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Combat the Winter Blues – Tips for Boosting Your Mood and Health As the fall and winter months settle in here in Toronto, many o…

Choose your fuel wisely If you only work harder at the gym when you know you’re going on holiday and want to look better for the…

Why Triathletes, Cyclists and Runners should always be Strength Training The majority of endurance athletes, which include triathl…

Dopamine and Training Have you ever heard of the ‘runners high’? – of course you have. You may also be one of th…

Low Hanging fruit vs marginal gains Sir David Brailsford coined the term ‘marginal gains’ with the British Cycling Tea…

An Adventure of a Race: Wilderness Traverse 2024 This weekend we had a team from Defy enter its first 24+ hour Adventure Race. Thi…

How to Return to the Gym Safely After Time Off Unfortunately, we are coming to the end of the school holidays and summer vacations…

Not another blog on sleep – ok well maybe it is! But hear me out… I’m sure you’ve seen, heard and watched …

What do we do in the Defy Youth Program? Over the past 8 months we’ve been building up basic movement patterns with our kids in …

What does training for life look like? Training for life looks very different than training for a specific sport. Sports require y…