CONCEPT: Regular exercise is critical for health at all ages in order to maximize healthspan. Cardiorespiratory fitness, measured by VO2max, is one of the strongest predictors of all-cause mortality. By increasing VO2max through regular endurance ex...

Breathing is the first thing we do when we enter this world and one of the last things we do when we leave. However, many of us don’t consider its true importance. The breath can be POWERFUL when used correctly, or it can be DIMINISHING when used in...

CONCEPT: The First Law of Thermodynamics is a fundamental principle that governs changing your body weight. Since energy can only be converted to another form, the balance of energy entering and leaving the body must change. Thus, losing or gaining ...

Have you ever felt your heart racing, or felt a knot in your stomach when you’re nervous or stressed?  This is your body responding to the situation through your autonomic nervous system, the part of your nervous system that regulates things like h...

CONCEPT: Want a quick test that will provide you with a real-time gauge of your fitness, recovery and stress tolerance? In this post, we will discuss how carbon dioxide (CO2) is vitally important to breathing. We will explain how to perform a simple...

CONCEPT: Sleep is a foundational component of health that allows numerous brain and body functions to be restored. With deliberate intention, we can utilize specific behaviours to optimize sleep in order better our health and quality of life. Sleep ...

What is Sleep? “Sleep is not just simply the absence of wakefulness” – Matthew Walker. It is a deliberate, highly metabolically active state of the brain and body which is made up of distinct stages. These stages are broadly differentiated by one co...