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Enjoy our columns and fitness tips published monthly in Tremblant Express.

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Equip yourself for fall running

Thanks to its vibrant landscapes, autumn transforms our running trails into a veritable living painting. For running enthusiasts, this...

Leïla Chevrier-Foundy

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Tips for hiking victims

Are you a victim of hiking? You love the views, but you always end up with knee pain? Is climbing manageable, but descending becomes a...

Robert Roy

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Growth of an athlete

Science, research and decades of experience all point to the same thing: children will become active, stay active, and even compete at...

Alexandre Roy

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Beat the heat

Summer is a great time to be outside. The warm weather, coupled with our natural playground in Mont-Tremblant, is a perfect combination...

Leïla Chevrier-Foundy

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A solid foundation

In our quest for harmony, we tend to call on balance in various forms: work-life balance, nutritional balance, fiscal balance… But what...

Robert Roy

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Finding strength in function

Traditionally, strength training is broken down by muscle groups, trained in isolation. Monday is chest day. Tuesday is back, biceps, abs...

Alexandre Roy

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Training in the zone

When your coach suggests you “get into the zone”, he or she is not encouraging you to zone out but to focus on the intensity level of...

Leïla Chevrier-Foundy

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A time challenge

March heralds the return of spring in Quebec, but also the dreaded daylight-saving time change on the night of March 9. Help from science...

Robert Roy

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Blood flow restriction training

When science meets strength training, the possibilities of how we can train evolve. Blood flow restriction, or BFR, is a unique way to...

Alexandre Roy

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Embracing winter on the run

There is no need to hibernate. With the warm winter sunshine glancing off the bright, white, snowy landscape, cold weather running can be...

Leïla Chevrier-Foundy

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Move to manage stress

Stress is an inescapable companion of modern life. Demands and responsibilities can quickly pile up, especially during the holiday...

Robert Roy

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Powering up

Power is the combination of strength and speed. It is force times velocity. Power is what enables explosive movements such as jumping....

Alexandre Roy

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Embrace autumn on the run

As our landscape prepares to unveil its rich autumn colours, trail running is the perfect activity for observing the breathtaking change...

Gabrielle Little

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Savouring summer

In August, we enjoy the last month of our short, magnificent summer in the Laurentians. Have you savoured summer to the fullest? What’s...

Robert Roy

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Strength and longevity

Science has shown us that strength is the foundational key to improving our lifespan and increasing how healthy we are during our life....

Alexandre Roy

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Spring into running Spring

It’s that heady time of year that every runner keenly anticipates. New shoes. New goals. New finish lines to reach. Run strong The...

Robert Roy

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Fitness adaptations

“Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality,” urged the Dalai Lama XIV. Andy Galpin, Ph.D., has been a professor of...

Robert Roy

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Weighing in on race weight

With triathlon and running season approaching, let’s take a look at the importance to the endurance athlete of making informed food...

Robert Roy

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A focus on fitness

If you want to be more fit, focus on these simple suggestions. Set multiple goals Set long-term and short-term goals. If your goal is to...

Robert Roy

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The weight of breathing

As we enter a new year, the most common resolutions are to lose weight, eat healthier and exercise. Can the way you breathe affect weight...

Robert Roy

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The Holiday Fitness Challenge

Fabulous festivities, scrumptious meals, family parties, and what seems like an endless parade of social events. The year-end holiday...

Robert Roy

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Protecting your knees

The brisk air of October just begs us to spend more time mountain hiking or trail running. Taking care to protect your knees as you...

Robert Roy

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Push further for better health

Exercise lowers the risk of early death. That’s not news. What is news however, is that boosting activity higher can further reduce the...

Robert Roy

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Injury as opportunity

Amissed grip on an overhead obstacle at the Spartan Race in June was all it took. I ripped the biceps muscle in my right arm from the...