Featured Personal Trainer: Darlene Caridi of Functional Fitnesse
Welcome to Fitin! Please introduce yourself. My name is Darlene Caridi. I am a fitness professional, specializing in functional fitness for women 50 plus, promoting an active lifestyle, ageing successfully,…
Eating Slowly
I’ve been obsessively focused on my physical health for the last 13 years. In all that time, the most important nutritional advice I’ve ever been given, and that I can…
The next big fitness trend: small-group personal trainer sessions
Gone are the days where personal trainers are only for the elite athletes, the wealthy, or those with physical issues that needed specialized aid. Personalization has been a huge trend…
Please Sweat The Small Stuff (Micronutrients)
The Big 3 of the nutrition world always get the limelight and attention, and rightfully so, as they are the most important players on the team. Carbs are Kyle Lowry…
A Short History of Movement (aka: Why We Need Exercise)
Last week I made the ‘Southern Fried Chicken’ that my brother-from-another-mother used to make me when we were in university. I remembered being horrified that the ‘gravy’ he made to…
Simple Tips for Plant-Based Diets
Let’s talk about plants! Many people are vegetarian or vegan for ethical reasons, but there are a lot of others who consider following or do follow those diets for other…
Let’s talk about stress, baby!
Just about every human being on this planet has something called an allostatic load, which is the total amount of stress that we are capable of dealing with – basically,…
Featured Personal Trainer: Alex Fernandes of Atom Athletics
Welcome to FitIn! Please introduce yourself? My name is Alex Fernandes. I am a personal trainer, powerlifting enthusiast, with a black belt in Taekwon Do. I live in downtown Toronto…
New Knees? My journey through stem cell treatment, part 3
After being given the go-ahead by both the doctor and my physiotherapist, I started up with some running again, very excitedly. Run number 1 My first run was only…