, income and education, parental obesity. (Chaput et al, Obesity 2009)

5) Even acute periods of short sleep are associated with increased caloric intake...

*One night of 4hrs of sleep in young men resulted in +559 kcal intake over the following day vs. 8 hrs sleep.
(Brandel et al, Am J Clin Nutr 2010)

6) Increasing sleep also associated with reduced fat gain in adult short sleepers (< 6 hrs/day) over 6 years...

*Increase from 6 to 7.5 hrs/night = 2.4kg less fat mass gained vs. those who maintained short sleep.
(Chaput et al, Int J Obes 2011)

Yoga 101 Workshop

Yoga provides many benefits - focus, deep breathing, stress relief, flexibility, strength and inner peace.

Many clients we speak with are interested in getting involved with Yoga but are unsure where to start. It can be intimidating to simply walk into a Yoga class having never tried one before.

Live in Motion is offering a 90 minute "Yoga 101" workshop to assist those that would like to get involved with Yoga and learn some basics first.

What you will learn - poses that are most common in classes, proper alignment and breathing techniques.

When - Monday, May 28th from 6:30pm - 8pm

Where - Clarington's Wellness Path in Bowmanville

Please email me at lisa@liveinmotion.ca for more details or to register.

We look forward to introducing you to the wonderful practice of Yoga.

Whitby Corporate Boot Camp

Our corporate fitness programs have become a staple at businesses throughout Durham.

Simply put corporate fitness is a winning situation for everyone...

Participants train 2 x per week either on their lunch hour or directly after work. This eliminates the dreaded scheduling conflict. It is much easier to make exercise a priority when you do not need to go home first. We all need exercise to stay healthy, control weight and combat stress. Why not make it as convenient as possible?

Corporations benefit from having healthier and happier employees. Everyone wins.

A big thanks to all the participants at our OS Corporate Boot Camp who have put so much time and effort into staying committed over the last year...




Slaloming the trees to warm-up....



Push ups combined with medicine ball chases/slams. Conditioning, strength and fat burning...

Side medicine ball throws with partner catch and squat. Making the time efficient....

Medicine ball sit ups with partner catch and shoulder press...



Sprints to rev up the metabolism...



Traveling jump squats, always a 'favorate'

Not sure if Diane or Daphne jumped higher?

Training hard and having a great time!

Alot of nuts....

Client orders for organic nuts, dried fruit, coconut products etc. have arrived! Raw, healthy and high quality.

Great to see our clients 'thinking outside the box' and looking at alternate food sources over the grocery store...

Live In Motion Charity Road Hockey Team - Players Needed

Here's the lowdown...

I'm 38 - I don't get to play road hockey anymore, and I'm not pleased about it. We hit a certain age where we just don't get to play. It's not like we can walk up to a group of neighborhood kids and say "Hey Dudes, can I play too?" Besides most of them are sitting in front of their TV's playing Call of Duty anyway.

I've talked to many other guys about the good old road hockey days. We all complain that we miss it and swap stories of our glory days in our childhood neighborhoods. I'm pretty sure I am still the highest scoring player in the history of Concord Place in Burlington, Ontario road hockey from July 1981, but I don't like to brag.

Well, It's time to play again. Live in Motion is entering a team (maybe 2) in the Big Brothers Big Sisters BIG 3-on-3 Road Hockey Tournament. Just to clarify - we will be in the 18 plus division.

I'm in the process of becoming a Big Brother and would like to help out the organization. We all understand the value of helping a charity - no need to explain here.

Here's the details;

Date: Sat, May 12
Location: Bowmanville
Time: Games start at 9:15am
Division: 18 plus
Cost: $25 per player ($150 per team - max of 6 players per team)

Please email me at jason@liveinmotion.ca if you are interested in joining this elite squad of snipers.

Note - it is encouraged that players wear gloves, helmets, jocks etc. We'll also have to find some goalie gear - and a goalie for that matter.

So far Team#1 is...

1) Me (Jason)
2) Kris Meawasige "The Nunavut Warrior"
3) Jason "Just Do It" Nike
4) Adam "Habs Fan" Holt
5) Matt "Married Madman" Bryan

Next Cooking Class - Sat, May 5th. Quick and Tasty Meals for Fat Loss

One of the biggest factors in losing fat and staying lean is the consistency of proper meal intake. When we speak with clients this is one of the biggest (if not the biggest) challenges.

If you evaluate your week in terms of healthy meal consistency, how many meals did you miss? How many were not conducive to fat loss? How many made you feel lethargic, tired, bloated?

Our advice to clients is to learn to prepare two healthy meal recipes. If you've got 20-30 mins to whip up something healthy and tasty, nobody wants to consult a recipe book and turn the whole thing into a production. Once you can do two in your sleep, learn another two and so on.

Our Quick and Tasty Meals for Fat Loss class is designed to teach SIMPLE meals that can become staples for health, energy and fat loss.

Details;

Saturday, May 5th from 10am to 1pm

Location; Clarington's Wellness Path in Bowmanville

Cost is $65 which includes cost of food and recipe book. Bring a child under 18 for $25.

Please email me at jason@liveinmotion.ca to register. This class is a small group format with room for 8 participants.