Sports & Fitness
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Can veganism be a healthy way to eat?
Sugar. Toothpaste. Wine. Marshmallows. Although these four products seem random, they do have one thing in common: The potential to contain animal products.
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Trying to win it all without losing everything
The big joke in Canada is that people only care about amateur sports once every four years, and then they only care for about two weeks.
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Sugar water isn’t sweet for our health
With consumers’ rising interest in making lifestyle changes rather than choosing fad diets, food manufacturers are feeling the pressure more than ever to eliminate artificial ingredients. Many artificial ingredients have been linked to all types of health issues, including weight gain, cancer, neurological problems, headaches and chest pain.
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Fat doesn’t have to be a bad word
We know that fats are an essential part of a healthy diet. Fats act as an energy source and protect our organs from damage; dietary fats boost the immune system and are required for the absorption of certain nutrients.
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Hot yoga heats up
Hot yoga, traditionally known as Bikram yoga, is a series of postures and poses performed in a heated room; it doesn’t just have physical benefits, but emotional and spiritual ones as well.
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Wesmen bring fresh blood to the table
The University of Winnipeg Wesmen volleyball and basketball teams are looking forward to next season with a burst of fresh talent to all four teams. A total of 21 new fresh faces will be seen on the court and in the practice rooms during the 2009-10 season.
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Eight glasses a day
With the arrival of summer, dehydration takes center stage as an often-neglected health hazard. Spending long days outside and taking in the sunshine is best punctuated with regularly consuming plenty of fluids over the course of the day.
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Playgrounds are for big kids, too
Remember being a kid and always looking forward to recess?
You and your friends would spend time in the morning picking soccer teams, so when you got outside, not a second would be wasted. -
Raising the sports bar
Looking for somewhere other than your basement to watch the game, eat unhealthy snacks and knock back a cold one or four? Look no further than downtown Winnipeg’s top three sports-themed watering holes.
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Passion of the streets
Streetball is where it’s at. The feeling of simply playing a game can’t be matched by an organized league’s indoor gymnasium.
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Out with the snow, in with the fun
Although there is still snow on the ground, pretty soon Winnipeggers will be dusting off their bicycles, runners and softball bats in anticipation of outdoor playtime.
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A website to fit your lifestyle
Living healthy is an ongoing process. Choosing between healthy and unhealthy habits are decisions we need to make again and again each day.
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Sports Briefs
Steroid testing proving to be costly; Canadian basketball players face long, tough road; Arms and legs are overrated anyway; MMA fighter drinks his own pee; University of Winnipeg names new athletic director
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The Internet and sports
The Internet has become a bountiful source of riches for sports fans. However, recent Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) hearings on the potential regulation of new media, specifically for Canadian content on the Internet, may have effects for sport aficionados.
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That’s two for Canada and maybe more
Canada’s soccer image is about to expand.
Alongside the fairly young Toronto FC, the Vancouver Whitecaps of the United Soccer Leagues (USL) will join the other 16 Major League Soccer (MLS) franchises in the expansion year of 2011.
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Wesmen volleyball wrap-up
The men’s and women’s Wesmen volleyball teams are perfect examples of the circle of life. All good things must come to an end, while new life brings exciting possibilities.
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Polish those clubs
That white stuff outside is finally melting and the wonderful green grass below is slowly becoming more and more visible. This means that the time to play the most relaxing, yet most frustrating sport, is thankfully near.
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Sports briefs
A ‘hairy’ situation for Lance Armstrong; Rollercoaster week for Brodeur; Brother Midnight is back, baybeh!; Morgan State’s Ali flips out at Oklahoma’s Griffin; Obama shores up the football vote
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Snowboarding ‘lifestyle’ showcased at Falcon Ridge
To ski or snowboard in Manitoba is no easy task. Spotting a hill has much the same effect as discovering gold, and without moving out west, hopes at big time competition can easily fade away.
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A tale of two teams
Another season of Wesmen basketball has come and gone. They earned no division crowns, no conference championships and national titles, however not all was lost for our two teams.