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Turning 44 Reflections | Personal Trainer Ajax

October 15, 2018
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About Irina Marchenkova, Looking Young, Improve my life, Irina Marchenkova Victoria, Victoria, Toronto, Ajax, Personal Trainer Pickering, Personal Trainer Whitby, Personal Trainer Oshawa, Personal Trainer, Fitness Trainer Ajax, WIO, Work it out, workitout, wowi, turning 44

Turning 44 I have just turned 44 years old. Thanks for all of the many birthday wishes I received from my friends. I am busy trying to thank each of you who took the time to wish me happy birthday on my 44th birthday. If I have missed you, I apologize, although I am still working through the list of people who kindly sent well wishes. Here are a few thoughts as I am turning 44 and pass the halfway mark of my expected lifespan: 1.  If you live with good energy you will be happier; 2.  Enjoy everyday. Live

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What is Fitness? | BarryB | Personal Trainer Durham

October 10, 2018
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Looking Young, Improve my life, Irina Marchenkova Victoria, Victoria, Toronto, Ajax, Personal Trainer Pickering, Personal Trainer Whitby, Personal Trainer Oshawa, Personal Trainer, Fitness Trainer Ajax, WIO, Work it out, workitout, wowi, kidslife, What is Fitness, BarryB

What is Fitness? As a personal trainer in the Durham region, I often get the question asked of me...what is fitness? Here is a video of Barrington at age 1 on the left helping around the house and again on the right at age 7 doing one of his two daily chores which he has been doing since age 4. What is Fitness? What is fitness? Fitness is more than exercise, it's a way of life. Help your children to be fit for life, start early and keep going. Help them to develop good habits early. It will help them

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Looking Young for less | Personal Trainer Ajax

October 5, 2018
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Looking Young, Improve my life, Irina Marchenkova Victoria, Victoria, Toronto, Ajax, Personal Trainer Pickering, Personal Trainer Whitby, Personal Trainer Oshawa, Personal Trainer, Fitness Trainer Ajax

Looking young for less? What's the secret? As I am turning 44 very soon, my mind turns to what I have learned about health and beauty. Keep in mind that I have 2 children, one when I was in my early 20s and another one 2 years after the first picture was taken when I was 36. One of the ways that I have managed to maintain my appearance over the last 10 years is to exercise consistently. I have been able to do this by having a personal trainer (even through I am a personal trainer!!)   If I

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Improve My Life | Easy and it Works

September 29, 2018
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Work it Out, Improve my life, Irina Marchenkova Victoria, Victoria, Toronto, Ajax, Personal Trainer Pickering, Personal Trainer Whitby, Personal Trainer Oshawa, Personal Trainer, Fitness Trainer Ajax, Personal Training in Ajax, Personal Training in Durham

How can I improve my life? Every day you should think of one thing you should think to yourself "what is one thing I can do today to improve my life. Just one small thing. It could be the tiniest thing. It might not seem like much, but over a year that's 365 things that you will have done. So you might ask yourself "improve my life with small things, what might that look like?  How do I Improve My Life The process is very simple. It doesn't have to be organized. Each day just make a conscious effort to

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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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Make Exercise Enjoyable | Walking

July 28, 2018
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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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Being Positive

July 25, 2018
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being positive, positive thinking, irina marchenkova, fit at forty

Being positive is more than just thinking in a positive way.  Let me give you an example. A couple of months ago a friend of mine had an accident water skiing. he pulled the muscle in his leg right off the bone. he had to have the surgery and he may never walk again the same way. When I heard about this the first thing I said to my friend is you know it could have been so much worse. As a positive person, he took the same position. We don't know what the alternative to the bad things that

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