Giveaway Alert!!! Blonyx + 2XU North America

By Yard Athletics – Feb 12th, 2019 It’s giveaway time! Our good friends over at Blonyx have partnered up with 2XU Compression Gear for the Ultimate Performance Package Giveaway! It includes the following, worth over $600 in value: – $300 Blonyx Gift Card – 2XU MCS Cross Train Compression Tights – 2XU MCS Cross Train Compression Shorts – 2XU Compression Long … Read More

Heads Up!! New Group Class Times Available Now!

The Yard Athletics - Ilan Cumberbirch

By Yard Athletics – Feb 10th, 2019 #YardHard family; you asked, so we delivered! Starting next week, we are rolling out the following group classes so you can clang the iron, break a sweat and bust a move waaaayyy more often. Heard of our Boneyard Group? Usually this was only offered Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, 7am & 8am, for … Read More

20 Questions w/ Marianne Beilmann: #YardHard Faithful

20 Questions w/ Marianne Beilmann: #YardHard Faithful

By Yard Athletics – Feb 8th, 2019 Tuesday’s blog was a little doom and gloom (…”50% of US Adults have heart disease“) so we had no choice but to liven things up with everyones favorite question and answer series… the Yard Athletics 20 Questions! We might be biased, but ours seems a lot better than that cheesy, totally-scripted-but-pretending-to-not-be-scripted Vogue 73 … Read More

Bad News: “~50% of US Adults Have Heart Disease”

By Henry Gould – Feb 5th, 2019 Talk about a sobering headline! One of our Yard Athletics regulars, John Kapp, was kind enough to pass along this recent article which seemed only fitting for a longer discussion on the blog. According to the American Heart Association, 48% of adult Americans have some form of cardiovascular disease, be it coronary heart disease, … Read More

RECIPE: Super Bowl Food!

By Henry Gould – Feb 1st, 2019 It’s Friday! It’s February 1st! Sober January is over! It’s Super Bowl weekend! I’m not sure what to do with my hands! Regardless of which team you support, the 53rd Annual NFL Championship Game is more or less beloved around the world. You can drink beer during the day (did we need an … Read More

Canada’s New Food Guide: A Breakdown

By Henry Gould – Jan 29th, 2019 The new Canada Food Guide was released last week, which proudly declared to be free from industry influence. Despite the majority of people singing praises on the new guide for focusing on plant based foods and proteins, there is still a larger debate within Health Canada about potential mandates that would require producers … Read More

Up Your Cooking Game w/ Natalie Cumberbirch

Up Your Cooking Game w/ Natalie Cumberbirch

By Natalie Cumberbirch – Jan 16th, 2019 New year, new you. New goals, resolutions, ambitions, intentions. Drink more water, eat more greens, try new recipes. They’re all great. I’ve set the goal of writing food posts – one per month, maybe you’ll get two. Now I’ve said it, it’s out there; no backing down now! As I made my dinner … Read More

Beating The Winter Blues by Dr. Debbie Samsom

By Dr. Debbie Samsom – Jan 14th, 2019 So, winter is definitely upon us. Holiday festivities are over, days are short, and the rain seems endless. This is the time of year when many of us can feel blue, down in the dumps, or outright depressed. Good thing there are ways to prevent this, so we can cruise into spring … Read More