Month: June 2020

Hosting Manitoba’s largest ongoing multi-sport event is a venture like no other. It engages not only the athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers, but also people of all ages from across the province who gather for a common experience in the spirit of competition – that’s why the Town of Niverville is buzzing with anticipation to…

Triathletes Tyler Mislawchuk and Megan Van Heyst discuss the ins and outs of their sport, training during the pandemic, and what they hope to accomplish in the future as athletes.  

I want to be faster…this is a common goal for athletes when a strength coach asks what are your goals for your off-season training program. Everyone wants to be faster as an athlete but there are several different components to speed development that we need to consider before we can get “faster” and getting faster…

June is National Indigenous History Month where we have the opportunity to appreciate and acknowledge contributions the Indigenous peoples have had in Canada. Today, we would like to bestow upon you the accomplishments of Reggie Leach. An exceptional hockey player, Leach grew up in the small Manitoba community of Riverton. Here, he also played his…

  Welcome to our ongoing Monthly Workout Series!   If you want to train like some of our athletes, these workouts are for you!  With the COVID-19 pandemic, the April and May edition features ‘home-based’ exercises and workouts that can be done with minimal equipment.   This month’s trio of workouts feature a general resistance…

Hi everyone! This is a workout popularized by CrossFit and is named after Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy.  I have to admit that there are many things about CrossFit that I do not agree with but this workout consists of exercises that are pretty common and this is fairly balanced in that it has upper body…