Your momma was right! Breakfast is the MOST important meal of the day . Eating after 6 or more hours of fasting (which is what is happening when you sleep) is absolutely key to maintaining a healthy body weight. Making breakfast a daily ritual will help...

It's a gorgeous day here in Guleph! And one of the best things about this weather is that it inspires us to get outside and to get moving. Even if you were sluggish, and a bit more lethargic than you should have been over the winter months, this weather...

We all know that the key to losing and maintaining a healthy body weight is your metabolism. The speed of your metabolism will determine how fast your body is able to burn calories. So obviously a faster metabolism has its benefits. The body is like a...

Good Monday morning Fitness Gear 101 readers. I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful weekend, I know I did. Even though it was a gloomy one I still got in a day of shopping in with my favorite girls Michelle and Marlo, which meant a few hours of walking,...

Along with the beautiful summer weather comes the heat, which can be close to unbearable during everyday activities, not to mention during a workout. It is important to remember that physically exerting yourself under extreme heat and humidity for a prolonged...

Heat cramps most often occur in an individual who has been physically exerting his/herself for an extended period of time, causing them to sweat excessively. Excessive sweating results in a significant loss of body fluids and electrolytes, leading to...

Heat exhaustion is a more serious condition than heat cramps and occurs because of prolonged exposure to heat, which is often accompanied with physical exertion. This combination leads to excessive sweating and could eventually lead to heat exhaustion....

This condition is also referred to as sunstroke and is a life-threatening condition. It is the result of prolonged exposure to heat and humidity, possibly in a poorly ventilated area. There are two classifications of heat stroke: Classic heatstroke and...

And it's already Friday again folks! It's been a fun and rather quick week. For me, it's been a week of learning, making some amends and a healthy re-evaluation of my lifestyle...am I really doing my best? On that note, I wanted to see the readers of...

Every once in a while we all need a bit of a self-evaluation - even good ol' Anna! As soon as summer hits I make it a point to get outside more, eat more fresh produce and clean up any sluggish winter habits. Over the weekend a friend and I had a discussion...

Welcome back from the long weekend Fitness folks! It goes to figure that it was so cold on the weekend and today is so gone dang beautiful! If you’re going to hit a patio tonight for a well-deserved shot of vitamin D, then please go protected. Everyone...

I just received an excellent question from one of our readers…. Tron said: Can physio be used as a preventative measure, or is massage better suited for that? Kim said: You don’t have to wait until you’re injured to see a physiotherapist. In fact, meeting...

Good golly it’s Friday – and a long weekend to boot! So I wanted to end this glorious week on a positive note. I have a friend named Jim that I’ve known since I was 6-years-old. Now just to give you an image of our history…this is the boy, who when I...

Your doctor has given you a stern warning – cut down the sodium in your diet! So you start adding just a pinch of salt to your vegetables at dinner time. You think you’ve cut the sodium in your diet in ½ right? Wrong! Unbeknownst to you, the processed...

This should be a no-brainer By Fitness Mike A study reveals that exercise can make people smarter . New nerve cells developed in the brains of subjects after a 3 month aerobic workout plan. Growing new nerve cells in the brain was thought to be impossible...

Good Tuesday morning FitnessGear101 friends! I'm back today - after a day's absence spent fighting the evil flu bug. You'll be happy to know that this morning I'm 40% snotty mess and 60% fitness diva! Must get blog up...sniffle...ok back to business......

Ok fitness folks…as promised here are my Top 5 faves from the Problogger contest! For those of you who are just hearing about this for the first time, these posts came from a writing project sponsored by Darren Rowse at Problogger . Participants were...

My friend and co-worker Mark runs a fantastic finance site called Rock Your Stock . This site is great because it offers readers a daily dose of investment news, tips and, the best, a Rock Your Stock 'Pick of the Day'! The other day he asked if I had...

Happy Thursday fitness freaks! I have some great health and fitness-related posts from the Problogger writing project to share with you today. I will be sharing Problogger submissions with you until tomorrow (Friday), when I will choose my own Top 5 faves....

In yesterday's post I mentioned that I submitted it to the Problogger Top 5 project. In it I promised that I would be keeping my eye out for great posts submitted by the other bloggers. So today I'd like to share a link with you to a great post called...

What is the ACL? What does it do? ACL refers to the anterior cruciate ligament , which is one of the four ligaments found in the knee. The primary function of this ligament is to prevent excessive forward movement of the tibia (shin bone), which is the...

What happens in an ACL injury? An ACL injury involves a tear or rupture of the tendon, and is usually a result of pivoting while simultaneously exerting high rotational forces on the knee. How do I know if I have torn my ACL? - if you hear a “popping”...

Am I likely to experience an ACL tear? As I said earlier, these injuries most often occur in high impact or high speed sports where participants are required to pivot and change direction suddenly. Less frequently, ACL injuries are seen in the workplace...

Surgery? Well, an important decision must be made about proceeding with surgery or not. To make this decision, the following factors must be considered: - activity level of the patient - age and overall health of patient - knee stability - likelihood...

How long will it take for me to recover from the surgery and what activities will I be able to do? The most important factor that will affect a patient’s recovery is his/her compliance to rest and perform the required physiotherapy exercises regularly....