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In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to feel disconnected: from nature, from our bodies, and from our overall sense of balance. As a team of in-home and virtual personal trainers, we see this every day. Clients often come to us feeling stressed, fatigued, or simply “off,” even when they’re doing their best to stay active. One powerful yet often overlooked […]
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Fitness Healthy Living Nutrition
As fitness professionals, we know that nutrition plays a massive role in achieving our in-home and virtual personal training clients’ goals. Regardless of specifics, you can’t reach your destination without proper fuel. You’ve probably heard of the concept of tracking macronutrients, but micronutrients are equally important. With so many vitamins and minerals to consider (versus only three macros: protein, carbs, […]
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With new studios and styles popping up every day, the search to find the right workout can feel overwhelming. While there is no universal answer, our team of in-home and virtual personal trainers does favour one category: functional training that works the body as a unit. When it comes to structured exercise, this style is the best way to optimize […]
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Fat loss is a highly familiar goal for our team of in-home and virtual personal trainers. We would argue that it’s one of the most popular reasons for our clients to begin a fitness journey. That said, despite its popularity, fat loss can be a difficult goal for many to achieve, especially in the long term. If you’d like to […]
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Functional Strength Healthy Living Stretching
Most people are familiar with a few key muscles, like the abdominals, glutes, and biceps, but one less talked about muscle that plays a highly important role in movement in the psoas. At Nielsen Fitness, our in-home and virtual personal trainers believe that the more you understand your body, the better you can take care of it. Read on to […]
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Balance Fitness Tips Functional Strength
When it comes to adding challenge to workouts, there are many different variables for in-home and virtual personal trainers to adjust: load, speed, structure, and balance, to name a few. However, one of our personal favourites is the less popular (yet still highly beneficial) variable of direction. At Nielsen Fitness, we use dynamic, directional adjustments to ensure our clients are […]
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Core Strength Healthy Living Stretching
Whether you’re expecting your first child or your third, or maybe you’re just considering having a baby sometime in the future, it’s never the wrong time to learn more about how the body will respond. As a team of in-home and virtual personal trainers, we’ve worked with countless clients before, during, and after pregnancy. We specialize in helping parents feel […]
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A consistent exercise routine is one of the healthiest habits for your body and mind, though it can be challenging for many people to maintain, or even begin. Aside from the usual suspects that can throw roadblocks your way (a busy schedule, lack of motivation, or fear of failure etc.), sometimes exercise repetition can simply begin to feel boring, monotonous, […]
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Exercise Fitness Tips Functional Strength
You may have read our recent blog post on the necessity of the squat. It’s a “foundational movement pattern humans learn at a very young age. The muscles you use in a squat help you power through your daily tasks. Adding squats to your workout can help decrease your risk of injury and keep you moving easily throughout the day” […]
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Exercise Functional Strength Healthy Living
One of the most frustrating misconceptions within the fitness industry is the belief that a workout should feel extremely challenging, verging on painful. While (correctly programmed and implemented) high intensity training has its benefits, exercise should never hurt or feel unsafe. So how do you know if you’re pushing too hard, or simply afraid of feeling the burn? Read on […]
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