Falling Off the Wagon

Posted on April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 by Drew Taddia

So I'm back on the meditation train again. The truth is I love the feeling of meditation and being alone with my thoughts. More truth, it's hard for me to make myself do it. So I go through times where I do it everyday for a week or two feel fantastic and then forget about it. Let me know if this sounds familiar? I think at times it's scary being alone with your thoughts. Especially when the world seems upside down which is when we need it the most. I don't really beat myself up about not me...

Create Your Own Fitness Schedule

Posted on April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 by Drew Taddia

It doesn’t have to be as challenging as you think to create your own fitness schedule. How do you create your own routine, why and how to plan it is what we’re talking about in this video. https://youtu.be/GxyroAKNMbg We follow 3 type of rules when it comes to designing your own fitness schedules. #1. Make sure your routine covers the full body, you’ll be most efficient this way. Remember that isolating muscles groups is more for body builders. So if that’s not your goal create eff...

All Natural Deodorant

Posted on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 by Drew Taddia

All natural deodorants is something I wanted to address in the post because many of us put toxins on our body every day and don’t think about it. A question that came up inspired by the video I posted where I talk about Detoxifying your Bathroom (shown below). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY-VZ7Y4xN4 A friend of mine asked, what all natural deodorants do you use and do they work? I thought that was an interesting question, ‘do they work?’ It’s a great question and one we should ask...

How to detox your body and bathroom

Posted on March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 by Drew Taddia

We often think about toxins we’re putting in our body but how often do we think about toxins we put on our body? Most of us know our skin is our biggest organ but did you know we can absorb chemicals through our skin faster than by consuming them from food? There are tons of chemical in conventional cosmetics, which include everything from toothpaste to deodorant. Just as the food industry is based around mass production and sales, the cosmetic industry is no different. Not only do we ...

Protein Supplement Ingredients that you can Trust

Posted on March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 by Drew Taddia

Unfortunately I wouldn't say you can actually 'trust' many supplements in the protein industry, certainly not without reading ingredients. Which is why we got into the supplement industry in the first place. Colouring, msg/preservatives, artificial tastes, and flavours. All which create inflammation/chronic pain, digestion issues and more. As you can see we put a lot of time and effort into our ingredient formulation which is why we have a combination of fermented, organic and sprouted....

How to Detox your Body – Processed Foods

Posted on March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 by Drew Taddia

How to detoxify yourself through processed foods is a topic I wanted to cover because prevention is something I often talk about. Our society is so wrapped around the mind set of ‘treating’ that I think we lose out by not looking for ways to prevent. As a fitness instructor, nutrition advocate and health enthusiast I’m often confronted after someone’s been diagnosed with something. Diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, you name it; the first thing I think when someone says “I...

Handball and two perfect strangers

Posted on March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 by Drew Taddia

Bouncing my ball on the way to my fav workout park I hear someone say, 'you play racquetball?' I reply with a casual, "nope". He said, how about handball? I said I'd love to play handball, if there were any courts around.The enthusiastic stranger looked around and said, 'there, right there, that wall is perfect! You want to play a game? I laughed half thinking he was joking, then he looked at me with childlike eyes and excitement like he wasn't going to take no for an answer. Regardless, I'm al...

Getting on Global News

Posted on March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 by Drew Taddia

Getting on the global news is a new experience for me. I’ve been on tv before, I’m been interviewed for newspapers and played in some pretty intense games. So does that mean I’m not nervous about being on tv, of course not. Any time you’re taken outside of your comfort zone nervousness arises. I recently interviewed an Olympic Athlete on the radio and she was nervous which at first surprised me but then I remembered, anything new or outside of your comfort zone will bring up discomfort whic...

Benefits of Activated Charcoal

Posted on March 30, 2021April 10, 2021 by Drew Taddia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fu1LugDzxk There are tons of health benefits associated with Activated Charcoal that we’re going to discuss here today and a number of different ways to use it. Although some people are only just starting to hear about it, activated charcoal isn’t exactly a new thing. In fact, it’s been around for thousands of years. "The first documented use of activated charcoal goes as far back as 3750 B.C., when it was first us...

Avoid any Product that uses Palm Oil

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 by Drew Taddia

(Full disclosure - if you click on the link at the bottom and watch the short clip, if you're animal lovers like we are, you may be very disturbed (Orangutan appears to try and stop bulldozer from destroying its natural habitat). For me, this alone is good enough reason to not use ANY products that have palm oil in it (also consider cosmetics, bars of soap, etc.) https://youtu.be/R82DQQTn_V4 *To produce palm oil, the fruit is collected from the trees, which can live an average of 28 ...