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This past Saturday, we spent the day at the Coquitlam City Centre Aquatic Complex with 12 fitness professional for our Float into Fitness Teacher Training. Our group of fitness professionals came from a variety of backgrounds - fitness instructors who teach zumba, spin, HIIT, aqua fit instructors and lifeguards. We were lucky to have a great group who supported each other in a positive learning environment throughout the day. The group learned the ins and outs of the Aquam Mats, the set-up, best practices for teaching, and spent some time practice teaching. They also walked away with three different class styles to fuel their lesson plans as they begin to teach. Thank you to Tom, Nick, Cassandra and Kendra at the Coquitlam City Centre Complex for inviting us in for the day! We're looking forward to spreading more pool fitness and yoga love throughout BC!
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Take advantage of our spring Paddleboard sale! Amazing deals on isup and hard boards. Prices listed below. are cost price - a steal of a deal! Email us to try before you buy!: nikkijb@seatoskyfit.com —————- Pure Life Inflatable Paddleboards 11’2 Tortuga (green) $800 Pure Life Paddles start at $100 ———————-- Paiwen hard boards 9’ 2014 model, $700 with paddle and fin 8'6" 2018 paddle surf model, $1300 (no accessories included) Scroll down for photos!  Pure Life Inflatable boards, the Tortugas - green boards on left - 3 available. 11'2. Sturdy and stable. Great for flatwater cruising, for beginners, or for you, yours kids and dog!  9' Paiwen, 2014 model, great for flatwater recreational paddling. Also great in the waves for beginners.  8'6" 2018 Paiwen Sup Surf model. Great for progressing in the waves. During one of my last trips to Tofino this past winter, the weather was definitely chillier than usual, and required some serious motivation to get in the water. But once you were in, 6 ml wetsuit on, it was A-OK! I had recently made a vision board for the year with all the things I wanted to accomplish, and I came across an image of surfers riding to the beach on fat bikes in snow, boards in tow. So I put it on my vision board. Must surf while snowing. Well - it came to fruition this past winter. I know it sounds like it must have been terribly cold, but it was sooooo magical! I can't describe it. I was out on the water with some awesome paddlers from Vancouver, and we had a blast. Truly a session I will never forget!  I posted this bad boy to my social channels, and had a bunch of inquiries, so here is a slightly more official recipe below. I have to say that eating cauliflower rice porridge in the morning makes you feel pretty damn good about yourself. I did anyways! Warm veggies first thing in the morning, check! Also, I promise it tastes better than it sounds. The lemon rind, paired with berry and band toppings is nice little mix of salty and sweet. Ingredients:
Instructions: 1. Empty entire package of cauliflower rice, or your own homemade cauliflower rice into a pot on the stove. 2. Add can of coconut milk. 3. Stir until lightly boiling, add lemon rind, let simmer until the porridge thickens. 4. Remove from stove, top with berries, bananas, chia seeds, hemp hearts, or other toppings of your choice. 6. Feel damn good about eating warm veggies in the am! if you liked this recipe, please share it! And don't forget to subscribe to my newsletter for outdoor fitness trips, recipes, and tips and tricks on everything Stand Up Paddle, & fitness! The heat wave sweeping Vancouver has brought tons of sun, sand, salt, vitamins sea and SUP time at Ambleside Beach! We met lots of new faces, had good friends drop by, rented out Paddleboards and our pink flamingo, Fatima, made her debut on Ambleside shores! Here are some recent photos from the last few days of the heat wave. We are brimming with excitement over our new, awesome location in the heart of Ambleside Beach, in West Van. You can now find us at 1250 Argyle Ave, in the concession building, right next to the Seaside Cafe. Check out some of the photos from our opening day! In addition to our regularly scheduled Stand Up Paddle (SUP) lessons, SUP Yoga and SUP Fitness programs this summer, we will also be offering SUP rentals from Ambleside Beach.
