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Is supervised training that much better?

Here at OneUp Fitness we offer a 30 minute, evidence based and personalized solution to long-term health and fitness. Our trainers will supervise every rep, set and workout that you will ever do; ensuring you are safely performing the exercises at the appropriate level of intensity for your needs and goals. They will track your progress and offer regular feedback throughout your program.

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Women and Strength

Regular Strength training (also known as resistance training) is the best known solution for these challenges. Here at OneUp Fitness we promote the concept that exercise is medicine and it is our passion as personal trainers to help you find the right dosage of ‘medicine’ for your goals and lifestyle. In as little as 20-40 minutes per week you can begin to have a positive impact on your hormonal regulation and live a healthier lifestyle. Building and maintaining healthy muscles and strength is a long term commitment that has far reaching benefits. It gives years to your life and life to your years!!

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Exercise & Immunity

Exercise Immunity By: Matt Mombourquette, B.Sc.Kin, Trainer, Owner OneUp Fitness October, 2021 Introduction Disease immunity is a hot topic, and in this article we share some of the research on exercise and immune function. Additionally, we will quickly outline what you can do for yourself to keep your immune system strong.

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Prioritize Strength

Prioritize Strength If you have time to do nothing else, prioritize strength! I’ve been a trainer for well over a decade now. I’ve performed hundreds of fitness consultations and have instructed thousands of fitness sessions. I’ve had the opportunity and pleasure to meet hundreds of people and hear many different stories, goals, aspirations, fears and challenges regarding

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Corporate Warrior is a great resource on resistance exercise, nutrition and overall well-being.

Corporate Warrior is a great resource on resistance exercise, nutrition and overall well-being. “If you are looking for more information on resistance exercise, nutrition and overall well-being, the Corporate Warrior is a great resource. The blog is fantastic and the podcast is even better. I’ve been listening to the podcast for roughly 3 years now

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Lead with Action

Lead with Action The past few years leadership has been the buzzword, and everyone seems to have an elaborate opinion about ‘what it takes to be a leader’. The best definition that I’ve heard and that resonates with me most is ‘be first’, quite simply, lead. Leaders lead. It’s simple and really drives home the point. Everyone

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Menopause Seminar: Thursday, February 23rd, 2017

Menopause Seminar: Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 Are hot flashes ruling your life? Nutrient density and exercise can help tame the flames. Join Matt Mombourquette of OneUp Fitness and Jill Haverstock, Nutrition Consultant at Santé for this informative workshop on how to redirect the fire of menopause into the most resilient time of your life. Find out how. We’ll

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2017 ‘Kickstart’ Promotion

2017 ‘Kickstart’ Promotion Lean and strong. Who doesn’t aspire to look and feel lean and strong? What about sustained energy throughout the day, everyday? Better quality sleep, improved mood, improved blood sugar regulation, decrease or eliminate blood pressure or cholesterol medications…these are all achievable with the right approach to food and exercise. The biggest challenge

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Menopause

Menopause The link below is to an article titled “Strength training during menopause offers multiple benefits”. This is an excerpt from a guide by Barbara Bushman, PhD, Janice Clark Young, EdD and the America College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) entitled “Action Plan for Menopause” – 2005. Here are (some) of the key points from the article

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Partner Highlight: Afishionado Fishmongers

Partner Highlight: Afishionado Fishmongers At Afishionado Fishmongers we are passionate about sustainable fish and seafood and the incomparable health benefits it provides. Our soon-to-be launched FiT FiSH subscription program (available for pick up from either one of the OneUp Fitness locations Wednesdays) rounds out your nutritional needs with clean, lean, sustainable protein. OneUp Fitness and Afishionado

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Strong Kids = Healthy Kids

Strong Kids = Healthy Kids Strong Kids = Health Kids: Teaching Children to Strength Train Children are often busy playing sports and playing games. They are FULL of energy and while keeping them active may not be a challenge, can they also benefit from a program designed to keep them strong? Undoubtedly, the answer is yes! Everyone always

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Why strength training is essential for overall health

Why strength training is essential for overall health There are a number of reasons why I recommend strength training for anyone who wants to achieve optimal long-term health. As a chiropractor, I have a triad of things that I believe are essential to optimize our physical well-being. These three things are alignment, flexibility/mobility, and strength/stability. Our

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Free Exercise Workshop

Free Exercise Workshop Strength training at home or on the road This hour long session will take you through some essential exercises that you can easily perform from the comfort of your home, office or a remote office (for the travelling professionals out there). Date: Thursday, June 16th, 2016 @ 7pm Location: OneUp Fitness – Halifax

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How to Build a Healthy Brain – Part 2: Sleep

How to Build a Healthy Brain – Part 2: Sleep In my last post I discussed some very interesting and promising evidence supporting the significant ‘brain boosts’ that come from regular exercise and activity. This evidence supports the idea that brain health markers improve when performing semi-regular (one or two sessions per week), intense workouts; and that resistance training is emerging as

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Keep it Up

Keep it Up A regular sex life is an important part of a healthy and fulfilling intimate relationship. Aside from sheer pleasure, there are plenty of health benefits from regular sex. Of course ‘regular’ is relative to the individual and it’s normal to sometimes not feel ‘in the mood’. If bedroom activities are becoming fewer

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What are you training for?

