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How exercise can help with chronic pain

Chronic pain affects millions. It’s linked with “lower quality of life, greater medical spending, and significant economic costs” (Medical News Today, 2023), often hindering our motivation to exercise. In reality, however, working out is one of the best tools to improve your mobility and energy while decreasing stiffness and pain.In-home and virtual personal trainers work with clients living with chronic […]

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An Exercise Staple: Why We Love Pushups

Push-ups are one of those exercises that most people love to hate. However, there are many good reasons why they are worth doing – and why they remain a staple in our in-home and virtual personal training toolbox:Why we love push upsFUNCTION & PRACTICALITYNielsen Fitness believes in functional fitness. Our private trainers take a health-first approach; improving our client’s health […]

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The Underrated Skill of Body Awareness

The focus of fitness is so often aesthetic, which makes it easy to focus solely on the external aspects of workouts: losing weight, gaining muscle definition, or moving with more strength, speed, and power.While these are fantastic fitness goals, a crucial element of fitness success is often overlooked: the quality of your mind-muscle connection and kinesthetic awareness. Read on to […]

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Swiss ball vs. exercise bench: Which is better?

To say there’s a wide range of exercise equipment and tools in the fitness world would be an understatement. From kettlebells and resistance bands to cable machines and squat racks, the options are endless. One of the very best and most versatile, in our opinion, is the Swiss Ball, also known as an exercise ball or stability ball. “Originally intended […]

Aging Functional Strength Healthy Living

Sarcopenia: How to Reverse Age-Related Muscle Loss

After age 30, you can expect to lose up to 5% of your muscle mass every decade—unless you work to maintain or improve it. This loss of muscle mass is known as sarcopenia, which is (unfortunately) a natural part of aging. The good news is that it’s possible to reverse it and gain muscle mass after 30 and beyond. In this […]

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Five of our favourite compound exercises

Compound exercises are a fundamental component of our personal training programs, both in-home and online – and for good reason. “Not including compound exercises in your programme is on par with forgetting your headphones or not re-racking your weights. It’s a fitness faux pas that experts unanimously agree, should be avoided at all costs” (Men’s Health, 2023).Compound exercises are movements […]

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Intermittent Fasting: What, How and Why?

Intermittent fasting (IF) is a dietary practice that’s getting a lot of attention these days. In a nutshell, it involves fitting all your calories for the day into a condensed window of time and ‘fasting’ outside those hours. Many intermittent fasters eat within an eight-hour window – for example, noon to 8pm – and fast for the remaining 16 hours […]

Aging Core Strength Fitness Tips

Strength training can slow the ageing process. Here’s how.

What if I told you that, regardless of your age, it is possible to generate, retain, and improve upon various youthful qualities?During our youth, we are able to perform physical movements with confidence and with minimal or no pain. The body is flexible. Injuries and illness never seem to last all that long. You might even recall being in a […]

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5 reasons why building and maintaining muscle mass is critical

Muscle mass is a vital component of our overall health and well-being that should not be overlooked. Beyond the aesthetic benefits of a toned physique, preserving muscle mass plays a crucial role in various aspects of our lives. In this blog, we’ll explore five reasons why it’s essential to prioritize the maintenance of muscle mass throughout our lives.METABOLISM AND WEIGHT […]

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Why Thin Doesn’t Always = Healthy

The other day one of our virtual personal training clients, who is in great shape, told me that one of her friends remarked to her, “Why on earth do you work out? You’re skinny!” This comment is an example of a great misconception in our society: that skinny = healthy.This client can deadlift and squat more than her own body […]