FASHION Magazine
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All the Ways You’ll Be Practicing Self-Care in 2019
In our Winter issue, FASHION editors rounded up the 100 people, products and experiences we predict will blow up in 2019. It’s our inaugural Hot 100 Fuse List. From the food you’ll be craving, to the new designers and destinations you’ll see on your feed, this is your guide to being in the know next year. With the impending elections and the […]
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Better than boot camp: We test out Vancouver’s hip new workout-meets-diet program, The Tight Life
Photography courtesy Tight Life Have you ever invested in a gym membership only to use it but once a month? Made a promise to stop eating sugar and carbs only to give in the moment a dessert plate is offered? Our western editor Joy Pecknold can certainly relate, which is why she jumped at the chance to try Vancouver’s newest (and probably the hippest) three-in-one healthy lifestyle program, The Tight Life.
A holy trinity of trainer, nutritionist and chef, are behind The Tight Life. Three Vancouverites—Keighty Gallagher, Carley Mendes and Christina Culver—dreamt it up to solve a common dilemma: when you cleanse, you have no energy to exercise, whereas if you do a boot camp it, it’s common to binge on bad food posthaste. The solution is so simple, it hurts: “A combination of healthy diet and regular exercise.” D’oh! Actually doing it is the tricky part, so they facilitate. I took their three-week Glory Zone package, which includes two hour-long group workouts a week with Gallagher, weekly nutrition guidance by Mendes and two post-workout salads a week made by Culver.
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Feel the burn! CrossFit, power yoga, MMA and more: 5 high impact fitness classes to try before summer
Whether you’re a workout junkie or finally making good on a New Year’s resolution to get fit, there’s nothing quite like spring’s landslide into summer to motivate an increase in all things fitness. In order to help you maximize this new dedication, we took to the gym (well, gyms) in search of some of the best new workout classes available. All week long we’ll report on our findings, ranging from the most intense CrossFit classes to your best bet for an at-home workout to the most fun ways we could think of for getting fit. First up: High impact. These classes are best suited for those who are well-seasoned at working out, and looking for something to take it to the next level.