It is becoming more likely you will have a person with diabetes in your studio, fitness class, or as a personal training client. In fact, Diabetes Canada recently reported that 640 Canadians are diagnosed with Diabetes each day – one person every six minutes. It is National Diabetes Awareness month and as fitness professionals we need to be educated and informed about the c...

For Barry, exercise is the gift of life. The retired teacher had his first heart attack 20 years ago. The second came only a week later. He then had a third heart attack eight and a half years ago. THAT GOT MY ATTENTION “The third heart attack got my attention, and I retired from my 33-year career in education,” says Barry, who was not only a teacher and reading specialis...

BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR GAINS MORE THAN STRENGTH AFTER TREATMENT When she started at LIVE WELL, New Westminster member Linda believed she would go in for a few sessions, learn techniques, get a program and then take the tips she received back to her condo gym to do our own. She didn’t think she would be at LIVE WELL after six months! She had no idea she would find so much su...

As we celebrate Arthritis Awareness Month, we feature Langley member Elaine. “I used to hate exercising. Now I look forward to going to LIVE WELL.” During the pandemic, Elaine, a member at our Langley location, worried she was losing her mobility and relying more and more on her cane. “Things like putting on my shoes used to cause me problems, and my knee wouldn’t bend. I ...