Lessons and classes must be pre-booked online here, but rentals are offered on a first-come, first-serve basis and cannot be reserved ahead of time. Our hours will depend heavily on mother nature - if the sun is shinning, you will find us out on the beach. As long as the weather is warm and sunny, we will be open most weekday evenings and all weekends throughout the summer months, until Labour Day weekend. You can call or text us to find out if we are down at the beach before coming, or you can check our Facebook or Instagram channels for updates. We will be posting everyday we are open for Stand Up Paddleboard rentals on the beach. We can’t wait to see you out on the water! Check out our Facebook page, Instagram page for updates! Here we are, just about mid-winter, and many clients are friends are heading for the tropics in the coming weeks for some Vitamin Sea and Vitamin D! So I thought I would share some tips on how to stay active on your upcoming vacation. Typically for my husband and I, most of our vacations revolve around sports - most often we travel to surf, ski, bike or hike, with some R’N’R on the side either in the evenings or as a rest day in between. However, our recent European trip involved a lot of sight seeing, and relaxing on beaches with calm seas. Although we enjoyed our trip, for the most part, it did not revolve around a sport as it usually does - so I had to consciously work activity into my day. Check out some of the photos from our trip - on these days we incorporated beach walks, biking, hiking, and lots of walking into our trip. When it comes to fitness and leanness, there are a few important components that come into play: your Resting Energy Expenditure (the amount of calories your body burns at rest just to stay alive, also known as REE), the thermic effect of food (certain foods actually burn more calories while consuming them than others), as well as physical activity. All of these components together are referred to as your Total Daily Energy Expenditure. In order to keep your TDEE high, it is therefore important to include physical activity in your day, as well as include thermogenic foods in your diet. So here are a few things that I tried to incorporate into my days during our holiday to make sure I was still keeping my TDEE up:
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You can also try subscribing to one of my Beachbody workouts to complete at home anytime, or maybe even on vacation! A warm bowl of noodles can be really comforting on a cool fall or winter day. Last week, I did a post about alternatives to traditional pasta, so this recipe uses Shiritaki Tofu noodles as an alternative. And by the way, these noodles are approved by my husband, who is NOT a health nut. Always a good sign!
Ingredients: lean ground beef, (125 g) tofu shiritaki noodles (1 package) Beef broth (0.3 cup) 1 onion broccoli rabe (0.5 cup) red pepper (0.5 cup) red pepper flakes (1 tsp) Instructions: 1. Saute onion and lean ground beef in casserole pot with coconut oil until meat is lightly browned. Toss in red pepper. 2. Add beef broth, red pepper flakes, toss in broccoli rabe. 3. As a final stage, right before eating, toss in noodles. Season with salt, pepper if you liked this recipe, please share it! And don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter for outdoor fitness trips, recipes, and tips and tricks on everything Stand Up Paddle, & fitness! Taking the time to meal prep at least once per week is the secret to fat loss. When we have healthy, homemade food ready to eat in a pinch, we make better food choices. In this video, I review some of the steps to meal prepping, and have outlined them below. I also showcase my FAVOURITE new cookbook in the video - SIBO Family Favourites. For any of you experiencing digestive distress or diagnosed with Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, I highly recommend you check it out. So far, I am LOVING it! Steps to weekly meal prep1. At the beginning of week, or on the weekend, make a menu of what you will eat overnight. Make enough so that you can have the leftovers for lunch the next day.
2. Use your favourite cookbook for recipe inspiration. Check out my new cookbook, SIBO Family Favourites. 3. Write our the list of ingredients you will need to purchase from the grocery store. 4. Go purchase groceries (make sure not to go to the grocery store hungry - eat a meal or have a snack first as this eliminates the possibility of you making poorer food choices when you are hungry. 5. Come home, put groceries away, but leave vegetables out. Pre-chop your veggies for the week, and store in tupperware. 6. Make at least 1-2 meals on your meal prep day to keep you going for at least a couple days at the beginning of the week, if not the whole week. 7. Make sure to pre-cook carbs (quinoa, brown rice, roast sweet potato or squash). Make sure to make a batch of protein (could be baked salmon filets, for instance), and pre-chop your veggies, so you can throw it altogether for a quick meal in a pinch! If you liked this video, please share it! And don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter for outdoor fitness trips, recipes, and tips and tricks on everything Stand Up Paddle, & fitness! During the cooler, wetter months, many of my clients have been looking for alternatives to traditional pasta. In some cases, something that is more nutrient-dense, something that contains less calories, or something that is gluten-free. In this video, I review some of those options and have listed them below as well. Here are some of the alternatives I go over in the video:
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