Balance Blog

As many of you know I recently competed in this year’s Churchill Cup Rugby tournament in Canada and the United States. The Cup comprised of two playing groups with three teams in each including Ireland, England, Scotland, Argentina, Canada and the United States. The pool games were played in Canada with the finals being held [...]

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1. Burn more fat in less effort! Research has shown performing repeat bouts of high-intensity sprint exercises results in profound changes in skeletal muscle and endurance capacity; similar to training that requires twice as much time per week. 2. Sprints help your heart! Sprints can improve the function and structure of blood vessels, in particular [...]

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1 head of dark leaf lettuce (superfood) 1 cup cherry tomatoes (superfood) 1 cucumber chopped 2 carrots shredded 1/2 red onion sliced 1 cup green beans chopped 1 cup walnuts (superfood) 5 strawberries chopped 1/2 cup crumbled feta 1/2 cup dried cranberries (fruit sweetened) This salad is complemented nicely by the Blueberry Dressing. (Blueberry is [...]

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¼ cup extra virgin olive oil ¼ cup balsamic vinegar ½ tsp. 100% maple syrup ½ tsp. cinnamon 1 clove of garlic ½ cup blueberries (fresh or thawed) ½ tsp. fresh ground pepper Add all ingredients into food processor and bend until blueberries are pureed.

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½ pound of ground dark meat turkey ½ pound of ground light meat turkey 3 carrots 3 celery stocks ½ onion 2 cloves of garlic 3 slices whole wheat bread 1 egg ½ bunch of organic parsley 2 tbps. Ketchup, fruit juice sweetened 1 tsp. sugar salt pepper Toss garlic, bread, parsley and olive oil [...]

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