by Ann Ruppenstein
on May 1, 2013
“These classes were popping up all the time and they tried them and just fell in love with them,” says Barreworks communications director Sandra Vadasz. “They were...(More)
by Ann Ruppenstein
on April 11, 2013
“Five minutes into it you could see them looking around like what the heck? This is killing me,” Francis Greco says adding two of the models have...(More)
by Ann Ruppenstein
on February 13, 2013
“She was walking on the balance stones having a really hard time and one of the little boys was holding her hand, helping her...(More)
by Ann Ruppenstein
on August 22, 2012
In the middle of marking exams, cooking dinner and playing with her daughter who was latched to her leg, Rhonda Roberts Smid came up with the name of her future business.
“I was like the art of balance in my head and then I wrote it down and said that’s going to be good for something...(More)
“I was like the art of balance in my head and then I wrote it down and said that’s going to be good for something...(More)
by Ann Ruppenstein
on August 22, 2012
Grant Brothers MMA and Boxing Gym co-owners Neil Forester and Ryan “RG” Grant believe what happens at their gym warrants a television show.
“We kind of joke about it but it’s not even a joke,” says Forester. “We can probably set up cameras in here and it would be a reality TV...(More)
“We kind of joke about it but it’s not even a joke,” says Forester. “We can probably set up cameras in here and it would be a reality TV...(More)
by Ann Ruppenstein
on July 3, 2012
After splitting her abdominals while pregnant, Sandra Drygas became a certified personal trainer to correct her stomach muscles.
“I never thought I wanted to be a personal trainer until I started doing it myself,” she says. “I’m from a dance background, so I trained in classical...(More)
“I never thought I wanted to be a personal trainer until I started doing it myself,” she says. “I’m from a dance background, so I trained in classical...(More)
by Ann Ruppenstein
on April 13, 2012
Having left her corporate job to reside in India for months of yoga training, Debbie Fung compares her life to Eat, Pray, Love.
While she studied in Jaipur, her future husband and business partner Jason Lu trained in Mysore.
“Jason and I decided that if we loved it so...(More)
While she studied in Jaipur, her future husband and business partner Jason Lu trained in Mysore.
“Jason and I decided that if we loved it so...(More)
by Ann Ruppenstein
on April 13, 2012
After moving to Canada from Scotland, Carol McMaster hit the gym as a way of meeting people.
“I went to the gym every night because I had nothing else to do and it was a way to make friends and I just got more and more into it and one day I realized I think I could really do this,”...(More)
“I went to the gym every night because I had nothing else to do and it was a way to make friends and I just got more and more into it and one day I realized I think I could really do this,”...(More)
by Kelly Gadzala
on June 8, 2011
She’s on the cusp of 72, but York Mills resident Edna Levitt is living proof not just of the idea that 70 is the new 50 — but also that it’s never too late to get in shape.
Levitt’s business, 50-Plus Fitness, is in its fifth year providing personal training to 50-plus folk.(More)
Levitt’s business, 50-Plus Fitness, is in its fifth year providing personal training to 50-plus folk.
by Kelly Gadzala
on May 11, 2011
Longtime Leasider Kelly Dolson opened her business, Core Body Science on Nov. 1 on Millwood Road, only to close it and re-open three months later in a space that was two blocks away, at 856 Millwood Rd.
“It was a bit of a nightmare,” Dolson says of the bad landlord relations that...(More)
“It was a bit of a nightmare,” Dolson says of the bad landlord relations that...(More)
by Brian Baker
on November 11, 2010
Brian Baker's column has moved. For further articles dating from the August 2011 issue as well as past articles visit http://mytorontotoday.ca.
Hidden in the labyrinthine halls of Northern Secondary School, in the earliest of Friday morns,...(More)
Hidden in the labyrinthine halls of Northern Secondary School, in the earliest of Friday morns,...(More)
by Julie Watson
on November 2, 2010
Fitness expert Julie Watson of AfterGlow offers seven things you can do to flatten your tummy without doing crunches
1 Sleep. It reduces inflammation. Always sleep when your baby sleeps. And when you exercise, make sure you get one...(More)
1 Sleep. It reduces inflammation. Always sleep when your baby sleeps. And when you exercise, make sure you get one...(More)
by Kelly Gadzala
on November 2, 2010
Definition, mummy tummy:
That poochy flabby tummy that won’t go away after childbirth.
Solution to mummy tummy:
Ramp it up with a couple thousand crunches a day in between baby feedings and the fat will burn right off.
Wrong and wrong, say the...(More)
That poochy flabby tummy that won’t go away after childbirth.
Solution to mummy tummy:
Ramp it up with a couple thousand crunches a day in between baby feedings and the fat will burn right off.
Wrong and wrong, say the...(More)
by Kelly Gadzala
on August 12, 2010
Walk into Rachelle Bronfman’s new venture and you’ll meet someone likeGeorge, a personal trainer who likes whipping himself up a recoveryshake after whipping himself into shape.
You’ve got to replenish the protein lost during training, he says, so drink the shake within an hour.(More)
You’ve got to replenish the protein lost during training, he says, so drink the shake within an hour.
by Kelly Gadzala
on August 10, 2010
Catherine Cameron left a six-figure job to spread the word about getting in shape in an approachable, common sense way.
The certified group fitness instructor and former personal trainer has always incorporated high-intensity workouts and teaching into her life. But when her daughter...(More)
The certified group fitness instructor and former personal trainer has always incorporated high-intensity workouts and teaching into her life. But when her daughter...(More)
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