North Shore News Health Wise Sunday March 13

MAR/2011

FITNESS VACATIONS ON YOUR DOORSTEP

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breaks a sweat checking out the growing trend of fitness vacations.

Glassy, week-old snow crunches underfoot as our small group digs in with snowshoe cleats and climbs the twisting trail past spruce, Douglas fir and cedar.

We head east, along the south side of the Cheakamus River. The trail isn’t especially difficult, but my thighs are burning and I’m quickly out of breath.

The reason? This isn’t my first bout of physical effort today.

We were up with the cloud-covered sun to do a challenging circuit class with trainer Mark Coates (he says it was an hour, but there is no clock in the gym and I’m certain I spent longer than that doing bicep curls and squats and spinning on the stationary bikes).

Now he’s leading us on this far-morepicturesque excursion, and while the fresh air feels good, it’s even better when he stops, unslings his backpack and pulls out bags of nutty, thick-sliced bread, a thermos of miso soup, herbal tea and energy bars.

Now this is my kind of exercise.

Coates is the high-energy coach and managing partner at Innovative Fitness in Whistler, a

new location of the Lower Mainland training company that is tucked into the west wing of the luxe Nita Lake Lodge.

The combination of his workouts matched with Whistler’s epic outdoor playground, comfy accommodations at the lodge, its tranquil new Ashram Spa (which also offers yoga classes), and the wholesome, mouth-watering food available throughout the resort makes for an intriguing, and inspiring, take on wellness.

It is somehow not as difficult to crank out one more ab roll on the exercise ball when you know you’re booked in at the spa later for for Udvartana, an Ayurvedic treatment that includes full body exfoliation using a specially blended herbal paste. And there’s nothing that eases aching muscles like a gentle, day-after yoga class. It feels like the perfect place to focus on health; it’s hard not to feel good here.

That matches well with the philosophy of Innovative fitness, which Coates says is to train toward a final destination, whether it be rehabilitating an injury or training for a triathlon. His clients set goals and Coates helps them to achieve them. The wellness getaways and camps are an extension of that philosophy: guests can book a customized

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The luxe Nita Lake Lodge makes an ideal home base.

“In the States, it’s a trend that’s been growing at a really fast pace, but the concept is not as well known in B.C.” says Lovell. She loves leading the getaways, because she feels like she can have a greater impact on her clients over the course of a few days, rather than in one hour per week.

fitness vacation, or take part in one of Innovative Fitness’ trail running, hiking, mountain biking and road cycling camps.

“In the States, it’s a trend that’s been growing at a really fast pace.”

“When I’m personal training, I feel limited in how much I can help. We work out for an hour, and then the rest of the week you fall back on bad habits.”

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The notion of getting away for health is one that’s growing in popularity, says Simone Lovell, personal trainer and owner of Eat Play Love Fitness.

The company, in operation for six months, coordinates three- and sevenday fitness vacations to the Painted Boat Resort Spa and Marina on the Sunshine Coast.

During the fitness vacation, Lovell and other instructors lead participants though five to six hours of fitness activities a day, including bootcamp, core and ab exercises, hiking and yoga. Healthy meals and a fitness assessment are also

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“When I’m personal training, I feel limited in how much I can help. We work out for an hour, and then the rest of the week you fall back on bad habits.”

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“It’s a really nice getaway,” she said.

“A lot of people use it as a kickstart to motivate themselves.”

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“I do 90 minutes of hot yoga almost every day,” says Deborah.

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I’ve been active in fitness all my life, but I couldn’t get rid of that bulge. I guess it’s a function of aging. Things got looser I as got older.”

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Cooking with Cory In the face of adversity, Cory Parsons not only committed himself to his recovery, but to helping others similarly reach for their dreams.

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Getting the Skinny on Types of Fat Fat gets treated like a dirty word.

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Trans fats are made through a process called hydrogenation, where manufacturers add hydrogen to unsaturated fatty acids.

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