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Live Well or Live Long?

September 25, 2018
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| Categories: Health, Lifestyle

As a fitness trainer in Ajax, I often think about the question... would you rather live well or live long? I recently conducted an online survey. Given a choice of living to the age of 25, but living a great life or living to 95 but having serious health problems, which would you choose. 98% of those who answered said that they would prefer to live to age 25. That is, most people would rather live a shorter great life. The most interesting aspect of this survey is that most of us do not have to make that choice. Advice

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Save on Personal Training- Train Three Times Per Week

September 21, 2018
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| Categories: Health, Types of Excercise
Irina Marchenkova coaching a client through a battle-rope workout

You can save on personal training by training three times a week. This seems to go against the conventional wisdom. I have heard it so many times "I can't afford to train 3 times a week, it is too expensive. When you take a closer look at the different scenarios, you will discover that it is at least the same cost, and most likely even less expensive for you to train three times a week in comparison to once or twice a week. First of all, does it make sense to train three times a week? Some people have asked

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Three Meals a Day NOT! Eat Frequently

September 19, 2018
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Three Meals, Irina Marchenkova, Victoria, Toronto, Ajax, Pickering, Whitby, Oshawa, Personal Trainer

Three Meals a day (NOT!) - Eat Smaller amounts of Food More Frequently.  Eating three meals a day is a recent development for us humans. It may seem very normal now, but the foundation of these eating habits has strange roots. The practice came from the European settlers to North American. They watched the indigenous people and determined that it was more important to have a timing of each meal. They saw that the indigenous people had what appeared to be unorganized eating habits. They generally ate with they were hungry. The indigenous people in North America had what would be

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Gym Membership Pays for Itself and Dinner Too!

September 17, 2018
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Irina Marchenkova demonstrating a leg curl exercise

Most people think that a gym membership is a luxury. It's considered and extra cost that we just don't need, even if we want it. However, this might not be true. Getting higher pay by working out sounds crazy, doesn't it. But it's not crazy.  There are many studies that link higher pay to working out. The most recent one is from 2012 in the June issue of the Journal of Labor Research, The results of the study found that employees who regularly exercise earn 9% more than their counterparts. Previous studies have only been able to show a correlation and not a

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Slipping Back: avoiding the old bad habits

August 29, 2018
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| Categories: Health, Lifestyle
slipping back, irina marchenkova

Slipping Back, we hear about it all of the time with addictions, relationships, work, parenting school ... literally everywhere. I found myself slipping back during my trip to Russia this summer.   It's so interesting. On my trip back to Russia this summer, I felt myself reverting back to the way I was prior to moving to Canada.  I used to be a less positive person.  [caption id="attachment_591" align="alignnone" width="225"] Smolensk[/caption] Slipping Back I was trying to hold it back, but I could feel myself slipping back.I found myself slipping back to the way that I was when I was living

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Training Recovery: The new fitness trend

July 31, 2018
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Training Recovery, Irina Marchenkova, Fit at Forty

Training Recovery Consider adding training recovery to your workout routine. Getting out the gym, on the trail or at the track is essential to moving towards improving your health and longevity. What many people don’t realize is that spending hours lifting, running or jumping every day might actually be detrimental. Sounds counter-intuitive, doesn’t it? Rest and recovery are an essential part of making progress in your workout routine. Many experts argue that the recovery is as important than the exercise itself. There are 3 types of recovery period the first type is immediate recovery , the second part type is

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Make Exercise Enjoyable | Walking

July 28, 2018
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| Categories: Exercise Anywhere, Health, Lifestyle
Irina Marchenkova, Make Exercise Enjoyable, Walking, Fit at Forty

It is important to make exercise enjoyable and entertaining. Exercise does not have to be exhaustive, it can be as simple as talking a walk on a Saturday afternoon along the waterfront. Today, I spent a couple of hours walking along the Toronto Waterfront at an easy pace. I had a wonderful time, just enjoying the lake and the park. I thought to myself, but am I really getting any exercise without working up a sweat, or was this just for fun? To get the aerobic exercise, walking should be brisk. But even walking at an easy pace works your

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Beautiful Skin 15 Tips | Skin Care

July 26, 2018
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Beautiful Skin, Skin Care, Fit at Forty, Irina Marchenkova

Want beautiful skin. We have 15 tips for beautiful skin. We all like to take care of ourselves, whether it is our health or our physical appearance. These things are very important, since our well-being depends on them. Women especially like to take extra steps for achieving the perfect beauty. They go the extra mile to buy products that could help, such as creams or makeup that would make their skin better. However, we are not aware that some things we do every day can influence the health status of our skin. For example, the food and drinks we consume

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