If there is one adage that totally rings true it is that need is the mother of invention. A while back the automotive industry needed a mixer that could be precise in size and most of all portable for convenient specific area applications. Voila! The birth of the tote mixer. It solved numerous logistic problems. [...]
Continue reading...10. May 2012
Have you have ever stopped to think what area of wedding decorations is the most critical? Let me give you a clue. It averages about 5’6” and weighs about 125lbs. No it’s not the cake. It’s the bride. The wedding gown is far and away the focal point of any wedding. I have watched dozens [...]
Continue reading...8. May 2012
If you have ever been to a fitness exhibition, you know that there are thousands of pieces of equipment. You are not alone if you perceive that many of them do the same thing for the same muscle groups. This produces tons of printed materials and DVD’s that boast of the laurels of each of [...]
Continue reading...2. May 2012
When my clients are in the gym working out, they have an increased state of exposure to anything in the atmosphere. When you are expanding your lungs and breathing so deeply, your vulnerability heightens. I bring this up because a neighboring paint store in my strip mall was doing some kind of chemical mixing that [...]
Continue reading...2. May 2012
Capitalism, is it a good thing, bad thing or scary thing? My answer is, all three. We as a society have certainly given money a way too important role in our lives. Yet the competitive spirit of business is what pushes us forward in many areas. I notice in my gym that people working out [...]
Continue reading...1. May 2012
What is more important to you, physical fitness or fiscal fitness? In my estimation, we should and can have both. Being fit won’t cut it if you have little income. The depression and stress will soon erode your health if life is a drag. Money can only be enjoyed if you are healthy enough to [...]
Continue reading...27. April 2012
I am ready for the big change. I have been boring my friends to death with my touting of my love for our neighbors to the north. I was patiently awaiting a personal trainer position in Canada so I could pick up stakes and move there. It happened last week. I got a more than [...]
Continue reading...25. April 2012
It was the determining factor. My wife tried relentlessly to convince me that this Burnaby condo was perfect for us. I kept puttung her off saying that we had everything we need right where we are. Then one weekend she convinced me to at least take a look at one. She had been drooling over [...]
Continue reading...18. March 2012
Fitness is a term that has no real parameters. To a professional athlete, the numbers like weight, body fat etc. are at a totally different level than the average person’s. In addition, there are different areas of fitness overall. For example, we should take a look at mental fitness as seriously, if not more seriously, [...]
Continue reading...16. March 2012
My dear wife has been on this relentless campaign to get me to at least visit this Burnaby condo she saw on a trip with her sister this winter. I am finally ready to retire this year after 35 years in the fitness business. I had very different plans than moving into a condo. I [...]
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12. May 2012
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