May 11, 2025

Get outdoors to step exercise up a notch

By TAYLOR SCHWEITZER  Working out can be a challenge. It can be repetitive and cause you to become bored and lose track of sticking to a daily workout schedule. Outdoor exercising in Waterloo Region, however, is anything but boring and can motivate you to make sure exercise comes first every day. On a recent Saturday morning, Eric Chagnon, an outdoor fitness and adventure specialist from Waterloo, hosted a session for … Continued

Under pressure: the male body

BY MARK LORENTZ David Beckham, Channing Tatum and Mark Wahlberg circa 1991, all have what the media portrays as the “perfect” male body. Objectifying men didn’t happen overnight. Nor did men’s obsession with obtaining the perfect physique. There is now a proliferation of men’s fitness magazines, new gyms are popping up everywhere and sports supplements are a billion dollar industry; Hook, line and sinker. Chris Chard, a personal trainer at … Continued