Local fitness!

Have you dusted off your running shoes and managed to make it back to the gym yet?  Did you feel like you already got a workout just digging your yoga mat out of the basement? (We have no idea what THAT is like!)

So, it’s been a week since you made that resolution to be more active in 2013 – and to help you along, your friends at decadiaries just wanted to remind you that there are a number of local options for you and your whole family to get moving.

First, you can check out our post from the summer with info about getting fit in this neighbourhood.  Second, we’ve posted info about even more local places to get moving so keep reading!   If your favourite local fitness spot isn’t listed in either post, please tell us about it in the comments!

Pegasus Studios (361 Glebeholme Blvd)

Check out the Pegasus website for their full list classes and program options for kids, teens and adults, including dance, yoga, pilates and Zumba.  They even have a brand new ballet program for wee ones (see poster below) and we hear that it includes a big recital at the end that is sure to be painfully adorable!

Angelina Ballerina

Open House at Bomb Wellness (1338 Danforth Ave.)

How convenient.  Bomb Wellness is hosting an Open House this weekend.  On Saturday and Sunday from noon until 3:00 p.m.   There are free classes both days, a Fit Kids class & activities, prize draws, snacks, Red Rocket Coffee, special discounts etc.  Congratulations Bomb on your one year Anniversary! (And thank you Bomb, for understanding that some of us need coffee with our exercise.)

Open house poster

Monarch Park Stadium (1 Hanson St., behind Monarch Park School)

Check out their website, www.monarchparkstadium.comto see what they’ve got on (pick-up soccer, track passes, triathlon training) and then click through to all of the leagues offering team sports at this brand new state-of-the-art stadium right in our own backyard!

Tidal CrossFit (1510 Danforth Ave.)

And for the truly daring and committed:

Tidal CrossFit has plenty of options to help you burn the surplus calories that you took in the entire month of December, including a Foundations BootCamp for those new to the CrossFit movements. http://www.tidalcrossfit.com/

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The Good Life

Mind & Body Tune-Up

Earl Haig School Council and Safety Committee will be hosting a free “Mind & Body Tune-Up: Earl Haig Healthy Living Fair” on Thursday, May 3 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at 15 Earl Haig Ave. The whole community is welcome for a mix of activities and information displays on how to live a healthy life. Some of the presentations will include:

  • Author visit: Karen Lang –  Martha (the confident) Mouse
  • BOMB Fitness demos
  • Zumba demos
  • DeSantos Martial Arts demos
  • Family-focused Yoga demos
  • Playground and Car Seat Safety
  • Practical First-Aid
  • Concussive Head Injuries information
  • Bike Safety
  • Children’s Mental Health Ontario and The Hinks-Dellcrest Centre
  • Integra – Learning Challenges
  • Mindfulness Everyday
  • Greening Ward 32
  • Girls on The Run
  • Healthy Snacks
  • PIAC – Parent Involvement Advisory Committee
  • Info from the Heart and Stroke Foundation and Canada’s Food Guide

For more information, please contact Hilary Gray @ 647-401-0629

S Sense in Design

Have you noticed that cute little store on Coxwell just north of Danforth. It’s called S Sense in Design and it is hosting the art of Mafalda Silva. The exhibition will be displayed from April 26th – June 27th.  S Sense in Design is at 698 Coxwell Avenue and is open Thursday and Friday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m to 4 p.m.

Fuzz Box

Check out the East End Pioneer’s blog post on a new restaurant on the Danforth, The Fuzz Box (insert your own joke here). They specialize in a Nova Scotia donair. And if you don’t know what that is, then you better stop in and find out.

The Groove Bar

Speaking of restaurants, I took my little boys to the Groove Bar tonight for dinner. Yes, I took my young children to a bar for dinner.  Now, before you get all righteous and judgemental on me…actually I have no good excuse, you can feel free to be righteous and judgemental. Anyway, the food was good and Mama, the owner, was perfectly delightful. We played foosball and had a great time. So there.

Logical Consequences

It probably stands to reason that following the proliferation of bakeries would come the proliferation of gyms and exercise studios. You may already know that I pump iron at Legacy Studio, and there is also now Bomb Wellness and (coming soon) Tidal CrossFit – all on Danforth west of Coxwell. For those of you with babes in arms, you may want to try out Legacy’s Mommy and Me class on Mondays at 3:30 p.m. I hear it’s great fun and a great workout. For more info, contact Andy at info(at)legacyindoorcycling.com