The Fit Life Blog

Creatine

I wanted to share a clear and evidence-based breakdown of creatine to help address common questions, clear up the myths, and highlight who can benefit most from supplementation. Below, you’ll find a summary of what creatine is, whether it’s necessary, how it works in the body, dosing guidelines, and what

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5 At Home Mobility Tests

Mobility is essential for maintaining overall health, performance, and quality of life. It allows your joints and muscles to move freely through their full range of motion, reducing stiffness, preventing injury, and improving posture. Good mobility supports better movement patterns in everyday activities and workouts, helping you move more efficiently

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HRV and all you need to know

What is HRV? HRV stands for Heart Rate Variability, which refers to the variation in time between consecutive heartbeats and is controlled by the autonomic nervous system.  Technologies HRV Status feature records HRV data while the user sleeps and compares it to their individual baseline. When you wake up, your

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Warming up with Intent

This week, we’re focusing on something that often gets overlooked… moving with intent and purpose during our warm-ups. It’s not just about the workout itself, but how you approach it from the very first rep. Your warm-up isn’t just a box to check before the “real work” begins. It’s where

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Is caffeine supporting your lifts?

Are you a caffeine drinker? If yes, this email is for you.Today we are diving into the science behind caffeine – how it works and the benefits and drawbacks of caffeine use.  What is Caffeine? Caffeine is a natural stimulant most commonly found in coffee, tea, chocolate, and certain energy

Read More »

HYROX Training Plan 25/26

The LP Crew officially crushed HYROX Toronto after a monster 6-month training block! They have earned a well deserved physical and mental break from the grind of training and Racing!  BUT we know after getting a taste of HYROX that the Crew is hungry for more! HYROX Ottawa is on

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Elevate Your Health with these Nutrition Strategies

As we move out of our body transformation challenge and into our summer challenge, it reminds our members that nutrition isn’t just about maintaining a healthy weight. There is so much more to uncover and habitualize when it comes to nutrition than calories and macros.  Nutrition is your way to promote long-term health

Read More »

Understanding Triggers

Behaviour change is a complex process that begins with awareness – which we chatted about last week. Over the past week,  did you become aware of some habits that you wanted to change? Maybe you realized you don’t drink enough water or maybe you are only getting 6 hours of

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Habit Stacking

I was having a conversation with Kathleen (our new amazing phsyio at LP!) and we were chatting a little bit about habit stacking. We were emphasizing the importance of stacking physio exercises on top of things we already do so that they can be done easier and quicker. I am not

Read More »

A calorie deficit or surplus should not be your everyday

We are halfway through our Body Transformation challenge here at LP and some of our members are at a calorie deficit to lose some body fat and some are at a calorie surplus to gain some muscle mass. These challenges are designed for the short term – because no one wants to be in

Read More »

Creatine

I wanted to share a clear and evidence-based breakdown of creatine to help address common questions, clear up the myths, and highlight who can benefit most from supplementation. Below, you’ll find a summary of what creatine is, whether it’s necessary, how it works in the body, dosing guidelines, and what

Read More »

5 At Home Mobility Tests

Mobility is essential for maintaining overall health, performance, and quality of life. It allows your joints and muscles to move freely through their full range of motion, reducing stiffness, preventing injury, and improving posture. Good mobility supports better movement patterns in everyday activities and workouts, helping you move more efficiently

Read More »

HRV and all you need to know

What is HRV? HRV stands for Heart Rate Variability, which refers to the variation in time between consecutive heartbeats and is controlled by the autonomic nervous system.  Technologies HRV Status feature records HRV data while the user sleeps and compares it to their individual baseline. When you wake up, your

Read More »

Warming up with Intent

This week, we’re focusing on something that often gets overlooked… moving with intent and purpose during our warm-ups. It’s not just about the workout itself, but how you approach it from the very first rep. Your warm-up isn’t just a box to check before the “real work” begins. It’s where

Read More »

Is caffeine supporting your lifts?

Are you a caffeine drinker? If yes, this email is for you.Today we are diving into the science behind caffeine – how it works and the benefits and drawbacks of caffeine use.  What is Caffeine? Caffeine is a natural stimulant most commonly found in coffee, tea, chocolate, and certain energy

Read More »

HYROX Training Plan 25/26

The LP Crew officially crushed HYROX Toronto after a monster 6-month training block! They have earned a well deserved physical and mental break from the grind of training and Racing!  BUT we know after getting a taste of HYROX that the Crew is hungry for more! HYROX Ottawa is on

Read More »

Elevate Your Health with these Nutrition Strategies

As we move out of our body transformation challenge and into our summer challenge, it reminds our members that nutrition isn’t just about maintaining a healthy weight. There is so much more to uncover and habitualize when it comes to nutrition than calories and macros.  Nutrition is your way to promote long-term health

Read More »

Understanding Triggers

Behaviour change is a complex process that begins with awareness – which we chatted about last week. Over the past week,  did you become aware of some habits that you wanted to change? Maybe you realized you don’t drink enough water or maybe you are only getting 6 hours of

Read More »

Habit Stacking

I was having a conversation with Kathleen (our new amazing phsyio at LP!) and we were chatting a little bit about habit stacking. We were emphasizing the importance of stacking physio exercises on top of things we already do so that they can be done easier and quicker. I am not

Read More »

A calorie deficit or surplus should not be your everyday

We are halfway through our Body Transformation challenge here at LP and some of our members are at a calorie deficit to lose some body fat and some are at a calorie surplus to gain some muscle mass. These challenges are designed for the short term – because no one wants to be in

Read More »

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