Should you strength train to failure?

Strength training needs to be a foundational component of your health and fitness if you want to live longer and live a

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Beyond burgers: healthy or unhealthy?

It feels like the summer of beyond meat. Starting with its stock marketing dominating IPO in May and now being marketed with

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Exercise snacks compared to exercise meals

If you’re like me you likely recall (with some disdain) the typical strategies to stay fit such as ‘why don’t you park

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Why exercising your way to weight loss isn’t working

I’m just coming off a week of holidays of rest, relaxation and intermittent binge eating. In case you are unfamiliar, this is

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Does reducing red meat intake mean you will actually live longer?

I grew up in Oakville with a very typical eclectic, primarily “British diet”; burgers, chicken, pasta, bacon and eggs, casseroles, through the

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Your knee and hip arthritis may be killing you!

The title is dramatic. And if you know Pete and I, you know we aren’t overly dramatic guys. But it is becoming

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Processed, genetically modified and pesticides: our food is killing us

From 2000-2004 I attended the University of Waterloo. I cringe to think of how many Subway footlong’s I consumed during that period.

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How to reduce your risk of death by 26% in just 10 minutes per week

Have you ever gone through a period of not exercising, decided it’s ready to get going again, and then had the following

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3 things you need to beat your injury

We’ve all been injured. It’s always a burden. But have you noticed that some people seem to handle being injured better than

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The ultimate paper to prove if caffeine actually improves athletic performance

I am a coffee snob. When a headline comes around suggesting coffee is actually good for your health I am all over

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