Sisterhood Fitness – where women support encourage and train
"I will not walk in front of you as your leader, or behind you as your follower, but I will walk beside you as your sister,” Founder of Sisterhood...
Signs You Need New Running Shoes
By: Tina Mancini
Signs You Need New Running Shoes
Depending on how often you use them, you should know that your running shoes need replacing every 6 months. That’s assuming...
Beware the Easter Anti-Chocolate!
by Wendy Hunt, for the Mansfield Pointe Claire
It’s Easter. And everyone loves to espouse the health benefits of chocolate in order to justify their consumption of Easter goodies. After...
Downhill ski prep –The skiers tune-up
Written by Wendy Hunt for the Mansfield Pointe Claire
It’s hard to believe that the downhill ski season is coming up, but the sound of winter winds is a reminder...
Pierrefonds youth dances her way to a top spot in Canadian National Competition
by Rhonda Massad
Pierrefonds resident Adriana Muller and her ballroom dance partner Chaz Taylor walked off with the second place ranking at the Alors on Danse Canadian National competition in...
Concussions in Sports: a Reality for Youth Across Canada
By Daniele Iannarone
This upcoming Sunday evening, Canadians and Americans were glued to their television sets watching one of the biggest annual sporting events in North America: The Super Bowl. ...
The Grinch “Gets” Gyms
By: Wendy Hunt for the Mansfield Pointe Claire
Choosing the right gym to join is no easy task. There are gyms dedicated to hot yoga, spinning or cross fit. There...
First ever Desjardins Pointe Claire half marathon a running success
By Rhonda Massad
June 18, was the first ever half marathon in Pointe Claire benefitting the Alzheimer's Society of Montreal.
According to Pointe Claire Mayor Morris Trudeau, who was on site...
Is “Online Personal Training” an Oxymoron?
By: Wendy Hunt for the Mansfield Pointe Claire
These days you can purchase anything online. You can even hire a personal trainer who will make your work outs “easy, effective...
Fat is no longer the Bogeyman
By Richard Tardif
It is widely accepted that excessive spikes of insulin from consuming refined carbohydrates cause obesity, not dietary fat, as we were lead to believe in the 1970s,...