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  • My favorite workout food – Swedish Blåbärssoppa, blueberry soup

    My favorite workout food – Swedish Blåbärssoppa, blueberry soup

    My favorite workout food is blåbärssoppa, growing up in Sweden this was the drink rich in energy that was served to us at school and at sporting events. It was also given to someone that had an upset stomach.

  • How to fix your bike – bicycle repair guide

    How to fix your bike – bicycle repair guide

    Want to learn how to fix your own bike. BicycleTutor.com is the site that has hundreds of videos showing how you can fix your own bike.

  • Tips on how to prepare for your first Triathlon and thereafter

    Tips on how to prepare for your first Triathlon and thereafter

    Getting Started Buy a Speedsuit (or wetsuit) that fits. Test it…even in a pool.  You’ll want a suit that’s got a lot of range of motion in the shoulders – it will cut minutes off your race time. I recommend the fastest one in the market – the Xterra Velocity! Buy new goggles (same model…

  • Torbjorn Zetterlund: Control you sugar intake to get that six pack

    Torbjorn Zetterlund: Control you sugar intake to get that six pack

    I been training for years and I always had a bit of a stomach bulge filled with fat, it did not matter how often I trained or how much. I ate regularly mostly healthy food,  did cardio and strength training but my little bulge never changed, the rest of my body did. I looked over…

  • The Pareto 80 – 20 rule in eating healthy

    The Pareto principle (also known as the 80-20 rule, the law of the vital few,  and the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.

  • Coconut Water instead of Sports Drinks during a triathlon

    Training or racing a triathlon requires you to hydrate and make sure you have enough electrolytes and carbohydrates to complete a race. For hydrating, there are many options available to you such as water with electrolyte tablets, sports drinks, and coconut water.

  • Antioxidant Rich Snack Foods Made Easy

    Those who have made a new year’s resolution to become healthier now have an alternative for that afternoon snack. Toronto based organic food distributors, Mike & Mike’s, have released a new line of 100% certified organic snack foods aptly named Organic Select. Currently being sold at select retailers across the GTA and Ottawa, Organic Select…

  • Why dieting will not work alone to loosen body fat

    It’s all over the media, with ads promising us to lose weight, lose fat or how to get a six-pack. Every turn we take, we find someone that is trying to sell us something. Their words are appealing. They try to lure you into their false promises. It’s no wonder that a lot of people…

  • Best workout tips that works for me

    Everyday exercises: Leave the car at home, walk, run or bike to work or walk to the bus, go train or subway station. Run to the supermarket, walk home with your shopping bags. Take the stairs instead of the elevator.

  • 10 dangers being a cyclist

    10 dangers being a cyclist

    During a discussion about biking with a friend, he said aren’t you scared biking to work. I answer him that in general I am not scared biking to work, but I do have moments when I reflect on a situation that could have become dangerous. So, it dawned on me that I should put together…