Throughout my training as a youth, I experienced the many limitations and injuries dancers often face. Pushing the boundaries of movement to long hours of training each day with little time to recover in between. The inner pressure to receive the highest recognition...
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Top 5 things to consider when looking for a Personal Trainer
I NEED A PERSONAL TRAINER. NOW WHAT? What are the things to consider when looking for a personal trainer these days? The health and fitness industry today is filled with so many fitness experts and gurus. Look on Instagram and you’ll see tons of seemingly famous...
How to be a good student
Commitment to Continued Education and Growth Engineered Bodies is into its sixth year at our current location and it’s been an incredible journey of learning so far. A commitment to continued education and growth is one of our company core values and a...
Why you need to compete
At Engineered Bodies, we provide our clients health and fitness programs that enable them to achieve peak physical performance and sustain it for the long term. We educate and encourage they strive for slow and steady evolution (both physically and mentally)...
How to choose what certifications are right for you
This post is for any fitness professional in the health and fitness industry that may be struggling with what certifications they should get to evolve their skills and/or advance in their career. It’s a topic that I’ve discussed with many students I’ve mentored...
High-Intensity Interval Training at Engineered Bodies
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a training protocol that have many fitness blogs, magazine articles, and fitness “experts” telling people it is the best type of cardiovascular training to “get shredded”, lose body fat, increase muscle mass and to look like...
Training with an Injury
It would be amazing if we never injured ourselves during training, play, or anything else that requires us to push ourselves outside of our comfort zone but the reality is, if you’re pushing yourself to improve, injuries will likely happen at some point. So what...
Do we even CrossFit bro?
So what exactly is CrossFit and are we actually a CrossFit box? I’ve been told by some that we aren’t and I’ve also heard that I should just drop the CrossFit Port Moody affiliate name all together. Do you know what CrossFit is? Read on and find out....
Top 3 reasons why you missed your PR your last test
Everyone at Engineered Bodies always gets amped up and excited for test week because it’s an opportunity for our clients to validate all their hard work over the last 6-12 weeks of a program. It’s also a great feeling when you hit your personal record (PR) in a lift,...