Carpe Diem, The Series: Winter Sports for the Adventurous

Author: Paul Stevens Winter in the Great White North (a.k.a. Canada) can be a long and dreary time if you sit back and wait for spring to arrive.  Aside from chilling temperatures, this part of the country (Southern Ontario) can go  days or even weeks where the sun can be very shy to show its

Carpe Diem, The Series: Brain Activities When Winter’s Too Cold

Author: Paul Stevens Carpe Diem (but in a relaxed sort of way) I’m on the verge of excitement today.  This evening, I’ll be participating with another group of hockey-player-wannabes for what I hope will become my second weekly game.  Playing twice a week has a significant systemic and cascading effect; it means once less day

Carpe Diem, The Series: Man’s Best Friend and Core Strength

By: Paul Stevens We’re definitely into the shoulder or ‘tweener’ season weather-wise. It’s not quite spring and not quite winter as the cold and snow still wants to hang around, hence the ‘tweener’ designation. Despite what has been a very mild winter to date, we just received a healthy dump of snow with about 20

#DadBlog: Setting Up A Routine

By: Mike Caterini Ahhh Gaad…I can’t take it anymore…please …must you be so brutal? “I’m sorry sir, but did you think that undoing 30 years of physical neglect and abuse would be that easy. I’m trying to be as gentle as possible. But you’re tighter than an 80 year old man.” “Well 80 is the

Carpe Diem, The Series: Rise with a Power Breakfast

Author: Paul Stevens In my first and therefore introductory article, I told you a bit about myself and what I do to keep myself active.  For this second installment, I thought I’d outline my usual diet.  How do I keep this older motor running without fouling the internal workings? Recall that I’m not a big

Carpe Diem, The Series: An Exclusive Look at How One Coach Stays Active

Author: Paul Stevens, FastTwitchGrandpa Carpe Diem was the motto at our high school and of course means “Seize the Day”.  Not a bad way to approach our daily lives as we all only get one shot at it.   As we age however, the fire hopefully still burns to grab what life has to offer

Yogi Breaths to Strengthen Your Lungs

Author: Fiona Callender Even with healthy aging comes an inevitable steady decline in dynamic respiratory function. There is a reduction in alveolar area (the part of your lung that exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide with your blood) starting at the age of 30, with a loss of about 4% per year after that (Bezerra et

80 is the New 30

Sara Thompson and Fiona Callender During our trip to Europe to visit the research labs, Fiona and I made a quick hop over to Lyon, France. The 2015 World Masters Track and Field Championships were under way while we were in Europe and we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to watch while we were there.

Be Prepared: How Girl Guides of Canada Inspires

Contributed by Forever Fit Science founder Virginia Davies Be Prepared. This was (and still is) the motto of the Girl Guides of Canada – a motto that I repeated at weekly meetings fifty years ago. It is also one of the themes in a delightful story – The Tiger Who Came to Tea – written and illustrated by Judith Kerr.