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Get On The Ball With A BOSU

Ideal for targeting a multitude of muscle groups, the device’s combined stability and instability are key to intensifying your workout.

Aug

Personal Growth: Learning to Skateboard at 29

My newfound love affair with hopping on my board(s) is so much deeper than the activity itself. I love how learning something new forces me to get in touch with my body. As an athlete, it can be easy to fall into a pattern of doing what I’m good at and cruising on autopilot.

Aug

Keeping Balance Under Stress

Life loves to throw curve balls – they’re unavoidable, but you can set yourself to come out the other side relatively unscathed.

Jul

Diana Wegner

Diana

Fit Is a Way of Life

Health is a dynamic process as it is always changing. As our lifestyles change, so does our level of health.

Jul

Nutrition: A Purity Pissing Contest

Food should nourish mind, body, and soul… Do what feels good for your body and sits well in your heart. It’s not a purity, pissing contest – it’s life.

Jun

A philosophy. A vision.

Here at AHAA we celebrate the great outdoors. We’re lovers of exploring new trails, new activities and checking out new gear that take these experiences to the next level.

Jun

Mocha Chia Energizing Smoothie

Need a morning pick-me-up? Try this Mocha, chia seed smoothie. It has iron-rich cacao, omega-3 goodness from black chia, fibre dense bananas, plant-based protein, and energizing organic coffee.

Jun

Travel With A Conscience: Leave A Trace

AHAA Living chats with Leave A Trace founder, Luc Robinson, to talk traveling with a conscience and the importance of giving back to the communities we visit.

Jun

DIY Coffee Body Scrub

One of my favourite homemade concoctions, is a body scrub made with used coffee grinds. Not only is this scrub a great way to reuse ingredients, incredibly simple to make, all-natural, and micro-bead free – the caffein in the coffee also helps to promote circulation (take that cellulite!) and the pigments in the coffee help give fair skin a summer glow. Can you say, win-win!

Jun

Taste Test: Ethical Bean Rocket Fuel

A good cup of coffee goes a long way

Jun

Ethical Bean: Just Better Coffee

As part of the international Fairtrade program, Ethical Bean ensures their coffee partners are protected, are properly compensated, and receive a premium that provides additional money to the coffee cooperatives to invest back into the community.

May

Savoury Chickpea Flour Pancake

I have recently developed a renewed love affair with all things chickpea… whether those glorious little beans be pureed, roasted, fried, or enjoyed in my latest garbanzo bean incarnation; pancaked.

May

Mike Dineen

Escaping Fitness Bro Culture

Escaping fitness bro culture is an ongoing effort – but a worthy one. The reality is that not one of us can precisely meet the “ideal” image of masculinity.

Apr