What are you training for? In my experience the most common responses to this question are often ‘to lose weight’, ‘to gain muscle mass’, ‘to improve my race time’, ‘to look better in a bathing suit’, etc. There is nothing wrong with these goals and sometimes they serve as a powerful intrinsic motivator to remain

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Just Lift Weights

Just Lift Weights Weight Lifting our way to a healthier Nova Scotia Although personal trainers are relatively new on the health care scene, our focus on wellness and prevention is extremely important for the future of health care. Our society has grown accustomed to counting on the health care system as a safety net and, as such,

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Exercise, Body Fat & Sugar : how these three work together to fuel our busy lives

Exercise, Body Fat & Sugar Exercise, body fat, and sugar: how these three work together to fuel our busy lives: As a species we took an evolutionary gamble in the early days of our existence. We developed an organ more complex than any other species, our brain. The gamble came from the fact that this

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Family Turned Fit

Family Turned Fit A healthier Nova Scotia…and a Family Turned Fit. I\’m often asked why I became a fitness professional and why I choose to work with the general population instead of athletes. So I\’d love to share with you why I am so eager for a new model for fitness and, like Matt, continue

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A Healthier Nova Scotia

A Healthier Nova Scotia I love Nova Scotia. It has so much to offer from it’s landscapes to it’s cityscapes; wonderful people, awesome adventures, great wines and better food. It is no wonder that so many people choose to live and eventually retire in our wonderful little province. That said, we Nova Scotians have a

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Golden Years

Golden Years This week there was an article written about our clinic in The Chronicle Herald. It is nice to have our business recognized for the value we aim to create. That value lies entirely in our ability to positively impact the lives of our clients. The goal we really want is for people to be able

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Strength Through The Ages

Strength Through The Ages It is well understood that strength training is important for maintaining healthy muscle, but how does one keep score? This post, was written by Skyler Tanner, who holds a Masters in Exercise Science, and has been a fitness and nutrition coach for 15 years. I’ll try and sum up the main

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Up Your Game: Hiking Part 2

Up Your Game: Hiking Part 2 *For part 1 click the link here –> Up Your Game Hiking: Part 1 Hiking to the ‘roof of Africa’ Our Experience You feel the mountain, no question. There really is no way to describe altitude until you’ve experienced it. Light headedness, shortness of breath, dizzy, disoriented, and the occasional

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And we’re live…

And we’re live… Well, officially. And we’re hoping most of the chaos of moving and building out new space is behind us for at least a few months. Last night marked the official launch of the new brand as we had the opportunity to celebrate with clients new and old! One of the most consistent

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Why OneUp?

Why OneUp? It’s been an interesting journey so far. A vision long held is finally coming to life. People have been asking since we opened 10 years ago when we would be expanding to new locations. The launch of OneUp represents a big step up in the next phase of our company’s growth. The thing

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Creating Headroom

Creating Headroom Is your exercise program “ or lack thereof “ building up or tearing down physiological headroom? How about what you eat? http://www.sebringclinic.com/article.asp?a=31 What do I mean by physiological headroom? I mean the ability to restore organ capacity. I mean stimulating anabolic growth in your body rather than enduring catabolic destruction. I mean cleaning

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Strength of Mind and Body

Strength of Mind and Body After years of promoting strength training as the “core” of any exercise and activity program, it is gratifying to see the mainstream media is increasingly aware of its importance. The scientific literature has been quite clear on this for a fairly long time. Almost all of the conditions we associate with […]

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Maintain Your Muscle

Maintain Your Muscle Check out this recent article in the New Your Times called Doctors Seek Way to Treat Muscle Loss. It is a great overview of the problem we have been trying to make people aware of for a long time. Doctors, however, seem to remain largely unaware of the solution. The article concludes: ‘Maintaining

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Know Pain, Know Gain

Know Pain, Know Gain Patrick Wall, one of the world’s most respected researchers in the physiology of pain, once asked, “what are the appropriate motor responses to the arrival of injury signals [and pain]?” In other words, what movement is required to help someone avoid or relieve pain. To me, this ought to be the

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