Exercise Psychology

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Control What You Can: How Fitness Grounds You When Life Feels Chaotic

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In a fast-paced city like Vancouver, especially in high-demand areas like Coal Harbour, life can feel like it’s moving at breakneck speed. Between managing demanding careers, navigating parenthood, and juggling daily responsibilities, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and out of control. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. But what if I told you that …

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The Dunning-Kruger Effect in Fitness: How Social Media ‘Experts’ Mislead You & Why Hiring a Good Coach Matters

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Have you ever seen a beginner confidently explaining the perfect way to train—despite having little actual experience? Or maybe you’ve caught yourself doing the same thing early in your fitness journey. If so, you’ve witnessed the Dunning-Kruger Effect in action.   This cognitive bias causes people with low knowledge in a subject to overestimate their …

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Cracking the Region-Beta Paradox: Its Influence on your Progress

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I’ll bet the fancy title of ‘Region-Beta Paradox’ is likely something you haven’t come across before. Neither had I until a week ago. I was listening to one of my favourite podcast’s (Modern Wisdom) while at the gym. The presenter began discussing some psychological affects that cause people to be paralyzed with inaction; one of which …

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Exercising on the Rocks: Understanding the affects of Alcohol on your Performance

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OK – We all know alcohol isn’t good for the body, nor is it good for the body during exercise or for weight loss/muscle gain goals. So, considering this is common knowledge and – keeping in mind the need for balance in life – this blog is going to aim to zone in on the …

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The Power of Confidence; Why you should invest in yourself

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Self-confidence is one of those all consuming effects on the body that can completely control the direction a moment can go. Either for the better of the worse. Simply put self-confidence can be defined as the feeling of trust in one’s abilities, qualities and judgement.   How is it that self-confidence can be rocked so …

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How to overcome imposter syndrome and begin your exercise journey with confidence

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Imposter Syndrome is a psychological phenomenon in which an individual doubts their accomplishments and has a persistent fear of being exposed as a fraud, even though they have evidence of success and competence. It is a common feeling among high-achievers, and can cause a great deal of stress and anxiety. There are 5 types of …

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