Healthy Moms Event
November 5, 2009 by Andrea
Filed under Team FirePower Events
HealthyGirl and FirePower Training Present…
Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies
Are you a busy or a new mom? Are you expecting a little one? Do you have a young family?
Join us for an hour of pampering, tea, nutrition tips, samples and other goodies on November 26 in Milton at 10am. This exclusive 
workshop, especially for moms, will address achieving optimal nutrition for moms and babies. Learn about low-glycemic eating, nutrition and proper supplementation for moms and babies.
Learn how to get back into your body and how nutrition plays a role in mind and body health. Discover a system to address energy, fitness, immune system, metabolism, insulin resistance, and hormones. All information included in this seminar is recommended by NY Times best-selling author, Dr. Christiane Northrup in her recent edition of “Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom”… Free gift for all attendees. Free to attend but seats are limited. This event will sell out.
Register at www.healthymoms.eventbrite.com
Wod Oct 5
Andrea, Nicki Violetti & Robb Wolf @ CF Nutrition Cert Oct 3
- walking lunge 100ft
- 21 pull ups
- 21 sit ups
- walking lunge 100ft
- 18 pull ups
- 18 sit ups
- walking lunge 100ft
- 15 pull ups
- 15 sit ups
- walking lunge 100ft
- 12 pull ups
- 12 sit ups
- walking lunge 100ft
- 9 pull ups
- 9 sit ups
- walking lunge 100ft
- 6 pull ups
- 6 sit ups
Eating A Little Out of Control?
October 3, 2009 by Andrea
Filed under News & Events, Wellness Events
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Ate a little too much this weekend? Get your eating back on track with a super easy RESET Cleanse Kit. 
RESET™ is a jump-start program to help you take positive steps toward reaching your health and weight-loss goals.
It’s no secret that the key to effective weight loss is making positive changes in diet and exercise. However, making those healthy lifestyle changes can often seem like an insurmountable task. Our Healthy Weight Management products are designed to jumpstart healthy eating habits and help individuals begin to make a clean break from unhealthy food.
Simply replace your meals and snacks for five days and begin a new, healthier lifestyle. In five days, you can: Lose the Cravings—Help reduce carbohydrate cravings with delicious low-glycemic foods Lose the Pounds—Jump-start your new lifestyle by losing those first five pounds. Find the New You—Discover the lean, healthy, and energetic person inside you.
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Cost $137.95 + tax. Can be delivered in 3 to 5 days to your front door!
To order, call/text Andrea @ 519-240-4920 or email here
Healthy For Life Nutrition Seminar
September 25, 2009 by Andrea
Filed under Team FirePower Events
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Reset your body and Reset your life to feel better than ever.
Join Andrea Savard, Wellness Coach and her team to learn about low-glycemic eating and proper supplementation for stabilizing blood sugar and cutting cravings for sustainable weight loss.
Discover a system to address energy, fitness, immune system, metabolism, insulin resistance, hypoglycemia and hormones.
All information included in this seminar is recommended by Dr. Christiane Northrup in her recent edition of “Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom”.
Location: FirePower Training, 509 Main St E., Milton, ON L9T 3J2
Questions/RSVP: andrea@firepowertraining.com
WOD – September 23rd, 2009
Daniel and Louise at the Element CrossFit Challenge
Shoulder press
1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps
I’m not a big T.V. guy, but I’ve been catching some of Dr. Oz, (yeah I know the guy from Oprah) and he has some pretty interesting stuff to say. Here is a video on Sugar Addiction Sugar AKA Crack in the CrossFit community.
“Case Studies in Nutrition: The CrossFit Gamer” with Robb Wolf byCrossFit Again Faster, CrossFit Journal Preview – video [wmv] [mov]
Keeping a food journal
June 20, 2009 by Brian
Filed under Tips & Hints
Hey everyone, I know we harp on keeping a journal about your training. This is done so you can chart your progress, and see measurable results. But how many of you record what you eat? This is also important for self evaluation. If lately you have been working hard, but spinning your wheels in weight loss, strength gains, etc. Maybe you need to track what you put in your body, how it makes you feel after, and how you felt in the gym. I think this is just as important as your training journal. I have spoken with a few of you recently about plateauing, and how to break out of it. By tracking your nutrition, training, sleep patterns, etc.. you can map your way back on track! I know this sounds time consuming, but maybe this investment of time in your health is worth a little sacrifice. When lack of time is used as an arguement, I ask you this question; Who was voted off survivor last night? If you know the answer, you have enough time to write your food consumption down!
See you all in the gym!
-Brian
What In The World Are You Putting On Your Skin??
May 28, 2009 by Andrea
Filed under Better Health, Health Tips & Hints
Is your bathroom cabinet bulging with toxins?
Is your make-up or toiletries bag a cocktail of chemicals that could do you harm?
Yes is probably the answer to both questions. Check out the ingredients list on your bottles and jars: the higher up the list these 15 come, the greater the concentration.
Formaldehyde – Combined with water, this toxic gas is used as a disinfectant, fixative, germicide and preservative in deodorants, liquid soaps, nail varnish and shampoos. Also known as formalin, formal and methyl aldehyde, it is a suspected human carcinogen and has caused lung cancer in rats. It can damage DNA, irritate the eyes, upper respiratory tract and mucous membrane, and may cause asthma and headaches. It is banned in Japan and Sweden.
Phthalates hit the headlines last year for being “gender benders”. They are a family of industrial plasticisers already banned in the EU from being used in plastic toys, but are still in hairsprays, top-selling perfumes and nail varnishes. They can be absorbed through the skin, inhaled as fumes and ingested from contaminated food or breastfeeding. Animal studies have shown they can damage the liver, kidneys, lungs and reproductive system -especially developing testes.
Parabens are listed as alkyl parahydroxy benzoates -butyll methyl/ethyl/ propyllisobutyl paraben on some toothpastes, moisturisers and deodorants. They are used as a preservative, but are oestrogen mimics. Research suggests that parabens in antiperspirant deodorants can cause breast cancer. Oestrogen-type chemicals have also been linked to testicular cancer and a reduction in sperm count.
Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS) is one of the major ingredients in nearly every shampoo, bubble bath, liquid soap etc. Why, when it is a known skin irritant, stops hair growth, can cause cataracts in adults, damage children’s eye development and cause urinary tract infection?
Toluene is a common solvent found in nail enamels, hair gels, hair spray, and perfumes. It is a neurotoxin and can damage the liver, disrupt the endocrine system and cause asthma.
Propylene Glycol is a cosmetic form of mineral oil (refined crude oil) used in industrial antifreeze. People handling it are warned by the manufacturer to avoid skin contact and wear respirators and rubber gloves etc, and yet this is a major ingredient in most moisturisers, skin creams, baby wipes and sun screens. Why? It’s cheap and gives the “glide” factor in body lotions – but is in fact robbing lower layers of skin of moisture. Lanolin and collagen also clog pores and cause skin to age faster than if nothing was used.
Talc is recognised as carcinogenic and has been linked to an increased risk of ovarian cancer and general urinary tract disorders. So don’t dust it on your baby’s, or anyone else’s, bottom!
Parfum/perfume A typical cosmetic can contain up to 100 chemicals in the perfume alone! 95 per cent of these chemicals are synthetic compounds derived from petroleum -26 of which are on an EU hit list. Fragrances have been linked to allergies and breathing difficulties and they penetrate the skin.
Xylene is listed as xytol or dimethylbenzene on nail varnish bottles. It can damage your liver, is narcotic in high concentrations and causes skin and respiratory tract irritation.
Diethanolamine Also Tri and Mono (DEA, TEA and MEA) are absorbed through skin where they accumulate in products also containing nitrates, they react and form nitrosamines which are carcigonemic.
Aluminium is found in most deodorants and has been linked to Alzheimer’s. If you want to stay alert, and still smell fresh and clean switch to a safer one.
Triclosan sometimes listed as 5-chloro-2 (2,4-dichlorophenoxy) phenol, is in deodorants, toothpastes, vaginal washes and mouthwashes. Toxic dioxins are produced during its manufacture or incineration. It is stored in breast milk and in fish, and can break down in water to create a member of the dioxin family.
Source: FoodMatters.tv
More Nutrition Information
May 17, 2009 by Brian
Filed under Healthy Eating
Hey guys, hope to see lots of you tomorrow on the trail run…meanwhile here is a great nutrition blog started by the folks at Crossfit Unlimited! Your training can be perfect, but if your eating crap…you will look like crap! Proper training does not make up for improper diet!!
-See you on the trail, or in the Gym!
-Brian
P.S. Enjoy this really cool kettlebell video… this dude is tossing a 70lb kettlebell aroung like a baseball!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uj94oEZosc&feature=player_embedded
WOD- April 29th, 2009
8 rounds for time of :
10 push press 75 /45
20 walking lunges
5 pull ups
10 box jumps 20 / 24
10 GHD sit ups / or 20 normal sit ups
20 double unders
“Train Them How to Eat” with Skip Chase, 2009 CrossFit Affiliate Gathering – video [wmv] [mov]
How do you eat? Do you “zone”, do you eat whole foods? Is your diet crap?
Post times and thoughts to comments
Kids and eating right!
April 28, 2009 by Brian
Filed under Healthy Eating
How do you get the kids to eat right (Paleo)? Some say “Just make them, you are the parents. They will eat what you feed them.” While that may be true to some extent, you might have to be smarter than that… or should I say them. The most important part is for you, THE PARENT, to set the example and practice what you preach. Here’s some ideas from CF Norcal: http://www.norcalsc.com/index.php/post/feeding_the_family/
I found the above posting on one of my favourite affiliate sites to visit, Crossfit Wilmington. It was funny because I was discussing getting kids to eat better yesterday in the gym.
See you all in the gym!
-Brian
